Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán
Full name Club Atlético Huracán
Nickname(s) El Globo ("The Balloon")
Los Quemeros ("The Burners")
Founded 11 November 1908
Ground Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó,
Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Capacity: 48,314)
Chairman Alejandro Nadur
Manager Diego Cocca
League Primera B Nacional
2011 Clausura 20th (Relegated to Primera B Nacional)
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.

Huracán was founded on November 1, 1908, in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club's name and nickname (Globo, literally "Balloon") come from the Huracán balloon flied by Jorge Newbery in 1909. Apart from that, club supporters are called los Quemeros ("the Burners") because the stadium is located in a former garbage burning area.

During the professional era, Huracán won the Primera División title just once (the 1973 Metropolitano), and obtained 4 titles during the amateur era (in 1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). Moreover, Huracán has finished as runner-up of the first division 5 times during professionalism (the last one in the 2009 Clausura).

Huracán's historical rival is San Lorenzo de Almagro.

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History

Though officially founded in 1908, there are documents that tell about a previous foundation on May 25, 1903. During the amateur era of Argentine football (1891–1930), Huracán won four championships (1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). The team was the fifth most successful during that period.

During the professional era (started in 1931), Huracán had their moment of glory in the Metropolitano championship of the 1973 season, when they won their only first division title. The team has also won twice the second division (1989–90 and 1999–00). The club has had 4 promotions and relegations during their history. The last promotion came during the 2006–07 season, when Huracán defeated Godoy Cruz in the promotion playoffs.

Huracán was runner-up of the Primera División in the 2009 Clausura. The team, coached by Ángel Cappa and with Mario Bolatti, Matías Defederico and Javier Pastore as key players, was praised for their attacking short-pass style of play.[1] They reached the final game of the season one point above Vélez Sársfield, but lost 1-0 away with that team in the final fixture (in a game with controversial referral decisions).[2][3]

Lineup:

 
2009 Clausura runner-up
Monzón
Arano
E. Domínguez
Araujo
Goltz
Toranzo/C. González
Defederico
F. Nieto
Bolatti
Pastore
L. Díaz

Stadium

The Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó was closed in May 2008, after cracks were discovered in one of the structural columns. While the stadium was out of commission, Huracán played their home games at Argentinos Juniors. In August 2008, Fernando "la tota" Blauzwirn, an old player from the 1940's correctly said "no veo la hora de volver al Ducó, qué sufrimiento muyayo!" (I cannot wait until returning to the Duco, guys, what a suffering!).

On 13 December 2008 during the final weekend of the 2008-09 Apertura championship, Huracán returned to the Ducó, 438 days after they'd last played there. Their 3-0 victory against Vélez was the only game Huracan played at home during their centenary year.

Honours

Amateur Era

1921, 1922, 1925, 1928.

Other Amateur Titles

1920
1922, 1925

International

1921 (the runner up, Peñarol from Uruguay, decided not to play).

Professional Era

Runner-up (2): 1994, 2009
1973
Runner-up (2): 1975, 1976

Other professional titles

1933
1942, 1943
1944

Second Division

1989-90, 1999-00, 2006-07

Notable former players

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To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club

Current squad

Current squad of Club Atlético Huracán as of August 13, 2011 (edit)
Sources: Official website and BDFA

No. Position Player
 ARG GK Lucas Calviño
 ARG GK Esteban Daneri
 ARG GK Gastón Monzón
 ARG GK Hernán Zalcman
 ARG DF David Angeloff
 ARG DF Kevin Cura
 ARG DF Héctor Desvaux
 ARG DF Ezequiel Filipetto
 ARG DF Hernán González
 ARG DF Jonathan Hereñú
 URU DF Rodrigo Lemos
 ARG DF Ezequiel Llesona
 ARG DF Andrés Núñez
 COL DF Luciano Ospina
 ARG DF Martín Pautasso
 ARG DF Matías Quiroga
 ARG DF Cristian Tavio
 ARG DF Leonardo Villán
 ARG MF Rodrigo Battaglia
No. Position Player
 ARG MF Franco Chiviló
 ARG MF Cristian Leiva
 ARG MF Pablo López
 ARG MF Gastón Machín
 ARG MF Matías Martínez
 ARG MF Mauro Milano
 ARG MF Lucas Nanía
 ARG MF Luciano Nieto
 ARG MF Fernando Pagés
 ARG MF Cristian Sánchez Prette
 ARG MF Darío Soplán
 ARG MF Nicolás Vélez
 ARG FW Julián Bottaro
 ARG FW Javier Cámpora
 ARG FW Emiliano Lencina
 ARG FW Muriel Orlando
 ARG FW Federico Ortiz López
 ARG FW Guillermo Roffes
 ARG FW Mauro Villegas

Manager: Juan Amador Sánchez

Out to loan

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

No. Position Player
MF Yusuke Kato (at Defensores de Belgrano)

Roller Hockey

The Club Atlético Huracán plays in the main Roller Hockey league of Argentina, the Liga Nacional Argentina-Serie A1.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hernán Claus (2009-03-22). "Que de la mano, de Angel Cappa..." (in Spanish). Olé. http://edant.ole.com.ar/notas/2009/03/23/futbollocal/01882928.html. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
  2. ^ "¿Yo señor? Sí, señor" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 2009-07-06. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=864254&s=arg&type=story. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
  3. ^ Julio Chiappetta (2009-07-06). "Brazenas erró muchísimo" (in Spanish). Clarín. http://edant.clarin.com/suplementos/deportivo/2009/07/06/d-01953440.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 

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