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Defensa y Justicia
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Nickname(s)Halcón (Hawk)
Founded20 March 1935; 89 years ago (1935-03-20)
GroundNorberto Tomaghello
Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
Capacity18,000[1]
ChairmanJosé Lemme
ManagerJuan Pablo Vojvoda
LeaguePrimera División
2016–1710th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia or simply Defensa, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. Home games are played at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello which has a capacity of approximately 18,000.

History

The institution was founded on 20 March 1935 by a group of friends who wanted to form a local team. There are no sources explaining how the name was given to the club.[2] Presided by Norberto Tomaghello, Defensa y Justicia affiliated to Argentine Football Association, built its stadium, which was opened in occasion of a friendly match against Boca Juniors reserve team in December 1977.

The club's original colors were blue with white collars and cuffs, which were changed to yellow with green details. These were the colors of the bus line "El Halcón", a company that belonged to the club president at the time. This company used its buses to bring the fans to away games, and thus received the nickname "Los Halcones de Varela".[2]

Even though the club was founded as early as 1935, Defensa y Justicia did not play in official tournaments until 1978, when the team debuted in Primera D, defeating Cañuelas.[2]

The team quickly promoted to upper divisions, first to Primera C Metropolitana in 1982 after winning the championship, and 3 years later reaching the next division, Primera B, while being coached by Hugo García. Defensa only played in Primera B one year and in 1986 were promoted to Primera B Nacional. As of May 17, 2014 Defensa y Justicia has been promoted to the Primera Division of the Argentina Football (the highest level in the country)

Players

Current squad

As of 3 September 2017.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Lucio Chiappero
4 DF Argentina ARG Rafael Barrios
5 MF Argentina ARG Luis Jerez Silva (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
7 FW Argentina ARG Juan Kaprof (on loan from River Plate)
8 MF Uruguay URU Ignacio Rivero
10 MF Argentina ARG Hernán Fredes
12 GK Argentina ARG Ezequiel Unsain
18 DF Argentina ARG Pablo Alvarado
20 DF Argentina ARG Rafael Delgado
21 GK Argentina ARG Gabriel Arias
28 MF Argentina ARG Tomás Pochettino (on loan from Boca Juniors)
31 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Castellani (on loan from Boca Juniors)
33 MF Argentina ARG Leonel Miranda
34 MF Argentina ARG Matías Sosa
35 MF Argentina ARG Mariano Bareiro (on loan from Racing Club)
— MF Argentina ARG Adrián Cubas (on loan from Boca Juniors)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Argentina ARG Ciro Rius
— MF Argentina ARG Diego Venturi
— DF Switzerland SUI Dylan Gissi
— FW Argentina ARG Fabián Bordagaray (on loan from Rosario Central)
— FW Argentina ARG Facundo Melivillo (on loan from Chacarita Juniors)
— FW Argentina ARG Fernando Márquez (on loan from Belgrano)
— MF Argentina ARG Franco Cristaldo (on loan from Boca Juniors)
— FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Díaz
— FW Argentina ARG Guido Dal Casón
— FW Argentina ARG Horacio Tijanovich (on loan from Gimnasia y Esgrima)
— MF Argentina ARG Jonathan Requena (on loan from Banfield)
— DF Uruguay URU Leandro Zazpe (on loan from Juventud)
— DF Argentina ARG Lisandro Martínez (on loan from Newell's Old Boys)
— DF Argentina ARG Lucas Suárez
— MF Argentina ARG Nahuel Cisneros (on loan from Boca Juniors)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Argentina ARG Agustin Gómez (at AIK until 31 December 2017)
— GK Argentina ARG Fernando Pellegrino (at Sarmiento until 30 June 2018)
— FW Argentina ARG Pablo Bueno (at Flandria until 30 June 2018)

Managers

Honours

References

  1. ^ http://www.defensaaldia.com.ar/institucional_estadio.php
  2. ^ a b c El Nacimiento de una Pasión, Alejandro Fabbri, CI editores, Buenos Aires (2006)
  3. ^ "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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