Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system.

Atlético Tucumán

Full name	Club Atlético Tucumán
Nickname(s)	El Decano (The Dean) El Gigante del Norte (The Northern Giant)
Founded	27 September 1902; 122 years ago (1902-09-27)
Ground	Estadio Monumental José Fierro
Capacity	35,200[1]
Chairman	Mario Leito
Manager	Diego Erroz
Coach	Facundo Sava
League	Primera División
2023	11th
Website	clubatleticotucuman.com.ar
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Other activities hosted by the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, handball, futsal and karate.^[2]

History

The club was founded on September 27, 1902." Agenor Albornoz who was named first president, José Fierro, Tomás Barber, Manuel Pérez, Federico Rossi, J.A. Beaumont and three English brothers: Cecil. Claude and Percy Hill were some of the illustrious names that signed the founding charter, which makes Atlético the oldest football club from the province of Tucumán.

Atlético has played nine seasons in the Primera Division: eight seasons between 1973 and 1981, and a single season in 1984. The team's best-ever performance in Primera División was in 1979, when they reached the semi-finals of the Torneo Nacional.

In 2008, Atlético Tucumán was promoted to the Primera Nacional, the second division, after defeating Racing de Córdoba in the final game of Torneo Argentino A,^[3] and one year later the squad achieved its 2nd consecutive promotion by winning the B Nacional tournament and reaching the Primera División.

Thanks to a 5th-place finish in the 2016 Primera División, the club was able to play the 2017 Copa Libertadores, their first ever continental participation. Atlético began the competition in the second stage, where they beat Ecuadorian club El Nacional 3–2. This match was strange, as the club used the Argentina national team kit to play.^[4][5] In the next stage, they beat Colombian club Junior by the same score, qualifying to the group stage. In the group stage, the club finished 3rd, with 2 wins, one draw, and three losses, and was transferred to the Copa Sudamericana. They entered the Copa Sudamericana in the second stage, where they beat Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero 6–2. In the next round, they were eliminated by Argentine club Independiente, who eventually was the tournament champion. The club won the first leg at home 1–0, but lost the second leg 2–0.

The club reached the final of the 2016–17 Copa Argentina for the first time in its history, after beating All Boys, Independiente (who had beat them in the Copa Sudamericana), Sarmiento, Vélez Sarsfield, and Rosario Central. In the final on 9 December 2017 at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, River Plate won 2–1, but the club still qualified to the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage because they reached the final.^[6]

The club has its best international performance in the 2018 Copa Libertadores. They finished second with 10 points in a group containing Club Libertad, The Strongest, and Peñarol. In the round of 16, they beat Atlético Nacional, and got into the quarter finals, where they were knocked out by defending champions Gremio.

Rivals

The Tucumán Derby is played between Atlético and its longtime rival San Martín, both of the same city. The Santo (as San Martín is nicknamed) currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division. There have been long intervals where the derby wasn't played because both clubs were in different divisions, as is the case in the present day.^{[citation needed]}

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Monumental José Fierro

The stadium was constructed in 1922 by Spanish architect José Graña (1885–1950) with an original capacity for 5,000 spectators. It was inaugurated on May 21 of same year. Originally named as "Grand Stadium" due to being the largest of the North side of Argentina, Racing Club de Avellaneda was invited to play a friendly match versus Atlético Tucumán as part of the celebration. The stadium was named Monumental "José Fierro" in honor of the club's second president, Jose Fierro.

It was the first roof stadium in Tucumán Province and the first to have a superior stand. The structure was built out of concrete.

The stadium is located in the north part of the city of San Miguel de Tucumán (named "Barrio Norte"). It can currently accommodate up to 32,500 people due to an upgrade of the facilities that included adding an extra 2,500 seats.

Players

Current squad

As of 21 August 2024.^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ARG Francisco Flores (loan from San Lorenzo) 3 DF  URU Matías de los Santos 5 MF  ARG Adrián Sánchez 6 DF  ARG Gianluca Ferrari (loan from Godoy Cruz) 7 FW  ARG Pulga Rodriguez 8 MF  ARG Guillermo Acosta 9 FW  ARG Mateo Bajamich 10 FW  URU Franco Nicola (on loan from Liverpool Montevideo) 11 MF  ARG Nicolás Castro 12 GK  URU Juan González 15 DF  ARG Néstor Breitenbruch 16 DF  ARG Moisés Brandán 18 MF  ARG Renzo Tesuri 19 FW  ARG Marcelo Estigarribia

