Colón de Santa Fe
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Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football
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 team from Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...

. As of Primera División Argentina 1946
Primera División Argentina 1946
-Overview:It was performed in 16 teams, and San Lorenzo de Almagro won the championship.-League standings:...

 the football
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 squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football
Primera División Argentina
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, and has done so continuously since 1995-96
Primera División Argentina 1995-96
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. Colón has finished in the top three of the Primera División Argentina
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 on three occasions; achieving second place in Clausura 1997, and third place in Clausura 2000 and Apertura 2009.

Foundation

The club was founded in 1905, apparently by a group of students, one of which was studying the discovery of America, hence the name chosen (Columbus
Christopher Columbus
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 is translated to Spanish as "Colón"). However there are no firm records of the club's existence until 1920.

Playing History

Colón started playing in the local league of Santa Fe, winning it on 14 occasions. The club gained its affiliation with the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

 in 1947. Colón played several seasons in the lower divisions until it won the Primera B Nacional (2nd level) in 1965, thus leading to its promotion to the Primera División Argentina
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

 for the 1966
Primera División Argentina 1966
-League standings:...

 season.

After the first season in the top level Colón finished 15th, but the following year the structure of Argentine football was changed so as there were two championships each season, the Metropolitano
Metropolitano championship
The Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...

 and the Nacional
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, with entrance to the latter originally only available to the higher placed Metropolitano teams. Colon did not qualify for the Nacional until 1968, although the squad did then manage a 6th place finish.

After a few seasons of struggle Colón finished 2nd in their group in the 1972 Nacional, although not close enough to the group winner to qualify for the knockout stages. In 1975 the team made a good campaign in the Metropolitano, finishing in the 6th place. This got better two years later, when Colón finished 5th in the Metropolitano, although the team then struggled in the Nacional. In 1978 Colón reached the knockout stages of the Nacional but was beaten in the Quarter Finals by Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....

.

Colon was relegated from the Metropolitana in 1981 having won only 6 games that season, although prior to this year the team had generally been in at least a mid table position. It was to take 14 years for Colón to return to the top division (for the 1995-96
Primera División Argentina 1995-96
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 season). During the intervening period the team came close to promotion on a number of occasions, and lost Promotion Playoff games in 1988-89
1988-89 in Argentine football
1988-1989 in Argentine football saw Independiente win the Argentine championship. In the international competitions there were two editions of the Copa Libertadores, the best performance came from Newell's Old Boys who were runners up in the Copa Libertadores 1988...

 to arch-rivals Union
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

 3-0 on aggregate, and in 1992-93
1992-93 in Argentine football
1992-1993 saw Boca Juniors win the Apertura, it was their first official league title since 1981. The Clausura was won by Vélez Sársfield, their first title since 1968.-Torneo Apertura :-Top Scorers:-Relegation:...

 Colón lost the championship playoff, being defeated by Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield
Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Banfield, part of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires province. Founded on 21 January 1896 by residents of the town of British origin , its main activity is football...

 and then failed to qualify through the secondary playoffs.

After a few mid-table finishes Colón was placed 2nd in the 1997 Clausura tournament, which is team's highest placed finish to date. As River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

 won both titles that season, a playoff was required between the two runners-up. In December 1997 Colón defeated Independiente 1-0 to qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1998
Copa Libertadores 1998
The 1998 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 39th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 25 and August 26. Vasco da Gama won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador in the final.-Pre-Libertadores:-Group...

.

Following this excellent season, 1997-98
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 was a disappointment but it was followed by a 5th place finish in the 1998-99 Apertura and 3rd place in the 1999–2000 Clausura. Over the next few seasons further high placings meant that at the end of season 2001-02
2001-02 in Argentine football
-Torneo Apertura :-Top Scorers:-Relegation:-Torneo Clausura :-Top Scorers:-Relegation:-"Promoción" Playoff:Lanús wins 3-2 and stays in Argentine First Division....

 Colón was ranked 6th highest overall in the 3-year average tables. They maintained this position at the end of the following season, and indeed also therefore qualified for the Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

 for the first time. Over the next few seasons its finishing position was often mid-table at best, and its position in the relegation averages fell such that by the end of the 2007-08
2007-08 in Argentine football
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 season Colón was placed 16th in the averages, just one position away from having to play in the relegation playoff.

South American Tournament Qualification

Colon made their South American debut in the Copa CONMEBOL 1997 against Universidad de Chile. They susbsequently reached the semi finals where they lost to fellow Argentine side Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Founded on 3 January 1915, the club's main sports are football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Primera División and Liga Nacional de Básquet...

.

They made their debut in South America's most prestigious club tournament (Copa Libertadores) the following season
Copa Libertadores 1998
The 1998 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 39th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 25 and August 26. Vasco da Gama won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador in the final.-Pre-Libertadores:-Group...

