Defensa y Justicia

Defensa y Justicia
Full name Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Nickname(s) Halcón (Hawk)
Founded 20 March 1935 (1935-03-20)
Ground Norberto Tomaghello
Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman José Lemme
Manager Ariel Holan
League Primera División
2015 21st
Website Club home page

Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia (usually known simply as Defensa y Justicia) is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. Home games are played at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello which has a capacity of approximately 8,000 seats.

History

The institution was founded on 20 March 1935 by a group of friends who wanted to form a local team. There are no sources explaining how the name was given to the club.[1] Presided by Norberto Tomaghello, Defensa y Justicia affiliated to Argentine Football Association, built its stadium, which was opened in occasion of a friendly match against Boca Juniors reserve team in December 1977.

The club's original colors were blue with white collar and cuffs, which were changed to yellow with green details. These were the colors of the bus line "El Halcón", a company that belonged to the club president at the time. This company used its buses to bring the fans to away games, and thus received the nickname "Los Halcones de Varela".[1]

Even though the club was founded as early as 1935, Defensa y Justicia did not play in official tournaments until 1978, when the team debuted in Primera D, defeating Cañuelas.[1]

The team quickly promoted to upper divisions, first to Primera C Metropolitana in 1982 after winning the championship, and 3 years later reaching the next division, Primera B being coached by Hugo García. Defensa only lasted in Primera B one year so in 1986 promoted to Primera B Nacional, where has remained since. As of May 17th , 2014 Defensa y Justicia has been promoted to the Primera Division of the Argentina Football (the highest level in the country)

Honours

Current squad

As of 20 February, 2016.

Source: Football Squads

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

No. Position Player
1 Argentina GK Lucio Chiaperro
2 Uruguay DF Rafael García (on loan from Nacional)
3 Argentina DF Elias Gómez
4 Argentina DF Damián Martínez
5 Argentina MF Guido Rodríguez (on loan from River Plate)
6 Argentina DF Alexander Barboza (on loan from River Plate)
7 Argentina FW Mariano Guerreiro (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)
8 Uruguay MF Ignacio Rivero
9 Argentina FW Fabián Bordagaray
10 Argentina MF Hernán Fredes
11 Argentina FW Andrés Ríos
12 Argentina FW Ciro Rius
14 Argentina FW Eric Aparicio
16 Argentina DF Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Boca Juniors)
17 Uruguay MF Maximiliano Calzada
18 Argentina DF Marcelo Benítez
19 Colombia FW Humberto Osorio (on loan from Dorados)
20 Argentina DF Rafael Delgado (on loan from Estudiantes)
21 Argentina GK Gabriel Arias
No. Position Player
22 Argentina GK Pablo Santillo
23 Argentina MF Eugenio Isnaldo (on loan from Newell's Old Boys)
24 Argentina DF Javier Yacuzzi
25 Argentina FW Agustín Bouzat (on loan from Boca Juniors)
26 Argentina DF Tomás Cardona (on loan from San Lorenzo)
27 Argentina DF Hugo Silva
28 Argentina MF Tomás Pochettino (on loan from Boca Juniors)
29 Argentina MF Tomás Martinez (on loan from River Plate)
30 Argentina MF Santiago Magallán (on loan from San Lorenzo)
31 Argentina DF Federico Maya
32 Argentina MF Nicolás Czornomaz
33 Argentina MF Diego Venturi
34 Argentina MF Matías Sosa
35 Argentina DF Federico Barrios
36 Argentina FW Kevin Casoratti
37 Argentina FW Guido Dal Casón
38 Argentina MF Christián Ramos
39 Argentina FW Nicolás Fernández

Managers

References

  1. 1 2 3 El Nacimiento de una Pasión, Alejandro Fabbri, CI editores, Buenos Aires (2006)

External links

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