Club Atlético Atlanta
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Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine
sports club
from Buenos Aires
. Nicknamed Los Bohemios ("The Bohemians"), its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana
championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional (the second tier of Argentine football league system) for the 2011/12 season.
, Argentina
. One source says that the team got its name from an earthquake that had struck Atlanta, Georgia
in United States
at the time the founders got together to inaugurate the club. Another version about its foundation states that the name "Atlanta" was taken from a navy ship that had arrived to the Puerto de Buenos Aires when Manuel Quintana
was proclaimed as President of Argentina. Elias Sanz was name as its first president.
Club's colors, yellow and blue, where chosen from the awnings that decorated the stores in those years. Atlanta's first home field was placed in Juan B. Alberdi y Escalada Avenues of Villa Luro
neighborhood but the club will move repeatdtely. That is the reason why the club was nicknamed as Los Bohemios (The Bohemians) which has remained as the nickname for the club and supporters as well.
At the beginning of 1906, Atlanta was affiliated to the third division of the Argentine Football Association
. The team debuted on April 22, 1906, winning its match against Racing
.
The club is often associated with the Jewish community because of the historical support of Jews in the area of Villa Crespo, notable Jews have been part of the teams administration and squad (e.g. Fabian Lagman
and Jaime José Rotman
).
. The rivalry originated in 1922, when Chacarita established very close to Atlanta's home and stadium. The Funebrero stayed there until 1930 when moved to San Martín
, in Greater Buenos Aires
, where has remained since, although the rivalry with Atlanta never ended.
The first official match between both teams was on November 13, 1927 and Chacarita won 2-0. The first time Atlanta defeated the Funebrero was in 1930, with a score of 1-0. In the professional era, the first contest between Atlanta and Chacarita was on June 4, 1931, being Atlanta the winner for a 3-1 score.
Atlanta and Chacarita faced 126 times: Atlanta won 34 scoring 144 goals. On the other side, Chacarita won 54 games and scored 191 goals. They tied 38 times. The biggest win achieved by Atlanta was in 1944, when defeated Chacarita 7-1.
Santiago Rico played the most games for Atlanta with 16 appeareances, while Luciano Agnolín is the top scorer with 7 goals.
, "Don León Kolbovsky", is located in Villa Crespo
neighborhood, in the city of Buenos Aires
. It was inaugurated in 1960 during a match between Atlanta and Argentinos Juniors
. Its name is a tribute to the man who presided the club when the stadium began to be built and has a capacity of 34,000. It is also known as the "Wooden Monumental", in reference to River Plate's
Estadio Monumental
, the biggest and with the largest capacity in Argentina.
In February 2005, the Government of Buenos Aires closed the stadium due to its poor sanitary and security conditions. In January 2006 the stadium was partially re-opened but it was closed again a month later. The same year Atlanta signed a contract with a company to built two concrete grandstands which would replace the wooden one that still stood there. Once the restructuring was finished, Atlanta could dispute its home games in its own stadium after three years. The León Kolbovsky was re-opened in March 2009, when Atlanta defeated Deportivo Español 3-1 with 6,000 supporters in the new concrete grandstands.
Napoleón had been adopted by Atlanta players after a match against Talleres played in Remedios de Escalada
: with the dog on the field, Atlanta scored 4 goals in the second half after finishing with a loss of 5-1 at the end of the first period (when Napoleón could not stay with the team on field). The match finally ended with a 5-5 tie and therefore the dog was adopted by Atlanta players as their mascot, because they considered the dog had brought good luck to the team.
On April 6, 1938, a group of Atlanta supporters met at the house of Napoleón's owner, Francisco Belón. They were making the arrangements to take Napoleón to La Plata for the match Atlanta had to play against Estudiantes
. But the front door left opened and the dog run to the street, and was killed by a car. The newspaper Ahora titled the next day: "Napoleón, a true ace of Porteño
football, passed away"
Napoleón was not buried, but his body was embalmed and kept by his owner, Francisco Belón, in the house of Villa Crespo where he lived. On October 2004, when Atlanta celebrated its 100th anniversary, the embalmed body of Napoléon came back to the stadium (now called León Kolvobsky) being exhibited by Francisco Belón's son, Osvaldo. The dog was one of the most ovationed symbols of the club, along with human celebrities as Osvaldo Miranda
(proclaimed as the most famous Atlanta fan by the institution that evening) and Carlos Griguol.
