La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1887 as 'Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima', the club is primarily known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system. The club was managed by football legend Diego Maradona from 2019 until his death in November 2020.

In football, its main discipline, it is one of the eight clubs with the most seasons in the Argentine First Division (96). In addition, it has 34,000 members. His two official AFA achievements, in this discipline, were the First Division Championship obtained in 1929 and the 1993 AFA Centennial Cup.

History

Presidents

Throughout its more than 134 years of history, there were 59 presidents who had the responsibility of directing the institutional destinies of the club. Many of them executed actions so that the entity grew over the years. Some remained more in the memory of the club's fans, due to their achievements, or for having carried out outstanding works.

Saturnino Perdriel, a prominent neighbor and merchant of the time, was the founder and first president of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, an official in the Ministry of Finance of the province of Buenos Aires, who died prematurely in 1888 (one year after the presidency).

Currently, the president of the club is elected by its members, through elections that are held every three years. In these elections, all members of the club over 18 years of age, with three years of age, have the right to elect and be elected. of seniority as members to vote and seven to be part of the Board of Directors.

Shield

The shield of the La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club is composed of a crown in the upper part of which a helmet with a crest stands out and in the center, on enamel and with the colors of the club (white and navy blue), it goes in highlight its monogram. In the upper corners, as a guard, the handles of a saber and a foil appear, the tips protruding from the lower part of the shield. On the sides of the center the helmet extends, on each side, a branch of laurels.

Over time it has undergone some changes. From 1887 to 1928, the shield designed by Emilio Coutauret was used, which had a more artisanal and ornate design. In 1964, when the statute was reformed, it was changed to a simpler one, but without losing the essence of the original. The latter is the one currently used, which has undergone some minor changes in recent years. During the presidency of Héctor Domínguez, the center's acronym was changed, replacing the historic "CGE" (Gymnastics and Fencing Club), with the "GELP" (Gymnastics and Fencing). La Plata), modification that lasted in the following mandates of Francisco Gliemmo and Juan José Muñoz. Since the beginning of Walter Gisande's presidency, the original acronym "CGE" was returned.

Uniform

The Gimnasia y Esgrima uniform is based on the colors of the club's shield, which were established in its social statute.

• Holding uniform: White t-shirt with a horizontal sea blue strip, trousers and white stockings.
• Alternative uniform: Marine blue t-shirt with a white horizontal strip, trousers and sea blue stockings.

Evolution of the uniform

Throughout history, the soccer jersey has changed its design, especially in its beginnings. A brief review:

• 1903-1905: The first Gymnastics t-shirt had the celestial and white colors in vertical stripes. The founders wanted to emphasize that it was a club in the Argentine Republic.
• 1905-1910: The second t-shirt was blue and white (also in vertical stripes) and white pants. The colors were changed to differentiate it from the Avellaneda Racing Club.
• 1910 forward : White with a horizontal strip of marine blue on its average part. The alternative shirt invests the colors being navy blue with the white strip.

1903-1905

1905-1910

1910 - Today

Start uniforms

1910-77

1978-79

1980-84

1985-87

1987-92

1992-93

1993-95

1996

1997-98

1998-2001

2001-03

2004-05

2006-07

2007-08

2008

2009

2009-10

2010

2011

2012

2013

2013-14

2015

2016-17

2017-18

2018

2018-19

2019-21

2021-22

2022

2023-Update

Substitute Uniforms

1910-77

1978-79

1980-84

1985-87

1987-92

1992-93

1993-95

1996-98

1998-2001

2001-03

2004-05

2006-07

2007-08

2008

2009

2009-10

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-21

2021-22

2022	2023-Update

Special uniforms

1990-93

1993-95

1999-2001

2003

2013-14

2015

2016-17

2018

2019

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022

2023

Clothes and sponsor

The following table details chronologically the clothing supplier companies and sponsors that Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had since the 1980s and 1990s respectively:

