CA Colón

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Basic data
Surname Club Atlético Colón
Seat Santa Fe
founding May 5, 1905
Colours Black red
president Argentinians German Lark
Website clubcolon.com.ar
First soccer team
Head coach Pablo Lavallén
Venue Estadio Estanislao López ,
Santa Fe ,
Argentina
Places 37,500
league Primera División
2018/19 24th place
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The Club Atlético Colón is an Argentine football club from Santa Fe . The club, founded in 1905, currently plays in the Primera División .

history

Club colors

Originally, the arrangement of the stripes on the jerseys was supposed to be the other way around, but the company that was supposed to manufacture them switched the color combination and the club founders then left it at that. A little later another club in the city also took over those colors and so both teams played a game against each other, mainly about the club colors. In the end Colón won and was allowed to keep the club colors.

Soccer

CA Colón was founded on May 5th, 1905. Since it was founded more than a hundred years ago, the club has always been treated as a club for the upper class. Over 100 years ago, a group of schoolchildren got together to play soccer. As one of them was studying the discovery of America, the association was given the name "Colón". In 1913, Colón became undefeated champions in the Santa Fe League. The club could repeat the titles 14, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 37, 43, 45, 46 and 47. Initially the club was called Colón Football Club , from 1920 Club Atlético Colón . That name has persisted ever since. Over time, the club was able to gain more and more sympathy in the region, but also throughout the country. The current stadium was inaugurated in 1946 against the Boca Juniors . In 1948 the club joined the Argentine Football Association AFA . The club was incorporated into the Segunda División and played the first official city derby against Unión de Santa Fe that year . In the Primera B succeeded in 1949, 1950 and 1951 three times in a row the runner-up. After that, however, you got down and not up. In 1964, thanks to a decree, the club rose from Segunda División B. The club was able to win against the Argentine national team as well as against the powerful FC Santos from Pelé , which is why the stadium was called "El cemeterio de los elefantes" ("cemetery of the elephants") by the fans. In 1965 they were promoted to Primera B thanks to a new decree. There you became champions and rose for the first time in the Primera División, the first Argentine league. In this the club played until 1981. After fourteen years in the lower class, they returned to the Primera in 1995. During the 1997 Clausura Colón was runner-up. In the Copa Conmebol , the club reached the semifinals, in the Copa Libertadores 1998 the quarterfinals and took part in the Copa Sudamericana 2003 .

Stadion

Club Atlético Colón plays at the Estadio Estanislao López , Santa Fe. The stadium was inaugurated on July 9, 1946 in a game against the Argentine top team Boca Juniors . The stadium has a capacity of 37,500 spectators and has among other things a VIP grandstand. After many small changes, the stadium was rebuilt in 2001. Colón played the first official game as early as 1948, but it would be until 1952 (and thus more than four years or 58 games) before the hosts lost a competitive game at home. This happened on December 8, 1952 against Quilmes Atlético Club with 1: 2. The stadium is known as the "Cementerio de los Elefantes" (Elephant Cemetery).

Club records

  • Playing times in league 1: 29
  • Best position in Primera: 2nd place (Apertura 1997)
  • Best scorer: Esteban Fuertes - 95 goals
  • Record players: Rubén Araóz - 258 games
  • Biggest win: Colón 6-0 Banfield (1996)
  • Biggest defeat: Huracán 9-0 Colón (1970)

successes

Trainer

Former players

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