Luis Artime
Roque Avallay
Jose Bedia Rodolfo "Pocho" Bettinotti
Luis Bonnet Juan Burgueño
Rubén Cano
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Cristian Castillo Fabián Castro Victorio Cocco
Renato Corsi
Daniel Delfino
Octavio Díaz
Lucas Ferreiro Bernardo "Nano" Gandulla
Hugo Gatti
Juan Gómez Voglino Carlos Griguol Mario Griguol
Martín Herrera
Santiago Hirsig
Luis Marabotto Ángel Médici
Victor Paredes
Fernando Paternoster
Adolfo Pedernera
Cristian Pellerano
Norberto Raffo
Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Jorge Daniel Ribolzi Francisco Rodriguez
Jaime José Rotman
Pablo Santillo Domingo Tarasconi
Miguel Angel Villamonte
Ángel Tulio Zof
Osvaldo Zubeldía
(1)
The "Copa Suecia" ("Sweden Cup" in Spanish) was a tournament organized by the Argentine Football Association
, in order to be played while the national team
was playing the 1958 World Cup
at Sweden
.
All the First Division teams were invited to participate and the final match was played in 1960. The trophy given to the winner (Club Atlético Atlanta) was a gift from the Sweden ambassador in Argentina, Carl Borgenstierna.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. Nicknamed Los Bohemios ("The Bohemians"), its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional (the second tier of Argentine football league system) for the 2011/12 season.
History
The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. One source says that the team got its name from an earthquake that had struck Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at the time the founders got together to inaugurate the club. Another version about its foundation states that the name "Atlanta" was taken from a navy ship that had arrived to the Puerto de Buenos Aires when Manuel Quintana
Manuel Quintana
Manuel Pedro Quintana y Sáenz de Gaona was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office....
was proclaimed as President of Argentina. Elias Sanz was name as its first president.
Club's colors, yellow and blue, where chosen from the awnings that decorated the stores in those years. Atlanta's first home field was placed in Juan B. Alberdi y Escalada Avenues of Villa Luro
Villa Luro
Villa Luro is a barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the western part of Capital Federal.The district owes its name to Dr. Pedro Luro, a prominent local physician and real-estate developer who, during the 1870s, sold most of his property in the area as residential lots.-External...
neighborhood but the club will move repeatdtely. That is the reason why the club was nicknamed as Los Bohemios (The Bohemians) which has remained as the nickname for the club and supporters as well.
At the beginning of 1906, Atlanta was affiliated to the third division of the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
. The team debuted on April 22, 1906, winning its match against Racing
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
.
The club is often associated with the Jewish community because of the historical support of Jews in the area of Villa Crespo, notable Jews have been part of the teams administration and squad (e.g. Fabian Lagman
Fabian Lagman
Fabian Gustavo Lagman is an Argentine former professional association football player who was part of the 1988–89 championship squad at Maccabi Haifa. His son, Gaston, is now a professional footballer in Argentina.- Playing career :...
and Jaime José Rotman
Jaime José Rotman
Jaime José Rotman is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. He began his career in 1932 with Argentinos Juniors, where he played until 1935. He then joined Vélez Sársfield....
).
Derby
Atlanta's main rival is Chacarita JuniorsChacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...
. The rivalry originated in 1922, when Chacarita established very close to Atlanta's home and stadium. The Funebrero stayed there until 1930 when moved to San Martín
General San Martín Partido
General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of Capital Federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina....
, in Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, where has remained since, although the rivalry with Atlanta never ended.
The first official match between both teams was on November 13, 1927 and Chacarita won 2-0. The first time Atlanta defeated the Funebrero was in 1930, with a score of 1-0. In the professional era, the first contest between Atlanta and Chacarita was on June 4, 1931, being Atlanta the winner for a 3-1 score.
Atlanta and Chacarita faced 126 times: Atlanta won 34 scoring 144 goals. On the other side, Chacarita won 54 games and scored 191 goals. They tied 38 times. The biggest win achieved by Atlanta was in 1944, when defeated Chacarita 7-1.
Santiago Rico played the most games for Atlanta with 16 appeareances, while Luciano Agnolín is the top scorer with 7 goals.
Stadium
The team stadiumStadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
, "Don León Kolbovsky", is located in Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo is a middle-class neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical centre of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km²....
neighborhood, in the city of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. It was inaugurated in 1960 during a match between Atlanta and Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...
. Its name is a tribute to the man who presided the club when the stadium began to be built and has a capacity of 34,000. It is also known as the "Wooden Monumental", in reference to River Plate's
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
Estadio Monumental
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, is a stadium in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires, Argentina at the intersection of Figueroa Alcorta and Udaondo. It is the home venue of Club Atlético River Plate and is named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti...
