Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the
Boedo district of
Buenos Aires
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. It is best known for its
football
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team, which plays in the
Primera División, the first tier of the
Argentinian football league system. San Lorenzo is also considered one of the "
big five" (''"Los 5 Grandes"'') of
Argentinian football, along with
Independiente,
River Plate,
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in th ...
, and
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Po ...
.
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
Bajo Flores is the south zone of the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires City, Argentina.
It is separated from the rest of the neighborhood by the Moreno, Balbastro, Varela and Castañares Avenues. Due to the Law 2329, signed on the 10 May, 2007, ...
district of the 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
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and then sold to supermarket chain
Carrefour
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. The club currently has six headquarters: three in Boedo, one in
Monserrat, one at
Bajo Flores
Bajo Flores is the south zone of the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires City, Argentina.
It is separated from the rest of the neighborhood by the Moreno, Balbastro, Varela and Castañares Avenues. Due to the Law 2329, signed on the 10 May, 2007, ...
, and one in
villa Gesell. San Lorenzo also plans to expand its main seat on La Plata Avenue, while a 15-hectare campus in
Ezeiza is projected to develop an olympic football program.
San Lorenzo's historical rival is
Huracán
Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating hu ...
, located in
Parque Patricios
Parque Patricios is a ''barrio'' located on the southern side of Buenos Aires, Argentina belonging to the fourth ''comuna''.
Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900s. The government moved the main slaughterhou ...
. The two clubs play one of the older derbies in
Argentina
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. Some supporters consider this derby as the third-most important after
Superclásico and
Clásico de Avellaneda
The Avellaneda derby ( es, Clásico de Avellaneda) is the second-most important rivalry in Argentine football. It is contested between Independiente and Racing Club.
It is the second-most important local derby, behind the ''Superclásico'' cont ...
, in addition to being one of the most uneven derbies of Argentine Football.
Other sports practised at the club are
artistic roller skating
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* Figures: the individual follows the figure circle lin ...
,
basketball
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,
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
,
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
,
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
,
martial arts
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,
roller hockey,
swimming
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,
tennis
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, and
volleyball
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. Some years ago, San Lorenzo had also opened a
rugby union
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section, but it is no longer active. San Lorenzo gained international recognition in March 2013 with the election of
Pope Francis
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, a supporter and ''socio'' (member) of the club. The players played with the Pope's photo on their shirts during a league match against
Colón on 16 March 2013.
History
Origins of the club
The roots of the institution are a team formed by a group of children that played football in the corner of México and Treinta y Tres Orientales streets of
Buenos Aires
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. Due to increasing traffic in the city, playing football in the streets became a risky activity for the boys.
Lorenzo Massa
Lorenzo Bartolomé Massa (November 11, 1882 – October 31, 1949) was an Argentine Catholic priest. He was one of the main founders of Club San Lorenzo de Almagro and scout group Don Bosco's Argentinian Explorers.
Early years
Lorenzo ...
, the Catholic priest of the neighbourhood's church, saw how a
tram
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almost knocked down one of the boys while they were playing in the streets. As a way to prevent more accidents, he offered the boys to play in the church's backyard, under the condition they go to mass on Sundays.
On 1 April 1908, an assembly was held in the
Almagro district of Buenos Aires with the purpose of establishing a club. During the meeting, several names were proposed. The first option was "Los Forzosos de Almagro" ("The Strongmen of Almagro", the name used by the boys for their street football squad), which did not sound good to Father Massa (who was present). The other proposal was to name the club "San Lorenzo" as an homage to Massa, but he declined to be so honoured.
Nevertheless, the name was finally accepted by the priest, explaining that the name would not honour himself but both
Lawrence of Rome
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("San Lorenzo" in Spanish) and the
Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was fought on 3 February 1813 in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, San Lorenzo, Argentina, then part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. The royalist troops, were composed of militiamen recruited in Montevideo und ...
, one of the most significative combats for the Independence of Argentina. Another founding member, Federico Monti, suggested to add the name of the neighbourhood,
Almagro where most of the members lived, which was accepted by the assembly.
Due to the team not having its own a stadium, San Lorenzo began to play its home games in a field of the Club Martínez, placed in the
nearby town of the same name. The squad played its first match on 26 April 1914. At the end of the season, San Lorenzo had to play a final match against
Excursionistas to declare a champion. San Lorenzo won the series (the results were 0–0 and 5–0). This title allowed San Lorenzo to enter the playoffs in for promotion to the
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
T ...
, which was finally obtained after beating Club Honor y Patria by 3–0.
First years in Primera
San Lorenzo began to play in the
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Tor ...
tournaments on 26 April 1914 in the second division, where the team finished sharing first place with
Excursionistas. As a result, both teams played a two-match series to determine which team would proceed to the playoffs. San Lorenzo won the series after thrashing Excursionistas 5–0 in the second game.
In playoffs, San Lorenzo eliminated other teams before playing the final against Honor y Patria, winning 3–0 and being promoted to
Primera División.´
San Lorenzo made its debut in Primera on 4 April 1915, losing to
Platense by 5–1. The first match won in the top division was the 7th fixture, when the team defeated Floresta by 3–1. San Lorenzo finished 12th at the end of the season, tied with
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires.
On 7 May 1916 the club inaugurated its first stadium (popularly known as "
Viejo Gasómetro" during a match against
Estudiantes de La Plata
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, which San Lorenzo won by 2–1. That same year, the team finished 7th in the Primera División championship. In subsequent tournaments the team did not wage good campaigns, finishing 12th and 13th. In 1919 the Argentine league split into two leagues, the official Asociación Argentina and dissident Asociación Amateur (AAm), in which San Lorenzo took part, along with
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Po ...
,
River Plate and
Independiente, among other teams. San Lorenzo finished 9th.
The success begins
In 1920 and 1922, San Lorenzo finished third, finally winning its first title in
1923. The squad won 17 of 20 games, only losing 2. San Lorenzo scored 34 goals in 20 fixtures, conceding 13. That same year the squad also won its first international title, The
Copa Campeonato del Río de la Plata after beating
Montevideo Wanderers 1–0 in the final.
San Lorenzo won its second consecutive Primera División title
one year later. The team played 23 matches winning 18 with 2 losses, with a total of 48 goals scored and 15 conceded. In the following two seasons (1925 and 1926) San Lorenzo would make great performances finishing 2nd to
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Po ...
and
Independiente respectively finally achieving its 3rd title in 1927, when both leagues AAF and AAm had joined again. The squad totaled 57 points in 33 matches played with an outstanding mark of 86 goals scored (2,60 per game) and conceding only 26.
Apart of winning the domestic league, in
1927
Events January
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...
San Lorenzo won its first and only
Copa Aldao
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, after defeating Uruguayan team (
Rampla Juniors
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) by 1–0. The club soon became one of the most popular institutions in
Argentina
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, increasing its number of followers and being counted in the
top five (''cinco grandes'') together with
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in th ...
,
Independiente,
River Plate and
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Po ...
.
In the 1930s, Isidro Lángara and other players of
Basque descent endeared San Lorenzo to the Basque community. The team also relied on players from the provinces, known as ''los
gaucho
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s''. San Lorenzo returned to success in 1933, when the team won its 4th league championship. The squad totaled 50 points with 22 wins, 6 losses and 6 draws. San Lorenzo scored 81 goals and conceded 48.
Boca Juniors
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was the runner-up while
Racing Club Racing Club may refer to:
Football
* Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* K.R.C. Genk, Belgium
* Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon
* Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon
* Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina
* Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti
* Racing Club Po ...
finished 3rd.
In
1936
Events
January–February
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, there were two championships within the year, in a format of single-robin tournaments. San Lorenzo won the first round (named "
Copa de Honor" for the occasion) while
River Plate won the second round ("
Copa Campeonato
The Copa Campeonato Primera División (familiarly known as Superfinal) was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association. It was played in a single match format between the Torneo Inicial and Torn ...
"). Although titles were recognised as official by the Association, both champions, San Lorenzo and
River Plate, had to play a match (named "
Copa de Oro
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") in order to define which team would play the
Copa Aldao
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match v. the
Uruguayan Primera División
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champion. Finally,
River Plate won the game by 4–2 and qualified to play
Peñarol.
The 1940s: "The best team in the world"
In 1943, San Lorenzo won the
national cup, the
Copa General Pedro Ramírez, named in honor of
Pedro Pablo Ramírez, the ''de facto'' president of
Argentina
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by then. San Lorenzo won the trophy by defeating General Paz Juniors 8–3.
After the 1936 success, San Lorenzo would not win a league title for ten years, when in
1946
Events January
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* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones.
