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| Full name | Club Atlético Colón | |||
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| Nicknames | Sabalero (Tarpon Fisher) Sabalé (Tarpon) Negro (Black) Raza (Race) | |||
| Founded | May 5, 1905; 120 years ago (1905-05-05)[1] | |||
| Ground | Estadio B.G. Estanislao López, (Cementerio de los Elefantes),[2] Santa Fe | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 | |||
| Chairman | Víctor Godano | |||
| Manager | Ezequiel Medrán | |||
| League | Primera Nacional | |||
| 2024 | 6th. of Zona B | |||
| Website | clubcolon | |||
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Club Atlético Colón (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkluβaˈtletikokoˈlon]), commonly referred to asColón de Santa Fe[koˈlondesantaˈfe], is asports club fromSanta Fe, Argentina. Thefootball team plays in the second Division of theArgentine football league system, thePrimera Nacional.
It was born as afootball club, which today still remains its main activity. It also has other disciplines like basketball, volleyball, hockey, women's football, boxing, futsal and swimming.
The stadium, namedEstadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in honor of an Argentinian leader governor ofProvincia de Santa Fe between 1818 and 1838, has a capacity for 40000 people. It is nicknamed «El Cementerio de los Elefantes» (Elephant Graveyard).
The club joined theArgentine Football Association in 1948 and obtained its first championship in 1965, ascending to the First Division.
The club's most important accomplishment is its First DivisionArgentine Primera División championship in 2021. It has also come runner up in the internationalCopa Sudamericana 2019, and won the Second Division's "Copa de Honor" trophy in 1950. Finally, as a personal milestone, it has a victory in 1964 againstPelé'sSantos FC.
The club was founded on 5 May 1905, as "Colón Foot-ball Club" by a group of friends that were enthusiastic about football. It was named after Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus), whose biography was being studied by one of the boys at the time.[3]
In 1965 Colon won the Primera B title.[4]
The first game played by Colón in Primera was vChacarita Juniors on 6 May 1966. After the first season in the top level Colón finished 16th,[5] but the following year thestructure of Argentine football was changed so as there were two championships each season, theMetropolitano and theNacional, with entrance to the latter originally only available to the higher placed Metropolitano teams. Colon did not qualify for the Nacional until 1968, although the squad did then managed a 6th-place finish.
Colón finished 2nd in their group in the1972 Nacional.[6]
In 1975 the team made a good campaign in the Metropolitano, finishing in 6th place. This got better two years later, when Colón finished 5th in the Metropolitano, although the team then struggled in the Nacional. In 1978 Colón reached the knockout stages of the Nacional but was beaten in the quarter-finals byIndependiente.[citation needed]
Colon was relegated from the Metropolitana in 1981 having won only 6 games that season. It was to take 14 years for Colón to return to the top division (for the1995–96 season). During the intervening period the team came close to promotion on a number of occasions, and lost Promotion Play-off games in1988–89 to arch-rivalsUnion 3–0 on aggregate, and in1992–93 Colón lost the championship play-off, being defeated byBanfield and then failed to qualify through the secondary play-offs.[citation needed]
After a few mid-table finishes Colón was placed 2nd in the1997 Clausura tournament, which is team's highest placed finish to date. AsRiver Plate won both titles that season, a play-off was required between the two runners-up.[7] In December 1997 Colón defeated Independiente 1–0 to qualify for theCopa Libertadores 1998.[7] In the 2016–17 season, Colón drew an average home league attendance of 25,000.
The institution's greatest sporting achievement was achieved by becoming champion of the Professional League Cup 2021.
Colon made their South American debut in theCopa CONMEBOL 1997 againstUniversidad de Chile. They subsequently reached the semi-finals where they lost to fellow Argentine sideLanús.
They made their debut in South America's most prestigious club tournament (Copa Libertadores) thefollowing season. Their first game in the group stage was a 1–2 home defeat toRiver Plate, although they were still to qualify for the knockout stages. After beatingOlimpia on penalties they were again drawn to playRiver Plate, but were defeated 5–2 on aggregate in the quarter-final.
In2003, they qualified for their 3rd different continental competition (Copa Sudamericana), and they defeatedVélez Sársfield before losing toBoca Juniors.[8]
The club's current stadium is theEstadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, which holds 40,000 spectators. The ground was inaugurated in 1946, and received a major renovation starting in 2002.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Antonio Mohamed (2008–10)[10]Fernando Gamboa (2010–11)[11]Mario Sciaqua (2011–12)[12]Roberto Sensini (2012–13)[13]Rubén Forestello (2013)[14][15]Diego Osella (2014)[16][17]Reinaldo Merlo (2014-15)Javier López (2015)Dario Franco (2015-16)Ricardo Johansen (2016)
Paolo Montero (2016)Eduardo Domínguez (2017-18)Esteban Fuertes (Interim) (2018)Julio Comesaña (2019)Marcelo Goux (Interim) (2019)Pablo Lavallen (2019)Diego Osella (2020)Eduardo Domínguez (2020-21)Julio César Falcioni (2022)Adrián Marini (Interim) (2022)Sergio Rondina (2022)Adrián Marini (Interim) (2022)Marcelo Saralegui (2022-2023)Néstor Gorosito (2023)Israel Damonte (2023)Iván Delfino (2024)Rodolfo de Paoli (2024)Martín Minella (Interim) (2024)Diego Osella (2024)Ariel Pereyra (2025)Andrés Yllana (2025)Martín Minella (Interim) (2025)| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years |
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| National (Cups) | Copa de la Liga Profesional | 1 |
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