Unión de Santa Fe

Unión

Full name	Club Atlético Unión de Santa Fe
Nickname(s)	Tatengues
Founded	15 April 1907 (1907-04-15)
Ground	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe, Argentina
Ground Capacity	22,852
Chairman	Luis Spahn
Manager	Leonardo Madelón
League	Primera B Nacional
2013-14	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético Unión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko uˈnjon]; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe [uˈnjon de santa ˈfe], CA Unión de Santa Fe or simply Unión) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province with the same name in Argentina. The club, founded in 1907, has a strong rivalry with Colón de Santa Fe.

Although Unión is mostly known for its football team, that currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming and volleyball.

History

In 1965, the football team was promoted to the Segunda División Argentina for the first time. The team has played there for many years, alternating with periods in the second division. Unión's supporters are called "unionistas", "tatengues", while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

In 1979 Unión played the final matches of the Nacional championship, but lost at the hands of River Plate, because the goal scored by River in the first match (with a final score of 1-1) ended up in an average over Union according to the away goals rule applied to that tournament.

The most famous footballers who played for Unión are Leopoldo Luque, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, and Nery Pumpido, the goalkeeper of the national team that won the World Cup in Mexico 1986.

Apart from football, basketball is the foremost sport practised at the institution, with Union's team currently in the third division. Carlos Delfino is its most famous basketball player.

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Unión de Santa Fe as of February 26, 2015 (edit)
Sources: Official website and Argentine Soccer

No. Position Player 1  ARG GK Nereo Fernández 2  PAR DF Rolando García Guerreño 3  ARG DF Marcelo Cardozo 4  ARG DF Santiago Zurbriggen 5  ARG MF Mauricio Martínez 6  ARG DF Leonardo Sánchez 7  ARG FW Enrique Triverio 8  ARG MF Fausto Montero 9  ARG FW Claudio Guerra 10  ARG MF Juan Rivas 11  ARG MF Víctor Malcorra 13  ARG MF Matías Sánchez 14  ARG DF Juan Pablo Avendaño

No. Position Player 15  ARG MF Matías Fantín 17  ARG MF Emiliano Ellacopulos 18  ARG FW Lucas Gamba 19  ARG DF Mauro Maidana 20  ARG MF Martín Fabro 21  ARG MF Diego Villar 22  ARG DF Emanuel Brítez 23  ARG MF Manuel de Iriondo 24  ARG MF Sebastián Caballero 25  ARG GK Joaquín Papaleo 27  ARG FW Franco Soldado 28  ARG FW Fernando Coniglio 29  URU GK Matías Castro

Manager: Leonardo Madelón

Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club and/or played officially for their national team.

Managers

Honours

National

• Primera B (1): 1966

Regional

• Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (36): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1955,
  1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, Classificatorio 1971, Selectivo 1971, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1994, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2010

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Tatequerido (Spanish)
• Tatengues.com (Spanish)
• Mundo Rojiblanco (Spanish)
• LosTates (Spanish)

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