Period	Supplier	Sponsor/is	Sponsor/is secondary/s
1978-1979		None	None
1980-1984
1985-1990
1990-1992		Pegamax
1992		Diario El Día
1992-1993		Municipal Bank of La Plata
1993-1998
1998-2001
2001
2001-2002		Fideos Manera
2002		Ticket Vip
2003-2004		Suin
2004		Leading Insurance
2005		Medical Hair	Silver travel Bank of the Sun The Trattoria
2006		Crown Mustang	Bebesit Randers Bank of the Sun
2007-2008		Motomel	Bebesit Randers Bank of the Sun Flecha Bus
2008		The New Insurance	Flecha Bus
2009-2010			Flecha Bus Favaloro Foundation
2010		Rapicuotas	Flecha Bus Sky Buildings Polacrin Silver Card
2011-2013		Leading Insurance	Lottery of the Province Sky Buildings
2013-2014		Puerto La Plata Leading Insurance	Lottery of the Province Rapicuotas Plusmar
2015-2016		Lottery of the Province Leading Insurance	Rapicuotas Leading Insurance Plusmar
2017		None	Lottery of the Province Plusmar Rapicuotas
2017
2018-2021		Plusmar Shield Insurance	Lottery of the Province Pesgráfica Rapicuotas
2021-2022		Rapicuotas Sud Group	Plusmar Uruguay River Insurance
2022		Rapicuotas
2023-presente

On November 13, 2022, the club made it official that Givova will be the new technical sponsor of the Club until 2024.

Stadium

The Juan Carmelo Zerillo, also known as the "Estadio del Bosque", is the stadium of the La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club. It is located in the city forest, more precisely on 60th and 118th avenues. It was inaugurated on April 26, 1924 by Governor José Luis Cantilo and has undergone several renovations.

The current capacity is limited by the lack of dismantled stands and security requirements; Consequently, it is enabled for 27,717 spectators, with approximately 4,500 seats and 23,200 popular seats. It is expected that with the renovations that are being carried out it can reach a capacity of approximately 30,000 spectators.

The property also has an Olympic-size pool and another smaller one, where intensive swimming and free-pool courses are held every summer. It also has three tennis courts, where the club's tennis school operates.

After having a place for soccer practice on 12 and 71, on March 22, 1923, work began on 60 and 118, setting the measurements of the field at 118 meters long by 74 meters wide.

At the beginning of 1924, grass patches were placed on the sports field and a locker room was set up for visiting players and referees. A chalet was also built, located on the site of the current children's pool, which served as an administration, reception and locker room location for local players. In addition, it was decided that the members' gallery would face the Avenida del Bosque behind.

On April 26, 1924, the works were inaugurated, with the presence of the governor of that time, Dr. Cantilo. Although the official ceremony was postponed until the anniversary of the city of La Plata, when Gimnasia played a friendly match with Peñarol de Montevideo.

Between 2006 and 2008 the stadium could not be used for official tournaments, due to CoProSeDe safety regulations. The club played home matches at the Ciudad de La Plata stadium during that period. However, the city's mayor, Pablo Bruera, authorized the club to return to its stadium in mid-2008. However, Gimnasia can play at home in Ciudad de La Plata whenever it so decides.

In 2015 the construction of the "H" stalls began. Néstor Basile, this being the first stage of a strategic plan for the expansion and complete remodeling of the stadium. The completed project will have a total capacity of 23,500 spectators, but maintaining its character as a "transparent" and open to the forest.

Given the financial situation of the club, a date for the completion of the renovations is not planned.

Facilities

The facilities of the Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata club include, in addition to its soccer stadium, a 160-hectare property, another for children's soccer, a sports center, a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school. In addition, there are dozens of subsidiaries located throughout the country and the world.

