Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (commonly referred to as Instituto) is an

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sports club from the city of

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, whose professional football team currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the

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. Famous players who have played at Instituto include

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, José Luis Saldaño,

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, Raúl Chaparro, Salvador Mastrosimone,

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, Diego Klimowicz, Mauricio Caranta,

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, Daniel Jiménez,

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, Silvio Romero. The

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team currently plays at Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB), the first division of

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league system.

History

As many other football clubs in Argentina, Instituto was founded by railway workers. The club was initially established in 1918 as ''Instituto Ferrocarril Central Córdoba''. With the re-organization of the administration of the club 6 years later, due to the number of members in the ''Alta Córdoba'' neighbourhood, the name was changed to the current ''Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba''. After its foundation, Instituto quickly reached the first division of the ''Liga Cordobesa'', which the team won in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. With the professionalization of the game in 1931, Instituto lost momentum and sunk into an unsuccessful period. But years later the team revived, conquering the provincial league again in 1961, 1966, and finally in 1972, reaching the Argentine second division. Instituto played its first ever season at the top level in 1973 where the team finished 8th out of a group of 15 teams, but it had to wait six years to try again. In 1979 Instituto won its group to reach the Quarter-Finals where the club was eliminated 5–3 on aggregate by

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. Instituto also played the Torneo Nacional from 1981 to 1985, and the

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in 1981, 1982 and 1983. After the reorganisation of 1985 Instituto played all 5 of the long seasons although it was relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season. The club then had to wait until the 1999–00 season to play in the top flight again. Instituto promoted to

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after winning the 1998–99 Nacional B tournament. Nevertheless, the club would be relegated from the first division the next season, finishing 16th out of 20 teams in the

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and 12th in the

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, but Instituto was finally relegated after a 2–1 play-off defeat at the hands of Almagro. The club won its second title, the Primera B Nacional 2003

, and promoted back to first division after getting the revenge over

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in a 2 legged play-off in 2004. The club survived one season at the top level after winning a two legged promotion/relegation play-off against

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by a score of 3–1. In its 2nd season in the first division, Instituto finished 19th overall and was automatically relegated back to B Nacional. The 1986–87 season was probably the most successful season in team's history, having finished 8th overall. Roberto Castoldi replaced Gastón Defagot as president on 26 August 2019.

Stadium

The club currently plays in

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in which is located in the neighborhood of Alta Cordoba. The origin of its name comes from Juan Perón, President of Argentina during the construction stage. The club has had a number of other homes in their history, all based in the city of Cordoba.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* 1973: Enrique García * 1979–81:

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* 1982:

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* 1983–84: Oscar Ceders * 1985–87: Carlos Montes * 1988: Mario Zanabria * 1988–89: Jorge Domichi * 1990: René Arregui * 1990–91: Raúl Arraigada * 1991–93: Salvador Ragusa * 1993: Raúl Arraigada * 1994: Jorge Ginarte * 1995: Carlos Biasutto * 1995–96: Jorge Luis Ghiso * 1996: Horacio Bongiovanni * 1997: Ramón Adorno * 1997: Ángel Celoria * 1997–98:

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* 1999–00: Ernesto Corti * 2000:

* 2000–01:

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* 2001–02: Ernesto Corti * 2002: Carlos Compagnucci * 2002–04:

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* 2004: Ricardo Rezza * 2005:

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* 2005: Fernando Quiroz * 2005: Jorge Theiler * 2005: Ramón Alvarez (Interim) * 2006: Ariel Cuffaro Russo * 2006: Ramon Alvarez & Sergio González (Interim) * 2006: Fernando Quiroz * 2006–07: Eduardo Anzarda * 2007:

* 2007–09: Jorge Luis Ghiso * 2009–10: Marcelo Bonetto * 2010–11:

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* 2011: Ramon Alvarez & Alberto Beltrán (Interim) * 2011–12:

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* 2012: Leonardo Nadaya & Elvio Agüero (Interim) * 2012–13: Frank Darío Kudelka * 2013–14: Elvio Agüero (Interim) * 2014: Daniel Jiménez * 2014–15: Carlos Mazzola * 2015–16:

* 2016–17: Iván Delfino * 2017: Claudio Demaria (Interim) * 2017: Gabriel Gómez * 2017–18:

* 2018: César Zabala * 2018–19:

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* 2019–20: César Zabala * 2020–21: Fernando Quiroz * 2021: Mauricio Caranta * 2021: Marcelo Vázquez * 2021: Claudio Sarría & Daniel Jiménez (Interim) * 2022–23: Lucas Bovaglio * 2023–:

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Honours

National

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** Winners (2): 1998–99, 2003–04

Regional

* Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol ** Winners (9): 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1990, 2017 * Liga Cordobesa Segunda División ** Winners (4): 1919, 1920, 1941, 1946

Basketball

Apart from football, Instituto has a

section from which its senior team is currently competing in

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, the top division of the Argentine basketball league system. Instituto won its first major title in 2021–22 after beating

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3–2 in the finals. The team, coached by Lucas Victoriano, became the second club from Córdoba to win the LNB after

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, which is also the most winning team with 9 titles.Instituto es el nuevo campeón de la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
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Education

Apart from sports, Instituto has its own primary and secondary school in Alta Córdoba neighbourhood. The school has sport orientation through which it promotes values and quality education.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba Association football clubs established in 1918 Football clubs in Córdoba Province, Argentina I 1918 establishments in Argentina Basketball teams established in 1918 Railway association football teams in Argentina