Club Atlético Colón

History

The club was founded on 5 May 1905, as "Colón Foot-ball Club" by a group of friends that were enthusiastic about football. It was named after Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus), whose biography was being studied by one of the boys at the time.

In 1965 Colon won the Primera B title.

The first game played by Colón in Primera was v Chacarita Juniors on 6 May 1966. After the first season in the top level Colón finished 16th, but the following year the structure of Argentine football was changed so as there were two championships each season, the Metropolitano and the Nacional, 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 managed a 6th-place finish.

Colón finished 2nd in their group in the 1972 Nacional.

In 1975 the team made a good campaign in the Metropolitano, finishing in 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.

Colon was relegated from the Metropolitana in 1981 having won only 6 games that season. It was to take 14 years for Colón to return to the top division (for the 1995–96 season). During the intervening period the team came close to promotion on a number of occasions, and lost Promotion Play-off games in 1988–89 to arch-rivals Union 3–0 on aggregate, and in 1992–93 Colón lost the championship play-off, being defeated by Banfield and then failed to qualify through the secondary play-offs.

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 won both titles that season, a play-off was required between the two runners-up. In December 1997 Colón defeated Independiente 1–0 to qualify for the Copa Libertadores 1998. In the 2016–17 season, Colón drew an average home league attendance of 25,000.

The institution's greatest sporting achievement was achieved by becoming champion of the Professional League Cup 2021.

International competitions

Colon made their South American debut in the Copa CONMEBOL 1997 against Universidad de Chile. They subsequently reached the semi-finals where they lost to fellow Argentine side Lanús.

They made their debut in South America's most prestigious club tournament (Copa Libertadores) the following season. Their first game in the group stage was a 1–2 home defeat to River Plate, although they were still to qualify for the knockout stages. After beating Olimpia on penalties they were again drawn to play River Plate, but were defeated 5–2 on aggregate in the quarter-final.

In 2003, they qualified for their 3rd different continental competition (Copa Sudamericana), and they defeated Vélez Sársfield before losing to Boca Juniors.

Stadium

The club's current stadium is the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, which holds 40,000 spectators. The ground was inaugurated in 1946, and received a major renovation starting in 2002.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

• Argentina Antonio Mohamed (2008–10)
• Argentina Fernando Gamboa (2010–11)
• Argentina Mario Sciaqua (2011–12)
• Argentina Roberto Sensini (2012–13)
• Argentina Rubén Forestello (2013)
• Argentina Diego Osella (2014)
• Argentina Reinaldo Merlo (2014-15)
• Argentina Javier López (2015)
• Argentina Dario Franco (2015-16)
• Argentina Ricardo Johansen (2016)
• Uruguay Paolo Montero (2016)
• Argentina Eduardo Domínguez (2017-18)
• Argentina Esteban Fuertes (Interim) (2018)
• Uruguay Julio Comesaña (2019)
• Argentina Marcelo Goux (Interim) (2019)
• Argentina Pablo Lavallen (2019)
• Argentina Diego Osella (2020)
• Argentina Eduardo Domínguez (2020-21)
• Argentina Julio César Falcioni (2022)
• Argentina Adrián Marini (Interim) (2022)
• Argentina Sergio Rondina (2022)
• Argentina Adrián Marini (Interim) (2022)
• Uruguay Marcelo Saralegui (2022-2023)
• Argentina Néstor Gorosito (2023)
• Argentina Israel Damonte (2023)
• Argentina Iván Delfino (2024)
• Argentina Rodolfo de Paoli (2024)
• Argentina Martín Minella (Interim) (2024)
• Argentina Diego Osella (2024)
• Argentina Ariel Pereyra (2025)
• Argentina Andrés Yllana (2025)
• Argentina Martín Minella (Interim) (2025)

Honours

Senior titles

;Keys

• Shared record

Other titles

Titles won in lower divisions:

• Primera División B (1): 1965

Regional

• Liga Santafesina de Football (7): 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925
• Federación Santafesina de Football (3): 1922, 1929, 1930
• Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (5): 1937, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947
• Torneo Preparación de la Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (1): 1936

Friendly

• Torneo de Honor (1): 1950

Notes

References

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