Argentino de Rosario

Argentino de Rosario

Full name	Club Atlético Argentino
Nickname(s)	El salaíto
Founded	15 January 1912
Ground	Estadio José Maria Olaeta, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina (Capacity: 6,800)
Chairman	Daniel Mariatti
Manager	Fabián Belén
League	Primera D Metropolitana
2010-11	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is a football club from Rosario in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fifth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.

1946 was Argentino's most successful year, having reached the 2nd position in the Primera B tournament. Argentino lost its penultimate match against Tiro Federal, and could not reach the promotion to Argentine Primera División. ^[1]

At the end of the 2005/06 season Argentino narrowly missed out on promotion to Primera B Metropolitana, having reached the playoff final but losing 6-0 on additional time at the hands of Excursionistas.

Argentino has never played at the top level of Argentine football.

Titles

• Primera C: 1

1983

• Primera B Metropolitana: 3

Apertura 1998, Clausura 1999, Clausura 2004

Notable former players

Listed at club website. ^[2]

• Hugo Iriarte (2002–03)
• Daniel Killer (1986–87)
• Mauricio Piersimone
• Abel Piva
• Rolando Schiavi (1993–95)
• Mauricio Verón (1998–99)
• Marcelo Bielsa (1980)

See also

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

References

1. ^ Glorias de Argentino de Rosario
2. ^ [http://argentinorosario.com.ar/Glorias/exjugadores.html | publisher = Argentino de Rosario site | language = Spanish | accessdate = 2009-11-01}}^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official site (Spanish)
• Fans site (Spanish)
• El Salaito (Fans site) (Spanish)