* January 10
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proclaimed champion with a total of 46 points (the runner-up, Boca Juniors, finished 2nd. with 42). San Lorenzo also scored a record of 90 goals in 30 games played, only conceding 37.
That same year (1946), the team went on to a tour of
Spain
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, ...
and
Portugal
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that was one of the highlights of the club's history. The team debuted playing
Atlético Aviación
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
winning 4–1. San Lorenzo played a total of 10 matches in Europe, with some extraordinary victories over the
Spanish national team (7–5 and 6–1). The Spanish crowd at the stadium acclaimed San Lorenzo as "Son els millor del mon" ("You are the best in the world" in
Catalan
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* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
). San Lorenzo then moved to
Portugal
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where the squad showed its skilled play, thrashing
Porto
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(9–4) and the
Portugal national team by 10–4. The only team that defeated San Lorenzo was
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
by 4–1.
As a result of the successful tour, player
René Pontoni was offered a contract with Barcelona, but declined to leave Argentina (Barcelona then drafted River Plate's
Alfredo Di Stéfano
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People with the given name include:
*Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fil ...
). Fellow player
Rinaldo Martino did stay in
European football
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and would later become a star with
Juventus
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.
European tour details
The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
In the 1960s, a generation of players known as ''carasucias'' (literally: dirty faces) were the darling of Argentine fans because of their offensive, careless playing and their bad-boy antics off the pitch. The 1968 team was nicknamed ''los matadores'' as it won the championship without losing a single game. This team was recognized as the best team in the world by many journalists. In the years 1968–1974 San Lorenzo won four league titles, its best harvest ever. In 1972, the club became the first Argentine team to win two league titles in one year.
Poor administrations, however, led San Lorenzo to a huge economic crisis. Argentina's military government coerced the club into selling the historic stadium located in Boedo. The team was relegated in 1981, only to return to the top division with great fanfare in the 1982 season, which set all-time attendance records for the club.
The 1990s
By that time, the club had no stadium and was plagued by debt and irregularities. Controversial president Fernando Miele (1986–2001) delivered both the new stadium and two league titles: the
Clausura 1995 (after 21 years without winning a first division title) and the
Clausura 2001 (in which the team achieved 11 consecutive victories). San Lorenzo finished the Clausura 2001 with 47 points in a tournament of 19 matches, setting the record for the highest points haul since the inception of the
Apertura and Clausura
The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is div ...
system in 1990.
The New Millennium
In late 2001, San Lorenzo won their first international title: the
Copa Mercosur 2001, becoming the only Argentine team to win that international cup, because the others champions were all from Brazil.
San Lorenzo also won the first edition of the
Copa Sudamericana
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, the
2002 edition, beating Colombian club
Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the oth ...
in the
finals. This was their second international title, which gave them the opportunity to play the
Recopa
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against the
Copa Libertadores
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champion, Paraguayan club
Olimpia. In the
2003 Recopa played in
Los Angeles
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,
United States
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, San Lorenzo lost to Olimpia 2–0 and finished runner-up.
In June 2007, San Lorenzo won the
Clausura 2007 league title, beating Boca Juniors in the race for the title by 6 points, even though Boca had beaten them 7–1 in the Apertura 2006. Led by manager
Ramón Díaz, San Lorenzo secured the title after the 17th round of fixtures, with two games still left. They finished the tournament with 45 points.
Six years later, and only one year after being relegation-threatened, the club managed to win their 15th league title,
Torneo Inicial 2013.
In
2014
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, San Lorenzo won their first
Copa Libertadores
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. They began their campaign by finishing second in its group. In the
knockout stage
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, they beat
Gremio on penalties,
Cruzeiro, and Bolivar with a very one sided 5–1 aggregate victory in the semi-finals. In the
finals, they defeated
Nacional of
Paraguay
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2–1 on aggregate, concluding their championship run with a 1–0 victory in the second leg at
Estadio Pedro Bidegain. This earned the club a berth in the
2014 FIFA Club World Cup in
Morocco
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, their first trip to
FIFA
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's
premier club tournament. They would ultimately lose in the finals to
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, and finish as runners-up.
Stadium
The
Viejo Gasómetro stadium in what nowadays is known as
Boedo was a venue of great renown, where many international games were held. During the military government in 1979 San Lorenzo was forced to sell the stadium for a small amount of money, and a few years later the supermarket chain
Carrefour
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bought it. The price had mysteriously surged eightfold, but the Club did not get any extra money.
