Deportivo Español

Deportivo Español

Full name	Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina
Nickname(s)	Gallegos
Founded	12 October 1956 (1956-10-12)
Ground	Estadio Nueva España, Parque Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
Capacity	32,500
Chairman	Daniel Osvaldo Calzón
Manager	Sergio Benet
League	Primera C
2019–20	18th
Website	http://www.cde.com.ar/
Home colours Away colours

Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

Apart from football, other activities practised at the club are futsal, handball, roller hockey, table tennis.

History

The club was founded in 1956 with the name "Club Deportivo Español" on October, 12. The date was chosen as its foundation date to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Club's first headquarters was in the bar "La Mezquita" of Buenos Aires, and after two years of being founded Deportivo Español had about 2,000 members, mostly of them were Spanish descendant living in Argentina.

In 1957 Español affiliated to the Argentine Football Association and the football team began to participate in the fourth division ("Tercera de Ascenso", now Primera D). Since then, the team ascended the tiers in Argentine football: in 1958 (a year after joining the AFA) Español won the championship promoting to "Segunda de Ascenso" (now Primera C. Only 3 years after promoting to the upper category, Español won another title promoting to the second division of Argentine football, Primera B Metropolitana. The squad went on a tour that same year, playing some matches in Spain against teams such as Real Madrid.

The 1960 squad which were promoted to Primera B Metropolitana.

In 1967, ten years after its foundation, Español promoted to the Argentine Primera División, the top category of Argentine football. The club not only developed a competitive football squad but also became the most popular Spanish club in Argentina. During those years the Municipality of Buenos Aires gave the club 16 hectares located in the district known as "Bajo Flores", in the south of the city. In those lands Español began to build its sports installations with the help of the members themselves, who worked hard collaborating side-by-side with the club.

During the following years, Español would be successively relegated until the Primera C in 1972, returning to the upper division when the team proclaimed champion in 1979. In 1984 Español promoted to the first division, where the team made its best performance at the top level of Argentine football in the 1985–86 season. Español finished 2nd along with Newell's Old Boys, defeating Independiente, San Lorenzo de Almagro, former champion River Plate in the Estadio Monumental and remained unbeaten against Boca Juniors. In the next seasons, Español finished 3rd in 1988–89 season and 2nd in the 1992 Clausura.

After 14 years in Primera División, Español was relegated to Primera B Nacional at the end of the 1997/98 season, and then to the lower categories. The team currently plays in the third division of Argentine football, the Primera B Metropolitana.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 May 2019.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Ezequiel Bustos
—	GK	ARG	Carlos De Maneses
—	GK	ARG	Maximiliano Lopreiato
—	GK	COL	Varcan Sterling
—	GK	ARG	Facundo Andújar
—	GK	ARG	Tomás Figueroa
—	DF	ARG	Sebastián Anaut
—	DF	ARG	Cristián Pelaez
—	DF	ARG	Javier Brienza
—	DF	ARG	Javier Graieb
—	DF	ARG	Franco Infantino
—	DF	ARG	Patricio Jontade
—	DF	ARG	Luciano Moreno
—	DF	ARG	ArielJavier Nieres
—	DF	ARG	Germán Scanavino
—	DF	ARG	Luis Avilés
—	DF	ARG	Martín Bouvier
—	DF	ARG	Dino Castagno
—	DF	ARG	Guido Di Fonzo
—	DF	ARG	Iván Lío
—	DF	ARG	Matías Míguez
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Moreno
—	DF	ARG	Eloy Pereira
—	DF	ARG	Ernesto Toledo
—	DF	ARG	Iván Pavón
—	DF	ARG	Tomás Pérez Serra
—	MF	ARG	Gabriel Robledo
—	MF	ARG	Cristian Vázquez
—	MF	ARG	Maximiliano Sosa
—	MF	ARG	Jonathan Moreira
—	MF	ARG	Gustavo Collante

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Franco Benítez
—	MF	ARG	Gustavo Jin
—	MF	ARG	Cristian Amarilla
—	MF	ARG	Maximiliano Comparín
—	MF	ARG	Patricio González
—	MF	ARG	Bruno Elorrieta
—	MF	ARG	Luis Pérez
—	MF	ARG	Mariano Díaz
—	MF	ARG	Victor Gauto
—	MF	ARG	Gastón Gomes
—	MF	ARG	Andrés Grande
—	MF	ARG	Eduardo Mendoza
—	MF	ARG	Fernando Screpis
—	MF	ARG	Paolo Frangipane
—	MF	ARG	Jonathan Maza
—	FW	ARG	Miguel Montes de Oca
—	FW	ARG	Cristian Hernández
—	FW	ARG	Matías Agoglia
—	FW	ARG	Leonel Pienzi
—	FW	ARG	Josué Sandoval
—	FW	ARG	Lucas Tiedemann
—	FW	ARG	Eric Sosa
—	FW	URU	Rodolfo Combe
—	FW	ARG	Alan Sombra
—	FW	ARG	Matías Coselli
—	FW	ARG	Agustín Falótico
—	FW	ARG	Valentín Haberkon
—	FW	ARG	Nicolás Lugli
—	FW	ARG	Thiago Nuss
—	FW	ARG	Miguel Pabón
—	FW	ARG	Patricio Spada

Titles

• Primera B (1): 1984, 2001–02
• Primera C (2): 1960, 1979
• Primera D (1): 1958

External links

• Official website