Asociación Deportiva Atenas

Atenas

Nickname

Griego

Leagues

Liga Nacional de Básquet

Founded

17 April 1938

Arena

Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti / Orfeo Superdomo

Location

Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina

Team colors

Green, White

President

Luis Schenone

Head coach

Alejandro Lotterio

Championships

9 Argentine championships
3 Liga Sudamericana
2 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes
2 Copa de Campeones
1 Campeonato Panamericano
1 Torneo Super 8
1 Top 4
1 Copa Argentina

Website

atenas.com.ar

Uniforms

Home

Away

The 1987 roster that won the first title for the club, with Milanesio among them.

Asociación Deportiva Atenas, known simply as Atenas or Atenas de Córdoba, is a sports club based in Córdoba, Argentina. It was founded in 1938 and is mostly known for its achievements in basketball. Club's home arena is Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, while some high attendance games are held at the Orfeo Superdomo.

Apart from basketball, other sports practised at Atenas are gymnastics, swimming and volleyball.^[1]

History

The club was founded on March 7, 1938 mainly by former members of the New Tennis Club. Sports practiced at the club include athletics, chess, biking, swimming, gymnastics, judo and karate. However, Atenas is internationally recognised for its basketball team.

Before the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (first Argentine nationwide professional league), Atenas was successful at the Cordobese local basketball league, winning the championship consecutively between 1948 and 1957 (exception made of 1953).

Since the creation of the Liga Nacional in 1984, Atenas has become the most successful team in the league, winning the championship 9 times: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2008–09. Moreover, the Córdoba outfit has won the Liga Sudamericana (South American League) in 1997, 1998 and 2004, and the former Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (South American Clubs Championship) in 1993, 1994, and 1996.

Many Argentine internationals have played in Atenas, namely Fabricio Oberto,^[2] Walter Herrmann, Marcelo Milanesio, Héctor Campana, Patricio Prato, Gabriel Mikulas, Diego Lo Grippo, Fernando Prato, Bruno Lábaque, Leonardo Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Locatelli, Diego Osella, Carlos Cerutti and Juan Espil, among others.

Players

Current roster

Atenas roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Age
1.0 !PG	1	ARG !	Gerbaudo, Diego	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-08-13)13 August 1989
1.5 !G	3	ARG !	Rivero, Juan Manuel	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-02-02)2 February 1985
3.0 !SF	4	ARG !	Lo Grippo, Diego	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001380000000000000♠38 – (1978-01-22)22 January 1978
3.0 !SF	6	ARG !	Mikulas, Gabriel	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-01-03)3 January 1981
1.0 !PG	7	ARG !	Lábaque, Bruno (C)	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001380000000000000♠38 – (1977-11-11)11 November 1977
1.5 !G	8	ARG !	Gonzalez, Luciano	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-01-01)1 January 1990
3.5 !F	13	USA !	Lamonte, Kyle	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-09-07)7 September 1984
1.5 !G	14	ARG !	Mare, Lautaro	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001170000000000000♠17 – (1998-04-06)6 April 1998
5.0 !C	21	ARG !	Torres, Juan Manuel	7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-02-24)24 February 1984
1.0 !PG	22	ARG !	Basualdo, Jonathan	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001170000000000000♠17 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
3.0 !SF	26	ARG !	Pautasso, Agustín	7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001180000000000000♠18 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997
3.5 !F	31	ARG !	Corzo, Mauricio	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1995-07-02)2 July 1995
1.0 !PG	41	ARG !	Baralle, Franco	7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	7001160000000000000♠16 – (1999-03-25)25 March 1999

Head coach

Gustavo Miravet

Assistant coach(es)

Gustavo Rossotto

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: 2015-09-22

Retired Numbers

Atenas has retired three numbers to date, being the first team which retired a jersey (in 2002, with Marcelo Milanesio's legendary #9).

N°	Player	Position	Seasons with the team	Num. Retirem.	Refs
Atenas retired numbers
5	Héctor Campana	SG	1982-2002	2005	^[3]^[4]
9	Marcelo Milanesio	PG	1987-88, 1991–92, 1996-2000, 2002-04	2002	^[3]
11	Diego Osella	C	1988-92, 1993-2001, 2003-10	2011	^[5]^[6]^[7]

Titles

Domestic

Liga Nacional (9): 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
Super 8 (1): 2010–11
Top 4 (1): 2003
Copa Argentina (1): 2008

International

Campeonato Sudamericano (2): 1993, 1994
Liga Sudamericana (2): 1997, 1998, 2004
Campeonato Panamericano (1): 1996

Regional

Asociación Cordobesa (12): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1974, 1981, 1984

References

↑ "Otros deportes" - Atenas website
↑ "El regreso más esperado", Clarín, 2 January 2013
1 2 Milanesio y Campana homenajeados con el retiro de las míticas "9" y "5" Pick and Roll website, 2005-11-05
↑ Atenas retira la camiseta de Héctor "Pichi" Campana, Infobae, 2005-07-12
↑ Atenas retiró el 11 de Diego Osella, Gualeguaychú a Diario webpage
↑ Atenas retirará la camiseta 11 en homenaje a Diego Osella, La Mañana de Cordoba website
↑ Atenas retira la camiseta 11 de Osella, Día a Día Deportes

External links

Official website

Liga Nacional de Básquet

Established 1985

2015-16 teams

Norte	Atenas Ciclista Olímpico Estudiantes (C) Instituto (C) Sionista Libertad (S) Quimsa Regatas (C) San Martín (C) La Unión (F)

Sur	Argentino de Junín Boca Juniors Estudiantes (BB) Ferro C. Oeste Lanús Obras Sanitarias Peñarol Quilmes San Lorenzo Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)

Former teams

Torneo Súper 8

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