Aldosivi

Full name	Club Atlético Aldosivi
Nickname(s)	Tiburón (Shark) El Verde (The Green) El equipo de la Ciudad (The City team) El más grande de la Costa Atlantica (The greatest on the Atlantic Coast)
Founded	29 March 1913; 111 years ago (1913-03-29)
Ground	Estadio José María Minella, Mar Del Plata, Buenos Aires Province
Capacity	35,354 [1]
Chairman	José Moscuzza
Manager	Leandro Somoza
League	Primera Nacional
2023	Primera Nacional Zone B, 16th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Club Atlético Aldosivi (usually called simply Aldosivi) is an Argentine football club based in the city of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. The senior squad currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

The club also has a women's football section.

History

Foundation

The club was established on was founded on March 29, 1913, when a group of employees of the company that was building the port of Mar del Plata by then, met at El Recreo coffee house to establish a club where they could play the sport they loved.

The club's name comes from the first two letters of the last name of engineers and owners of the company commissioned to build the port: Allard, Doulfus, Sillard, and Wiriott (the "w" was changed to a "v" because there was no "W" available to telegraph the official announcement). ^[2]

The first colors were taken from the French flag (blue, white and red), worn by the team during its first years of existence. Some time later, a local store donated the green and yellow jerseys in vertical stripes to the club. It became Aldosivi definitive colors, worn to present days.

Pedro Seré was elected as club's first president. He also established the "Asociación Marplatense de Football" (the first local league), headquartered at the port of Mar del Plata on Figuero Alcorta street.

First success

With football as the main activity of the institution, the first notable achievement was the promotion to the first division of MDP in 1959. The Ministry of Public Works Stadium was Aldosivi's venue by then.

In 1973, Aldosivi played its first National Championship. The club returned to the top division competitions in 1975, achieving a well remembered win over Boca Juniors 2–1 at La Bombonera. ^[3]

Apart from football, the club hosted other sports activities such as basketball, boxing and bowling, among others. These sections are no longer active.

In 1979, Aldosivi merged with two other clubs from Mar del Plata, Talleres and Banfield, and was known by the name Defensores del Puerto until 1981 when it returned to the traditional name, which it still uses today. ^[2]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 March 2023. ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ARG Agustín Lastra (loan from Boca Juniors) 2 DF   PAR Mario López 3 DF   ARG Ian Escobar (loan from Talleres) 4 DF   ARG Rufino Lucero 6 MF   ARG Tomás Lecanda (loan from River Plate) 8 MF   ARG Javier Iritier 9 FW   URU Santiago Silva 10 FW   ARG Matías Pisano 11 FW   ARG Bautista Kociubinski (loan from Estudiantes) 16 MF   ARG Jonathan Zacaría 17 MF   ARG Marcelo Meli 20 FW   COL Juan Pablo Gallego (loan from Medellín) 21 DF   ARG Emanuel Iñiguez

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF   ITA Ezequiel Schelotto 25 GK   ARG José Devecchi (loan from San Lorenzo) 28 DF   PAR Fernando Román 29 FW   ARG Braian Martínez (loan from San Lorenzo) 31 GK   ARG Luis Ingolotti 33 MF   ARG Leandro Maciel 36 MF   ARG Joaquín Indacoechea 37 MF   ARG Emanuel Maciel 39 MF   ARG Matías Morello 41 FW   ARG Manuel Panaro 77 MF   COL Juan Manuel Cuesta (loan from Medellín)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ARG Franco Pérez (at FC Tucson until 30 November 2022) — MF   ARG Franco Perinciolo (at Atlanta until 31 December 2022)

Former players

Managers

• Andrés Rebottaro (2004–05; 2007–09)
• Julio Toresani (2007)
• Salvador Daniele (2010–11)
• Fernando Quiroz (2011–13; 2014–16)
• Sebastián Rambert (2013)
• Darío Franco (2013–14; 2016)
• Guillermo Hoyos (2019–21)
• Fernando Gago (2021)
• Martín Palermo (2021–2022)
• Leandro Somoza (2022-)

Honours

National

• Primera B Nacional (1): 2017–18

Regional

• Liga Marplatense de Fútbol:
  • First Division (6): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1989, 1993, 1994
  • Second Division (3): 1923, 1959, 1983
  • Third Division (2): 1941, 1944

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aldosivi.

• Official website
• Somos Aldosivi. Archived 10 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine (fan site).
• La Cantera Archived 14 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine