Rosario Central
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| Full name | Club Atlético Rosario Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Canallas (Scoundrels) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | December 24, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario, Santa Fe |
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| Capacity | 41,654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Pablo Juan Bautista Scarabino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Néstor "Pipo" Gorosito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Argentine Primera División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Apertura | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Atlético Rosario Central is a football club in Rosario, Argentina.
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[edit] History
The Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club was founded in December 24, 1889 by English railway workers. The first president was Colin Calder, and all club activities were carried out in the English language. When the Central Argentine and Buenos Aires railway companies merged in 1903, the name of the club was formally changed to Club Atlético Rosario Central.
The original jersey colors were red and white; later, the club would change to a checkered blue and white, and finally settle on the blue and gold vertical stripes design used to this day.
The team played in the local Rosario league until it joined the Argentine league in 1939 together with rivals Newell's Old Boys.
Rosario Central was relegated in 1942 and again in 1951; both times, it was promoted on the very next season.
Rosario Central won the Nacional championship in 1971, again in 1973 (that was the first of many such achievements by coach Carlos Timoteo Griguol).
For the 1974 season, Central acquired striker Mario Kempes from Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (Kempes and Instituto mate Osvaldo Ardiles were to be reunited in the national team that won the 1978 World Cup).
After seven years whitout titles, Central won the 1980 Nacional with veteran Ángel Tulio Zof in the bench. That team was called "La Sinfónica" (the symphony orchestra) because it played very good and beautiful.
After a few years with bad seasons, the team was relegated in 1985, but returned to first division in the following year, and won the 1986/87 Championship. This was a first in Argentine football (oddly, Central Español performed a similar feat in Uruguay in the years 1983/84, also a first).
In 1995 Rosario Central won its only international title to date, the CONMEBOL Cup (currently known as Copa Sudamericana).
It has participated in ten editions of the Copa Libertadores, third behind Boca Juniors and River Plate.
[edit] Stadium
Rosario Central plays in the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, located in the confluence of Avellaneda Boulevard and Génova Avenue, in the Lisandro de la Torre neighborhood (popularly known as Arroyito), in north-east Rosario.
It has an official capacity of 41,654, but crowds of 45,000 have been accommodated after it underwent major conditioning for the 1978 World Cup held in Argentina.
In that tournament, all three second-round games of the Argentine squad were played in the Gigante. Local hero Kempes enjoyed the support of the fans and went on to become the top scorer of the tournament.
[edit] Nicknames
Central's common nickname is canallas ("scoundrels", which is a rather mild insult in Argentina) because they refused to play a charity match for a leprosy clinic back in the 1920s; rival side Newell's acquired its leprosos (lepers) nickname when they did play in that event.
[edit] Argentine Champions
4 times:
- Campeonato Nacional 1971
- Campeonato Nacional 1973
- Campeonato Nacional 1980
- Campeonato Metropolitano 1986/1987
[edit] International Cups
Once:
- In 1995, won the Copa Conmebol (currently known as Copa Sudamericana).
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Squad
As of 24 February 2007
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[edit] Squad Changes for Clausura 2007
[edit] Players in
- Roberto Acuña
- Leonel Ríos
- Yovanny Arrechea Amú
- Juan Grabowski
[edit] Players out
- Juan Marcelo Ojeda to River Plate
- Marco Rubén to River Plate
- Paulo Wanchope to F.C. Tokyo
- Cristian Villagra to River Plate
- Eduardo Coudet to Club San Luis
- Pablo Vitti to Banfield
- Hernán Encina to Tecos
- Ramiro Fassi Released
- Darío Conca to Vasco da Gama
[edit] Famous players
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[edit] Famous Supporters
- Che Guevara
- Alberto Olmedo
- Roberto Fontanarrosa
- Fito Páez
- Jorge Siminovich
- Juan Carlos Baglietto
- Libertad Lamarque
- César Luis Menotti
- Osvaldo Bayer (writer and publicist)
- Ayelén Stepnik (hockey player)
- Antonio Agri (tango violinist)
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official Site
- (Spanish) Canalla.com
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