Club Atlético San Telmo

For other uses, see San Telmo (disambiguation).

San Telmo

Full name	Club Atlético San Telmo
Nickname(s)	Candombero
Founded	March 5, 1904
Ground	Estadio Alfredo Ramos, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman	Osvaldo Bisbal
Manager	Gerardo Reinoso
League	Primera B Metropolitana
2010-11	19th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético San Telmo is a football club from the Isla Maciel neighbourhood in the Dock Sud district of Avellaneda in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana,^[1] which is the regionalised third tier of Argentine football.

History

The club was founded in 1904 with the name San Telmo Football Club, which followed the Argentine tradition of giving their teams English names e.g. River Plate, Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors.

In 1916 the team affiliated to Argentine Football Association and won the Segunda División de Ascenso tournament in amateur era. In the 1920s the club changed its team to Club Atlético San Telmo which remains nowadays. In 1926 the club moved to Isla Maciel, opening its own stadium in 1929. The first title won by San Telmo was 1949 Primera C Metropolitana but due to a restructuring of Argentine league system, the squad did not promote to the upper division.

The 1949 squad that won the first title for the club but was not promoted to the upper division.

In 1975 San Telmo finished third in Primera B Metropolitana tournament which qualified the team to play the playoffs to promote to Primera División, which finally obtained. Although being promoted to the first division, San Telmo was relegated in the next season. Nevertheless, the team that played in the First Division during 1976 wrote a memorable page in the history of the club on May 25, 1976 when it defeated Boca Juniors 3-1 at Huracán's stadium.^[2] On that day, San Telmo line-up was: Wenner; Sarmiento, Minutti, Sandoval, Regueira; Camejo, Rilo, Cloquell; Pisapia, Patti, Coronel. Boca Juniors included all the stars of the very successful Toto Lorenzo era: Gatti; Ovide, Mouzo, Gutiérrez, Tarantini; Veglio, Suñé, Trobbiani; Felman, Taverna, and Mastrángelo. Despite being down 0-1 at half time, San Telmo finally won the match 3-1, with a goal scored by Camejo and two late goals by Pedro Coronel.

Rivalry

San Telmo's traditional rival is Dock Sud. The first time both teams played against was on May 6, 1928, being Dock Sud the winner by 2-0. Nevertheless, the rivalry between both teams was born the following year, because of San Telmo moving to Isla Maciel (located in the Dock Sud district) and both teams became closer.

Last time both teams played the "derby" was on April 25, 1999, being "the Candombero" the winner by 1-0. San Telmo played a total of 57 matches against Dock Sud, winning 15, with equal losses and having tied 27 times.

Stadium

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

Titles

The 1956 team won the second title for the club.

• Primera C: 3

1949, 1956, 1961

Notable former players

The 1961 squad, which won the last championship to date.

• Omar Oreste Corbatta
• Mariano Julio Izco
• Patricio Margetic
• Ángel Médici
• Carlos Peucelle
• José Yudica
• Jonathan Santana

See also

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

References

1. ^ Results, fixtures and squad at soccerway
2. ^ San Telmo’s Hour of Glory.
3. ^ ^{a b} "La Isla de la Fantasía", Diario Olé, 2011-10-16
4. ^ Estadio Alfredo Ramos in soccerway page

External links

• (Spanish) Soy de Telmo