After 14 years of renting the stadium, San Lorenzo, with the help of fans, inaugurated the new stadium,
Estadio Pedro Bidegain (nicknamed ''Nuevo Gasómetro''), which opened in December 1993 at the intersection of the Perito Moreno and Varela avenues in the
Flores
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neighborhood. The fans, however, never forgot the old stadium, and its former lot is claimed by San Lorenzo and its fans to this day. On 8 March 2012, there was a demonstration attended by over 100,000 people in favour of reclaiming the place for the club, and on 15 November the
Buenos Aires City Legislature
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passed a bill stipulating that, in the course of six months,
Carrefour
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should negotiate a deal with San Lorenzo in order to share the land lot, and if no accommodation was reached then the city would expropriate it with San Lorenzo's funds. First, an extension was agreed to and one-and-a-half years later, it signed an agreement establishing that the multinational retailer will build a smaller new store on a corner of its current property, financed by funds provided by San Lorenzo. The rest of the lot will be handed over to the club, and there are plans to build another new stadium there.
The current stadium has a capacity of 47,964 and the pitch size is 110 x 70 m, among the biggest in Argentina.
Nicknames
*''Los
Gaucho
A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and the south of Chilean Patagonia. Gauchos became greatly admired and ...
s de
Boedo'' (Boedo's Gauchos): In 1932, San Lorenzo brought players from different provinces from Argentina (principally from
Santa Fe Province
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). Among them are, Alberto Chividini, Gabriel Magán y Genaro Cantelli.
* ''Los Santos'' (The Saints): The nickname emerged, because the club used The San Antonio's Oratory to make his activities from Soccer.
* ''Los Cuervos'' (The Crows): Was called so, because of the attire of the Cures (black)
* ''El Ciclón'' (The Cyclone): San Lorenzo's historical rival is
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 football team, that currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football ...
, which means "hurricane". The nickname is adopted since cyclones are stronger than hurricanes.
* ''Los Azulgrana'' (The Blue and Red): The color of the club (Blue and Red).
* ''Los Matadores'' (The Killers), originally used for the unbeaten 1968 champions.
* The fans' collective calls itself ''La Gloriosa'' (The Glorious).
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Individual records
Most appearances
Top scorers
Notable former players
*
Alfredo Carricaberry (1920–30)
*
Luis Monti
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(1922–30)
*
Diego García (1925–40)
*
Clotardo Dendi (1931)
*
Waldemar de Brito
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(1934–36)
*
Alberto Zarzur (1935)
*
Isidro Lángara
Isidro Lángara Galarraga (25 May 1912 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa – 21 August 1992 in Andoain) was a Spanish football striker from the Basque Country. He played 12 times for Spain, scoring 17 goals. He has the highest goal ratio in La Liga at 1.1 ...
(1939–43)
*
Ángel Zubieta
Ángel Zubieta Redondo (17 July 1918, died 28 October 1985) was a Spanish football player and manager.
Playing career
Zubieta was born in Galdakao, Biscay, Basque Country. He started his playing career in the 1935–36 season for Athletic Bi ...
(1939–52)
*
Rinaldo Martino (1941–48)
*
René Pontoni (1945–48), (1954)
*
José Sanfilippo (1953–62), (1972)
*
Ángel Berni
Ángel Antonio Berni Gómez (9 January 1931 – 24 November 2017) was a football striker.
Career
Berni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team. In 1951 he ...
(1953–59)
*
Norberto Boggio (1957–62)
*
Raúl Páez (1958–67)
*
Héctor Facundo (1959–63)
*
Oscar Rossi (1960–64)
*
Alberto Mariotti (1962–64)
*
Narciso Doval (1962–68), (1979)
*
Roberto Telch (1962–75)
*
Rafael Albrecht (1963–70)
*
Agustín Irusta (1963–76)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(1963–69), (1973)
*
Alberto Rendo
Alberto Rendo (born 3 January 1940) is an Argentine former footballer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Career
Born in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Rendo played club football in the Argentine Primera División with Huracán and San Lo ...
(1965–69)
*
Rodolfo Fischer (1965–72), (1977–78)
*
Mario Chaldú
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Kimberly or Kimber ...
(1966–67)
*
José Varacka (1966–67)
*
Oscar Calics (1966–70)
*
Antonio García Ameijenda (1967–74)
*
Rubén Ayala (1968–73)
*
Antonio Rosl (1968–73)
*
Victorio Cocco (1968–74)
*
Rubén Glaria (1968–74)
*
Carlos Veglio
Carlos José Veglio (born 27 August 1946, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker. He won a number of major titles with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors and represented the Argentina national football team.
