San Telmo

Full name	Club Atlético San Telmo
Nickname(s)	Candombero
Founded	5 March 1904 (1904-03-05)
Ground	Estadio Osvaldo Baletto, Dock Sud
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Fernando Leiro
Manager	Fabián Lisa
League	Primera Nacional
2023	Primera Nacional Zone A, 18th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético San Telmo is an Argentine sports club located in the neighbourhood of San Telmo, in the City of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.^[1]

Apart from football, other sports practised at San Telmo are basketball, boxing, field hockey, futsal, handball, martial arts, and artistic roller skating.

History

The 1949 squad that won the first title for the club although it was not promoted to Primera.

The club was founded as "San Telmo Football Club" on March 5, 1904,^[2] by Francisco Pantarotto who would be also its first president. The first headquarters were located on Paseo Colón Avenue of Buenos Aires. San Telmo had several venues located in Puerto Madero until the club built its first stadium on Juan de Garay street in San Telmo district where the club took its name from.

The first jerseys were blue and white. In the first official match of the club, the rain made the colour blue to fade until it covered the white part of the jerseys in a light-blue tone. From then on, the club adopted the blue and light blue as its official colors.

In 1916 the team affiliated to Argentine Football Association and won the Segunda División de Ascenso tournament. In the 1920s the club changed its team to "Club Atlético San Telmo" which has remained to date. In 1926 and due to the lack of a deed of sale, San Telmo had to move to Isla Maciel in Dock Sud district of Greater Buenos Aires. The club inaugurated its own stadium there three years later. The first title won by San Telmo was 1949 Primera C but due to a restructuring of the Argentine league system, the squad did not promote to the upper division.

In 1975 San Telmo finished third in Primera B, therefore the team qualified to play the playoffs to promote to Primera División, which finally achieved. Although being promoted to the first division, San Telmo would be relegated in the next season. Nevertheless, the team that played in the top level during 1976 wrote a memorable page in the history of the club on May 25, 1976 when it defeated Boca Juniors by 3–1 at Huracán's stadium.

Stadium

San Telmo's stadium is named Dr. Osvaldo Baletto and is located in the Isla Maciel of Dock Sud, Avellaneda Partido. It was closed from February 11, 2006 due to violent incidents in a match against Talleres (BA),^[3] which caused San Telmo to play its home games at the Estadio Alfredo Ramos, Club Comunicaciones's venue.^[4]

In October, 2011, and after six year of being closed, the stadium was reopened to host the match between the local team and Almagro which ended 0–0.^[3]

Players

Current squad

The 1956 team won the second title for the club.

The 1961 squad achieved the third championship.

As of 31 July 2022.^[5] 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 Tomás Sultani — GK  ARG Luis Ardente — DF  ARG Leandro Hertel — DF  ARG Juan Pablo Tomicich (on loan from Defensa) — DF  ARG Robertino Canavesio — DF  ARG Ángel Villagra — DF  ARG Jonathan Paiz — DF  ARG Aaron Barquett (on loan from Argentinos) — MF  ARG Juan Manuel Requena — MF  ARG Damián Toledo — MF  ARG Alexander Zurita — MF  ARG Ramiro López — MF  ARG Ramiro Luna (on loan from Ferrocarril) — MF  ARG Santiago Nagüel

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Cristian Medina — MF  ARG Agustín Graneros — MF  ARG Lionel Laborda — FW  ARG Esteban Rueda — FW  ARG Lucas Melgarejo — FW  ARG Rodrigo González — FW  ARG Gianluca Pugliese (on loan from Platense) — FW  ARG Ricardo Ramírez — FW  ARG Jonathan Cañete — FW  ARG Leandro Rodríguez — FW  ARG Juan Cruz Zurbriggen (on loan from Colón) — FW  ARG Horacio Martínez — FW  ARG Marcos Landáburu

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 — GK  ARG Alan González (at San Miguel until 31 December 2022) — DF  ARG Lucas Arce (at Gimnasia Mendoza until 31 December 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Franco Quiroz (at San Martín de Tucumán until 31 December 2022)

Honours

• Primera C
  • Champions (4): 1949, 1956, 1961, 2015

References

External links

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• Official website