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| Full name | Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys | |||
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| Nicknames | La Lepra (lit. 'TheLepers') | |||
| Founded | 3 November 1903; 122 years ago (1903-11-03) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Marcelo Bielsa | |||
| Capacity | 42,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Ignacio Astore | |||
| Manager | Lucas Bernardi | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2024 | 25th | |||
| Website | newellsoldboys.com.ar | |||
 Current season | ||||
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkluβaˈtletikoˈɲulsolˈβojs]) is anArgentinesports club based inRosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named afterIsaac Newell of the English county ofKent, one of the pioneers ofArgentine football.
A founding member ofLiga Rosarina de Football,[2] the club affiliated to theArgentine Football Association (AFA) in 1939. Since then, Newell's Old Boys have taken part in tournaments organised by the body. The club have won sixArgentine Primera División championships plus threenational cups throughout their history. Newell's have also been twiceCopa Libertadores runner-up (in1988 and1992).
The club's football stadium is theEstadio Marcelo Bielsa, named after the team's former player andmanagerMarcelo Bielsa (twice champion, and runner-up of one Copa Libertadores). Newell's play theRosario derby againstRosario Central, a club with whom they have a huge historical rivalry.
Newell's are also notable for their youth divisions, being one of the clubs with most national titles in AFA's youth tournaments.[3] Players from the club's youth who have representedArgentina atWorld Cups areGabriel Batistuta,Éver Banega,Walter Samuel,Américo Gallego,Jorge Valdano,Gabriel Heinze,Roberto Sensini,Mauricio Pochettino,Lionel Scaloni andMaxi Rodríguez, among others.Lionel Messi also played in the club's youth, but left at a young age to play forBarcelona to seek treatment for hisgrowth hormone deficiency, whileDiego Maradona played briefly for the first team in 1993.[4]
Other sports practised at this club arebasketball,boxing,field hockey,martial arts,roller skating,volleyball andAmerican football.
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys was established on 3 November 1903. Claudio Newell was one of the founding members. Newell called teachers, pupils and alumni of the school his father had established to sign the act of foundation of the club. The name chosen paid tribute toIsaac Newell's life. The first president was Víctor Heitz.
The name "old boys" refers to former pupils of a school. In fact, the players of the first football team were graduates of the school Isaac Newell had established, theColegio Comercial Anglicano Argentino.
The colours of the club were taken from the Colegio Comercial Anglicano Argentino emblem (designed by Isaac Newell himself) that were red and black inspired in the colours of theflag of England and theFlag of the German Empire.
Newell's Old Boys is often referred to as "leprosos" ("lepers"). The club got its nickname, the lepers, after playing in a charity match for a leprosy clinic in the 1920s.[5]
On 30 March 1905, theLiga Rosarina de Football (Rosarian Football League) was established, following a proposal by Newell's president Heitz, who invited representatives ofRosario Athletic,Rosario Central andAtlético Argentino for that purpose. The main objective was to organise a championship, so a trophy was donated by theintendant of Rosario, Santiago Pinasco. The trophy was later named in his honour. Newell's was the winner of the first edition, having won eight games and finishing unbeaten. The team also scored 39 goals, conceding just 4.[6]
Previously, the historic first Rosarino derby had been held. Newell's won 1–0 with a goal scored by Faustino González. The next year Newell's won its second championship.
In 1907, the Liga Rosarina established a second division. The Copa Santiago Pinasco tournament moved to that division and "Copa Nicasio Vila" (named in honour of then mayor of Rosario) was created to be played by the first division teams. Newell's won the first edition of this trophy, which they won a total 9 times between 1907 and 1930.[7]
TheCopa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires allowed teams from Buenos Aires and Rosario to take part in the competition. Newell's won the 1911 edition defeatingPorteño 3–2 at the final. Other trophy were teams of both cities played together was theCopa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, won by Newell's in 1921, defeatingHuracán by 3–0.
