Club Olimpo

Olimpo

Full name	Club Olimpo
Nickname(s)	Aurinegro (Golden-black)
Founded	October 15, 1910 (1910-10-15)
Ground	Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (capacity: 16,000)
Chairman	Alfredo Dagna
Manager	Walter Perazzo
League	Primera B Nacional
2012 Clausura	19th (relegated to Primera B Nacional)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is a sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club was founded on October 15, 1910, and their main activities are basketball and association football. The football team currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. Olimpo is nicknamed Aurinegro (in English: "Golden-blacks"), for their jersey colors.

History

The team are based in Bahía Blanca, and were founded in 1910.

In 1982 they played in the Torneo Regional and lost in the Group 1 play-off to Mariano Moreno.

They were promoted to the first division for the 2002–03 season, staying until their relegation in the 2005–06 season. After winning the Apertura and Clausura of the Primera B Nacional in 2006–07 season, the team returned to the Argentine Primera. However, they were again relegated during their first season back in the division, 2007–08. After two seasons back in the B Nacional, Olimpo won promotion for the third time to play the 2010–11 season in the Argentine topflight.

During the Apertura the club looked doomed to relegation again after they could only obtain 18 points in 19 games but in the Clausura their fortunes began to improve. On March 20, 2011 In the sixth round they beat Boca Juniors at the Bombonera for the first time in their history. This result meant that they escaped the relegation zone for the first time in six months and became stand alone leaders of the Primera División for the first time in their history.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Club Olimpo as of April 7, 2013 (edit)
Sources: Official website & Argentine Soccer

No. Position Player 1 ARG GK Nereo Champagne 2 ARG DF Iván Furios 3 ARG DF Cristian Villanueva 4 ARG DF Adrián Nahuel Martínez 6 ARG DF Néstor Emanuel Moiraghi 7 ARG FW Gustavo Bou 8 ARG MF Leonardo Gil 9 ARG FW Nahuel Benítez 10 ARG MF Fernando Ezequiel Gutiérrez 11 ARG MF Marcelo Vega 12 ARG GK Ezequiel Viola 13 ARG DF Ezequiel Parnisari 14 ARG MF Damián Musto

No. Position Player 18 ARG FW Juan Sánchez Sotelo 20 ARG FW Leandro González — ARG DF Gonzalo García — ARG DF Emmanuel Martínez — ARG DF Matías Villavicencio — ARG MF Jonathan Blanco — PAR MF Carlos Recalde — ARG MF David Vega — ARG FW Pablo Miranda — ARG FW Marcos Riquelme — ARG FW Diego Hernán Romero — ARG FW Matías Soto — ARG GK Darío Capogrosso

Manager: Walter Perazzo

Notable former players

Main category: Olimpo footballers

Records

Statictics

• Seasons in Primera División: 7
• Seasons in Segunda División: 10
• Best position in Primera División: 4
• Worst position in Primera División: 20
• Best position in Segunda División: 1
• Worst position in Segunda División: 17
• Biggest wins in Primera División: Olimpo 4–0 Huracán y Olimpo 4–0 River Plate
• Biggest wins in Segunda División: Aldosivi 0–5 Olimpo
• Biggest defeat in Primera División: Estudiantes 6–0 Olimpo
• Biggest defeat in Segunda División: Belgrano 7–1 Olimpo
• Top goalscorer in Primera División: Martín Rolle – 25 (2010–2011 and 2011–2012).
• Top goalscorer in Segunda División: Ismael Blanco – 30 (2006–07).
• Player with most appearances in Primera División: Alejandro Delorte – 142 (2002–10).

Titles

• Primera B Nacional:

2009–10

External links

• Olimpo de Bahía Blanca recent results/fixtures, current squad and league table at ESPN
• unofficial website 1 (Spanish)
• Aurinegro (Spanish)