Ferro Carril Oeste
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Full name | Club Ferrocarril Oeste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Verdolaga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | July 28, 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Capacity | 24,442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | Organo Fiduciario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Oscar Garré | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Primera B Nacional Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura 2006 | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Ferro Carril Oeste is an Argentine sports club founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Caballito. It participates in many different sports with professional football, basketball, and volleyball (men's and women's) teams.
After the foundation, the directives, workers at the railway, obtained from the company the lands used for a football stadium and some other installations. At the end of the 1970s Ferro had 45.000 members.
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[edit] Football
Ferro at the present time plays in the second division, they have a history of success winning the following titles:
- First Division: Nacional 1982, Nacional 1984
- Second Division: (1912), 1958, 1963, 1970, 1978
- Third Division: 2002/03
In 1907 they joined the amateur second division, and in 1912 the won promotion to the first division after beating Racing Club de Avellaneda in the final. In 1947 the club were relegated only to come back to first division 2 years later.
In the 1980's, the club had their golden period as one of the most important teams, obtaining two titles and several records.
Ferro have set three notable records in the Argentine Primera;
- In the Metropolitano 1981 championship their goalkeeper Carlos Barisio set a national record by not conceding a goal for 1,075 minutes of football, this includes a run of 10 complete games without letting in a goal.
- Ferro also set the record for the longest run without scoring a goal, they went 875 minutes without scoring between the end of Apertura 98 and Clausura 99.
- When Ferro won the 1982 National championship, they achieved it without losing a single game, they were only the 2nd team to achieve the feat after San Lorenzo, River Plate and Boca Juniors have also achieved this feat in the 1990s.
The Buenos Aires Western Derby (El Clásico del Oeste) is played between Ferro and Vélez Sársfield.
[edit] Current squad
Valentín Brasca (Goalkeeper)- Agustín de la Canal, Pablo Saucedo, Federico Fazio, Ezequiel Echeverría (Defenders)- Mariano Barale, Luis Catalán, Matías Díaz, Eugenio Klein (Midfielders), Luis Salmerón and Juan Mugabure (Forwards).
[edit] Famous players
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[edit] Famous Coaches
Guillermo Stábile, José Scalise, Pedro Dellacha, Antonio Imbelloni, Carmelo Faraone and Carlos Timoteo Griguol.
Squds 06-07
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[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men
Starts playing in 1953, and in 1960 arrives to First division.
- First Division: 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985
- Copa Morgan: 1966, 1977, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- South American Championship: 1987, 1998
Famous players: Hugo Conte, Waldo Kantor, Esteban Martinez, Carlos Getzelevich, Daniel Castellani.
[edit] Women
Started playing also in 1953 and reaches first division in 1957.
- First Division: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990
- Copa Morgan: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2004
[edit] Basketball
The Male team currently plays in the Second Division Torneo Nacional De Ascenso as it was relegated after the 2004 season. Ferro won 3 first division championships (1985, 1986 and 1989) and 3 South American titles (1981, 1982, 1987).
In the early 1980s, Ferro was one of the best sides outside the NBA, and was managed by León Najnudel, the man who thought up the current League, and the inspiration behind Argentina's later achievements, including the gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Famous players: Miguel Cortijo, Luis Oroño, Sebastián Uranga, Javier Maretto, Diego Maggi, Daniel Aréjula, Horacio López, Luis Scola.
Famous American players: Berry, Terry, Wingo, Amos, Thomas.
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Spanish)
- PasiónVerdolaga (Spanish)
- Ferro Energía Verde (Spanish)
- Ferro at AFA
- Club Ferrocarril Oeste at RSSSF
- Ferro.com.ar (Spanish)
- FerroWeb (Spanish)
- Solo Ferro (Spanish)
- Ferro's Titles (Spanish)
- Ferro's volleyball Titles (Spanish)
- Ferro Carril Oeste Micro-Site (Spanish)
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