Atlético de Rafaela

Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that competes in Primera Nacional, the second division of Argentine football league system. It is popularly known in Argentina and other South American countries for its nickname "La Crema".

Atlético de Rafaela

Full name	Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela
Nickname(s)	La Crema
Founded	13 January 1907; 117 years ago (1907-01-13)
Ground	Nuevo Monumental Rafaela, Santa Fe Province
Capacity	20,660^[1]
Chairman	Silvio Fontanini
Manager	Ezequiel Medrán
League	Primera Nacional
2023	Primera Nacional Zone B, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Apart from football, the other sports and activities practised at the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, artistic gymnastics, paddle tennis, roller skating, skeet shooting, swimming, tennis and volleyball.^[2]

History

Under the name "Club Atlético Argentino de Rafaela", the club was founded in the city of Rafaela, Santa Fe Province in 1907. In 1915 the name was changed to "Club Atlético de Rafaela". The Monumental de Barrio Alberdi concrete stadium was erected in 1951.

The club was turned into a non-profit organization in 1988, and renamed Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela ("Social and Sport Association Rafaela Athletic"). Only a year later Rafaela reached the second division after defeating Atlético Ledesma by 3–0 with goals scored by López (20', 30') and Poelman (35').^[3]

Atlético de Rafaela played in the second division for 14 years until the team won the Apertura 2002 and the Clausura 2003 to finally reach the first division. After losing the promoción against Huracán de Tres Arroyos, Atlético de Rafaela was relegated to the second division again.

The following season Atlético lost its chance to return to the first division, after losing the promoción, against Argentinos Juniors.

In 2009 Rafaela earned another chance to return to the Primera División via a playoff against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. After winning the first final 3–0, Rafaela lost the second match by the same score (0–3) and had to stay in the second division once again.

Atlético de Rafaela fans are referred to as Cremosos or Celestes, and the people that follows the team everywhere are known as La Barra de los Trapos .

The club also has an important car racing circuit since 1919, which hosts many competitions including the Turismo Carretera (since 1941) and the TC 2000 (since 1983).

On the 21st of May 2011, after defeating Atlético Tucumán 2–0 with goals scored by Carniello and Aldana, they earned a place back in the first division for the 2011–12 season.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 16 June 2022.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ARG Agustín Grinovero — GK   ARG Nahuel Pezzini — GK   ARG Julio Salvá — DF   ARG Agustín Bravo — DF   ARG Jonatan Fleita — DF   ARG Fabricio Fontanini — DF   ARG Juan Galetto — DF   ARG Facundo Nadalín (loan from Newell's) — DF   ARG Mauro Osores (loan from Atlético Tucumán) — DF   ARG Federico Torres (loan from Talleres) — DF   ARG Gastón Telechea — MF   ARG Nicolás Aguirre — MF   ARG Jonás Aguirre — MF   ARG Gonzalo Alassia — MF   ARG Franco Bellocq — MF   ARG Mateo Castellano

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ARG Franco Faría — MF   ARG Guillermo Funes — MF   ARG Kevin Jappert — MF   ARG Ayrton Portillo — MF   URU Emiliano Romero — MF   ARG Facundo Soloa — FW   ARG Alex Luna — FW   ARG Marco Borgnino — FW   ARG Matías Valdivia — FW   ARG Gino Albertengo — FW   ARG Agustín Alfano — FW   ARG Claudio Bieler — FW   ARG Agustin Costamagna — FW   ARG Nicolás Laméndola (loan from Atlético Tucumán) — FW   ARG Gonzalo Lencina (loan from Belgrano)

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   ARG Roque Ramírez (at River Plate Montevideo until 31 December 2022)

Notable players

Main category: Atlético de Rafaela footballers

To appear in this section a player must have either played at least 50 games for the club, set a club record or played for their national team.

