Club Atlético Belgrano

Belgrano

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Full name	Club Atlético Belgrano
Nickname(s)	Piratas, Celestes
Founded	19 March 1905 (1905-03-19)
Ground	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Ground Capacity	46,083
Chairman	Armando Pérez
Manager	Ricardo Zielinski
League	Primera División
2015	9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Belgrano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko βelˈɣɾano]; mostly known simply as Belgrano [belˈɣɾano] or Belgrano de Córdoba [belˈɣɾano ðe ˈkorðoβa]) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba, best known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera División, the top level of Argentine football league system.

Other activities held in the club are basketball, chess and volleyball.

History

Belgrano was founded in 1905. It was named in commemoration of the Argentine historical figure General Manuel Belgrano, and its colours were taken from the flag of Argentina, created by Belgrano himself.

File:Belgrano 1906.jpg

The first photo of a Belgrano team, taken in 1906.

The team started playing in the second division of the Córdoba league in 1908, winning that championship and the following two, to reach the first division of the local league.

After the foundation of the Federación Cordobesa de Fútbol ("Córdoba Football Association"), Belgrano won the first championship of 1913. The following season gave birth to the Córdoba Derby between Belgrano and Talleres.

On 17 March 1929 the Gigante de Alberdi opened, one of the first cement stadiums in Argentina. It underwent renovation in 1997.

Within the Córdoba league, Belgrano won all the championships between 1929 and 1937, except for 1934, that was won by Talleres. Then, it won the 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 (Unión Cordobesa de Fútbol) and 1957.

Belgrano played in the Nacional tournament of 1968, and reached the Argentine second division in 1986. The club finally reached first division in 1992, where it played until 1996. In 1998 the team was promoted again to first division, to be relegated after the 2001–02 season.

Beating Club Olimpo at the 2005–06 Promoción, Belgrano returned to first division for the 2006–07 season. Belgrano were relegated to the second division after narrowly missing out on a Promotion play-off berth. Belgrano played another promotion series in 2011, against River Plate, which they won.

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A Belgrano jersey by Topper, worn during the 1980s.

Honours

Regional

• Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol: (31)

1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1984, 1985, 2003

• Segunda División Liga Cordobesa:

1908, 1909, 1910

• Unión Cordobesa de Fútbol:

1956

• Primera División ACF:

1984, 1985

• Campeonato Provincial ACF:

1983, 1984, 1985

• Torneo Regional (Córdoba): (9)

1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985

• Torneo del Interior (Córdoba):

1985–86

• Torneo Regional de AFA: (10)

1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986

Fans

The spiritual home of Belgrano is the barrio Alberdi. Fans take great pride in the roots from the area of the city, and indeed a banner is displayed at every game supporting 'The Pirates of Alberdi'.

The barra brava of Belgrano was the first barra in Argentina. It is called "Los Piratas Celestes de Alberdi" and its main functioning wing is "La Banda del Loco Tito". At every home game the barra populate the stand named Luis Fabián Artime and conduct songs with the use of a band in the centre of the group.

Players

Current squad

Main category: Club Atlético Belgrano footballers

Current squad of Club Atlético Belgrano as of 20 February 2016 (edit)
Sources: [1]

No. Position Player 1 ARG GK Juan Carlos Olave 2 ARG DF Pier Barrios 3 ARG DF Federico Álvarez 4 ARG DF Renzo Saravia 5 ARG MF Guillermo Farré 6 ARG DF Cristian Lema 7 ARG FW César Pereyra 9 ARG FW Fernando Márquez 10 ARG MF Iván Etevenaux 11 ARG MF Sebastián Prediger 12 ARG FW Claudio Bieler 13 CHI DF José Rojas 15 ARG GK Lucas Acosta 16 ARG FW Santiago Giordana

No. Position Player 17 ARG DF Cristian Romero 18 ARG MF Gastón Saurez 19 ARG MF Jorge Velázquez 20 ARG MF Gabriel Alanis 21 ARG DF Sebastián Luna 22 ARG MF Lucas Parodi 23 ARG DF César Rigamonti 24 ARG MF Iván Paz 25 ARG GK Pablo Heredia 26 ARG DF Esteban Espíndola 27 URU DF Adrián Argachá (on loan from Sud América) 28 ARG DF Luciano Rodriguez 29 ARG MF Iván Óbolo 30 ARG MF Mario Bolatti

Manager: Ricardo Zielinski

Managers

• Sebastián Viberti (1977)
• Victorio Cocco (1984–85)
• Victorio Cocco (1992–93)
• Luis Manuel Blanco (1998)
• Ricardo Rezza (1998–99)
• Reinaldo Merlo (July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001)
• Gustavo Alfaro (2001)
• Carlos Ramacciotti (July 1, 2001 – Dec 31, 2001)
• Néstor Craviotto (2005)

• Carlos Ramacciotti (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2005)
• Mario Griguol (2006–07)
• Francisco Ferraro (2007)
• Mario Gómez (Nov 19, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
• Blas Giunta (July 1, 2008–??)
• Omar Labruna (March 12, 2009 – Sept 7, 2009)
• Jorge Guyon (Nov 25, 2009 – Oct 2, 2010)
• Luis Ernesto Sosa (May 7, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010)
• Ricardo Zielinski (Jan 1, 2011–)

External links

• Belgrano de Córdoba page at ESPN
• Official site