Playing career Early years
...
(1968–75)
*
Rubén Glaria (1968–75)
*
Sergio Villar (1968–81)
*
Enrique Chazarreta (1970–75)
*
Héctor Scotta
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...
(1971–75), (1979), (1981)
*
Oscar Ortiz (1971–76)
*
Jorge Olguín
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(1971–79)
*
Ricardo Lavolpe (1975–79)
*
José Luis Ceballos (1975), (1981)
*
Claudio Marangoni (1976–79)
*
Rubén Darío Insúa (1978–86)
*
Walter Perazzo
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Biography
Perazzo was born in Bogotá, Colombia while his father Alberto was playin ...
(1979–88)
*
Jorge Higuaín (1982–86)
*
Jorge Rinaldi (1983–85), (1991–92)
*
Blas Giunta (1983–88)
*
José Luis Chilavert (1985–88)
*
Norberto Ortega Sánchez (1985–88), (1994–96)
*
Néstor Gorosito (1988–89), (1992–93), (1996–99)
*
Alberto Acosta
Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta Tabizzi (born 23 August 1966) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
In a professional career which spanned 18 years (nearly 700 official games and more than 250 goals), he played for San ...
(1988–90), (1992), (1998), (2001–03)
*
Leonardo Rodríguez (1990–91), (2001–02)
*
Jorge Borelli (1992–96)
*
Oscar Passet (1992–99)
*
Eduardo Bennet (1993–95)
*
Paulo Silas (1993–97)
*
Esteban González (1994–95)
*
Oscar Ruggeri (1994–97)
*
Gilberto Angelucci (1994–98)
*
Fernando Galetto (1994–99)
*
Claudio Biaggio
Claudio Darío Biaggio (born 2 July 1967) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
During his professional career he played for important clubs in Argentina ( Belgrano, San Lorenzo de Almagro and Colón de S ...
(1994–99)
*
Sebastián Abreu
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He is best known for his record of ap ...
(1996–97), (2000–01)
*
Guillermo Franco (1996–02)
*
Iván Córdoba (1998–00)
*
Walter Erviti (1998–02)
*
Claudio Morel Rodríguez
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978) is a Paraguayan former footballer.
He holds the player record for Copa Sudamericano wins with three - with San Lorenzo in 2002, and Boca Juniors in 2004 and 2005.
He also played as a ...
(1998–04)
*
Bernardo Romeo
Bernardo Daniel Romeo (born 10 September 1977) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
He amassed Argentine Primera División totals of 226 games and 85 goals, mainly at the service of San Lorenzo with whom he had three spe ...
(1998–01), (2007–10), (2012)
*
Leandro Romagnoli (1999–05), (2009–18)
*
Sebastián Saja
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He spent most of his professional career with San Lorenzo, Racing Cl ...
(2000–03), (2005–06)
*
Fabricio Coloccini (2000–01), (2016–present)
*
Agustín Orion (2001–09)
*
Gonzalo Rodríguez (2002–04), (2017–20)
*
Pablo Zabaleta (2002–05)
*
Pablo Barrientos (2003–06), (2008–09), (2014–16)
*
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi (; born 3 May 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, his most important attributes were his pace, hardworking style of play, technique, creativity, and dribbling ab ...
(2004–07)
*
Paolo Montero
Rónald Paolo Montero Iglesias (born 3 September 1971) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player, who played as a central defender or left-back and is the manager of Primavera 1 team Juventus U19.
Montero began his career in Uruguay ...
(2005–06)
*
José Cardozo (2005–06)
*
Claudio Husaín (2006)
*
Andrés D'Alessandro
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He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay. He won an Olym ...
(2008)
*
Diego Placente
Diego Rodolfo Placente (born 24 April 1977) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career
Born in Buenos Aires, Placente started playing professionally in 1996 with Argentinos Juniors, before moving to Argentine gian ...
(2008), (2010–11)
*
Gonzalo Bergessio
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Club career Early career
Born in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Bergessio started his career in the lowe ...
(2008–09), (2016–17)
*
Néstor Ortigoza (2011–12), (2013–17)
*
Carlos Bueno
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Club career
Born in Artigas, Artigas Department, Bueno started his career at C.A. Peñarol. He moved abroad in 2 ...