. Their first game in the group stage was a 1-2 home defeat to River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

, although they were still to qualify for the knockout stages. After beating Olimpia
Olimpia Asunción
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 on penalties they were again drawn to play River Plate, but were defeated 5-2 on aggregate in the quarter final.

In 2003
Copa Sudamericana 2003
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 they qualified for their 3rd different continental competition (Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
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), and they defeated Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

 before losing to Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

.

Stadiums

The club's current stadium is the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López which holds 33,500 spectators. The ground was inaugurated in 1948, and received a refurbishment in 2001. It is their 3rd ground, the team having originally played near the town's port, and due to the port's expansion they had to leave this site in 1925. Their 2nd ground was located near Arcos de Sur a Norte, although they had to leave this ground in 1938.

Local rivalry

The club plays the Santa Fe local derby
Local derby
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 against Unión de Santa Fe
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe....

. Unión were promoted to the primera división at the end of the 2011 Clausura and won the first derby for almost 10 years during the 2011 Apertura. The teams have played one another 79 times, with each team winning 25, and 29 games ending in a draw.

National

  • Primera B
    • Winners (1): 1965
  • Argentine Primera División
    • Runners-up (1): 1997 Clausura

Regional

  • Liga Santafesina de Foot Ball
    • Winners (4): 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918
  • Federacion Santafesina
    • Winners (4)': 1922, 1923, 1925, 1929
  • Liga Santafesina de Fútbol
    • Winners (16): 1937, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1995, 2000 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2004 Apertura

Current squad

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


Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club

Agustín Balbuena
Agustín Balbuena
Agustín Alberto Balbuena is a retired Argentine football striker who won four Copa Libertadores and the Copa Intercontinental with Club Atlético Independiente....

 (1964–68) Edgardo Di Meola (1969–71), (1977–79), (1981) Carlos Trullet
Carlos Trullet
Carlos Alberto Trullet is an Argentine football manager and former player. He currently manages Atlético Rafaela in the Argentine Primera División.-Playing career:...

 (1971–74) Rubén Aráoz (1971–78), (1980–81) Enzo Trossero
Enzo Trossero
Enzo Héctor Trossero , nicknamed El Vikingo , is an Argentine footballer and coach, who was last the manager of Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.-Career:...

 (1972–75) Hugo Villaverde
Hugo Villaverde
Hugo Eduardo Villaverde is a retired Argentine football defender who played most of his career for Club Atlético Independiente....

 (1973–75) Héctor Baley
Héctor Baley
Héctor Rodolfo Baley is a former Argentine football goalkeeper.Baley was a reserve goalkeeper in Argentina's 1978 FIFA World Cup winning squad and also in the 1982 tournament...

 (1973–76)  Pedro Pasculli
Pedro Pasculli
Pedro Pablo Pasculli is a former Argentine soccer player currently working as a manager.He is a former Colón de Santa Fe, Argentinos Juniors and Lecce striker. He is the second best all-time goalscorer for Lecce...

 (1978–80) Edgardo Andrada
Edgardo Andrada
Edgardo Norberto Andrada, better known as Edgardo Andrada, or simply Andrada , is a retired professional Argentine footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several top level Argentine and Brazilian clubs.-Career:...

 (1977–82) Jorge Comas
Jorge Comas
Jorge Alberto Comas Romero is a former Argentine footballer. He played club football in Argentina and Mexico and represented the Argentina national football team....

 (1980–81), (1994) Claudio Ubaldo Chena
Claudio Ubaldo Chena
Claudio Ubaldo Chena is a former Argentine football striker from the 1980s and early 1990s.He played professionally for Colón de Santa Fe, Estudiantes de La Plata, Club Deportivo Morón, Central Córdoba and Talleres de Córdoba in Argentina...

 (1982–86) Daniel Carnevali
Daniel Carnevali
Daniel Alberto Carnevali is a former Argentine football goalkeeper who played for the Argentina national team in the 1970s.-Club career:...

 (1985–88) Gustavo Siviero
Gustavo Siviero
Gustavo Lionel Siviero is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...

 (1988–91), (2005) Maximiliano Cuberas
Maximiliano Cuberas
Maximiliano Cuberas is an Argentine football defender who retired playing for Ferro Carril Oeste.-External links:* * *...

 (1995–97) Julio César Toresani
Julio César Toresani
Julio César Toresani is a former Argentine football midfielder. Toresani most recently managed the Bolivian first division club The Strongest.- Club career :...

 (1995–96), (2000–01), (2002–03) Hugo Ibarra (1995–98)
Leonardo Díaz
Leonardo Díaz
Leonardo Nicolás Díaz is an Argentine association football goalkeeper. He currently plays for The Strongest of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.-Career:...

 (1995-02), (2004) Héctor Rodríguez Peña
Héctor Rodríguez Peña
Héctor Ignacio Rodríguez Peña is a former Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Rodríguez Peña played for Textil Mandiyú and Colón in the Primera División de Argentina.-International career:...