, the biggest and with the largest capacity in Argentina.
In February 2005, the Government of Buenos Aires closed the stadium due to its poor sanitary and security conditions. In January 2006 the stadium was partially re-opened but it was closed again a month later. The same year Atlanta signed a contract with a company to built two concrete grandstands which would replace the wooden one that still stood there. Once the restructuring was finished, Atlanta could dispute its home games in its own stadium after three years. The León Kolbovsky was re-opened in March 2009, when Atlanta defeated Deportivo Español 3-1 with 6,000 supporters in the new concrete grandstands.
Nickname
Since the team lacked an official home stadium for its first six decades, it was nicknamed "Los Bohemios", as the team would wander from place to place forced to play "home" games in other team's stadiums. The label is also associated to the fans, or any supporter of the team. The singular form, "El Bohemio", is also accepted and can be used when referring to the organization, a particular player or the actual team.The "footballer" dog
One of the most curious cases in the history of the club refers to a dog, called "Napoleón" (whose name had been taken from the Emperor of the French) who would became a club legend. The dog had became famous in 1936, when before each match disputed by Atlanta, Napoleón used to show his skills with the ball to the spectators at the Villa Crespo stadium. The animal's awesome hability was claimed even by rival supporters . The dog also barked fiercely when the rival team appeared on the field, and moved happily his tale when Atlanta players jumped to the grass. "Once the referee started the match, Napoleón took his place outside the field and run following the movements of the ball. During the corner kicks, the dog always stood behind the goal"Napoleón had been adopted by Atlanta players after a match against Talleres played in Remedios de Escalada
Remedios de escalada
Remedios de Escalada de San Martín is a city located in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within Lanús Partido, Gran Buenos Aires. It covers an area of 9,95 km² and the population was 83,636 in 1991; the demonym for its inhabitants is "escaladense."...
: with the dog on the field, Atlanta scored 4 goals in the second half after finishing with a loss of 5-1 at the end of the first period (when Napoleón could not stay with the team on field). The match finally ended with a 5-5 tie and therefore the dog was adopted by Atlanta players as their mascot, because they considered the dog had brought good luck to the team.
On April 6, 1938, a group of Atlanta supporters met at the house of Napoleón's owner, Francisco Belón. They were making the arrangements to take Napoleón to La Plata for the match Atlanta had to play against Estudiantes
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....
. But the front door left opened and the dog run to the street, and was killed by a car. The newspaper Ahora titled the next day: "Napoleón, a true ace of Porteño
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
football, passed away"
Napoleón was not buried, but his body was embalmed and kept by his owner, Francisco Belón, in the house of Villa Crespo where he lived. On October 2004, when Atlanta celebrated its 100th anniversary, the embalmed body of Napoléon came back to the stadium (now called León Kolvobsky) being exhibited by Francisco Belón's son, Osvaldo. The dog was one of the most ovationed symbols of the club, along with human celebrities as Osvaldo Miranda
Osvaldo Miranda (actor)
Osvaldo Isaías Mathon Miranda was an Argentinian film and television actor whose credits also included more than fifty stage productions....
(proclaimed as the most famous Atlanta fan by the institution that evening) and Carlos Griguol.
Current Squad
List of famous players
Luciano AgnolínLuciano Agnolín
Luciano Eufemio Agnolín was an Argentine footballer, notable for being the all-time leading goalscorer at the second level of Argentine football....
Luis Artime
Luis Artime
Luis Artime is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1000 goals during his career...
Roque Avallay
Roque Avallay
Roque Avallay is a former Argentine football striker. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team....
Jose Bedia Rodolfo "Pocho" Bettinotti
Luis Bonnet Juan BurgueñoJuan Burgueño
Juan Burgueño Pereira is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for Danubio. In Argentina he played in the Club Atlanta....
Rubén CanoRubén Cano
Rubén Andrés Cano Sáez is a former Argentine-Spanish footballer. He played for Atlético de Madrid between 1976 and 1982, winning the La Liga title in 1977....
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi is a football coach. He is currently manager for the Argentine side Quilmes Atlético Club.-Playing career:Lombardi started his playing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1981...
Cristian Castillo Fabián Castro Victorio Cocco
Victorio Cocco
Victorio Nicolás Cocco is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.- Personal life :...
Renato Corsi
Renato Corsi
Renato Corsi is a retired American-Argentine footballer. He was the first American to play in the Primera División Argentina....
