Deportivo Español

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Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera C, the fourth division of the Argentine football league system.

Deportivo Español
Full nameClub Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República de Argentina
Nickname(s)Gallegos (Galicians)
Founded12 October 1956; 67 years ago (1956-10-12)
GroundEstadio Nueva España, Parque Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
Capacity32,500
ChairmanDaniel Osvaldo Calzón
ManagerJuan Chumba
LeaguePrimera C
2022Reducido Second round
WebsiteClub website

Apart from football, other activities practised at the club are futsal, handball, roller hockey, table tennis.

History edit

The club was founded in 1956 with the name "Club Deportivo Español" on October, 12. The date was chosen as its foundation date to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Club's first headquarters was in the bar "La Mezquita" of Buenos Aires, and after two years of being founded Deportivo Español had about 2,000 members, mostly of them were Spanish descendant living in Argentina.

In 1957 Español affiliated to the Argentine Football Association and the football team began to participate in the fourth division ("Tercera de Ascenso", now Primera D). Since then, the team ascended the tiers in Argentine football: in 1958 (a year after joining the AFA) Español won the championship promoting to "Segunda de Ascenso" (now Primera C. Only 3 years after promoting to the upper category, Español won another title promoting to the second division of Argentine football, Primera B Metropolitana. The squad went on a tour that same year, playing some matches in Spain against teams such as Real Madrid.[citation needed]

 
The 1960 squad which were promoted to Primera B Metropolitana.

In 1967, ten years after its foundation, Español promoted to the Argentine Primera División, the top category of Argentine football. The club not only developed a competitive football squad but also became the most popular Spanish club in Argentina. During those years the Municipality of Buenos Aires gave the club 16 hectares located in the district known as "Bajo Flores", in the south of the city. In those lands Español began to build its sports installations with the help of the members themselves, who worked hard collaborating side-by-side with the club.

During the following years, Español would be successively relegated until the Primera C in 1972, returning to the upper division when the team proclaimed champion in 1979. In 1984 Español promoted to the first division, where the team made its best performance at the top level of Argentine football in the 1985–86 season. Español finished 2nd along with Newell's Old Boys, defeating Independiente, San Lorenzo de Almagro, former champion River Plate in the Estadio Monumental and remained unbeaten against Boca Juniors. In the next seasons, Español finished 3rd in 1988–89 season and 2nd in the 1992 Clausura.[citation needed]

After 14 years in Primera División, Español was relegated to Primera B Nacional at the end of the 1997/98 season, and then to the lower categories. The team currently plays in the third division of Argentine football, the Primera B Metropolitana.[citation needed]

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 28 May 2019.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ARG Ezequiel Bustos
GK   ARG Carlos De Maneses
GK   ARG Maximiliano Lopreiato
GK   COL Varcan Sterling
GK   ARG Facundo Andújar
GK   ARG Tomás Figueroa
DF   ARG Sebastián Anaut
DF   ARG Cristián Pelaez
DF   ARG Javier Brienza
DF   ARG Javier Graieb
DF   ARG Franco Infantino
DF   ARG Patricio Jontade
DF   ARG Luciano Moreno
DF   ARG ArielJavier Nieres
DF   ARG Germán Scanavino
DF   ARG Luis Avilés
DF   ARG Martín Bouvier
DF   ARG Dino Castagno
DF   ARG Guido Di Fonzo
DF   ARG Iván Lío
DF   ARG Matías Míguez
DF   ARG Nicolás Moreno
DF   ARG Eloy Pereira
DF   ARG Ernesto Toledo
DF   ARG Iván Pavón
DF   ARG Tomás Pérez Serra
MF   ARG Gabriel Robledo
MF   ARG Cristian Vázquez
MF   ARG Maximiliano Sosa
MF   ARG Jonathan Moreira
MF   ARG Gustavo Collante
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ARG Franco Benítez
MF   ARG Gustavo Jin
MF   ARG Cristian Amarilla
MF   ARG Maximiliano Comparín
MF   ARG Patricio González
MF   ARG Bruno Elorrieta
MF   ARG Luis Pérez
MF   ARG Mariano Díaz
MF   ARG Victor Gauto
MF   ARG Gastón Gomes
MF   ARG Andrés Grande
MF   ARG Eduardo Mendoza
MF   ARG Fernando Screpis
MF   ARG Paolo Frangipane
MF   ARG Jonathan Maza
FW   ARG Miguel Montes de Oca
FW   ARG Cristian Hernández
FW   ARG Matías Agoglia
FW   ARG Leonel Pienzi
FW   ARG Josué Sandoval
FW   ARG Lucas Tiedemann
FW   ARG Eric Sosa
FW   URU Rodolfo Combe
FW   ARG Alan Sombra
FW   ARG Matías Coselli
FW   ARG Agustín Falótico
FW   ARG Valentín Haberkon
FW   ARG Nicolás Lugli
FW   ARG Thiago Nuss
FW   ARG Miguel Pabón
FW   ARG Patricio Spada

Titles edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Deportivo Español squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

External links edit