 (1995–98), (2000) Marcelo Saralegui (1995–99) Luis Medero (1996-01) Pablo Morant
Pablo Morant
Pablo Javier Morant is a retired Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Spain, including Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Colón de Santa Fe and Hércules CF.-External links:...

 (1997-03) Esteban Fuertes
Esteban Fuertes
Oscar Esteban "Bichi" Fuertes is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe- Club :...

(1997–99), (2000), (2003–06), (2008-) Pablo Ricchetti
Pablo Ricchetti
Pablo Ricchetti is an Argentine footballer.-South America:Ricchetti began his soccer career in 1985 at the age of seven when he joined the youth-system of famed-Argentine club River Plate. He stayed with the club for 14 years making his first appearance with the first team in February 1996...

 (1999-00) Claudio Biaggio
Claudio Biaggio
Claudio Darío Biaggio is an Argentine football striker. He is currently playing in the Torneo Argentino B for Ferro Carril Sud....

 (1999-01) Jorge Bontemps
Jorge Bontemps
Jorge Alberto Bontemps was an Argentine football defender.-Club career:Bontemps started his career in 1999 with Colón de Santa Fe before moving to Club Atlético Huracán in 2004.-Illness and death:...

 (1999-04) Claudio Enría
Claudio Enría
Claudio Marcelo Enría is an Argentine football striker who most recently played for Colón de Santa Fe....

 (1999-00), (2006–08) Martín Romagnoli
Martín Romagnoli
Martín Andrés Romagnoli is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Toluca in MexicoRomagnoli started his career in the 2nd Division with All Boys. In 1998-1999 he spent a season with Spanish team CD Badajoz....

 (1999-06) Alejandro Capurro
Alejandro Capurro
Alejandro Rubén Capurro is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the Argentine Primera División....

(1999-06), (2007-) Claudio Fernando Graf
Claudio Fernando Graf
Claudio Fernando Graf is an Argentine football striker. He currently plays for San Martín de San Juan.-Career:...

 (2000–02) Javier Delgado
Javier Delgado
Javier Omar Delgado Papariello is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Rampla Juniors in the Uruguayan Primera Division. He is a midfielder and wears the number 16 jersey.-External links: at Tenfield...

 (2000–04) César Carignano (2000–04), (2008)
Jorge Daniel Martínez
Jorge Daniel Martínez
Jorge Daniel Martínez is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca....

 (2000–04) Ismael Blanco
Ismael Blanco
Ismael Blanco is an Argentine professional football player who plays for the Mexican Primera División team, San Luis F.C.-Argentina:Blanco started his career with Colón in 2002...

 (2002–08) Laureano Tombolini
Laureano Tombolini
Laureano Martín Tombolini is an Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for Olimpo de Bahía Blanca.-Career:...

 (2002–08)   Iván Moreno y Fabianesi
Iván Moreno y Fabianesi
Iván Moreno y Fabianesi is a Spanish - Argentine football midfielder, who plays for Colón de Santa Fe in Argentina.-Early life:...

(2003–05), (2010-) Giovanny Hernández
Giovanny Hernández
Giovanni Hernández is a Colombian football midfielder. He played for América de Cali, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Cali, Colón de Santa Fe, Colo-Colo and now is player of Atlético Junior. He is famous for his technical ability to create plays, pace, and ability to create goals out of free...

 (2003–06) Darío Gandín
Darío Gandín
Darío Alejandro Gandín is an Argentine football striker. He currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela in the Argentine Primera División.-Career:...

 (2004–05), (2007–08) Ariel Garcé
Ariel Garcé
Ariel Hernán Garcé nicknamed Chino , is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe in the Argentine Primera División. He usually plays as a central defender or as a right full-back.- Club :...

(2004–05), (2007-) Freddy Grisales
Freddy Grisales
Freddy "Totono" Grisales is a Colombian football midfielder. He retired at the end of 2009. He played his last season with Junior in the Colombian Professional Football league....

 (2004–05), (2006–07) Diego Chitzoff
Diego Chitzoff
Diego Chitzoff is an Argentine football right back currently playing for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.Chitzoff started his career in 2002 playing for Tiro Federal in the Argentine 3rd division...

 (2004–09) Juan Manuel Vargas
Juan Manuel Vargas
Juan Manuel Vargas Risco , is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a wing-back for Italian Serie A club A.C.F. Fiorentina, and the Peru national team and is currently the team's captain...

 (2005–06) Rubén Ramírez
Rubén Ramírez
Rubén Ramírez is an Argentine football striker who plays for Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba.-Career:...

 (2005–08) Germán Rivarola
Germán Rivarola
Germán Ezequiel Rivarola is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Rosario Central in Primera B Nacional.-Career:...

(2006–2010) Juan Carlos Falcón
Juan Carlos Falcón
Juan Carlos Falcón is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Godoy Cruz.-Career:Falcón started his professional career in 1998 with Vélez Sársfield, where he played until 2002, making over 100 appearances for the club in the Argentine Primera División...

(2007–08)

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