Estudiantes de La Plata
| Estudiantes de La Plata | |||
| Basic data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Club Estudiantes de La Plata | ||
| Seat | La Plata , Argentina | ||
| founding | 4th August 1905 | ||
| Colours | Red White | ||
| president | Juan Sebastián Verón | ||
| Website | estudiantesdelaplata.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Gabriel Milito | ||
| Venue | Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi | ||
| Places | 30,018 | ||
| league | Primera División | ||
| 2018/19 | 17th place | ||
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The Club Estudiantes de La Plata , or Estudiantes de La Plata for short or simply Estudiantes , is a sports club from La Plata , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina , which is internationally known primarily for its football department .
In addition to football, the club also offers handball , basketball , volleyball , hockey , swimming , lifeguarding , diving , taekwondo , judo , boxing , golf , gymnastics , aerobics , running , roller skating , tennis , weightlifting and e-sports . The club in Argentina can be found at the top in almost all sports.
history
The club, founded by students on August 4, 1905, had its heyday in the late 1960s when it won the Copa Libertadores three times in a row. The following World Cup games - Estudiantes won the title in 1968 - are among the most legendary chapters in football history.
In the 2006 season, the club was again Argentine champions after 23 years. At the end of the game round, the students were tied with Boca Juniors at the top of the table. In the playoff for the championship, the provincial club surprisingly beat the favorites 2-1.
The club reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana in 2008 , but had to admit defeat to SC Internacional after 1-0 in the first leg and 1-1 in the second leg.
The following year they won the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time with a 0-0 and 2-1 victory over Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte 39 years after their last title win. This qualified the club for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates . In this one finally reached the final, which was lost with 1: 2 n. V. against FC Barcelona .
In the following season (Apertura 2010), Estudiantes won the Argentine championship after a dramatic championship duel with CA Vélez Sársfield . Led by captain Juan Sebastián Verón and striker Gaston Fernandez , the Pincharattas celebrated their fifth championship title.
Since November 2019, after a 14-year absence at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, the club has been playing its home games again in the renovated Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, which can hold 30,018 spectators .
successes
- World Cup : 1968
- Copa Libertadores : 1968, 1969, 1970, 2009
- Copa Interamericana : 1968
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Argentine championship titles :
- 1967 and 1982 Metropolitano ,
- 1983 Nacional
- 2006 Clausura
- 2010 Apertura
Trainer
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Carlos Bilardo (1971, 1973–1976, 1981–1982, 2003–2004) -
Alejandro Sabella (2009-2011)
player
- Carlos Bilardo
- José Luis Brown
- Rodolfo Cardoso
- Ernesto Antonio Farías
- Enrique Guaita
- Abel Ernesto Herrera (record player with 465 appearances)
- Manuel Pelegrina (record scorer with 221 goals)
- Bernardo Romeo
- Christian Rudzki
- José Ernesto Sosa
- Juan Sebastián Verón
- Juan Ramón Verón
- Alberto Zozaya
Remarkable
The team's nicknames are Los Pincharratas ("The Rat Picks") - which comes from the fact that the University of La Plata is particularly famous for the medical faculty whose students love to spear rats - and El León ("The Lion").
Web links
- estudiantesdelaplata.com: Official website of Estudiantes La Plata (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Masterpiece - Estudiantes Campeón on argifutbol.com
- ↑ Spectacular opening ceremony in Argentina. In: stadionwelt.de. November 12, 2019, accessed November 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Note in: RevierSport 12/2013, p. 46