Club Atlético Banfield

Banfield

Full name	Club Atlético Banfield
Nickname(s)	El Taladro (The Drill)
Founded	1896
Ground	Estadio Florencio Solá, Banfield, Buenos Aires Province (Capacity: 34,901)
Chairman	Carlos Atilio Portell
Manager	Julio Falcioni
League	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 2009	1st (Champions)
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Banfield is an Argentine professional football club from Banfield, a city in Buenos Aires Province 14km south of the center of Buenos Aires, named after Edward Banfield, the first General Manager of the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway between 1865 and 1872. ^[1].

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.

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.^[2]

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 finished second in Primera División 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.

Under manager Julio César Falcioni, they won the 2009-10 Apertura tournament. This was their first Argentine Primera División championship, with a record of 12 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. Although they lost the last match in La Bombonera to Boca Juniors, title rivals Newell's Old Boys lost at home to San Lorenzo, ensuring that Banfield's long wait for the Championship was over.

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Honours

League

• Primera División Argentina champions (1): Apertura 2009
• Primera División Argentina Runner-up (2): 1951, 2005
• Primera B Nacional Argentina champions (6): 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1992-92, 2000-01

Cups

• Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (1): 1920
• Tandil City Cup (1): 2007

Players

Current squad

Current squad for Club Atlético Banfield as of 10 October 2009 (edit)

No. Position Player 1 GK Cristian Lucchetti 2 DF Víctor López 4 DF Julio Barraza 5 MF Maximiliano Bustos 6 DF Marcelo Bustamante 7 FW Maximiliano Laso 8 MF James Rodríguez 9 FW Santiago Silva 10 MF Walter Erviti 11 FW Guido Di Vanni 12 FW Cristian García 15 DF Pablo Vergara 16 MF Federico Sardella 17 GK Sebastián López 18 FW Facundo Ferreyra

No. Position Player 19 MF Daniel Bilos 20 MF Marcelo Quinteros 21 DF José Devaca 22 FW Luis Salmerón 23 MF Emmanuel Pío 24 DF Santiago Ladino 25 FW Sebastián Fernández 26 DF Sebastián Méndez 27 MF Mauro Dos Santos 28 MF Roberto Battión 29 GK Enrique Bologna 30 MF Julio Marchant MF Fabián Santana

Manager: Julio Falcioni

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club or set a club record.

Filial clubs

Other Banfield clubs affiliated to AFA (Argentine Football Association).

- Ordered by province

Records

Banfield holds the record for the game with most difference of goals in the Primera División Argentina, it was a 13-1 to Puerto Comercial from Bahia Blanca in October 6th, 1974.

References

External links

• (English) (Spanish) Club Atlético Banfield Official website
• (English) (Spanish) (French) (German) Eurobanfield.com | The place of european Banfield's community
• (English) (Spanish) (French) (German) Soy Taladro| Sitio de fanaticos de banfield
• (Spanish) Soy de Banfield - News and history
• (English) Banfield formations at football-lineups.com
• Banfieldmania radio show
• Sitio de fanaticos del Club Atletico Banfield