(2012)
*
Julio Buffarini (2012–16)
*
Juan Mercier (2012–18)
*
Ignacio Piatti
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Club career
Piatti has played professional football in Europe with Saint-Étienne and Lecce. In his native Argentina, he has p ...
(2012–14), (2020–present)
*
Ángel Correa (2013–14)
*
Emmanuel Más (2013–16)
*
Sebastian Torrico (2013–present)
*
Mario Yepes
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(2014–15)
*
Fernando Belluschi (2016–20)
*
Paulo Díaz
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International career
He got his first call up to the senior ...
(2016–18)
*
Tino Costa
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...
(2016–17)
Managers
*
Máximo Garay (1938)
*
Guillermo Stábile
Guillermo Stábile (17 January 1905 – 26 December 1966) was an Argentine professional football player and manager who played as a centre forward. At club level, Stábile won two national championships with Huracán and played in Italy and Fran ...
(1939–40)
*
György Orth
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(1944)
*
Victor Cuadros (1954)
*
Isidro Lángara
Isidro Lángara Galarraga (25 May 1912 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa – 21 August 1992 in Andoain) was a Spanish football striker from the Basque Country. He played 12 times for Spain, scoring 17 goals. He has the highest goal ratio in La Liga at 1.1 ...
(1955)
*
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1961–62)
*
René Pontoni (1962)
*
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1965)
*
Tim (1967–68)
*
Pedro Dellacha (1969–70)
*
Rogelio Domínguez (1971)
*
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1972)
*
Luis Carniglia (1973)
*
Osvaldo Zubeldía
Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía (24 June 1927 in Junín – 17 January 1982 in Medellín) was a football player and an influential Argentine coach.
Playing career
Zubeldía had a respectable playing career with Vélez Sársfield, Boca Juniors, Atlanta ...
(1974)
*
Roberto Scarone (1975)
*
Rogelio Domínguez (1977)
*
Carlos Bilardo (1979)
*
Delém
Vladem Lázaro Ruiz Quevedo (April 15, 1935 – March 28, 2007), known as "Delém", was a Brazilian footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of foo ...
(1980)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(1980)
*
Victorio Cocco (1981)
*
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1981–82)
*
José Yudica
José Antonio Yudica (February 26, 1936 – August 23, 2021) was an Argentine football player and manager.
Yudica had limited success as a player, winning only two titles during his brief spell at Deportivo Cali. After retirement as a player he ...
(1982)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(1983–84)
*
Oscar López (1985)
*
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1985)
*
Bora Milutinović
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He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record a ...
(1987)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(1987–90)
*
Roberto Saporiti (1989–90)
*
Ricardo Rezza (1990–91)
*
Fernando Areán (1991–92)
*
Jorge Castelli
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The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
(1992)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(1992–96)
*
Carlos Aimar (1996)
*
Jorge Castelli
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The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
(1997–98)
*
Alfio Basile (1998)
*
Oscar Ruggeri (1998–01)
*
Manuel Pellegrini (1 January 2001 – 18 May 2002)
*
Rubén Insúa (1 June 2002 – 5 July 2003)
*
Gustavo Quinteros (6 July 2003 – 29 July 2003)
*
Néstor Gorosito (30 July 2003 – 25 August 2004)
*
Gabriel Rodríguez (26 August 2004 – 2 September 2004)
*
Héctor Veira
Héctor "Bambino" Veira (born May 29, 1946) is a former Argentine footballer and child sex offender. Since retiring as a player he has gone on to win several major titles as a manager.
Playing career
Veira started his professional career in 1 ...
(3 September 2004 – 22 April 2005)
*
Gabriel Rodríguez (23 April 2005 – 30 June 2005)
*
Gustavo Alfaro
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Although Alfaro had a short career as a footballer, he was captain of the Atlético de Rafaela, when ...
(1 July 2005 – 5 February 2006)
*
Fernando Berón ''(interim)'' (6 February 2006 – 14 February 2006)
*
Oscar Ruggeri (15 February 2006 – 20 December 2006)
*
Ramón Díaz (1 January 2007 – 12 June 2008)
*
Norberto Batista (7 June 2008 – 30 June 2008)
*
Miguel Ángel Russo (1 July 2008 – 9 April 2009)
*
Alberto Fanesi
Alberto José Fanesi (born 16 February 1948 in Casilda, Santa Fe) is an Argentine footballer manager and former player. As a player, he won the Argentine championship with three teams.
