Rosario Central

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Rosario Central
Full name	Club Atlético Rosario Central
Nickname(s)	Los Canallas (The scoundrels) La Academia rosarina (The Rosario's Academy)
Founded	December 24, 1889
Ground	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Rosario, Santa Fe (Capacity 41,654)
Chairman	Horacio Usandizaga
Manager	Leonardo Madelón
League	Argentine Primera División
Apertura 2007	20th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Club Atlético Rosario Central (usually simply Central) is a football club in Rosario, Argentina. It is the 6th. most popular team in the country ^{[1] [2]} Central plays the Rosario derby against Newell's Old Boys, club which has with a huge historical rivalry.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Nicknames 4 Honours 4.1 Professional league titles 4.2 Amateur tournaments 4.3 International Titles 5 Players 5.1 Current Squad 5.2 Notable former players 6 Famous Supporters 7 External links 8 References

[edit] History

The Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club was founded in December 24, 1889 by English railway workers of the British-owned Central Argentine Railway company. The first president was Colin Calder, and all club activities were carried out in the English language. When the company took over the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway company in 1903, the name of the club was formally changed to Club Atlético Rosario Central.

The original jersey colors were red and white; later, the club would change to a checkered blue and white, and finally settle on the blue and gold vertical stripes design used to this day.

The team played in the local Rosario league until it joined the Argentine league in 1939 together with rivals Newell's Old Boys.

Rosario Central was relegated in 1942 and again in 1951; both times, it was promoted on the very next season.

Rosario Central won the Nacional championship in 1971 with Angel Labruna as coach, and again in 1973, being the first of many such achievements won by the coach Carlos Timoteo Griguol.

For the 1974 season, Central acquired striker Mario Kempes from Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (Kempes and Instituto mate Osvaldo Ardiles were to be reunited in the national team that won the 1978 World Cup).

Even though the winning of the Campeonato Argentino 1974 was not considered official by the AFA, it is considered by Central's supporters to be their "sixth" championship.

After seven years whitout titles, Central won the 1980 Nacional with veteran Ángel Tulio Zof on the bench. That team was called "La Sinfónica" (the symphony orchestra) because they played very good, beautiful football.

After a few years with bad seasons, the team was relegated in 1985, but returned to first division the following year, and won the 1986/87 Championship. This was a first in Argentine football (oddly, Central Español performed a similar feat in Uruguay in the years 1983/84, also a first).

In 1995 Rosario Central won their only international title to date, the CONMEBOL Cup (the precurssor of the current Copa Sudamericana).

It has participated in ten editions of the Copa Libertadores, third behind Boca Juniors and River Plate.

Even though the badge shows 6 stars, Rosario Central has only won 5 official championships (4 national and one international). The sixth one (the Argentino 1974 achievement) was added in the 115 anniversary of the institution, two weeks after their biggest rival, Newell's Old Boys, won their fifth championship in 2004.

[edit] Stadium

Rosario Central plays in the Gigante de Arroyito stadium, located in the confluence of Avellaneda Boulevard and Génova Avenue, in the Lisandro de la Torre neighborhood (popularly known as Arroyito), in north-east Rosario.

It has an official capacity of 41,654, but crowds of 45,000 have been accommodated after it underwent major conditioning for the 1978 World Cup held in Argentina.

In that tournament, all three second-round games of the Argentine squad were played in the Gigante. Local hero Kempes enjoyed the support of the fans and went on to become the top scorer of the tournament.

[edit] Nicknames

Central's common nickname is canallas ("scoundrels", which is a rather mild insult in Argentina) because it is said that they refused to play a charity match for a leprosy clinic in the 1920s; rival side Newell's acquired their leprosos (lepers) nickname when they did play in that event.

In a January 2007 press conference presenting the new jersey, Rosario native Roberto Fontanarrosa revised the definition and spelling of Central's nickname. The new spelling he gave was canaya, because according to him, people from the city of Rosario don't use the Spanish word canalla for any other reason than referring to the club.

Central are also known as La Academia (like the Argentine team Racing Club) due to the amount of players that become professional from their youth teams, and to the amount of consecutive Rosario's League titles that the club won in the amateur era, in comparison to Racing Club (called La Academia), that won a lot of championships in the Buenos Aires´ League at the same time too.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Professional league titles

• Argentine First Division
  • Winners (4): Campeonato Nacional 1971, Campeonato Nacional 1973, Campeonato Nacional 1980, Argentine Primera 1986-87
  • Runners-up (4): Nacional 1970, Metropolitano 1974, Nacional 1974, Apertura 1999

• Argentine Second Division
  • Winners: (3) 1942, 1951, 1985

[edit] Amateur tournaments

• Concurso por Eliminación: (1) 1913
• Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren: (1) 1915
• Copa de Honor:(1) 1916
• Copa de Competencia Jockey Club: (1)1916
• Copa de Competencia: (1)1920

[edit] International Titles

• Copa Conmebol (currently known as Copa Sudamericana)
  • Winners (1): 1995
  • Runners-up (1): 1998

