Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
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Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club
from Godoy Cruz
, Mendoza Province
, Argentina
. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system
.
, was constructed. The stadium is nicknamed La Bodega (Spanish
for "wine cellar") and holds 14,000 people.
Godoy Cruz played in the regional league for several years before reaching the national level. The club won the Mendoza first division championship in 1944, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1968, and also in 1989 and 1990 that qualified to play in the defunct Torneo del Interior national-level tournament.
Winning the Torneo del Interior in 1994, Godoy Cruz reached the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) that year. After more than ten years in the second division, the club was finally promoted to the Primera División in 2006, after winning the 2005–06 season of the Primera B Nacional, defeating Nueva Chicago in the final.
20 year old Enzo Peréz scored the first goal by Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera, in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano on September 9, 2006.
At the end of the 2006–07 season, Godoy Cruz was relegated from the Primera after losing their promotion/relegation playoff with Huracán
. Their stay in the second division was short, as they earned automatic promotion to the first division after finishing runners-up to San Martín de Tucumán during the 2007–08 season.
Godoy Cruz secured their best ever league position of 3rd place under Omar Asad
's management during the 2010 Clausura. In that tournament, they also achieved the best-ever point total (37) for a team indirectly affiliated to the Argentine Football Association
(meaning clubs under the administration of the Federal Council branch of AFA, which are teams outside Buenos Aires
, Greater Buenos Aires
, Rosario
and Santa Fe
). These results qualified them for the 2011 Copa Libertadores
, their first appearance in this tournament.
When Godoy Cruz made their Copa Libertadores debut in February 2011 in a 2–1 win against 2008 champions Liga de Quito they became the first indirectly affiliated side ever to represent Argentina in the Copa Libertadores.
4–0, and in 1997 they defeated River Plate
by the same margin.
Godoy Cruz won the summer 2009 edition of the friendly pentagonal cup known as the "Copa Ciudad de Tandil
", after defeating both Chacarita Juniors
and Quilmes
in penalty shootouts.
Daniel Oldrá (1990's) Alejandro Abaurre (1990–91), (1994–2002), (2005–06) Rafael Iglesias (1990–97), (1998–2003) Rubén Almeida (1994–96), (2000–02) Martín Astudillo
(1995–97) Diego Pozo
(1995–2005) Rubén Paz
(1996) Fabián Basualdo (1997–98) Nelson Ibáñez
(2001–03), (2005–) Sebastián Torrico
(2001–07), (2009–) Daniel Giménez
(2002), (2004–06) Nicolás Olmedo
(2002–04), (2005–)
Mariano Torresi
(2002–07) Enzo Pérez (2003–07) Gabriel Vallés
(2003–09) Josimar Mosquera
(2005–06) Mauro Poy
(2005–07) Diego Villar
(2005–) Martín Arzuaga
(2007) Jorge Winston Curbelo
(2007–08), (2009–) Diego Figueredo
(2007) Leandro Caruso
(2008–09)(2011- Jairo Castillo
(2008–09), (2010–) Roberto Malingas Jiménez
(2009)
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
from Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz, Mendoza
Godoy Cruz is a city in the province of Mendoza, Argentina. It has 183,000 inhabitants as per the , and is part of the metropolitan area of the provincial capital ....
, Mendoza Province
Mendoza Province
The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system
Argentine football league system
The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...
.
History
The club was founded on June 21, 1921 under the name Sportivo Godoy Cruz, and changed to its current name on April 25, 1930 after the fusion with Deportivo Bodega Antonio Tomba. In 1959, Godoy Cruz' stadium, the Estadio Feliciano GambarteEstadio Feliciano Gambarte
Estadio Feliciano Gambarte is a multi-use stadium in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home ground of Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba. The stadium holds 14,000 people and was built in 1959....
, was constructed. The stadium is nicknamed La Bodega (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "wine cellar") and holds 14,000 people.
Godoy Cruz played in the regional league for several years before reaching the national level. The club won the Mendoza first division championship in 1944, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1968, and also in 1989 and 1990 that qualified to play in the defunct Torneo del Interior national-level tournament.
Winning the Torneo del Interior in 1994, Godoy Cruz reached the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) that year. After more than ten years in the second division, the club was finally promoted to the Primera División in 2006, after winning the 2005–06 season of the Primera B Nacional, defeating Nueva Chicago in the final.
20 year old Enzo Peréz scored the first goal by Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera, in a 1–1 draw with Belgrano on September 9, 2006.
At the end of the 2006–07 season, Godoy Cruz was relegated from the Primera after losing their promotion/relegation playoff with Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
. Their stay in the second division was short, as they earned automatic promotion to the first division after finishing runners-up to San Martín de Tucumán during the 2007–08 season.
Godoy Cruz secured their best ever league position of 3rd place under Omar Asad
Omar Asad
Omar Andrés Asad is an Argentine football manager and former player.As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winning 8 titles with the club ....
's management during the 2010 Clausura. In that tournament, they also achieved the best-ever point total (37) for a team indirectly affiliated to 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...
(meaning clubs under the administration of the Federal Council branch of AFA, which are teams outside Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires
Greater Buenos Aires is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative...
, Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
and Santa Fe
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...
). These results qualified them for the 2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Copa Libertadores
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...
, their first appearance in this tournament.
