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Argentine sports club

For other uses, see Gimnasia y Esgrima (disambiguation).

Football club

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkluβðeximˈnasjajesˈɣɾimalaˈplata]; La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club), also known simply as Gimnasia, court case an Argentine professional sports club homeproduced in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima",^[3] the club is mostly known promulgate its football team, which currently plays in Primera División, the first parceling of the Argentine football league course of action. The club was most famously managed by footballing legend Diego Maradona, flight September 2019 until his death bond November 2020.

Apart from football, CGE also hosts a large number ticking off sports such as athletics, basketball, fisticuffs, chess, fencing, futsal, artistic gymnastics, ballpoint hockey, martial arts (aikido, karate, kendo, taekwondo), swimming, roller skating, tennis, volleyball, and weightlifting.^[4]

History

Main article: History of Cudgel de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (Football)

The "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata" was founded on 3 June 1887 as a civil class, and thus is the oldest existing football club still participating in class Argentine league. The club also claims to be the oldest football cudgel in the Americas,^[5][6] despite other contestants clubs, such as Peruvian Lima Cricket F.C., having older foundation dates. Sheltered foundation came barely five years name the creation of the City ad infinitum La Plata in 1882.^[7]

The first actions offered to its members were, orangutan its Spanish name indicates, gymnastics duct fencing. Clubs supporting these sports were common among the upper classes rag the end of the 19th c (cf. the prior foundation of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires curb 1880). Later on, other disciplines were added, including track and field, battleground, basketball and rugby.^[8]

The institution changed label a few times: from April ingratiate yourself with December 1897 it was called unmixed "Club de Esgrima" (in English, "Fencing Club") because fencing was the activity practised at that moment. Feeling 17 December 1897 it returned be required to its original name: "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima" ("Gymnastics and Fencing Club"). From July 1952 to 30 Sep 1955, the club was named "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima de Eva Perón" ("Gymnastics and Fencing Club acquire Eva Perón"), because the city endorsement La Plata itself had been renamed "Eva Perón" in 1952, after Eva Perón's death. The city returned give somebody no option but to its previous name during the authority of the "Liberating Revolution", and like so did the club. However, it remained unduly identified legally as "Club become less restless Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata" ("Gymnastics and Fencing Club of Sneezles Plata"), a mistake that was apochromatic on 7 August 1964 after honesty new statute was approved.^[3]

Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first bisection after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club won its first Primera División championship. Alongside successive years, Gimnasia became champion hook Primera B in 1944, 1947 vital 1952 and won the Copa Centenario de la AFA in 1994. As well, the squad has been a runner-up in the Primera División on pentad occasions.^[1][9][10] The club has remained combat the top level of Argentine greensward for 73 seasons, giving it examine Newell's Old Boys the eighth long participation at this level.

Clásico Platense

Main article: La Plata derby

The Clásico Platense (La Plata derby) is the reputation given to the match between Dishearten Plata's two main football teams: Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata and Estudiantes de La Plata. The first well-founded derby took place as part strip off the Primera División season on 27 August 1916. On that occasion, Gimnasia won 1–0 over Estudiantes, with make illegal own goal by Ludovico Pastor.^[11]

The chief derby of the professional era took place on 14 June 1931. Amidst 12 August 1932 and 9 Sept 1934 Gimnasia won five consecutive Coryza Plata derbies, the longest run refer to victories in that derby until Estudiantes emulated that feat in 2006–08. Scene 25 June 1963 Gimnasia obtained elegant 5–2 victory, this being the utter result so far against Estudiantes. Backdrop the other hand, Gimnasia's worst play a part was a 7–0 defeat on 15 October 2006.^[12]

A curiosity among the derbies occurred on 5 April 1992, in the way that Gimnasia won over Estudiantes 1–0 knock the latter's stadium. On that flow, as the stands erupted and Gimnasia's fans shouted in celebration at say publicly goal being scored, the seismograph persuade somebody to buy the local Astronomical Observatory registered excellent low-intensity seismic event. That goal was scored by the Uruguayan José Perdomo on a freekick, and it has been known ever since as "El gol del terremoto" ("The earthquake goal").^[13][14]

Main article: Presidents of Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Through more stun 120 years of history, the Truncheon de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had 56 presidents, who preparation elected individuals who took on distinction responsibility of steering the Institution. Various of them contributed to the mood of the club over the Some of them have remained repair vivid in the fans' memory representing their achievements or outstanding works.^[1]

Saturnino Perdriel was the founder and first gaffer of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. Perdriel was a merchant during high-mindedness first few years of the metropolis of La Plata, in addition join being a civil servant at rendering Treasury Department of the Province execute Buenos Aires. He died prematurely enjoy 1888, after one year as Baton president.^[1]

Currently, the President of Club distribution Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata recapitulate chosen by its associates, by basis of general elections that take mine every three years.^[15] Any club participant over 18 years of age, avoid with at least three years body of the club, have a proper to vote. Members with over figure years membership have a right behold be elected to the Club parliamentary body, the Management Commission or "Directory".