• Estancia Chica: It is a predium of 160 hectares, where the trainings of the professional football table and the concentrations are performed before each meeting, and the recreation of the partner. A 900-square-metre campus is currently being built to transfer training from the professional Casona campus to this new site. In 1970 a paradisiacal place located in Abasto, with 160 hectares of green spaces and old buildings, was acquired by the Club. Estancia Chica is currently one of the most significant facilities in Gimnasia.
• Polideportivo Víctor Nethol: Inaugurated in 1978, Gimnasia and Esgrima has a sports center where they perform competencies of First Basketball Division, volleyball and futsal with capacity for 2600 people, which increases to 3500 spectators when performing musical shows. In December, seats will be placed in the popular ones to readapt them to silver plates, to be independent from Headquarters. There are also usually artistic Skating shows. While it is very difficult to separate it from the Social Headquarters by being in the same predium (foot 4 between 51 and 53) the Polideportivo has its own life and becomes the heart of the Club by passing through it more than a thousand athletes of all ages who use their facilities.
• Social Headquarters: Area in which, in addition to the management and attention of the partners, sports such as basketball, futsal and volleyball are practiced, among others. At the beginning of December, the remodeling of the front of the social headquarters will begin in order to unify the image. In 1926 the Club acquires an appropriate predium for the realization of its founding objectives and subsequently builds its Social Headquarters. The strategic location would allow the partners, who grew significantly, to approach the facilities more easily.
• The Forest: It is a space of 11 hectares where children's soccer categories are practiced and performed. In addition, the Hockey team on female lawn is local in this predium. With the idea of focusing the practices and games of the boys participating in the Children ' s Football in the same place, it was necessary to use some lands of Berisso, close to the Forest Stadium and to allocate them for the construction of several football pitches.
• Education: The club has a Infant Garden opened in 1999 (works on 62nd Street 474), a Primary School called "Dr. Rene Favaloro opened in 2001 (works on 123rd Street and 58th Street) and a Secondary School opened in early 2006.

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Nicknames

The fans of Gimnasia y Esgrima have several nicknames, among them are:

• Triplers: Support that began being for footballers, who for the 1920s were mostly from the cities of Ensenada and Berisso, and who, in some cases, continued to work in the slaughterhouses that abounded in those cities. When working with animal guts, usually cattle, they were called "triperos".
• Wolf: The nickname is the work of the cartoonist Julio César Trouet, who worked for the newspaper El Día de la ciudad de La Plata. Until 1953 the emblem that identified the club was that of a butcher (in relation to the nickname of "triperos"). The idea of the wolf arose because the stadium of Gimnasia and Esgrima is located in the forest of the city, and the team was recognized for its cunning and speed, as well as the animal that bears that name. Although the figure of the wolf was not taken immediately, it was from the great campaign of 1962 that the nickname and the club became practically synonymous.
• Basurero: The nickname was given by the same supporters of the club because Oscar Venturino, president of the institution between 1968 and 1979, was the owner of a house waste collection company. Although he is not the most popular nickname he has, he was during the 1970s.
• Mens Sana: It is part of the club motto, mens sana in corpore. It is a Latin date of Youth, whose original meaning is that of the need for a balanced spirit in a balanced body; it is not, therefore, the same sense with which today is used: "healthy in a healthy body".
• 22: The collective name of the swollen is "The 22". This because the number 22 in the quiniela means "El Loco" and the most important barrabrava of Gimnasia Marcelo Amuchástegui was nicknamed "El Loco Fierro".^{[chuckles]required]}

Homonymous Clubs

The club also has clubs of the same name and founded in its honor in the provinces of Río Negro, Mendoza, Jujuy, Buenos Aires, Neuquén, Entre Ríos and Formosa. Some of the homonymous clubs:

• Gimnasia and Jujuy's Spear.
• Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza.
• Gymnastics and Salta Shooting.
• Gimnasia and Esgrima de Santa Fe.
• Gymnastics and Spell (Pergamino).
• Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay.
• Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires.

Surveys

A survey on football preferences carried out by the Nation's Media Secretariat in 2006, indicated that in La Plata the majority of the population turns out to be fans of Gimnasia y Esgrima, with 20.5 percent, while that its rival, Estudiantes de La Plata, has 19.8 percent of it. According to that same survey, the capital of the province of Buenos Aires would be, along with Rosario, one of the few cities in the country where the predominance of the two largest Argentine soccer clubs (Boca Juniors and River Plate) is not such.

