Talleres de Córdoba

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Talleres de Córdoba

Full name

Club Atlético Talleres

Nickname(s)

El Capo Cordobes, La T, Matadores
Albiazul or Los Tallarines

Founded

October 12, 1913

Ground

Chateau Carreras,
Córdoba, Córdoba Province
(Capacity 46,083)

Chairman

Ateliers SA.
(a fiduciary company)

Manager

Ángel Comizzo

League

Primera B Nacional Argentina

2007 Clausura

8th (of 20 teams)





Home colours





Away colours

Club Atlético Talleres are a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for their professional football team, currently in the second division. They play the Cordoba Derby against Belgrano.

1 History
2 Titles
3 Notable players
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1913 as Atlético Talleres Central Córdoba, by workers of the Córdoba Central Railway, with support from the company. In 1914 they joined the Córdoba local league, and in 1925 the parallel National Amateur League, and then the Amateur Second division.

With the professionalization of the game in 1931, the club became professional, but in 1938 they were relegated to Second Division (Segunda División, later Primera B), where they stayed until 1960, when they were relegated to Third Division (by then known as Segunda División).

Three seasons later the team returned to the Second Division (Primera B), but in 1967, with the reorganisation of the lower divisions, they went straight to Third Division (Primera C) in 1968 for 2 seasons.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the team alternated between the First, Second and Third division, achieving the second (1977) and third (1980) place of the First Division Championship. Luis Ludueña in 1976 (12) and José Reinaldi in 1978 (18) were the league top scorers.

Talleres were again promoted to First Division (Primera A) after the 1993/94 championship, only return to second division after a poor performancein 1994/95. That season of 1995/96, the club finished first during the Clausura of the Second Division but lost the Championship to Huracán de Corrientes.

Against all-time rival Belgrano de Córdoba in what was known by fans as the "Final of the Millennium," Talleres won by penalty kicks,(with the most rememorated goal of LUTE OSTE) its first Argentine title - the Second Division 1997/98 championship to win promotion to the First Division.

Later, Talleres' good performance in first division qualified the team for the 2001 Copa Mercosur and the 2002 Copa Libertadores, being the first and only Córdoba team so far to qualify for these continental tournaments. Talleres reached the round of 16 in the Mercosur, only to lose against Gremio. Talleres in the Libertadores was eliminated in the first stage.

Despite finishing in third place during the Clausura tournament of the 2003/04 season, the team were relegated, due to poor results in the previous 2 seasons, after losing to Argentinos Juniors in the promotion/relegation play-off.