Atlético Tucumán

Atlético Tucumán

Full name	Club Atlético Tucumán
Nickname(s)	Decano
Founded	September 27, 1902
Ground	Estadio Monumental Presidente Jose Fierro San Miguel, Tucumán, Argentina (Capacity: 32,700)
Chairman	Mario Leito
Manager	Juan Manuel Llop
League	Primera B Nacional
2010–11	9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is a sports club from the city of San Miguel in Tucumán, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional.

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: 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, and one year later the squad achieved its 2nd consecutive promotion by winning the B Nacional tournament and reaching the Primera División.

Titles

• Federación Tucumana: 21
• Liga Tucumana de Fútbol: 6
• Torneo Argentino A: 1

Clausura 2004

• Torneo Argentino A: 1

2007–08

• Primera B Nacional: 1

2008-09

Tucuman Derby

Fans of Atletico Tucuman are known as Decanos

The Tucuman Derby is played between Club Atletico Tucumán and its longtime rival Club Atlético San Martín (Tucumán) which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Argentina.

Ground

Monumental José Fierro

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 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.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Esteban dei Rossi GK Lucas Ischuk GK Federico Nicosia DF Deivis Barone DF Alejandro Espinoza DF Carlos Fondacaro DF Edgardo Galíndez DF Rodrigo Herrera DF Líder Mármol DF Luis Lobo DF César More DF Marcelo Mosset MF Diego Barrado MF Federico Barrionuevo

No. Position Player MF Juan José Martínez MF Néstor Espínola MF Héctor Cardozo MF Silvio Iuvalé MF Sebastian Longo MF César Montiglio MF Milton Zárate MF Santiago Fernández FW Jairo Castillo FW Cristian Palacios FW Mariano Martínez FW Gastón Pizzicanella FW Luis Miguel Rodríguez FW Daniel Salvatierra

Notable players

Main category: Atlético Tucumán footballers

This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

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 (1974–76) Jorge Pellegrini (1976) Víctor Hugo Jiménez (1980–83), (1983–85), (1988–89) Raúl Aredes (1983–89), (2001) José Daniel Ponce (1984) Hugo Corbalán (1989–91), (2002–03) Fernando Moner (1995–96) Pedro Monzón (1995–96) Marcelino Galoppo (1998–99)

Miguel Rimba (1998–99) Oscar Ferro (2000) Hugo Guerra (2001) Federico Martorell (2004–05) Luis "Pulga" Rodríguez (2003–10) Claudio Sarría (2005–10) Lucas Ischuk (2007–) Josemir Lujambio (2008–09) Fabio Escobar (2009–10)

See also

• List of football clubs in Argentina
• Argentine football league system

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Decaweb (Spanish)