[edit] Players

[edit] Current Squad

As of Torneo Clausura 2008

No. Position Player 1 GK Cristian Álvarez 2 DF Ramiro Fassi 4 DF Abel Espinoza 5 MF Cristian "Kily" González (captain) 6 DF Ronald Raldes (vice-captain) 7 MF Emiliano Papa 8 MF Tomas Costa 9 FW Martín Arzuaga 10 MF Damián Díaz 11 FW Gonzalo Belloso (vice-captain) 12 GK Jorge Broun 13 DF Andrés Imperiale 15 MF Lucas Moya 16 MF Jesús Méndez 17 FW Milton Caraglio 18 FW José Vizcarra 19 FW Emilio Zelaya 20 DF Walter Ribonetto 21 MF Diego Calgaro

No. Position Player 23 MF Mariano Messera 24 MF Leonardo Borzani 25 GK Hernán Castellano 26 DF Martín García 27 DF Alexis Danelón 28 DF Diego Braghieri 29 DF Mario Paglialunga 30 DF Gabriel Casas 31 FW Nahuel Valentini 32 MF Emanuel García 33 DF Leandro Gurrieri 34 FW Gonzalo Castillejos MF Gervasio Núñez FW Claudio Velazquez FW Maximiliano Pérez DF Ignacio Boggino DF Emiliano Capella FW Gonzalo De Porras MF Omar Medina DF Víctor Gutiérrez

[edit] Notable former players

Oscar Agonil (1975~1981) Carlos Aimar (1971~1978) Pedro Argota (1982~1988) Daniel Aricó (1970s) Edgardo Bauza (1977~1982, 1986-1989, 1992) David Bisconti (1988~1993) Roberto Bonano (1991~1996) Ramón Bóveda (1970s) Horacio Carbonari (1993~1998, 2003~2005) Martín Cardetti (1995~1997) Daniel Carnevali (1979~1982) Juan Alberto Castro (1950s) José Chamot (1988~1991, 2004~2006) Carlos Colman (1970s) Eduardo Chacho Coudet (1995~1998, 2005, 2006) Oscar Craiyacich (1970s & 1980s) Ariel Cuffaro Russo (1983~1991) Rubén Da Silva (1995~1998) Marcelo Delgado (1990~1994) Daniel Alberto Díaz (2000~2003) Hernán Díaz (1985~1989) Osvaldo Escudero (1986~1989) Alberto Fanesi (1968~1972) Paulo Ferrari (2001~2005) Luciano Figueroa (2001~2003) José Luis Gaitán (1970s & 1980s) Walter Gaitán (1997~1998) Juan Ghielmetti (1970s & 1980s) Cristian Kily González (1993~1995, 2006~) Jorge José González (1966~1978) Ezequiel González (1997~2001, 2003) Raúl Gordillo (1994~1996, 1999~2000)

Patricio Graff (1995~1996) Carlos Timoteo Griguol (1966~1969) Juán Enrique Hayes (1907~1926) Mario Kempes (1974~1976) Daniel Killer (1970~1976) Mario Killer (1970s) Alejandro Lanari (1986~1991) Fernando Lanzidei (1980s) Leopoldo Luque (1972~1973) Federico Lussenhoff (1992~1995) Víctor Marchetti (1980~1982) César Luis Menotti (1960~1963) Iván Moreno y Fabianesi (1998~2001) Diego Gaston Ordóñez (1993~1998) Félix Orte (1978~1981) Omar Palma (1979~1985, 1986~1987, 1992~1998) Aurelio José Pascuttini (1966~1976) Juan Antonio Pizzi (1988~1990, 1998~1999, 2001~2002) Aldo Pedro Poy (1965~1974) Ronald Raldes (2003~2008) José Luis Puma Rodriguez Rubén Rodríguez (1971~1975) Marco Rubén (2004~2006) Pablo Sánchez (1992~1996, 2000~2005) Eduardo Solari (1969~1976) Daniel Sperandío (1979~1984) Guillermo Trama (1978~1980) Juan José Urruti (1986~1988) Federico Vairo (1950~1954) José Van Tuyne (1974~1979) Paulo Wanchope (2006) Héctor Zelada (1975~1979) Ángel Tulio Zof (1940s)

see also Cat:Rosario Central footballers

[edit] Famous Supporters

• Che Guevara
• Alberto Olmedo
• Roberto Fontanarrosa
• Fito Páez
• Jorge Siminovich
• Juan Carlos Baglietto
• Libertad Lamarque
• César Luis Menotti
• Liz Solari (top model)
• Osvaldo Bayer (writer and publicist)
• Ayelén Stepnik (hockey player)
• Antonio Agri (tango violinist)
• Silvina Luna (model, actress, vedette)
• Alejandro Levit (famous TV actor)
• Luis Rubio (famous comedian and actor)
• Gerardo Rozin

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Official Site
• (Spanish) Canalla.com
• (Spanish) Ultracanalla.com.ar
• (Spanish) Rosario Central Stadium at Worldstadiums.com

Primera División 2007/08 v • d • e
Argentinos Juniors | Arsenal | Banfield | Boca Juniors | Colón | Estudiantes (LP) | Gimnasia (LP) | Gimnasia (J) | Huracán | Independiente | Lanús | Newell's Old Boys | Olimpo | Racing Club | River Plate | Rosario Central | San Lorenzo | San Martín (SJ) | Tigre | Vélez Sársfield

[edit] References