When Godoy Cruz made their Copa Libertadores debut in February 2011 in a 2–1 win against 2008 champions Liga de Quito they became the first indirectly affiliated side ever to represent Argentina in the Copa Libertadores.
Nickname
Godoy Cruz is nicknamed Tomba and Bodeguero, in reference to the wine selling activity of the Deportivo Bodega Antonio Tomba, one of the merging clubs of 1921. Since the stadium is located near a railway, the club is also called El Expreso ("The Express").Friendly matches
A source of historical pride for the team's supporters are two friendly matches won against Argentine giants: in 1965, they defeated Boca JuniorsBoca 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....
4–0, and in 1997 they defeated 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....
by the same margin.
Godoy Cruz won the summer 2009 edition of the friendly pentagonal cup known as the "Copa Ciudad de Tandil
Torneos de Verano (Argentina)
Torneos de Verano are a series of short friendly football pre-season tournaments held during the southern summer in Argentina every year, usually in January and February...
", after defeating both Chacarita Juniors
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine sports club from Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, which football squad is currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.The club was founded on May 1, 1906, in...
and Quilmes
Quilmes Atlético Club
Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....
in penalty shootouts.
Notable players
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.Daniel Oldrá (1990's) Alejandro Abaurre (1990–91), (1994–2002), (2005–06) Rafael Iglesias (1990–97), (1998–2003) Rubén Almeida (1994–96), (2000–02) Martín Astudillo
Martín Astudillo
Martín Mauricio Astudillo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a defensive midfielder....
(1995–97) Diego Pozo
Diego Pozo
Diego Raúl Pozo is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently playing for Colón de Santa Fe.-Club:Pozo began his playing career with Godoy Cruz in his hometown of Mendoza in 1995...
(1995–2005) Rubén Paz
Rubén Paz
Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez was a Uruguayan football midfield player, who retired in 2006 at the age of 47. Paz played at two FIFA World Cups for Uruguay and was also South American Footballer of the Year in 1988...
(1996) Fabián Basualdo (1997–98) Nelson Ibáñez
Nelson Ibáñez
Nelson Martín Ibáñez is an Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for Godoy Cruz.-Club career:Ibáñez joined Godoy Cruz in 2001 and played for their reserve side...
(2001–03), (2005–) Sebastián Torrico
Sebastián Torrico
Sebastián Torrico is an Argentine football goalkeeper currently playing for Godoy Cruz.-Titles:-References:...
(2001–07), (2009–) Daniel Giménez
Daniel Giménez
Daniel Giménez is a Argentine footballer currently playing for Defensores de Belgrano of the Primera B Metropolitana in Argentina....
(2002), (2004–06) Nicolás Olmedo
Nicolás Olmedo
Nicolás Andrés Olmedo is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Godoy Cruz. He has played for the club more than 150 games since his debut in 2002.-Club career:...
(2002–04), (2005–)
Mariano Torresi
Mariano Torresi
Luis Mariano Torresi is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Instituto.-External links:* at BDFA * at ESPN Soccernet*...
(2002–07) Enzo Pérez (2003–07) Gabriel Vallés
Gabriel Vallés
Gabriel Vallés is an Argentine footballer who plays for Independiente.-Career:His debut in the Argentine First Division was in 2006 against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy playing for Godoy Cruz de Mendoza....
(2003–09) Josimar Mosquera
Josimar Mosquera
Josimar Mosquera Angulo is an Colombian football defender who currently plays for Atlético Nacional.-Career:...
(2005–06) Mauro Poy
Mauro Poy
Mauro Poy is an Argentine footballer. He currently plays as a striker for the Skoda Xanthi F.C. of the Super League Greece.-External links:* at Guardian's Stats centre...
(2005–07) Diego Villar
Diego Villar
Diego Nicolás Villar is an Argentine football winger who plays for Godoy Cruz.-Career:Villar started his playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 2001, in 2005 he joined Chilean side Santiago Wanderers but returned to Argentina later that year to join 2nd division team Godoy Cruz...
(2005–) Martín Arzuaga
Martín Arzuaga
Martín Arzuaga is a professional footballer. A forward, he currently plays for Independiente Medellín in Colombia.- Career :...
(2007) Jorge Winston Curbelo
Jorge Winston Curbelo
Jorge Curbelo full name Jorge Winston Curbelo Garis is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera División. He also holds German nationality.-Career:...
(2007–08), (2009–) Diego Figueredo
Diego Figueredo
Diego Antonio Figueredo Matiauda is a Paraguayan football player who currently plays for Nacional.He started his career in Olimpia Asunción of Paraguay before moving to Real Valladolid of Spain...
(2007) Leandro Caruso
Leandro Caruso
Leandro Rubén Caruso is an Argentine football striker who plays for Godoy Cruz on loan from Udinese Calcio in the Italian Serie A.- Career :...
(2008–09)(2011- Jairo Castillo
Jairo Castillo
Jairo Fernando "el Tigre" Castillo Cortés is a Colombian football player who plays for América de Cali...
(2008–09), (2010–) Roberto Malingas Jiménez
Roberto Jiménez
Roberto Jiménez is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian First Division.-Career:Jiménez began his career in 2003 at Alianza Atlético in the Peruvian Primera División...
(2009)