Titles
Coaching career
He has coached at Gimnasia La Pl ...
''(interim)'' (9 April 2009 – 13 April 2009)
*
Diego Simeone (20 April 2009 – 3 April 2010)
*
Sebastián Méndez ''(interim)'' (7 April 2010 – 30 June 2010)
*
Ramón Díaz (1 July 2010 – 24 April 2011)
*
Omar Asad
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As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winning 8 titles with the club (including both the Copa Libertado ...
(12 May 2011 – 21 November 2011)
*
Leonardo Carol Madelón (22 November 2011 – 1 April 2012)
*
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
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(4 April 2012 – 8 October 2012)
*
Juan Antonio Pizzi
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He spent the bulk of his club career in Spain, mainly at Tenerife, helping to t ...
(9 October 2012 – 20 December 2013)
*
Edgardo Bauza
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(26 December 2013 – 30 November 2015)
*
Pablo Guede (4 January 2016 – 15 June 2016)
*
Diego Aguirre
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Playing career
A Liverpool Montevideo youth graduate, Aguirre joined the club in 1982 at the age of 16, and m ...
(22 June 2016 – 22 September 2017)
*
Claudio Biaggio
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During his professional career he played for important clubs in Argentina ( Belgrano, San Lorenzo de Almagro and Colón de S ...
(22 September 2017 – 31 October 2018)
*
Jorge Almirón (5 November 2018 – 13 May 2019)
*
Diego Monarriz ''(interim)'' (13 May 2019 – 23 May 2019)
*
Juan Antonio Pizzi
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(1 July 2019 – 31 October 2019)
*
Diego Monarriz (1 November 2019 – 23 February 2020)
*
Hugo Tocalli ''(interim)'' (24 February 2020 – 15 March 2020)
*
Mariano Soso
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Managerial career
Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Soso started his career in Newell's Old Boys' youth categories. In 2009, he became Claudio Vivas' assistant at Argentinos J ...
(16 March 2020 – 11 January 2021)
*
Diego Dabove (19 January 2021 – 9 May 2021)
*
Leandro Romagnoli ''(interim)'' (10 May 2021 – 16 June 2021)
*
Paolo Montero
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Montero began his career in Uruguay ...
(17 June 2021 – 21 October 2021)
*
Diego Monarriz –
José Di Leo ''(interim)'' (22 October 2021 – 29 October 2021)
*
Diego Monarriz –
José Di Leo (30 October 2021 – 29 December 2021)
*
Pedro Troglio
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Playing career
During his career as a footballer, Troglio played fo ...
(6 January 2022 – 13 April 2022)
*
Fernando Berón ''(interim)'' (14 April 2022 – 18 May 2022)
*
Rubén Insúa (19 May 2022 – present)
Records
* The first Argentine football club to win two league titles in the same year, picking up the
Metropolitano and
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s in
1972.
* The first Argentine club to participate in the
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
in
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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January
* Ja ...
* The only Argentine club to win the
Copa Mercosur, in
2001
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* The first club to win the
Copa Sudamericana
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in
2002
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* San Lorenzo is also considered one of the FIFA Classic Clubs.
* Largest victory (Primera División): 7–0 v
Argentino de Banfield, on 9 Nov 1930.
[Campeones de la Primera División (era profesional: desde 1931) at AFA website]
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* Copa San Martín de Tours (1): 1994
* Copa Jorge Newbery (1): 1964
;Notes
Women
The women's team has won the national championship, Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino
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The competition was named "Campeonato de Fútbol F ...
in 2008/09 and 2015. They finished fourth of five in the group stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores Femenina
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.
Basketball
San Lorenzo has played basketball
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since 1930 when the club affiliated to the association. On 26 April 1985, San Lorenzo played the opening game of the recently created Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
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* Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain
* Liga ...
(LNB), facing Argentino de Firmat at Obras Sanitarias venue."Hace 30 años nacía la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol en Argentina"
Telam, 26 April 2015
The team returned to LNB in 2015.
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Unofficial websiteMundo Azulgrana
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Association football clubs established in 1908
Field hockey clubs in Buenos Aires
Argentine volleyball teams
Football clubs in Buenos Aires
1908 establishments in Argentina
Copa Libertadores winning clubs
Copa Sudamericana winning clubs
Copa Mercosur winning clubs