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| Full name | Arsenal Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Los del Viaducto (The Viaduct men) El Arse | ||
| Founded | 11 January 1957; 68 years ago (1957-01-11) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Julio H. Grondona, Sarandí,Avellaneda Partido | ||
| Capacity | 18,500 | ||
| Chairman | Lara Grondona | ||
| Manager | Darío Franco | ||
| League | Primera Nacional | ||
| 2024 | 17th (Zona A) | ||
| Website | arsenalfc.com.ar | ||
Arsenal Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation:[aɾseˈnalˈfuðβolˈkluβ]), usually referred asArsenal de Sarandí[aɾseˈnaldesaɾanˈdi], or simplyArsenal, is anArgentinesports club from theSarandí district ofAvellaneda Partido,Greater Buenos Aires.
Thefootball team currently plays inPrimera Nacional, the second division of theArgentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at theEstadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 18,500. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and light blue, in honour of the traditional teams of Avellaneda (Independiente andRacing). Arsenal won its firstPrimera División championship in 2012. Until then, club's major title had been theCopa Sudamericana win in2007.
Apart from football, the club hosts other sports such asfield hockey,futsal, andhandball.
The club was founded in January 1957 by brothers Héctor andJulio Humberto Grondona, inspired by the English clubArsenal. Not only does it share its name with the eponymous Gunners of North London, the stories of the naming of the two clubs are very similar – both had military arsenals nearby. The team's shirt colour is light blue with a diagonal red band (similar to the shirt used byRiver Plate). The colours were chosen as a combination of the two older clubs in Avellaneda –Racing (light blue) andIndependiente (red).
Julio Grondona went on to become president of Independiente, and then, in 1979, president of theArgentine Football Association, until 2014. He was also a vice-president ofFIFA. Héctor Grondona, and then son Julio Ricardo, became presidents of Arsenal.
The club's best known former player isJorge Burruchaga, who started his career at Arsenal in 1979, and had several stints as coach.Burru, as he is nicknamed, scored the winning goal for Argentina in the1986 FIFA World Cup final againstGermany.
Arsenal's football team was promoted to successively higher divisions in 1962, 1986 and 1992, finally reaching thePrimera División in 2002.
On 6 September 2006, Arsenal and Spanish clubFC Barcelona (Barça) struck a deal whereby in exchange for the option to acquire young players that have not played more than one year in the Arsenal first team, Barça would help to improve Arsenal's infrastructure.[1]
A member from Barça was to oversee the project, and visit the club on a monthly basis.[1] This deal, however, fell through in 2007, reportedly because Arsenal could not afford the infrastructure to keep up with the plan.
The club's first appearance in an international tournament was in 2004, when, coached by Burruchaga, Arsenal reached the Quarter-finals of theCopa Sudamericana, eliminatingBanfield andRiver Plate before losing toBolivian club,Bolívar in its first ever official tie with a non-Argentine team.
Arsenal's results in theApertura and Clausura of the2006–07 season, qualified them for two major international tournaments, the secondary2007 Copa Sudamericana and the top2008 Copa Libertadores, the first time in their history that Arsenal qualified for South America's premier club tournament.
Arsenal's run through the 2007 Copa Sudamericana would leadSports Illustrated to declare them "the underdog that couldn't be stopped".[2] They beat reigning Argentine championsSan Lorenzo in the qualifying round to earn a place in the Round of 16 where it faced Brazilian teamGoiás. Arsenal won 3–2 in Brazil and recorded a 1–1 draw in the second leg to win the tie 4–3 on aggregate, achieving its first official victory over foreign opposition. Arsenal then met Mexican sideGuadalajara in the quarter-finals, with a 0–0 draw at home, and a 3–1 victory atEstadio Jalisco. Advancing to the semi-finals, Arsenal met the other Argentine team still in the running, River Plate. Both games against River ended 0–0, Arsenal progressing to the final after winning thepenalty shootout 4–2, with a number of saves fromMario Cuenca, Arsenal's goalkeeper.
