CLUB ATLéTICO BANFIELD

'Club Atlético Banfield' is an Argentina professional football club from Banfield, a village in Buenos Aires Province 14km south of Buenos Aires. The club was founded in 1896 and was named after Edward Banfield, a British executive of the railway company Gran Ferrocarril Sur.
The club is also referred as ''El Taladro (The Drill''), because in 1930 the 'El Pampero' newspaper said the Banfield forwards "drilled" rival defences. Banfield is traditionally one of the best supported clubs in the south of Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and the biggest club in Lomas de Zamora Partido.

Contents

Club history

Amateur era

Professional era

International competitions

Honours

League

Cups

Players

Current squad

Squad Changes for Apertura 2007

Notable former players

Filial clubs

Records

Famous Club Atlético Banfield Fans

References

External links

Club history

Amateur era

In 1920 Banfield won the Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires) beating Boca Juniors 2-1 in the final.^[1]
The winners of the Honour Cup played in the ''International Cousenier Cup'' a cup competition named after the Cousenier liquor factory, who gave the cup which was to be competed for by teams from the Uruguayan Football League, the Argentine Football Association and the Rosario Football League. The final was always played in Montevideo in Uruguay. Banfield declined to play.

Professional era

Banfield have never won the Primera División, but have finished second, in 1951 and again in the 2004-05 ''Torneo Clausura''. And in the 2003-04 season they finished third in the ''Torneo Apertura''. Banfield have been promoted to the Primera División seven times - as Champions of Primera B Nacional six times (1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1992-92, 2000-001) and also in 1986-87 via the play-offs.
In the 2006-07 season, Banfield finished 15th in the Apertura and 16th in the Clausura.

International competitions

In 2005, Banfield reached the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores. In the Group stages, Banfield played in Group Six with UANL Tigres, Alianza Lima and Caracas FC. Banfield finished second in the group on 11 points having lost only once 3-0 at home to eventual group winners, UANL Tigres. In the second round Banfield played Independiente Medellín from Colombia winning 3-0 and 2-0 for a total aggregate score of 5-0. In the quarter final Banfield met River Plate losing 4-3 on aggregate.^[2] Banfield were knocked out in the Group phase of Copa Libertadores 2007. Banfield played in Group One against Club Libertad, Club América and Club Deportivo El Nacional, finishing third with 9 points.
Banfield played in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana however they were knocked out in the first round, defeated by Arsenal de Sarandí 3-2 on aggregate.^[3] In 2006 Banfield were again knocked out in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana, this time 2-1 on aggregate to San Lorenzo.
In 2005 Banfield competed in the six team Torneo de Verano (Friendly summer tournament) in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. The teams were divided into two groups of three. Banfield played in Group A with Club Atlético 3 de Febrero who they beat 4-3 and Cerro Porteño a match they lost 2-0.^[4]

Honours

League

★ 'Primera B Nacional Argentina champions (6)': 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1992-92, 2000-001

Cups

★ ' Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (1)': 1920

Players

Current squad

(Last updated: September 6 2007)

Squad Changes for Apertura 2007

'Players In'

★ Ariel Broggi from Vélez Sarsfield

★ Nilo Carretero from Club Atlético Sarmiento

★ José Devaca from Godoy Cruz

★ Luis Pedro Figueroa from Arsenal de Sarandí

★ Diego Herner from Gimnasia de La Plata

★ Nicolás Pavlovich from Monarcas Morelia

★ Jairo Patiño from Atlético Nacional
'Players Out'

★ Cristian Bardaro to Danubio F.C.

★ Jose Manuel Chatruc to Racing Club

★ Guillermo Esteban to Belgrano de Córdoba

★ Silvio Augusto González released

★ Julian Maidana DF to Talleres de Córdoba

★ Angel Alejandro Morales to Olimpo

★ Martín Andrizzi to Arsenal de Sarandí

★ Roberto Salvatierra to Gimnasia de La Plata

★ Gastón Schmidt to Quilmes Atlético Club

★ Luis Manuel Seijas to Deportivo Tachira

★ Josemir Lujambio to Olimpo

★ Carlos Galván released ^[5]

★ Ricardo Hernán Pagés released ^[5]

★ Christian Galeazzi to Club Almagro

Notable former players

(1971-1975)
(2002-2005)
(1993-1996)
(2004-2006)
(2003-2006)
(1994-1996)
(1996-1999)
(2003-2004)
(2003-2004)
(1993-1995)
(2002-2006)
(1997-1999) {2002-2005}
(1997-1998)
(2002-2003)
(2001-2005)
(2004-2006)
(1966-1967)
(2003-2004)
(1993-1996)
(2004)
(2002-2003)
''see also ''

Filial clubs

Other Banfield clubs affiliated to AFA (Argentine Football Association).
- Ordered by province

Province	Filial name	League	Address
Chaco	Atlético y Deportivo BANFIELD	Liga Saezpeñense de Fútbol	Rivadavia 547 - (3700) Roque S. Peña
Entre Ríos	Club BANFIELD	Liga Victoriense de Fútbol	San Juan s/n - (3153) Victoria
	Club Atlético BANFIELD	Liga Paranaense de Fútbol	(3100) Paraná
Buenos Aires	Club Atlético BANFIELD	Liga Deportiva Sampedrina	11 de Setiembre 1220 - (2930) San Pedro
	Club Atlético BANFIELD de Mar del Plata	Liga Marplatense de Fútbol	Triunvirato 1331 - (7600) Mar del Plata
Córdoba	Club Deportivo BANFIELD	Asoc. Cordobesa de Fútbol	López y Planes 2786 - (5500) Cordoba
	Club Atlético BANFIELD	Liga de Fútbol de Alta Gracia	Cervantes y 24 De Septiembre - (5186) Alta Gracia
Formosa	Club Atlético BANFIELD	Liga Formoseña de Fútbol	T. 139 "E", Bo. Guadalupe - (3600) Formosa
Mendoza	Club Deportivo BANFIELD	Liga Sancarlina de Fútbol	Guevara s/n - (5569) Tres Esquinas
San Juan	Club Sportivo BANFIELD	Liga Veinticinqueña de Fútbol	M. Moreno s/n - (5443) Las Casuarinas
Santa Fe	Club Atlético DEFENSORES DE BANFIELD	Liga Casildense de Fútbol	Mitre 1937 - (2170) Casilda - 19 November 1914
Santiago del Estero	Club Atlético BANFIELD	Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol	(4300) La Banda
La Pampa	Peña Banfileña de Castex (founded in 1996)		Contact to Mr. Domingo F. Vidal or Aldo Montaldo in town

Records

13-2 Puerto Comercial (Bahia Blanca)

Famous Club Atlético Banfield Fans

★ Alfredo de Angelis, Tango musician de Angelis created the tango song "El taladro" ("The drill"), dedicated to Atlético Banfield.

★ Eduardo Duhalde (Former Argentine president)

References

1. Argentina - Copa de Honor "Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires" - 1920
2. Copa Libertadores de América 2005 at rssf.com
3. Copa Sudamericana 2004 at rssf.com
4. Torneo de Verano (Ciudad del Este) 2005 at rssf.com
5. http://www.clubabanfield.com.ar/HTM/noticiasfutbol.htm Banfield's website news 20 June, 2007
6. http://www.clubabanfield.com.ar/HTM/noticiasfutbol.htm Banfield's website news 20 June, 2007

External links

★ Club Atlético Banfield Official website

★ Soy de Banfield - News and history

★ Banfield formations at football-lineups.com

★ Banfieldmania radio show