•   Gustavo Alfaro (1988–92)
•   Gabriel Schürrer (1989–90)
•   Gustavo Semino (1996–97), (1998–99), (2000–01), (2004–05), (2007)
•   Gonzalo del Bono (1997–99), (2000–06), (2007–08)^[a]
•   Raúl "Speedy" González (1997–00)
•   Federico García (1997–04), (2005–06), (2009)
•   Lucas Bovaglio (1998–00), (2001–04), (2006), (2009–11), (2012–14)
•   Carlos Bonet (1998–02) ^[b]
•   Carlos Goyen (1992–95) ^[c]
•   Hugo Barrientos (2000–04)
•   Franco Mendoza (2000–05)
•   Ibrahim Sekagya (2001–02)^[d]
•   Darío Gandín (2001–04), (2011–13)
•   Iván Juárez (2001–04), (2005–11), (2011–13) ^[e]
•   Ezequiel Medrán (2001–04)
•   Carlos Araujo (2002–04)
•   Marcelo Barovero (2002–07)
•   Leonardo Di Lorenzo (2003–04) ^[f]
•   Sergio Marclay (2004–05), (2006–07), (2009–10)
•   Lucas Aveldaño (2005–08)
•   Claudio Bieler (2006–07)
•   Martín del Campo (2006–07) ^[g]
•   Alejandro Faurlín (2007)
•   Cesar Carignano (2010–11), (2012–13) ^[h]
•   Rodrigo Depetris (2009–2015) ^[i]

Managers

•   Mário Imbelloni (1970)
•   Horacio Bongiovanni (Dec 21, 1988–??)^{[9][citation needed]}
•   Francisco Calabrese (1992–??)^{[9][10][11] [citation needed]}
•   Roberto Rogel (1993–94)^[12]
•   Ángel Bargas (19??)^{[10] [citation needed]}
•   Carlos Biasutto (19??)^{[10] [citation needed]}
•   Gustavo Alfaro (1992–95), (1998–00)^[13]
•   Jorge Ghiso (Nov 12, 1997–98), (2001–02), (2006–07)^[14]
•   Oscar Blanco (2002 – Nov 4, 2003)^[15][16]
•   Alejandro Zurbriggen (interim) (Nov 9, 2003)^[17]
•   Osvaldo Piazza (Nov 11, 2003 – July 4, 2004)^[18]
•   Omar Labruna (interim) (Aug 16, 2004)^[19]
•   José Luis Brown (2004–05)^[20]
•   Jorge Ginarte (April 21, 2005 – Oct 18, 2005)^[21][22]
•   Óscar Garré (2005–06)^[23]
•   Juan Amador Sánchez (June 14, 2007–08)^[24]
•   Carlos Marcelo Fuentes (June 23, 2008 – June 30, 2009)^[25]
•   Carlos Trullet (2009 – March 12, 2012)^[26]
•   Rúben Darío Forestello (March 13, 2012 – Nov 18, 2012)^[27][28]
•   Victor Bottaniz (interim) (Oct 6, 2012 – Dec 3, 2012)
•   Jorge Burruchaga (Dec 3, 2012 – May 26, 2014), (Jan 4, 2016 – March 24, 2016)^[29][30][31]
•   Roberto Sensini (June 10, 2014 – April 4, 2015)^[32][33]
•   Leonardo Astrada (April 14, 2015 – Nov 8, 2015)^[34][35]
•   Juan Manuel Llop (March 28, 2016 – June 25, 2017) ^[36][37]
•   Lucas Bovaglio (July 10, 2017 – current)^[38]

Institutional

Current Board

Executive Board 2017^[39]

• President: Eduardo Gays
• 1st Vice-president: Carlos Eguiazú
• 2nd Vice-president: Adrián Steinaker