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ARG Nicolás Romero 23 FW  ARG Francisco Bonfiglio (loan from Villarreal C) 24 MF  ARG Lautaro Godoy 25 GK  ARG Tomás Durso (loan from Gimnasia Plata) 26 MF  ARG Tomás Castro Ponce (loan from River Plate) 27 MF  ARG Lucas Ambrogio (loan from Argentinos) 30 DF  ARG Gino Peruzzi 32 DF  ARG Juan Infante 36 GK  ARG Gustavo Lescano 37 MF  ARG Mateo Coronel 39 DF  ARG Matías Orihuela 40 FW  ARG Justo Giani 41 MF  ARG Rodrigo Melo (on loan from Deportivo Cuenca)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Bruno Bianchi (at Independiente Rivadavia until 31 December 2024) — DF  ARG Mauro Osores (at Marathón until 30 June 2025) — DF  ARG Gabriel Risso Patrón (at Ponte Preta until 31 December 2024) — FW  ARG Nicolás Laméndola (at Aldovisi until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ARG Kevin Isa Luna (at Mitre (SdE) until 31 December 2024) — FW  ARG Ignacio Maestro Puch (at Independiente until 31 December 2024) — FW  ARG Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez (at Talleres until 31 December 2024)

Managers

• Jorge Solari (Jul 2006 – Jun 2008)
• Héctor Rivoira (Jul 2008 – Nov 2009)
• Osvaldo Sosa (Nov 2009 – Mar 2010)
• Mario Gómez (Mar 2010 – Jun 2010)
• Adrián Czornomaz (Jul 2010 – Jun 2011)
• Jorge Solari (Jul 2011 – Oct 2011)
• Juan Manuel Llop (Oct 2011 – Jun 2012)
• Ricardo Rodríguez (Jul 2012 – Nov 2013)
• Héctor Rivoira (Apr 2014 – Nov 2014)
• Juan Manuel Azconzábal (Nov 2014 – Nov 2016)
• Pablo Lavallén (Nov 2016 – Jun 2017)
• Ricardo Zielinski (Jun 2017 – Jan 2021)
• Omar De Felippe (Jan 2021 – Oct 2021)
• Pablo Guiñazú (Oct 2021 – Nov 2021)
• Juan Manuel Azconzábal (Dec 2021 – Apr 2022)
• Lucas Pusineri (Apr 2022 – Jun 2023)
• Favio Orsi and Sergio Gómez (Jul 2023 – Feb 2024)
• Facundo Sava (Mar 2024 –)

Honours

National

League

• Primera B Nacional (2): 2008–09, 2015
• Torneo Argentino A (1): 2007–08
• Torneo del Interior (1): 1986-87

National cups

• Copa de Campeones de la República Argentina (1): 1959–60 ^{[note 1]}

Regional

• Federación Tucumana (21): 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1975 ^[11]
• Liga Tucumana (7): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 2003, 2016 ^[11]
• Torneo de Competencia (8): 1926, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1957
• Campeonato de Honor (13): 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963

Notes

1. Competition organised by AFA's "Consejo Federal", held in 1959. It was contested by clubs from regional leagues outside Buenos Aires with no direct affiliation to the Association.^[8] The AFA gave this title official status in October 2024.^[9][10]

References

1. "Deportes – LA GACETA Tucumán". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
2. Otras disciplinas – club's website Archived August 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Atlético Tucumán ascendió a la B Nacional". Infobae.com (in European Spanish). 15 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. "Copa Libertadores: Atlético Tucumán jugó en Quito con la camiseta de la selección argentina: la historia detrás y dónde se cambiaron". La Nación (in Spanish). 8 February 2017. ISSN 0325-0946. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
5. AFP (2017-02-08). "Con uniforme prestado, Atlético Tucumán venció a El Nacional y avanza en Libertadores". El Universo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
6. "Atlético Tucumán se clasificó a la Copa Libertadores 2018". Tycsports.com. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20.
7. "Atlético Tucumán squad". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
8. Argentina - Argentine Republic Champions Championship 1959 Archived 2022-12-06 at the Wayback Machine by Osvaldo Gorgazzi and Edgardo Imas on the RSSSF
9. Boletín n° 6579 - Resoluciones on AFA.org.ar
10. A través del Boletín Oficial, la AFA certificó que Atlético Tucumán es campeón de Primera at La Gaceta. 1 Nov 2024
11. Liga Tucumana en "Fútbol del Interior" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• Decaweb (in Spanish)