Club Atlético San Martín, mostly known as San Martín de San Juan, is an
Argentine
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football
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club from the city of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
. The team currently plays in the Argentine
Liga Profesional de Futbol, the first division of the
Argentine football league system
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.
It was founded on 27 September 1907 and is considered the best club of the
San Juan Province.
History
Before 2015, San Martín had only played four seasons in the
Argentine top flight. Its first appearance was in the
1970 ''Nacional'' championship, finishing bottom of the group after winning only four of 20 games. It again played in the Argentine First Division in the
2007–08 season being relegated immediately the next season. The squad gained the promotion to the first division for the third time during the
2010–11 season, after beating
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 1–0 and later 1–1 on aggregate in the play-off for the second automatic promotion place. The team was relegated during the
2013 Torneo Final.
The team were promoted to the first division in
2014
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, after finishing 2nd place in the league table. They secured their promotion on the final match-day, when they beat
Ferro Carril Oeste
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3–0.
San Martín played in the Argentine First Division from 2015 to 2019. The tournament was expanded to include 30 teams in 2015. It avoided relegation by placing 17th in the
2015 season, 13th in the
2016 season, 22nd in the
2016–17 season, and 18th in the
2017–18 season The team were relegated in the
2018–19 season. Although they finished 21st out of 26, they finished 24th in the average league table for coefficients, meaning they were relegated.
It currently plays most matches in the
Estadio Ingeniero Hilario Sánchez, which has capacity for 19,000 spectators. It sometimes plays major games (notably against Boca Juniors and River Plate) in the
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, which has capacity for 25,000 spectators.
Uniforms
Since its foundation, the club has always worn a green and black kit. However, in 2002, they used a lighter-colored green for only one season, going black to the standard green and black.
Players
Current squad
Managers
* Dalcio Giovagnini (1999)
*
Néstor Craviotto (2000)
*
Ricardo Zielinski (2001)
*
Roque Alfaro
Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Playing career
Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid-1970s. In 19 ...
(2005)
*
Julio César Toresani (Jan 2005–June 6)
*
Gustavo Quinteros (2006–07)
*
Fernando Quiroz (2007–08)
*
Néstor Craviotto (Jan 2009–June 9)
*
Enrique Hrabina (July 2009–March 10)
*
Fernando Quiroz (March 2010–June 10)
*
Darío Franco (June 2010–March 11)
*
Daniel Garnero (March 2011–April 12)
*
Facundo Sava (April 2012–Sept 12)
*
Gabriel Perrone (Sept 2012–March 13)
* Rubén Forestello (2013–14)
*
Carlos Mayor (2015)
*
Pablo Lavallén (2015–2016)
*
Néstor Gorosito
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Playing career
Néstor ''Pipo'' G ...
(2016–2018)
*
Walter Coyette (2018–2019)
*
Alfredo Grelak (2019–2020)
Honours
National
*
Torneo del Interior
** Winners (3): 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95
Regional
* Campeonato de San Juan
** Winners (4):1910, 1917, 1919, 1920
* Liga Sanjuanina de Fútbol
** Winners (26): 1921, 1924, 1926, 1932, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2012
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:San Martin de San Juan
Association football clubs established in 1907
Football clubs in San Juan Province, Argentina
1907 establishments in Argentina