Club Olimpo

Olimpo
Full name Club Olimpo
Nickname(s) El Aurinegro
El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded 15 October 1910 (1910-10-15)
Ground Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti
Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Ground Capacity 18,000[1]
Chairman Alfredo Dagna
Manager Christian Diaz
League Primera División
2015 18th
Website Club home page

Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded on 15 October 1910, and its main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.

History

The club is based in Bahía Blanca, having been founded in 1910.[2]

In 1982 Olimpo played the Torneo Regional, where it lost in the Group 1 play-off to Mariano Moreno.[3]

The team were relegated from the first division in the 2005–06 season, losing a play-off against Belgrano.[4]

After winning the Apertura and Clausura of the Primera B Nacional in 2006–07 season, Olimpo returned to the Primera División. However, the team would be relegated during its first season back in the division, the 2007–08 season.

After two seasons back in the Primera B Nacional, Olimpo won promotion for the third time to play the 2010–11 season in the Argentine topflight.

Honours

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Club Olimpo as of 26 February 2016 (edit)
Sources: Official website and Argentine Soccer

No. Position Player
1  ARG GK Nereo Champagne
3  ARG DF Cristian Villanueva
4  ARG DF Jorge Figal
5  ARG MF Mario Paglialunga
6  ARG DF Néstor Moiraghi
7  ARG FW Francisco Pizzini
8  ARG FW Joel Amoroso
10  ARG FW Walter Acuña
11  ARG MF Brian Ferreira
12  ARG GK Ezequiel Viola
14  URU MF Jean Barrientos
15  URU MF Pablo Míguez
No. Position Player
16  ARG DF Juan Leandro Quiroga
18  ARG MF Jonathan Blanco
19  ARG MF Jacobo Mansilla
20  ARG MF David Vega
21  ARG DF Juan Ignacio Sills
22  ARG MF Elías Borrego
23  ARG GK Rodrigo Saracho
24  ARG DF Ezequiel Parnisarri
25  ARG DF Fernando González
28  ARG FW Franco Troyansky
30  ARG FW Javier Soñer
32  PAR FW Orlando Gaona Lugo

Manager: Christian Díaz

Managers

References

  1. http://www.promiedos.com.ar/estadio.php?id=15
  2. "Club Olimpo De Bahía Blanca". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Pablo Ciullin (21 July 2011). "Torneo Regional 1982". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (22 January 2009). "2005/2006". Final Tables Argentina 2001–2010. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. "Club Olimpo de Bahía Blanca: Trophies". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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