In 1939, Newell's asked theArgentine Football Association to play in thePrimera División championship. The AFA accepted the request, so Newell's played its first tournament in1939, along with Rosario Central which was also added to the competition. Despite playing in the national tournaments, Newell's continued participating in the regional leagues of Rosario, but with youth amateur players. Newell's debuted in the AFA tournaments on 19 March 1939, defeatingSan Lorenzo by 2–1. The line-up was: Heredia; Gilli, Soneyro; Sisniega, Perucca, Reynoso; Belén, Fabrini, Gómez, Franco, Sánchez.
Newell's Old Boys have won the Primera División championship six times (1974 Metropolitano,1987–88,1990–91,1992 Clausura,Apertura 2004 and2013 Final) and were the runners-up of theCopa Libertadores de América twice (1988 and 1992). The 1990–91 championship was contested between the 1990 Apertura (Newell's) and 1991 Clausura (Boca Juniors) champions, which Newell's won in home-and-away matches. Even though the 1990 Apertura was not considered official by itself, it is considered by Newell's supporters to be their "seventh" championship.
Newell's also won a friendly youth mini-tournament called the Little World Cup in 1988, againstRiver Plate,Milan,Juventus,Real Madrid andManchester United, and is, together with Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo andRacing Club one of the few Argentine clubs that made a long and successful tour in Europe (in 1949), in which they defeated several important teams such asValencia,Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid and the Spanish National "A" Team. These are the only major international achievements of the club until now (although several minor international summer tournaments were won, with the 1943 Copa de Oro Rioplatense standing up). So far the club has not won an official international championship.
Newell's Old Boys is one of a very few teams to have had all their players represent the national team in a single game, when they represented Argentina in a Pre-Olympic Tournament with their undefeated reserve team. It finished third in America, after Brazil and Uruguay.
The team has also contributed a great number of players to theArgentina national team, and exported many players to Europe's top leagues, mostly to Italy and Spain. Among its great players wereGabriel Batistuta,Abel Balbo,Jorge Valdano,Américo Gallego,Mario Zanabria,Gustavo Dezotti,Roberto Sensini,Walter Samuel,Mauricio Pochettino,René Pontoni,Gerardo Martino, Ángel Perucca and several more. It has recently producedArgentine internationalsGabriel Heinze,Maxi Rodríguez andLionel Messi.
The club's president is Dr Ignacio Astore, a former team doctor, who was elected in September 2021.[8]
| Period | Kit manufacturer |
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| 1979–1999 |  Adidas |
| 1999–2000 |  Luanvi |
| 2000–2002 |  Mitre |
| 2002–2005 |  TBS |
| 2005–2015 |  Topper |
| 2015–2017 | Adidas |
| 2018–2021 | Umbro |
| 2022–2023 |  Givova |
| 2024–Present |  Aifit |
The origins of Newell's Old Boys colors can be traced to the 19th century, when Isaac Newell founded the "Colegio Comercial Anglicano Argentino" in 1884. The school'scoat of arms had four panels, each depicting a different element, such asMercury wings, a lamp (representing wisdom), theflag of the United Kingdom, and theflag of Argentina.
The black and red colors used in the coat were extracted from the flags of England (where Newell was born) and theGerman Empire (country of origin of his wife, Anna Jockinsen).[9]
The red and black colors would be also adopted by the club as its colors. The first NOB emblem was designed by Ernesto Edwards, and (with few variations) has remained since then.
