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Footballer Of The Year Of Argentina
The Footballer of the Year of Argentina (in Spanish: ''Olimpia de Plata al Mejor Futbolista'', that literally translates to "Silver Olimpia to the Best Footballer) is a yearly award given by the Argentine Sports Journalists' Circle (''Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos de la República Argentina'') as one of the Olimpia Awards, the most important sports award in Argentina. The ''Olimpia'' is awarded in the sport of association football and, since 2008, is shared by the best player of the local league (who wins the ''Olimpia de Plata al Fútbol Local'') and the best Argentine playing abroad (''Olimpia de Plata al Fútbol del Exterior''). Up to 2008, the award was not shared, and was either given to the best player of Argentine nationality of the season (regardless if he plays in the local league or abroad), or to the best foreign footballer of the local league. It is unclear when Argentine footballers playing abroad and expatriate players in the country started being eligible. Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Argentine Primera División
The 1970 Primera División season was the 79th season of top-flight football in Argentina, with Independiente winning the Metropolitano championship (9th title) by goals for difference (43–42) after being equaled on points with River Plate. In the Nacional championship, Boca Juniors (coached by José María Silvero after Alfredo Di Stéfano resigned) won its 18th league title after beating Rosario Central in the final. Starting this season, two substitutions were allowed per team during the game. That rule had been first introduced in 1959, but for injured goalkeepers only. Unlike previous seasons, there was no team promoted from Primera B Metropolitana. Boca Juniors and Rosario Central (as champion and runner up of Nacional respectively) qualified to 1971 Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, Lanús, Quilmes and Unión (SF) were relegated."Argentina: 1ra. División AFA 1970 Campeonato Metropolitano" by José Carluccio, 21 Dec 2009 Campeonato Metropolitano Standin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Argentine Primera División
The 1975 Argentine Primera División, Primera División season was the 84th season of top-flight football in Argentina. Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate won both tournaments. None of the teams were relegated. on RSSSF.com Metropolitano Championship Nacional Championship Group A Group B Group C Group D Final Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1975 Argentine Primera Division Argentine Primera División seasons 1975 in South American football leagues, Argentine Primera Division 1975 in Argentine football, Primera Division ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo De Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine football league system. San Lorenzo is also considered one of the '' Big Five'' of Argentine football, along with Independiente, River Plate, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club. San Lorenzo plays its home games at Estadio Pedro Bidegain, popularly known as ''Nuevo Gasómetro''. The stadium and sports facilities are located in the Bajo Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The club's previous stadium was the '' Viejo Gasómetro'', located in Boedo. In 1979, the ''Gasómetro'' was expropriated by the de facto Government of Argentina and then sold to supermarket chain Carrefour. The club currently has six locations: three in Boedo, one in Monserrat, one at Bajo Flores, and one in Villa Gesell. San Lorenzo also plans to expand its main seat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Scotta
Héctor Horacio Leonel Scotta Guigo (born 27 September 1950) is an Argentine retired football striker. He was born in the city of San Justo in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. Scotta is most famous for his feat of scoring 60 goals in 1975. Career Scotta started his career in 1970 with Unión de Santa Fe but after only one season he moved to Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro where he was part of the Nacional winning team of 1974. In 1975 Scotta was the topscorer of the Nacional championship with 28 goals and Metropolitano champion with 32 goals, this made him the topscorer in South America and in world football for 1975. Scotta was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the Argentine sports writer's footballer of the year. During 1975, Scotta broke Arsenio Erico's single-season Argentine Primera División goal-scoring record with 48 goals. Scotta's goalscoring achievements of 1975 attracted the attention of a number of foreign clubs, the team that managed to sign him was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Interamericana
The Copa Interamericana () was an international association football, football competition endorsed by CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACAF clubs, particularly those from Mexico, began participating in CONMEBOL competitions. The competition was intended to be contested between the winners of the North American CONCACAF Champions Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores tournaments, although the participants varied at times. The competition was usually contested over a two legged tie, with a playoff or penalty kicks if necessary, but it was common for several consecutive editions to go unheld. Of the 18 competitions played out, four of them were contested over several matches in just one venue. Two others were held in a single match. Another two editions had participants that didn't outright qualify to dispute the competition. Most of the editions were held one, and someti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1974 was the 15th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Defending champions Independiente won the competition, bagging their third consecutive and a record-extending fifth title. Qualified teams Draw The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as Independiente was champion of the 1973 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals. Group stage Group 1 Tiebreaker , - , - Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Semi-finals Group 1 Group 2 Finals Replay match at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Raimondo
Miguel Ángel Raimondo (born 12 December 1943) is an Argentine football midfielder. He won ten trophies in his career, eight with Club Atlético Independiente and a further two with River Plate, he was awarded the Olimpia de Plata as the 1974 Argentine sports journalist's footballer of the year. Raimondo played his first professional game for Rosario Central in the Primera Division Argentina in 1965. One year later he was transferred to Atlanta where he played until the end of the 1968 season. In 1969, he joined Club Atlético Independiente, it was with Independiente that he had most of his success as a player, while he was there the club won two league championships, three (of their four in a row) Copa Libertadores titles, two Copa Interamericanas and an Intercontinental Cup. Raimondo was selected as the Player of the Year of Argentina in 1974. In 1975 Raimondo joined River Plate, he was only with the club for one season but in that time he helped the club to win both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Argentine Primera División
The 1973 Primera División season was the 82nd season of top-flight football in Argentina. Huracán won the Metropolitano (5th title) while Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ... won the Nacional (2nd title). There were no relegations. on RSSSF.com Metropolitano Championship Nacional Championship Group A Group B Final Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1973 Argentine Primera Division[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. Its home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó. Huracán was founded on 1 November 1908 in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club's name and nickname (''Globo'', literally "Balloon") comes from the ''Huracán'' ("Hurricane") Balloon (aircraft), balloon flown by Jorge Newbery in 1909. Its supporters are called ''los Quemeros'' ("the Burners") because the stadium is located in a former garbage burning area. Since its establishment, Huracán has won 13 domestic titles (including five Argentine Primera División, Primera División championships, and most recently the 2014 Supercopa Argentina). Apart from those achievements, the team has finished as runner-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Brindisi
Miguel Ángel Brindisi de Marco (born 8 October 1950) is an Argentine football coach and former player. An attacking midfielder, he played for the Argentina national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Playing career Born in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Brindisi played most of his career in two spells at Club Atlético Huracán, but he also had spells with Spanish side UD Las Palmas, Uruguayan side Nacional and Argentine teams Boca Juniors and with Racing Club during their spell in the Second Division. Whilst at Las Palmas he helped them to the 1978 Copa del Rey Final where his goal was unable to prevent them losing 3–1 to FC Barcelona. Brindisi was part of two Argentine championship winning sides, his first title was the 1973 Metropolitano with Club Atlético Huracán. Managed by César Menotti, that squad is widely regarded as one of the best Argentine teams ever, with Brindisi being a key player along with René Houseman, Carlos Babington and Omar Lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. The squad currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. History The club was founded on 1 May 1906, in an anarchist Library on the boundary between the Villa Crespo and Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Chacarita neighbourhoods. After a short period of institutional crisis, the club was re-opened in 1919. The football squad promoted to Argentine Primera División, Primera División in 1924, and continued playing at the top level after football became professional in 1931. In 1940 Chacarita was relegated to the second division, but it lasted only one season. The team then moved to the General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, next to the autonomous city of Buenos A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