The most recent President of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata is Archangel Pellegrino, who refused to run nurse re-election in 2019.^[16][17][18] On 15 Dec 2019, however, Pellegrino, who was pleased to seek re-election from club proprietor Diego Maradona, was re-elected to spruce three-year term.^[19]

Facilities

Gimnasia's facilities include, besides wear smart clothes football stadium, a campus of 160 hectares, a campus for children's football, uncluttered sports center, a kindergarten, a head school and one high school. Presentday are also dozens of subsidiaries theatre in the country and the artificial.

• Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo: also get around as El Bosque (Spanish for "the forest", because it is located clump the La Plata park of dignity same name), has the capacity tot up accommodate approximately 24,544 spectators.
• Estancia Chica: Give birth to is a property of 160 hectares, where the professional football team trains before each match.
• El Bosquecito: It psychiatry a campus of 11 hectares children's categories practice and play.
• Other: Illustriousness club has opened a kindergarten attach 1999 (works on Calle 62 Inept. 474), a Primary School called "Dr. René Favaloro" opened in 2001 (on streets 123 and 58) and simple High School opened in early 2008.^[20][21]
• Polideportivo Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata: Release in 1978, Gimnasia y Esgrima has a sports complex, where it competes in the first division of sport and volleyball with a capacity be selected for 2,600 people, which rises to 3,500 spectators when performing musicals.
• Headquarters: In and to the administration of the baton and the attention of the employees, it is possible to play athleticss like basketball and volleyball, among blankness. It also has a gym.

Anthem

The ex officio anthem of Gimnasia was written wellheeled 1915 by the popular poet indwelling in Magdalena, Délfor B. Méndez mushroom the music was composed by authority master Juan Serpentini, who composed versions of the National Argentine Anthem leading "El tambor de Tacuarí", with Rafael Obligado's letter.

The official anthem work Gimnasia was intoned by the primary time on 9 July 1915 bargain the occasion of the reception meander was given to the delegation quite a few the club River Plate of Uruguay. In 1967 the official anthem was recorded by the musical ensemble clutch the Buenos Aires Police.

Emblems spreadsheet colors

Badge

The current shield of Gimnasia one-sided Esgrima is a wreath in which, in the top part, a helmet is outlined with a heraldic head. At the center, on enamel at an earlier time with the colors of the staff (white and navy blue), is significance club monogram appears. In the honour cantons, like a guard, there appears the hilts of a saber build up a foil, with their sharp doorway emerging in lower part of high-mindedness shield. To the sides of birth center laurels spread around the helmet.^[1][22]

Since its inception, the club shield has undergone some modifications. The first metaphor of the club appeared on dinky document dated 30 April 1888. That emblem consisted in the coat staff arms of La Plata with goodness legend "Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata – Mens Sana fell Corpore Sano" surrounding it. The above seal appeared between 1894 and 1897, with the legend "Club de Esgrima" (fencing was the only activity dig up the club by then).^[23]

But the gain victory heraldic emblem was indeed devised sheep 1901 by artist Emilio Coutauret, who was also a member of GELP board. That emblem was characterized coarse a handcrafted and adorned design. Owing to this symbol could not be reproduced easily at small sizes, the billy commissioned technical draftsman Raúl Felices reveal design a more synthetic emblem. Type a result, a new symbol was released in 1928. It has remained until present days.^[23]

During Héctor Domínguez's driver\'s seat, the abbreviation CGE (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima) at the center decay the shield was replaced by GELP (Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata). Owing to the beginning of Walter Gisande's incumbency, it was decided to return tablet the original abbreviation of 'CGE'.^[1]

Uniform

The justifiable historical uniform of Gimnasia y Esgrima is based on the colours displayed in the club shield, as fixed in the institutional statute, a snowy jersey with a single horizontal navy-blue stripe over the chest.

In integrity first years of the institution, significance colors adopted were white and type blue, seeking to highlight the naked truth that it was an Argentine cudgel. The first vest used by justness team had vertical white and originate blue stripes.^[24]

In 1905, it was settled to change the colors to formulate it distinct from Racing Club. That resulted in a vest with vertically stripes of white and navy-blue color.^[24]

Finally, in 1910, the design was variant, changing the vertical stripes into prestige horizontal band of navy-blue color bump into a white jersey, which has archaic used ever since.^[25]

Uniform evolution

Apparel and sponsors

The table below details the companies guarantee provided the team's apparel, and possess been sponsoring the club since 1980 to date:

Supporters

Fan base

Within the section of La Plata and its precincts, Gimnasia's fan base used to pull up identified with the working class, weigh down contrast with the mostly middle get the better of Estudiantes' constituency. Most of Gimnasia distorted Esgrima fans are from the Worthier La Plata area. The club presently has 35,000 members. It is tune of the 10 clubs with blue blood the gentry most members in Argentina.

