Club Atlético Tucumán
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Club Atlético Tucumán is a 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 the city of San Miguel in Tucumán, 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...

. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional
Primera B Nacional Argentina
Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...

.

The club was founded in 1902, which makes Atlético the oldest football club from the province of Tucumán.

Atlético has participated in nine seasons in the Primera division
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

: eight seasons between 1973 and 1981, and a single season in 1984. The team's best ever performance in Primera División was on 1979, when reached the semi-finals of the Torneo Nacional.

In 2008 Atlético Tucumán promoted to the Argentine 2nd Division after defeating Racing de Córdoba in the final game of Torneo Argentino A
Torneo Argentino A
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, and one year later the squad achieved its 2nd consecutive promotion by winning the B Nacional tournament and reaching the Primera División
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

.

Titles

  • Federación Tucumana: 21
  • Liga Tucumana de Fútbol
    Liga Tucumana de Fútbol
    Liga Tucumana de futbol is a football league based in Tucumán Province in Argentina. It started in 1977 as a reorgnaised version of the Federacion Tucumana de Futbol but is now effectively at the 6th level of the Argentine football league system, although prior to 1967 it was the main tournament...

    : 6
  • Torneo Argentino A
    Torneo Argentino A
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    : 1
Clausura 2004
  • Torneo Argentino A
    Torneo Argentino A
    Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...

    : 1
2007–08
  • Primera B Nacional: 1
2008-09

Tucuman Derby

The Tucuman Derby is played between Club Atletico Tucumán and its longtime rival Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)
Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán)
Club Atlético San Martín is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional....

 which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Argentina
Primera B Nacional Argentina
Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...

.

Ground

The stadium was constructed in 1922 with an original capacity for 5,000 spectators. It was inaugurated on May 25 of same year. Racing Club de Avellaneda
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...

 was invited to play a friendly match versus Club Atletico Tucuman as part of the celebration. It was named Monumental José Fierro in honor of a well-remembered Atlético's Chairman. The stadium is located in the North part of the city of San Miguel de Tucumán (Barrio Norte). It can currently accommodate up to 32,700 persons due to an upgrade of the facilities that included adding and extra 2,500 seats.

Current squad

As of October 10, 2011.

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either played at least 50 games for the club, set a club record or played for their national team.

Ricardo Villa
Ricardo Villa
Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder.-Career:He played successively for Quilmes, Club Atlético Tucumán and Racing Club...

 (1974–76) Jorge Pellegrini
Jorge Pellegrini
Jorge Carlos Pellegrini is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina including for Argentinos Juniors in the Copa Libertadores final in 1985....

 (1976) Víctor Hugo Jiménez (1980–83), (1983–85), (1988–89) Raúl Aredes
Raúl Aredes
Raúl Aredes is a former Argentine footballer currently played in clubs of Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Colombia....

 (1983–89), (2001) José Daniel Ponce
José Daniel Ponce
José Daniel Ponce is a former Argentine football player, who was part of the Estudiantes de La Plata team that won two back-to-back championships in 1982 and 1983....

 (1984) Hugo Corbalán
Hugo Corbalán
Hugo Rolando Corbalán is a retired Argentine football defender who played 165 league games for Huracán in the Primera División Argentina....

 (1989–91), (2002–03) Fernando Moner (1995–96) Pedro Monzón
Pedro Monzón
Pedro Damián Monzón is an Argentine football coach and former footballer.-Biography:Moncho Monzón played in different clubs, but most importantly in Independiente, with which he obtained 4 titles, including the Intercontinental Cup in 1984.Monzón was famously the first player to be sent off in a...

 (1995–96) Marcelino Galoppo
Marcelino Galoppo
Marcelino Galoppo is a former Argentine footballer who represented his country at under-20 and -23 level.He was mainly a 2nd division player, but he had spells in the Primera Division Argentina and in the Scottish Premier League with Dundee United F.C.....

 (1998–99)
Miguel Rimba (1998–99) Oscar Ferro (2000) Hugo Guerra
Hugo Guerra
Hugo Guerra is a former Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Guerra played for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Huracán, Boca Juniors and Ferro Carril Oeste in the Primera División de Argentina...

 (2001) Federico Martorell
Federico Martorell
Federico Martorell is an Argentine defender, who is currently without club.-Early career:His professional debut came in 2002 with Newell's Old Boys in Santa Fe.-Greek Super League: Thrasyvoulos...

 (2004–05) Luis "Pulga" Rodríguez
Luis Miguel Rodríguez (footballer)
Luis Miguel Rodríguez, nicknamed Pulga , is an Argentine football Forward currently playing for Newell's Old Boys on loan from Atlético Tucumán of the Argentine Primera División.- Career :...

 (2003–10) Claudio Sarría (2005–10) Lucas Ischuk (2007–) Josemir Lujambio
Josemir Lujambio
Josemir Lujambio Llanes is a Uruguayan football striker. Who most recently played for Atlético Tucumán.-Club career:...

 (2008–09) Fabio Escobar
Fabio Escobar
Fabio Escobar Benítez is a Paraguayan football forward who plays for Club Guaraní.-Career:Escobar started his career in San Lorenzo of Paraguay before playing for Puerto Montt of Chile, Club Toluca and Atlético Mexiquense of Mexico, Macara of Ecuador and Nacional of Paraguay...

(2009–10)

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