In the first leg of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana final, Arsenal beatClub América ofMexico 3–2 atEstadio Azteca. Their upcoming home field advantage was mitigated by the fact that the second match could not be held in theEstadio Julio H. Grondona, because its capacity of 16,300 did not meet theCONMEBOL criteria of 40,000 for major finals. The game was finally held at theEstadio Juan Domingo Perón inAvellaneda. Arsenal entered the match without captainCarlos Castiglione, who was suspended due to a red card in the first leg. With these mitigating factors, Arsenal needed to avoid letting Club América win by a two-goal margin. The match started badly for the Argentine team whenChristian Díaz scored an own goal inside the first 20 minutes.José Luis Calderón then hit the woodwork twice for Arsenal. In the 2nd half Arsenal conceded a second goal, but with only 7 minutes remainingMartín Andrizzi scored, giving Arsenal their first major title on theaway goals rule.[citation needed]
Arsenal was not as successful in the2008 Copa Libertadores, which started the month after their 2007 Copa Sudamericana. However, on 30 July 2008, Arsenal won its second international cup, theSuruga Bank Championship, which they qualified for as Copa Sudamericana champion. The rival wasJ.League Cup championsGamba Osaka from Japan. After a hard match, captainCarlos Casteglione scored the only goal with a precise header on the 86th minute of play.[citation needed]
Arsenal won its first championship on 24 June 2012 after defeatingBelgrano de Córdoba 1–0 with a goal scored byLisandro López.[3] The squad totalized 38 points over 19 games played, with 11 matches won and only 3 defeats.[4] Arsenal also became the first team to win a Primera División title after playing in the five divisions thatArgentine football league system is made of.[5] As champions, Arsenal classified for theSupercopa Argentina, a one-match tournament between the Primera División and theCopa Argentina winners. On 7 November 2012 Arsenal defeated Copa Argentina championsBoca Juniors 4–3 by penalties after a 0–0 draw.[6]
Arsenal won theCopa Argentina on 16 October 2013 by defeatingSan Lorenzo de Almagro 3–0 in a final match played at theCatamarca Province[7]
The Estadio Julio Grondona in Sarandí has a capacity of 36,300, and is known asel Viaducto (The Viaduct). It is located at 3660 Juan Díaz De Solís in Sarandí.
Arsenal's first stadium was started to be built on 11 October 1962, officially opening on 22 August 1964. When Arsenal won promotion to the Primera, its basic concrete stadium was deemed unfit for the league and the team played at the grounds ofLanús andRacing for two seasons until work on the stadium was complete. The remodeled stadium (named "Julio Humberto Grondona") was opened on 7 August 2004 with a party for the fans. The first game was againstBanfield in theCopa Sudamericana. The new stadium has witnessed defeats of the biggest teams in Argentine football such as Boca Juniors and River Plate.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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Oscar LópezJuan Emilio Elena (1961–72)Roberto Iturrieta (1973–74)Juan Emilio Elena (1974–82)Roberto Iturrieta (1983–84)Juan Emilio Elena (1985–89)Roberto Iturrieta (1989–94)Roberto Ferreiro (1994–95)Humberto Grondona (1995)Roberto Iturrieta (1995–97)Roberto Ferreiro (1997–98)José María Bianco (1998–01)Roberto Mariani (2001)Jorge Burruchaga (1 Jan 2002 – 30 June 2005)José María Bianco (1 July 2005 – 22 March 2006)Luis de Luise(interim) (2006)Miguel Ángel López (2006)Gustavo Alfaro (1 Dec 2006 – 30 June 2008)Daniel Garnero (1 July 2008 – 26 April 2009)Jorge Burruchaga (1 May 2009 – 30 April 2010)Carlos Ruiz(interim) (1 May 2010 – 30 June 2010)Gustavo Alfaro (2010–2014)Martín Palermo (2014-2015)Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (2015)Sergio Rondina (2016)Lucas Bernardi[9] (2016)Humberto Grondona[10] (2017)Sergio Rondina[11] (2018-2021)Israel Damonte[12] (2021)Leonardo Madelón[13] (2022)Carlos Ruiz (2023)Federico Vilar (2023) Tobías Kohan (2024) José María Bianco (2024) Martín Rolón (2025)Darío Franco (2025-)| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years |
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| National (League) | Primera División | 1 | 2012 Clausura |
| National (Cups) | Copa Argentina | 1 | |
| Supercopa Argentina | 1 | ||
| International | Copa Sudamericana | 1 | 2007 |
| Suruga Bank Championship | 1 | 2008 |
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