Unión de Santa Fe

Unión

Full name	Club Atlético Unión
Nickname(s)	Tatengues, El Tate
Founded	15 April 1907
Ground	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe, Argentina
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Luis Spahn
Manager	Leonardo Madelón
League	Primera División
2015	14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético Unión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko uˈnjon]; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe [uˈnjon de santa ˈfe], CA Unión de Santa Fe or simply Unión) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded in April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.

Although Unión is mostly known for its football team, that currently plays in Primera División, the club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming and volleyball.

History

In 1965, the football team was promoted to the Segunda División Argentina for the first time. The team has played there for many years, alternating with periods in the second division. Unión's supporters are called "unionistas", "tatengues", while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

In 1979 Unión played the final matches of the Nacional championship, but lost at the hands of River Plate, because the goal scored by River in the first match (with a final score of 1–1) ended up in an average over Union according to the away goals rule applied to that tournament.

The most famous footballers who played for Unión are Leopoldo Luque, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, and Nery Pumpido, the goalkeeper of the national team that won the World Cup in Mexico 1986.

Apart from football, basketball is the foremost sport practised at the institution, with Union's team currently in the third division. Carlos Delfino is its most famous basketball player.

Rivalry

Unión and Colón are the two largest football clubs in Santa Fe. The Clásico Santafesino is known as one of football's fiercest and most important rivalries in Argentina. Unión and Colón have played 105 games all time against each other in the Professional Era, with Unión winning 37, Colón winning 31 and 37 draws.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Unión de Santa Fe as of February 20, 2016 (edit)
Sources: Official website and Argentine Soccer

No. Position Player 1  ARG GK Nereo Fernández 2  PAR DF Rolando García Guerreño 3  ARG DF Emir Faccioli 4  ARG DF Santiago Zurbriggen 5  ARG MF Mauricio Martínez 6  ARG DF Jonatan Fleita 7  PAR FW Julio César Rodríguez 8  ARG MF Santiago Nagüel 9  ARG FW Claudio Riaño 10  ARG MF Ignacio Malcorra 11  ARG MF Martín Rolle 13  ARG FW Nicolás Andereggen 14  ARG DF Bruno Pittón

No. Position Player 15  ARG MF Nelson Acevedo 18  ARG FW Lucas Gamba 20  ARG FW Tomás Bolzicco 21  ARG MF Diego Villar 22  ARG DF Emanuel Brítez 23  ARG MF Manuel de Iriondo 24  ARG DF Brian Blasi 25  ARG GK Joaquín Papaleo 26  ARG DF Agustín Sandoná 27  ARG FW Franco Soldado 28  ARG MF Matías Fantín 29  URU GK Matías Castro 30  ARG MF Mauro Pittón

Manager: Leonardo Madelón

Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club and/or played officially for their national team.

Alberto Galateo (1927–34) Julio Ávila (1948–49), (1955–56) José Vicente Grecco (1949–53) Victorio Cocco (1964–67) Néstor Scotta (1967–69) Mario Zanabria (1967–69) Roberto Martínez (1970) Leopoldo Luque (1971), (1973–75), (1980–81) Hugo Gatti (1974–75) Carlos Trullet (1974–77) Rubén Suñé (1975) Víctor Marchetti (1975–76), (1984) Roberto Telch (1976–79) Nery Pumpido (1976–81), (1991) Carlos Trucco (1977–81), (1984–85) Fernando Alí (1978–88)

Ramón Centurión (1978–85), (1991–92) Osvaldo Escudero (1982–85) Daniel Morón (1983–88) Daniel Killer (1984–86) Alberto Acosta (1986–88) Ricardo Altamirano (1986–88) Edgardo Arasa (1986–88) Antony de Ávila (1987–88) Claudio Borghi (1990–91) Darío Cabrol (1990–92), (1994–00) Ricardo Giusti (1991–92) José Luis Marzo (1991–95), (1996–98) Nii Lamptey (1997) Danilo Aceval (1997–99)

Pablo Cavallero (1998–99) Juan José Jayo (1998–00) Daniel Noriega (1998–00), (2001–02) Matías Donnet (1999–00), (2009–10) Andrés Silvera (1999–01) Daniel Tílger (1999–01) Martín Zapata (1999–04), (2006–09) Marcelo Mosset (1999–06), (2007–08) Fernando Ortiz (2000–03) Leonardo Fernández (2001) Rubén Capria (2001–03) Roberto Battión (2002–07) Ignacio Canuto (2004–07)

Managers

Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1975–76) Reynaldo Volken (1977–79) Humberto Zucarelli (1988–90) Carlos Trullet (July 1990–Dec 91), (July 1995–June 98) Salvador Capitano (Jan 1999–June 99) Juan José López (1999) Nery Pumpido (July 1999–June 01) Leonardo Madelón (Jan 2001–Dec 01) Carlos Griguol (2002) Frank Kudelka (July 2002–Dec 02) Néstor Craviotto (July 2005–June 06) Carlos Trullet (July 2006–June 07) Fernando Quiroz (2008–09) Fernando Alí (Jul 2009–Jun 10) Frank Kudelka (June 2010–Sept 12) Nery Pumpido (Sept 2012–Dec 12) Facundo Sava (Dec 2012–Dec 13) Leonardo Madelón (Dec 2013–Present)

Honours

National

• Primera B (1): 1966

Regional

• Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (36): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1955,
  1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, Classificatorio 1971, Selectivo 1971, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1994, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2010

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Tatequerido (Spanish)
• Tatengues.com (Spanish)
• Mundo Rojiblanco (Spanish)
• LosTates (Spanish)