Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

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San Lorenzo
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Basic data
Surname Club Atlético
San Lorenzo de Almagro
Seat Buenos Aires
founding April 1, 1908
Colours Blue red
president Argentinians Marcelo Tinelli
Website sanlorenzo.com.ar
First soccer team
Head coach Argentinians Mariano Soso
Venue Estadio Pedro Bidegain ,
El Nuevo Gasómetro
Places 47,964
league Primera División
2018/19 23rd place
home
Away
Estadio Pedro Bidegain.jpg

The Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine football club from Buenos Aires . In Argentina, its players are mainly known as Cuervos ("ravens"), alluding to the black cassock of the club's co-founder, the Salesian father Lorenzo Massa ; The club is also called El Ciclón ("the cyclone ") by the fans , after the club newspaper of the same name founded by Father Lorenzo Massa in 1943.

history

The association was founded on April 1, 1908 in the Almagro district . The football-loving youth chaplain Lorenzo Massa from Italy played a major role. He allowed the neighborhood boys to play football in the yard behind his San Antonio church. The part of the name San Lorenzo was probably made by him or his patron saint, St. Laurentius , elected in honor.

The CA San Lorenzo quickly became one of the top clubs in Buenos Aires. Since the beginning of the Argentine professional league (1931), San Lorenzo has been one of the "big five" in Argentine football, along with Boca Juniors , River Plate , Independiente and Racing Club Avellaneda .

In the 1930s, San Lorenzo became very popular in the Basque community of Buenos Aires due to some players of Basque origin (e.g. Isidro Lángara ). The first championship title in the professional league was won in 1933.

In 1946 San Lorenzo won the championship again and then began a tour of Spain and Portugal , which is considered one of the greatest events in the club's history. After losing to Real Madrid , San Lorenzo won the games against Barcelona as well as against the Spanish and Portuguese national teams. The Spanish press described San Lorenzo as "the best team in the world".

In the years 1968 to 1974 San Lorenzo won a total of 4 championship titles. The 1968 team became known as los Matadores as they won the championship without a single loss.

1981 San Lorenzo had to relegate to the Primera División B , but returned the same in the following season back to the top division. At this point the club was in heavy debt and no longer owned a stadium. Under the president Fernando Miele (1986-2001) San Lorenzo received a stadium again and won two championship titles. The current president is Rafael Savino.

The traditional local rival from the south of Buenos Aires is Huracán . There are also rivalries with Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independiente, Racing and the Newell's Old Boys from Rosario .

On March 31, 2013, goalkeeper Pablo Migliore was arrested for alleged involvement in a murder case after the final whistle of the home game against Newell's Old Boys.

Former striker Bernardo Romeo was in charge of management from 2012 to 2017 . The initially heavily indebted, crisis-ridden club was also successful again thanks to Romeo's work: In December 2013, San Lorenzo became Argentine champion, in August 2014 the club won the Copa Libertadores for the first time with a 1-0 in the second leg of the final against Club Nacional . The club was thus also qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup , in which it reached the final and lost to Real Madrid 2-0.

The club's nickname

Other common nicknames of the association - besides Cuervos and Ciclón - are:

  • Los azulgrana (the blue-reds), according to the club colors
  • Los Santos (the saints), an allusion to the fact that the first players were altar servers for Father Massa or came from his group of boys
  • Gauchos or Gauchos de Boedo , because many of the players in the 1932 and 1933 team who lived in Boedo, the district south of Almagro, had immigrated from the interior
  • Matadores as the name for the legendary team from 1968 that remained unbeaten and "finished" all opposing teams (span: "matar"), that means "swept off the pitch"

successes

National

  • Primera División (12): 1933, 1936 (Copa de Honor), 1946, 1959, 1968 (Metropolitano - undefeated ), 1972 (Metropolitano), 1972 (Nacional - undefeated ), 1974 (Nacional), 1995 (Clausura), 2001 ( Clausura), 2007 (Clausura), 2013 (Torneo Inicial)
  • Amateur championship title (before the introduction of the Argentine professional league) (4): 1914, 1923, 1924, 1927.
  • Primera Division B: 1982
  • Copa de la República : 1943
  • Argentine Super Cup : 2015

International

1In 1946, both the Club Nacional de Football and the CA San Lorenzo de Almagro had each won a game. It was decided to award the victory to both teams. The trophy went to Nacional, however, as the Montevideo club had scored more goals.

Stadion

The old Gasómetro stadium in the Boedo district had to be sold in 1979 because of the debt burden and was demolished. The new stadium in the Nueva Pompeya neighborhood , known as El Nuevo Gasómetro , opened on December 16, 1993. The stadium's official name is Estadio Pedro Bidegain , after a former club president. It has a capacity of 47,964 seats.

Former known players

Trainer

useful information

Pope Francis , who was elected on March 13, 2013, is an avowed fan and member of the association (membership card no. 88 235).

Web links

Commons : CA San Lorenzo de Almagro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gerardo Romero: Los clubes del futbol argentino , vol. 1. Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires 2014, pp. 493–497, here p. 495.
  2. ↑ a b Pablo Calvo: Dios es cuervo. La historia sagrada de San Lorenzo . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 2013.
  3. ^ Art. San Lorenzo de Almagro . In: Charles Parrish, John Nauright: Soccer around the world. A cultural guide to the world's favorite sport . ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara 2014, ISBN 978-1-61069-302-8 , pp. 12-13.
  4. ↑ Comunicado Oficial: Situación Pablo Migliore (Spanish) on www.sanlorenzo.com.ar of March 31, 2013, accessed on April 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Kai Behrmann: Romeo is also a hit as a manager . Hamburger Morgenpost dated August 10, 2014. Retrieved on August 11, 2014
  6. ↑ Bernardo Romeo dejará de ser el manager de San Lorenzo: quién lo reemplazaría. November 25, 2017, Retrieved June 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Kai Behrmann: Ex-striker Romeo: He is planning his return to HSV In: Hamburger Morgenpost , August 17, 2014. Accessed on May 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ CA San Lorenzo gets the ticket for the Club World Cup 2014 on fussball-wm.pro
  9. ↑ Gerardo Romero: Los clubes del futbol argentino , Vol. 1. Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires 2014, pp. 493–497, here pp. 495–496.
  10. ^ Antonio Sidero: Fútbol argentino. Vendedores de ilusiones. Jugadores, técnicos y representantes que ganan millones en clubes empobrecidos . Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires 2013, ISBN 978-987-02-6483-5 , p. 75.
  11. ↑ Andreas Knobloch: The Pope plays with me. San Lorenzo's boom . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 15, 2014, p. 28.
  12. ↑ The Pope Club is named after a priest. Die Welt, March 14, 2013, accessed on March 14, 2013 .