TALLERES DE CóRDOBA

'Club Atlético Talleres' are a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for their professional football team, currently in the second division. They play the Cordoba Derby against Belgrano.

Contents

History

Titles

International title

Notable players

External links

See also

History

The club was founded in 1913 as ''Atlético Talleres Central Córdoba'', by ''Central Córdoba'' railways' workers, with support from the company. In 1914 they joined the Córdoba local league, and in 1925 the parallel National Amateur League, and then the Amateur Second division.
With the professionalization of the game in 1931, the club became professional, but in 1938 they were relegated to Second Division (''Segunda División'', later ''Primera B''), where they stayed until 1960, when they were relegated to Third Division (by then known as ''Segunda División'').
Three seasons later the team returned to the Second Division (''Primera B''), but in 1967, with the reorganisation of the lower divisions, they went straight to Third Division (''Primera C'') in 1968 for 2 seasons.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the team alternated between the First, Second and Third division, achieving the second (1977) and third (1980) place of the First Division Championship. Luis Ludueña in 1976 (12) and José Reinaldi in 1978 (18) were the league top scorers.
Talleres were again promoted to First Division (''Primera A'') after the 1993/94 championship, only return to second division after a poor performancein 1994/95.
That season of 1995/96, the club finished first during the Clausura of the Second Division but lost the Championship to Huracán de Corrientes.
Against all-time rival Belgrano de Córdoba in what was known by fans as the "Final of the Millennium," Talleres won by penalty kicks, its first Argentine title - the Second Division 1997/98 championship to win promotion to the First Division.
In 1999, Talleres played in the last international Copa CONMEBOL defeating Brazilian team Centro Sportivo Alagoano in the final, winning the first international football title for a Córdoba team.
Later, Talleres' good performance in first division qualified the team for the 2001 Copa Mercosur and the 2002 Copa Libertadores, being the first and only Córdoba team so far to qualify for these continental tournaments. Talleres reached the round of 16 in the Mercosur, only to lose against Gremio. Talleres in the Libertadores was eliminated in the first stage.
Despite finishing in third place during the Clausura tournament of the 2003/04 season, the team were relegated, due to poor results in the previous 2 seasons, after losing to Argentinos Juniors in the promotion/relegation play-off .
Talleres de Córdoba currently have 40.000 members.

Titles

Nacional B 1997/98.

International title

★ Copa Conmebol 1999.

Notable players

★ Sergio Omar Almirón ★ Héctor Baley ★ Mario Bevilacqua ★ Angel Bocanelli ★ Ángel Comizzo ★ José Luis Cuciuffo ★ Mario Cuenca ★ Oscar Dertycia ★ Luis Adolfo Galván ★ Diego Garay

★ Hugo Ernesto Gottardi ★ "Chupete" Guerini ★ "Mono" Guibaudo ★ Daniel Kesman ★ Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia ★ Víctor Rubén López ★ Luis Ludueña ★ Carlos Manuel Morete ★ Victorio Ocaño ★ Miguel Oviedo

★ Jose Luis Pochettino ★ José Reinaldi ★ Catalino Rivarola ★ Alejandro Ruben ★ José Serrizuela ★ Alberto Tarantini ★ Marcelo Trobbiani ★ José Daniel Valencia ★ Javier Alejandro Villarreal ★ "Cachi" Zelaya ★ Osvaldo Canobbio

External links

★ Talleres Cordoba Official Web Site (Spanish)

★ Albiazul - Blue and White (Spanish)

★ El Tallarín (Spanish)

★ Matadores de Córdoba (Spanish)

★ Talleres Micro-Site (Spanish)

★ Talleres te amo (Spanish)

See also

★ List of football clubs in Argentina

★ Argentine football league system