Club Atlético San Telmo is a football club from the Isla Maciel neighbourhood in the Dock Sud

Dock Sud

Dock Sud is a district of the Avellaneda Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration.-Sport:...

 district of Avellaneda

Avellaneda Partido

Avellaneda is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has an area of 55.17 km²  and a population of 340,985 . Its capital is the city of Avellaneda....

 in the Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

 of 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...

. The team currently plays in 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....

, which is the regionalised third tier of Argentine football.

History

The club was founded in 1904 with the name San Telmo Football Club, which followed the Argentine tradition of giving their teams English names e.g. River Plate

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....

, Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

, 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...

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In 1916 the team affiliated to 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...

 and won the Segunda División de Ascenso tournament in amateur era. In the 1920s the club changed its team to Club Atlético San Telmo which remains nowadays. In 1926 the club moved to Isla Maciel, opening its own stadium in 1929. The first title won by San Telmo was 1949 Primera C Metropolitana

Primera C Metropolitana

The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....

 but due to a restructuring of Argentine league system, the squad did not promote to the upper division.
In 1975 San Telmo finished third in 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....

 tournament which qualified the team to play the playoffs to promote to Primera División, which finally obtained. Although being promoted to the first division, San Telmo was relegated in the next season. Nevertheless, the team that played in the First Division during 1976 wrote a memorable page in the history of the club on May 25, 1976 when it defeated Boca Juniors 3-1 at Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

's stadium. On that day, San Telmo line-up was: Wenner; Sarmiento, Minutti, Sandoval, Regueira; Camejo, Rilo, Cloquell; Pisapia, Patti, Coronel. Boca Juniors included all the stars of the very successful Toto Lorenzo era: 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...

; Ovide, Mouzo, Gutiérrez, Tarantini

Alberto Tarantini

Alberto Tarantini is an Argentine former football player. He played as a defensive left back early in his career, and later as a wing back....

; Veglio, Suñé

Rubén Suñé

Rubén José Suñé is a former Argentine football midfielder who won eight titles with Boca Juniors and also played for the Argentina national team....

, Trobbiani; Felman, Taverna, and Mastrángelo

Ernesto Mastrángelo

Ernesto Enrique Mastrángelo is a former Argentine football striker who played for both River Plate and Boca Juniors in Argentina. He also played international football for the Argentina national team...

. Despite being down 0-1 at half time, San Telmo finally won the match 3-1, with a goal scored by Camejo and two late goals by Pedro Coronel.

Rivalry

San Telmo's traditional rival is Dock Sud. The first time both teams played against was on May 6, 1928, being Dock Sud the winner by 2-0. Nevertheless, the rivalry between both teams was born the following year, because of San Telmo moving to Isla Maciel (located in the Dock Sud

Dock Sud

Dock Sud is a district of the Avellaneda Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration.-Sport:...

 district) and both teams became closer.

Last time both teams played the "derby" was on April 25, 1999, being "the Candombero" the winner by 1-0. San Telmo played a total of 57 matches against Dock Sud, winning 15, with equal losses and having tied 27 times.

Stadium

San Telmo's stadium is named Dr. Osvaldo Baletto and is located in the Isla Maciel of Dock Sud. It was closed from February 11, 2006 due to violent incidents in a match against Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, which caused that San Telmo had to play its home games at the Estadio Alfredo Ramos

Estadio Alfredo Ramos

Estadio Alfredo Ramos is a football stadiuam in Agronomía, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home ground of Comunicaciones. The stadium holds 3,500 people and was opened on 29 September 1962.-External links:*...

, the home of Club Comunicaciones

Club Comunicaciones

Club Comunicaciones is a sports club located in the Agronomía neighborhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league structure.-History:...

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In October, 2011, and after six year of being closed, the stadium was reopened to host the match between the local team and Almagro

Club Almagro

Club Almagro is a sports club from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system....

 which ended 0-0.

Titles

• Primera C
  Primera C Metropolitana
  The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
  
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1949, 1956, 1961

Notable former players

Omar Oreste Corbatta

Omar Oreste Corbatta

Omar Oreste Corbatta Fernández was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward.Dubbed Arlequín and El dueño de la raya , he played for five teams in his country - six in total - namely Racing Club and Boca Juniors, winning four major titles and scoring 86 official goals with both teams...

 Mariano Julio Izco

Mariano Julio Izco

Mariano Julio Izco , is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He also holds an Italian passport.-CA San Telmo:...

 Patricio Margetic

Patricio Margetic

Patricio Germán "Pato" Margetic is a former Argentine footballer. He began his career in Argentina before playing five seasons in the North American Soccer League, as well as the Major Indoor Soccer League and...

 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:...

 Carlos Peucelle

Carlos Peucelle

Carlos Desiderio Peucelle was an Argentine football player that played inside right/wing and is considered one of Argentina's most technical players in their history as well as being the catalyst for starting "La Maquina" with River Plate who went on to dominate football in South America in the...

 José Yudica   Jonathan Santana

Jonathan Santana

Jonathan Santana Gehre is an Argentine-Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for Kayserispor in the Turkish Süper Lig and Paraguay national team.-Club:...