Atlético Tucumán

Full name

Club Atlético Tucumán

Nickname(s)

Decano

Founded

27 September 1902

Ground

Monumental José Fierro, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province

Capacity

32,700

Chairman

Mario Leito

Manager

Juan Manuel Azconzábal

League

Primera División

2015

1st (champion)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian 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.

Other activities hosted by the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, handball and karate-do.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1902, which makes Atlético the oldest football club from the province of Tucumán.

Atlético has participated in 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 on 1979, when reached the semi-finals of the Torneo Nacional.

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

Other sports practised at the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey and martial arts.^[2]

Tucumán Derby

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 Torneo Argentino A, the regionalized third division of Argentine league system.

Ground

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 a well-remembered Atlético's chairman.

It was the first roof stadium in Tucumán Province and the first to have a superior stand. The structure was built of concrete. The record attendance was in 2008, during a match between Atlético and Racing de Córdoba, when all the seats were filled.

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 32,700 persons due to an upgrade of the facilities that included adding and extra 2,500 seats.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Atlético Tucumán as of June 30, 2015 (edit)
Sources: Atlético Tucumán official website

No.		Position	Player
—	ARG	GK	Cristian Lucchetti
—	ARG	GK	Josué Ayala
—	ARG	GK	Norberto Barrado
—	ARG	GK	Franco Blasi
—	ARG	DF	Matías Sanchez
—	ARG	DF	Bruno Bianchi
—	URU	DF	Pablo Rodríguez
—	ARG	DF	Fernando Iglesias
—	ARG	DF	Gastón Iturrieta
—	ARG	DF	Jorge Molina
—	URU	DF	Rodrigo Pérez
—	ARG	DF	Nicolás Romat
—	ARG	DF	Fernando Evangelista
—	ARG	DF	Franco Sbuttoni
—	ARG	DF	Guillermo Acosta
—	ARG	MF	Hernán Becica

No.		Position	Player
—	ARG	MF	Francisco Grahl
—	ARG	MF	Franco Quiroga
—	ARG	MF	Gabriel Cuevas
—	ARG	MF	Sebastián Longo
—	ARG	MF	Pablo Garnier
—	ARG	MF	David Valdez
—	ARG	MF	Rodrigo Cardozo
—	ARG	MF	Cristian Ibarra
—	ARG	MF	Miguel Rosette
—	ARG	FW	Cristian Menéndez
—	ARG	FW	Gonzalo Ontivero
—	ARG	FW	Luis Rodríguez
—	ARG	FW	Sebastian Matos
—	ARG	FW	Juan Imbert
—	ARG	FW	Leandro González
—	ARG	FW	Leandro Díaz

Manager: Juan Azconzábal

Honours

National

Primera B Nacional (2): 2008–09, 2015
Torneo Argentino A (2): Clausura 2004, 2007–08

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 ^[3]
Liga Tucumana (6): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 2003 ^[3]
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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Atlético Tucumán.

Official website (Spanish)
Decaweb (Spanish)

Primera División

Argentine Football Association

2016 teams	Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atlético Rafaela Atlético Tucumán Banfield Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Olimpo Patronato Quilmes Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sarsfield

League format	Calendar-year (1891-1966, 2015-) Metropolitano and Nacional (1967-85) European style (1985-90) Apertura and Clausura (1991-2012) Inicial and Final (2012-14)

Seasons	1891 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015 2016

Dissident bodies	Federación Argentina de Football (1912-14) Asociación Amateurs de Football (1919-26) Liga Argentina de Football (1931-34)

Other articles	Champions year by year All-time table Players Records Top scorers Fillol Award Disaffiliated teams

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