Club Sportivo Italiano is an Argentine professional football club located in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

Sportivo Italiano
Full nameClub Sportivo Italiano
Nickname(s)Azzurro
Founded7 May 1955; 69 years ago (1955-05-07)
GroundRepública de Italia, Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires
Capacity8,000
ChairmanSalvador D'Antonio
ManagerAriel Crespín
LeaguePrimera C
2016
The 1974 Deportivo Italiano team that won the Primera C championship.

The club was founded on May 7, 1955, by Italian immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires). The club was originally named "Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina". In 1978 the institution merged with Sociedad Italiana and changed its name to "Club Deportivo Italiano". The club's last name change occurred in 2000, when it became known under its current denomination "Club Sportivo Italiano".

The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.

Players

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Current squad

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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 Rodrigo Drago
GK   PAR Celso Capdevila
DF   URU Héctor Vázquez
DF   ARG Cesar Perez
DF   ARG Gabriel Giménez
DF   ARG Leonardo Gómez
DF   ARG Ariel Martínez
DF   ARG Rubén Darío Meozzi
DF   ARG Julián Monachelli
MF   ARG Daniel Imperiale
MF   ARG Diego Bulacio
MF   ARG Gonzalo Alvarez
MF   ARG Gustavo Britos
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ARG Gabriel Correa
MF   ARG Arturo Gauna
MF   ARG Juan Augusto Huerta
MF   ARG Sebastián Lamacchia
MF   ARG Leonel Natalicchio
MF   ARG Gustavo Pinto
FW   ARG Lucas Vico
FW   ARG Martín Castagnino
FW   ARG Carlos Ibañez
FW   ARG Francisco Rosa
FW   ARG Mariano Sabadia
FW   ARG Juan Pablo Zárate
FW   ARG Victor Meza

Notable managers

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Honours

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