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Defensa y Justicia Full name Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia Nickname(s) El Halcón (The Hawk) Founded March 20, 1935 Ground Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Buenos Aires
(Capacity: 8,000)Chairman José Lemme
Manager Ricardo Rodríguez
League Primera B Nacional 2010-11 17th Website Club home page Home coloursAway coloursClub Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia (usually known simply as Defensa y Justicia) is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The institution was founded on March 20, 1935, and its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, which is the second division of the Argentine league system. Home games are played at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello which has a capacity of approximately 8,000 seats.
Even though the club was founded as early as 1935, Defensa had to wait until 1977 to make its debut in the regionalised 5th tier of Argentine football, Primera D Metropolitana. The team quickly promoted to upper levels, first to Primera C Metropolitana in 1982, and then to Primera B Metropolitana in 1985.
The team colours used to be blue and white, but in 1981 they were changed to yellow and green according to the colours of its sponsor, the local bus company "El Halcón".
In the 2005/06 season the club finished 5th in the Apertura and 17th in the Clausura. Despite finishing 11th overall, results over the previous 2 seasons ensured that Defensa finished second bottom of the Metropolitana relegation table. As a result, Defensa needed to play in a 2 legged promotion/relegation playoff against Club Deportivo Morón. The game finished 4-4 on aggregate with goals in 92 and 95 minutes in the second leg, and Defensa y Justicia finally could kept its place in Nacional B.
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Current squad 2011/2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player GK Ramiro Biscardi GK Carlos Bossio GK Martín Perafán DF Pablo Aguilar DF Fernando Fayart DF Esteban Goicoechea DF Rolando García DF Luciano Goux DF Martín Guarino DF Diego Ianiero DF Franco Lazzaroni DF Sergio Velázquez MF Nélson Acevedo MF Marcelo Benitez MF Luis G. Bustamante No. Position Player MF Matías Díaz MF Pedro Irala Vergara MF Luis Jerez Silva MF Emmanuel Jorge Ledesma MF Juan Martín Lucero MF Jorge Medina MF Carlos Javier Rearte MF Marcelo Ricci MF Facundo Sánchez MF Facundo Silva MF Rodrigo Vilariño FW Leandro Fernández FW Nestor Martinena FW Víctor Píriz Alvez FW Rolando Zárate Titles
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- 1996/97
- Primera C: 1
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- 1985
- Primera D: 1
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- 1982
See also
References
External links
- (Spanish) Official Site
- (Spanish) Defensa Pasión (fan site)
- (Spanish) Defensa al Día (fan site)
Primera B Nacional 2011–12 teams Aldosivi · Almirante Brown · Atlanta · Atlético Tucumán · Boca Unidos · Chacarita Juniors · Defensa y Justicia · Deportivo Merlo · Desamparados · Ferro Carril Oeste · Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy · Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata · Guillermo Brown · Huracán · Independiente Rivadavia · Instituto · Patronato · Quilmes · River Plate · Rosario CentralCategories:- Argentine football club stubs
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