Daniel Delfino
Daniel Delfino
Daniel Alejandro Delfino is a retired football striker from Argentina, who played for several clubs in South America during his career.-Club career:...
Octavio Díaz
Octavio Díaz
Octavio Juan Díaz was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played for the Argentina national football team....
Lucas Ferreiro Bernardo "Nano" Gandulla
Bernardo Gandulla
Bernardo José Gandulla, better known as Bernardo Gandulla , was an Argentine football forward and head coach.-Playing career:...
Hugo Gatti
Hugo Gatti
Hugo Orlando Gatti, Loco Gatti is a former Argentine professional football goalkeeper who played in the Argentine First Division for 26 seasons and set a record of 765 appearances...
Juan Gómez Voglino Carlos Griguol Mario Griguol
Mario Griguol
Mario Griguol is a coach and former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina and Chile....
Martín Herrera
Martín Herrera
Martín Horacio Herrera is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...
Santiago Hirsig
Santiago Hirsig
Santiago Hirsig is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Quilmes in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...
Luis Marabotto Ángel Médici
Ángel Médici
Ángel Segundo Médici was an Argentine football defender who represented the Argentina national football team on 34 occasions between 1922 and 1928.-Playing career:...
Victor Paredes
Fernando Paternoster
Fernando Paternoster
Fernando Paternoster was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentine national team and helped promote football across South America in countries such as Colombia and Ecuador.-Club:...
Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Pedernera
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera , born in Avellaneda, Argentina, was a football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro" , He is still considered by many to be one of the greatest Argentine players of all-time. He was elected the 12th best South american footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the...
Cristian Pellerano
Cristian Pellerano
Cristian Alberto Pellerano is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Independiente.-Career:Pellerano started his playing career in 2001 with Club Atlético Atlanta in the lower leagues of Argentine football, in 2005 he joined Defensores de Belgrano of the 2nd division for the Apertura...
Norberto Raffo
Norberto Raffo
Norberto Raffo was an Argentine football striker. He was born in the city of Avellaneda in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina...
Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Miguel Ángel Raimondo is an Argentine football midfielder. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with Club Atlético Independiente and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year.Raimondo played his first...
Jorge Daniel Ribolzi Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:*Francisco Rodríguez , Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers who is nicknamed "K-Rod"...
Jaime José Rotman
Jaime José Rotman
Jaime José Rotman is a retired Argentine football goalkeeper. He began his career in 1932 with Argentinos Juniors, where he played until 1935. He then joined Vélez Sársfield....
Pablo Santillo Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Tarasconi
Domingo Alberto Tarasconi is a former Argentine football striker. He played most of his career for Boca Juniors where he was Club topscorer on 5 occasions and Argentine Primera league topscorer on 4 occasions .-Club career:Tarasconi won 10 titles with Boca Juniors and 3 Copa América with Argentina...
Miguel Angel Villamonte
Miguel Angel Villamonte
Miguel Angel Villamonte is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina and Chile.-External links:* Profile at...
Ángel Tulio Zof
Ángel Tulio Zof
Ángel Tulio Zof is a former Argentine footballer and coach.He played for Rosario Central, Huracán, Atlanta and Quilmes as a left winger....
Osvaldo Zubeldía
Osvaldo Zubeldía
Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía, was a football player and an influential Argentine coach.-Playing career:...
Titles
- Copa SueciaCopa SueciaThe Copa Suecia was a football tournament held once from 1958 to 1960 by the Argentine Football Association . It was competed by clubs in the Primera División Argentina. Atlanta won the tournament in the final held in 1960...
: 1 (1)
-
- 1960
- Primera B: 2
-
- 1956, 1983
- Primera B MetropolitanaPrimera B MetropolitanaPrimera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
: 2
-
- 1994/95, 2010/11
(1)
The "Copa Suecia" ("Sweden Cup" in Spanish) was a tournament organized by the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
, in order to be played while the national team
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
was playing the 1958 World Cup
World Cup
A World Cup is a type of sporting competition.World Cup commonly refers to:*FIFA World Cup *ICC Cricket World Cup*Rugby World Cup World Cup can also refer to:-Baseball and softball:...
at Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
All the First Division teams were invited to participate and the final match was played in 1960. The trophy given to the winner (Club Atlético Atlanta) was a gift from the Sweden ambassador in Argentina, Carl Borgenstierna.
External links
- Official site (Spanish)
- Sentimiento Bohemio (Spanish)
- Planeta Bohemio (Spanish)
- Atlanta Pasión (Spanish)
- El Show de Atlanta (Spanish)