List of all-time chairmen

• Eduardo Ripamonti (1907–1910)
• Alfredo Miles (1911)
• Eloy Gaitán (1912)
• Eusebio Forns (1913)
• Calesancio Stoffel (1914)
• Virgilio Fanti (1915)
• Ermindo Bertolaccini (1916)
• Juan Pablo Fiorillo (1917)
• Virgilio Fanti (1918)
• Octavio Zóbboli (1919–1921)
• Ermindo Bertolaccini (1922)
• Santiago Rodríguez (1923–1924)
• Ermindo Bertolaccini (1925)
• Bernardo Strubia (1926)
• Santiago Rodríguez (1927)
• Miguel Villabrica (1928)
• Ernesto Remonda (1928)
• José Gutiérrez (1929–1930)
• Pablo Comtesse (1931)
• Carlos Casabella (1932)
• Rinaldo Ripamonti (1933)
• Juan Cagliero (1934)
• José Gutiérrez (1935)
• Carmelo Sáenz (1936)
• Juan Báscolo (1936–1937)
• Carmelo Sáenz (1943)
• Juvenal Viotti (1944)
• Luis Radicci (1945–1946)
• Ricardo Santi (1947–1948)
• Luis Radicci (1949)
• Juan Cagliero (1950)
• Juan Báscolo (1951–1954)
• Juan Berzero (1955–1958)
• Ricardo Santi (1959–1960)
• Néstor Ruatta (1961–1964)
• Bernardo Kuschnir (1965–1968)
• Eduardo Ricotti (1969–1972)
• Aníbal Alberto (1972)
• David Alujes (1973–1976)
• Edison Valsagna (1977)
• Isidro Dellasanta (1977–1980)
• Egidio Bocco (1981–1989)
• Silvio Fontanet (1990–1996)
• Gabriel Gaggiotti (1997–2001)
• Ricardo Tettamantti (2002–2014)
• Homero Ingaramo (2014-2016)

Titles

National

• Primera B Nacional (2): 2002–03,^[40] 2010–11^[41]
• Torneo Argentino C (1): 1988–89 ^[42]

Regional

• Liga Rafaelina (17): 1923, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2013

Friendly

• Copa Ciudad de Rosario (1): 2012 ^[43]
• Copa Centenario Patronato de Paraná (1): 2014 ^[44]

Notes

1. Maximum goal scorer of the club with 56 goals.
2. Foreign player with highest number of appearances (124 matches) with the club.^[5]
3. Foreign player with second highest number or appearances (98 matches) with the club.^[5]
4. Foreign player with third highest number or appearances (35 matches) with the club.^[5]
5. Highest number of appearances with the team with 312 games played^[6]
6. Highest number of appearances with in the Primera División Argentina, with 35 games.
7. Foreign player with fourth highest number of appearances (35 matches) with the club.^[5]
8. Top goalscorer of the Primera B Nacional 2010–2011 season, with 21 goals.^[7]
9. Scored the goal of the victory against Colón in a match tiebreak.^[8]

References

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2. Deportes amateur. Club website (atleticorafaela.com.ar). 28 September 2018.
3. 1989's Promotion. February 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
4. "An appropriate triumph from a champ", Diario Olé.
5. Foreigns in Alberdi.
6. "It's a see you later" – DiarioLaOpinion.com.ar April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
7. Season 2010–2011 is over. 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. Atlético de Rafaela defeated Colón and sent him to the second division.
9. Atlético de Rafaela History. February 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
10. "A cycle of good statistics", Diario La Opinion. May 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
11. "2 decades from the last derby", Diario La Opinion. May 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
12. Roberto Roger: "The Rabbit". March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
13. . Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
14. . Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
15. Bottaniz joins to bring expertise.
16. . Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
17. Another one has slowed down the pace.
18. . Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
19. Rafaela paid expensive his mistakes.
20. "World Champions" – Clarin.com.
21. Jorge Ginarte is Atlético de Rafaela's new coach.
22. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
23. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
24. Juan Amador Sánchez will lead Atlético Rafaela.^{[permanent dead link]}
25. Carlos Marcelo Fuentes is the new coach of Atlético Rafaela.
26. Trullet is no longer the coach of Atlético Rafaela.
27. Forestello is the new coach of Atlético de Rafaela.
28. . Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
29. Burruchaga ends his cycle in Atlético de Rafaela. May 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
30. Burruchaga returns to Atlético de Rafaela - infonews.com
31. Burruchaga left Atlético de Rafaela
32. . Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
33. . Archived from the original on 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
34. . Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
35. . Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
36. "Chocho Cream" Diario Ole
37. [1] Newells tiene nuevo técnico
38. . Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
39. . atleticorafaela.com.ar. Atlético de Rafaela. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
40. Pagina 12 – Atlético de Rafaela, champion.
41. AFA – Atlético de Rafaela is the new champion of Primera B Nacional.
42. Torneo del Interior 1988–1989. December 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
43. Rafaela won Rosario City Cup 2012.

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