San Martín de Tucumán

Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

San Martín (Tucumán)

Full name	Club Atlético San Martín
Nickname(s)	El Santo (The Saint) Los Cirujas (The Homeless)
Founded	November 2, 1909; 113 years ago (November 2, 1909)
Ground	Estadio La Ciudadela, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Capacity	30,250^[1]
Chairman	Rubén Moisello
Manager	Iván Delfino
League	Primera Nacional
2021	Primera Nacional Zone A, 4th (First round in Torneo Reducido)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Other sports practised at the club are field hockey, handball, martial arts, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

History

San Martin played every season in the Nacional championship between 1968 and 1985. El Santo has also played 3 seasons in the Argentine Primera División, in 1988–89, 1991–92 and in 2008–09.

The club's most notable victory was a 6–1 win over Boca Juniors in La Bombonera on November 20, 1988. After playing the 2008–09 season in Argentina's First Division, San Martín was relegated to Primera B Nacional. In 2011, after losing the Promoción, San Martín was relegated again to a lower division, the Torneo Argentino A.

Current squad

As of 31 July 2022^[2]

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 Darío Sand — GK   ARG Nicolás Carrizo — GK   ARG Juan Jaime — DF   ARG Juan Orellana — DF   ARG Hernán Lopes — DF   ARG Hernán Pellerano — DF   ARG Fernando González — DF   ARG Gustavo Abregú — DF   ARG Lucas Diarte — DF   ARG Franco Quiroz (loan from San Telmo) — DF   ARG Nicolás Sansotre — DF   ARG Ulises Abreliano (loan from Arsenal de Sarandí) — MF   ARG Rodrigo Herrera (loan from Defensa) — MF   ARG Gonzalo Gutiérrez

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ARG Agustín Prokop — MF   ARG Valentín Larralde (loan from Defensa) — MF   ARG Tino Costa — MF   ARG Diego Sosa (loan from Argentinos) — MF   ARG Federico Jourdan — MF   ARG Cristian Llama — FW   ARG Brian Andrada (loan from Gimnasia M.) — FW   ARG Rodrigo Gómez — FW   ARG Juan Imbert — FW   ARG Abel Argañaraz (loan from Central Córdoba) — FW   ARG Juan Miritello (loan from Defensa) — FW   ARG Iván Maggi (loan from Racing Club)

For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

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 — FW   ARG Nicolás Moreno (at Juventud Unida Universitario until 31 December 2022)

Titles

National

• Copa Gral. P. Ramírez (1): 1944
• Primera B Nacional (1): 2007–08
• Torneo Argentino B (1): 2005
• Torneo Argentino C (1): 1988

Regional

• Federación Tucumana de Fútbol (20): 1919, 1923, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976
• Liga Tucumana de Fútbol (7): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2004
• Copa Competencia (7): 1921, 1922, 1936, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1964
• Copa de Honor (12): 1922, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1973, 1974
• Copa de Preparación (1): 1975

References

1. "Nuestras Instalaciones". 20 February 2021.
2. "CA SAN MARTÍN DE TUCUMÁN". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

External links

 

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