The Newell's Old Boys stadium has been in the Parque Independencia neighborhood ofRosario since 1911, and is commonly calledEl Coloso del Parque (the Colossus of the Independence Park). The capacity was increased from 31,000 to 42,000 in 1997. On 22 December 2009 the stadium was renamed afterMarcelo Bielsa, in honour of the former player and coach of the team.[10]
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| No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Match. |
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| 1 |  Gerardo Martino | MF | 1980–90, 1991–94, 1995–96 | 505 |
| 2 | Norberto Scoponi | GK | 1982–94 | 407 |
| 3 | Juan Manuel Llop | MF | 1981–84, 1985–94 | 399 |
| 4 | Fabián Basualdo | DF | 1982–88 | 307 |
| 5 | José O. Berta | MF | 1970–78 | 299 |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Tenure | Goals |
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| 1 | Víctor Ramos | FW | 1978–84, 1987–89 | 104 |
| 2 | Santiago Santamaría | FW | 1970–74, 1980–82, 1984 | 90 |
| 3 | Alfredo Oberti | FW | 1970–72, 1974–75 | 89 |
| 4 | Maxi Rodríguez | FW | 1999–2002, 2012–17, 2019–21 | 85 |
| 5 | Ignacio Scocco | FW | 2004–06, 2012–13, 2014–17, 2020–21 | 79 |
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Cristian Fabbiani |
| Assistant coach | Leandro Santoli |
| Assistant coach | Sergio Covello |
| Fitness coach | Gustavo Del Favero |
| Fitness coach | Fernando Luciani |
| Goalkeeping coach | Gastón Monzón |
Last updated: 29 April 2025
Source:Cuerpo Técnico
Manuel Fleitas Solich (June 1944–45)
William Reaside (1947)René Pontoni (1956–57)Ángel Tulio Zof (1965–67), (1969)César Luis Menotti (1971)Raúl Oscar Belén (1973)Juan Eulogio Urriolabeitía (1973)José Yudica (1976–77), (1978–79)
Luis Cubilla (1 Jan 1980 – 31 Dec 1980)Jorge Solari (1983–87)José Yudica (1987–90)Marcelo Bielsa (1990–1992)Eduardo Luján Manera (1993)Roque Alfaro (1993)Jorge Solari (1993)Mario Zanabria (1 July 1996 – 31 Dec 1997)
Mirko Jozić (1998)Ricardo Dabrowski (1 Jan 1998 – 31 Dec 1998)Andrés Rebottaro (1999–00)Juan Manuel Llop (1 Jan 2001 – 1 Jan 2002)Julio Alberto Zamora (2002)Héctor Veira (2002–04)Américo Gallego (2004)Juvenal Olmos (2005)Nery Pumpido (1 Oct 2005 – 1 July 2006) Pablo Marini (:es) (1 March 2007 – Sept 30, 2007)R. Caruso Lombardi (Sept 1, 2007 – 2 Aug 2008)Fernando Gamboa (1 Aug 2008 – 1 Jan 2009)Roberto Sensini (1 Jan 2009 – 10 April 2011)Javier Torrente (18 April 2011 – Sept 27, 2011)Diego Cagna (Sept 29, 2011 – 22 Dec 2011)Gerardo Martino (29 Dec 2011 – 22 July 2013) Alfredo Berti (:es) (24 July 2013 – 11 April 2014)Ricardo Lunari (11 April 2014–14)Américo Gallego (2014 – 1 June 2015)Lucas Bernardi (16 June 2015 – 15 Feb 2016)Diego Osella (Feb 2016–Jun 2017)Juan Manuel Llop (2017–2018)Omar De Felippe (2018)
Héctor Bidoglio (2018–2019)Frank Darío Kudelka (2019–2020)Fernando Gamboa (2020–2021)Adrián Taffarel (2021–2022)Javier Sanguinetti (2022)Gabriel Heinze (2022–2023)Mauricio Larriera (2024)Sebastián Méndez (2024)Mariano Soso (2024-2025)Cristian Fabbiani (2025-)| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years |
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| National (League) | Primera División | 6 | 1974 Metropolitano,1987–88,1990–91,1992 Clausura,2004 Apertura,2013 Final |
| National (Cups) | Copa de Honor MCBA | 1 | |
| Copa Ibarguren | 1 | ||
| Copa Adrián C. Escobar | 1 |
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