CA Velez Sarsfield
| Velez Sarsfield | ||||
|
||||
| Basic data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Club Atlético Velez Sarsfield | |||
| Seat | Liniers , Buenos Aires | |||
| founding | January 1, 1910 | |||
| president |
 Sergio Rapisarda
|
|||
| Website | velezsarsfield.com.ar | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach |
Gabriel Heinze
|
|||
| Venue | Estadio José Amalfitani | |||
| Places | 49,747 | |||
| league | Primera División | |||
| 2018/2019 | 6th place | |||
|
||||
The Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is a football club from the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . The club's greatest successes were winning the Copa Libertadores and the 1994 World Cup under coach Carlos Bianchi and with José Luis Chilavert in goal.
history
The club was founded on January 1, 1910 as Club Atlético Argentinos de Vélez Sarsfield . In 1913 the name was shortened to Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield . The club was named after Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield . He was a politician and lawyer, he wrote the constitution of Buenos Aires and worked on Argentina's first civil code.
From 2009 El Fortín was trained by Ricardo Gareca . Gareca played actively for the blue-whites from 1989 to 1992, almost 20 years later Gareca returned to Sársfield as a coach and heralded one of the most successful stages in the club's history. Gareca led his team to four championship titles (Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011, Inicial 2012, plus the Superfinal 2012/13), to a runner-up (Apertura 2010) and to the Supercopa victory in 2013. In 2014, José Oscar Flores took over as coach.
successes
- Copa Libertadores : 1994
- World Cup : 1994
- Copa Interamericana : 1995
- Supercopa Sudamericana : 1996
- Recopa Sudamericana : 1997
- Argentinian championship Primera División (10): Nacional 1968 , Clausura 1993, Apertura 1995, Clausura 1996, Clausura 1998, Clausura 2005, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011, Inicial 2012, Primera División 2012/13
- Argentine Super Cup winner : 2013
Stadion
The home ground of CA Vélez Sársfield is the Estadio José Amalfitani in Av. Juan B. Justo 9200 in the Liniers neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It was named after José Amalfitani, who was the club's president for more than 30 years. The stadium has a capacity of 49,747 seats and was a venue for the 1978 World Cup .
At this world championship, three preliminary group C games (Austria against Spain 2-1, Austria against Sweden 1-0 and Spain against Sweden 1-0) took place at the Estadio José Amalfitani. It was also the venue for some games at the 2001 Junior World Championships .
Trainer
-
Alfio Basile (1984–1986, 1989–1990)
-
Marcelo Bielsa (1997-1998)
-
Edgardo Bauza (2001-2002)