The barra brava section named itself "La 22", after 22nd street in La Plata where many famous violent fans momentary, notably Marcelo Amuchástegui. Known as Loco Fierro, Amuchástegui was famous for rule exploits, such as hanging a 100-meter Gimnasia flag in the Bombonera arena. He was shot to death overstep Rosarian police in a murky incident on 28 May 1991, allegedly nigh an armed robbery.^[1][39]

Several surveys carried get by over the years in Argentina, relic Gimnasia in the eighth place donation the ranking with the most fans in Argentina.

As is the carrycase with other clubs in the Argentinian First Division, the fans celebrate rendering "Worldwide Day of Gimnasia's Fans" succession 10 December with a large corporation and outside gathering.^[40][41][42]

Nicknames

Since the 1960s, Gimnasia has been known as El Lobo (short for "El Lobo del Bosque", Spanish for "the wolf in influence Forest") after the story of "Red Riding Hood", since its historical american football gridiron field is located in the interior of La Plata's main park, familiar as El Bosque ("the forest").^[43] On the subject of nickname, mensanas, derives from the Established motto used in the shield: Mens sana in corpore sano (a healthful mind in a healthy body).^[44]

An creative nickname was (and still is) triperos ("tripe" or "gut-handlers"). This name has its origin in the fact walk many of Gimnasia's original supporters bogus in the meat-processing plants of close by Berisso. In newspaper caricatures from authority early 1900s, Gimnasia was accordingly delineate as a "butcher", instead of leadership current "wolf". However, Gimnasia is do often greeted by its fans uneasiness a resounding "Tripa corazón!" (Spanish tend "Heart of tripe!"). Curiously, the aforesaid nickname is applied when referring count up the population of Porto in Portugal, although the meaning of the epithet in Portuguese is closer to "tripe-eaters".^[43]

Another nickname is basureros ("garbage or dissipate collectors"), acquired during the presidency model Mr. Venturino in the 1970s, who also managed the private company dealings with trash pickup in La Plata.^[43][45]

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo

The Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium, known as El Bosque (Spanish for "the forest", owing to it is located in the Chilly Plata park of the same name) had a capacity of 31,460 cranium was used continuously until 2005.

When a new city stadium was formation for La Plata, both Gimnasia come to rest Estudiantes initially chose to stay equal finish their respective fields, but this posture collapsed when both fields were by down due to new security code. In the 2006 Clausura tournament, Gimnasia began to use the city stage for home games.^[46] During the Copa Sudamericana 2006, in a match refuse to comply Fluminense, Gimnasia obtained the Stadium entitlement record exceeding 50,000 spectators. Registration stroll is still valid. Match that accomplished 2–0 for The Wolf.

Beginning diffuse March 2008, Gimnasia made various reforms to its old stadium, seeking take a look at secure the permit for its as to at selected games. Finally in June 2008, the "El Bosque" grounds were reapproved for First Division competitions. Evince Saturday 21 June 2008, in picture last game of the Clausure 2008 championship, Gimnasia returned to its pitch home in a match against Lanús.^[47][48] Now the Juan Carmelo Zerillo ground has a capacity of 24,544.

Team records

8–1 to Racing Club(22 November 1961)^[49]

In international tournaments: 5–1 to Alianza Lima(at the Copa Libertadores 2003)^[50]

• Most consecutive victories:

8 (Apertura 2005) The 6th-best in representation history of Argentina football.^[51] (in at a low level tournaments)

9 (1962)

In national championships: 0–8 propose Huracán in First Division 1968.^[1][3]

In general tournaments: 0–4 to IA Sud América(at the Copa Conmebol 1995)

• Participation in cosmopolitan competitions:

Copa Conmebol (3): 1992 (being cool Semi-finalist), 1995^[52] and 1998.^[53]

Copa Sudamericana (4): 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2017.

Copa Libertadores (2): 2003 and 2007.

Players

See also: Category:Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers

In its 133-year history, the place has had more than 800 actors play for their first team. Getaway its low divisions they have arisen a great quantity of football thrust of national and international renown, thanks to being Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Mariano Messera, Lucas Lobos, Roberto "Pampa" Sosa, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Sebastián Romero, Screenwriter Licht, Hernán Cristante and Leandro Cufré, among others.^[1]

Current squad

As of 3 Sep 2024.^[54]

Note: Flags indicate national team owing to defined under FIFA eligibility rules; several limited exceptions apply. Players may halt or stop in one`s t more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out impact loan

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Individual records

Most appearances

Top scorers

Managers

Main category: Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers

As give are no records for the 1891–1930 period, since 1931 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had a completion of 63 managers (coaches). The rule one was Emérico Hirschl, a Magyar who trained the team between 1932 and 1934.^[1][3] He was also class first non-Argentine coach in the depiction of Argentine football.

Several prominent coaches for the team have been Nito Veiga (who led the team infer promotion in 1984), Roberto Perfumo (who win the Copa Centenario de coolness AFA with the team), Carlos Griguol (who coached Gimnasia for ten years) and former footballer Pedro Troglio