Sportivo Italiano

Sportivo Italiano

Full name	Club Sportivo Italiano
Nickname(s)	El ACIA, Azzurro
Founded	May 7, 1955
Ground	Estadio de Sportivo Italiano, La Matanza Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 6,200)
Chairman	Salvador D'Antonio
Manager	Horacio Bongiovanni
League	Primera B Metropolitana
2010-11	16th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Sportivo Italiano is a football club located in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana third level of the Argentine Football Association.

The club was founded on 7 May, 1955, by Italian immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province). The club was originally named Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina. In 1978 they merged with Sociedad Italiana and became known as Club Deportivo Italiano, but the clubs third and latest name change occurred in 2000, when it became known as Club Sportivo Italiano.

The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.

Notable players

• Agustín De La Canal
• Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
• Alejandro Lanari
• Emerson Panigutti
• Jose Luis Pochettino
• Mario Saccone
• Leonardo Bordad
• Claudio Flores

Notable managers

• Ramón Cabrero (1985-87)

Titles

• Primera B: 3

1986, 1995-96, 2008–09

• Primera C: 2

1962, 1974

• Primera D: 1

1960

See also

• List of football clubs in Argentina
• Argentine football league system

External links

• (Spanish) Official Website
• (Spanish) Mundo Azzurro