The preference survey coincides with the one carried out by the consulting firm Equis in 2003, where it had concluded that in La Plata the supporters of the local clubs are predominant, in this case Gimnasia and Estudiantes, relegating the fans of the two clubs most popular in the country, Boca Juniors and River Plate. This consultancy carried out another survey with similar characteristics in 2009, whose data confirms that in La Plata, as in other Argentine cities such as Santa Fe, Rosario or San Miguel de Tucumán, they are predominant the supporters of Gimnasia and Estudiantes, relegating the fans of the two most popular clubs in Argentina.

The survey "Fans and Football" carried out nationwide in March 2006 by the consulting firm TNS Gallup for Rexona, reflects a series of more than significant results about the passion and feelings of all football fans. The numbers were overwhelming, since almost 7 out of every 10 Argentines were passionate about soccer, the most popular sport in Argentina and in the world. This survey places Gimnasia seventh in popularity with 1% nationwide, sharing that position with Club Estudiantes de La Plata, Newell's Old Boys, Talleres de Córdoba and Vélez Sarsfield.

Another survey, produced by the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín during 2010 for the Argentine Bicentennial, places Gimnasia among the 10 "most popular teams in the country" - with 1% nationwide - along with Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Racing Club, Independiente, Rosario Central, Colón, Belgrano and Newell's Old Boys.

World Gymnastics and Fencing Fan Day

Many First Division clubs in Argentina and around the world have their day and the La Plata club celebrates "World Gymnastics and Fencing Fan Day" on December 10 of each year. The history of the festive date is related to the first march that the triperos made to the municipality to demand the transfer of the stadium lands. The promoter of the idea was the journalist Néstor Basile, editor of the magazine “Tribuna Gimnasista”. In the 2008 commemoration, eleven thousand people attended the forest stadium.

Club details

It was amateur.

• Best position in First Division: 1.o (in 1929)
• Worse First Division: 25th (between 34, in 1927)

He was a professional.

• Seasons in 1.a: 83 (1931-1943, 1945, 1948-1951, 1953-1979, 1985-2010/11, 2013/14-)
• Seasons in 2.a: 11
  • First B: 9 (1944, 1946-1947, 1952 and 1980-1984)
  • First National B: 2 (2011/12-2012/13)
• Best position in First Division2.o (sub-field on five occasions: Clausura 1995, Clausura 1996, Opening 1998, Closure 2002, Opening 2005)
• Worse First Division: 19.o (between 20, in Opening 2010)

Maximum goals achieved

• In amateur national championships:
  • 10:1 to River Plate (in 1905 in Division III)
  • 10:1 to Argentinian Quilmes (in 1905 in Division III)
• In First Division: 8:1 to Racing Club (in 1961, Racing was the Argentine champion.)
  • First B: 8:2 to New Chicago (in 1947) and Dock Sud (in 1947)
  • In international tournaments: 5:1 to Alianza Lima (in the Copa Libertadores 2003)
• Maximum number of consecutive wins in First Division:
  • 8 (Torneo Opening 2005), the sixth most important of Argentine football (in short tournaments).
  • 9 (Campeonato de 1962)
• Increased number of goals converted:
  • Arturo Naón (105 goals at 120 meetings)
  • Ismael Morgada (91 goals in 334 meetings)
  • Manuel Fidel (80 goals in 201 meetings)
  • Gabino Arregui (75 goals in 288 meetings)
  • Diego Francisco Bayo (71 goals at 138 meetings)
• Increased number of contested meetings:
  • Jorge San Esteban (462 meetings held between 1992-2003 and 2004-2009)
  • Guillermo Sanguinetti (393 meetings held between 1991-2003)
  • Lucas Licht (346 meetings held between 2001-2006 and 2012-2021)
  • Oscar Montañez (343 meetings held between 1932-1945)
  • Ismael Morgada (334 meetings held between 1922-1935)
• Participation in official international tournaments (10):
  • Conmebol Cup (3), 1992, 1995 and 1998.
  • South American Cup (5): 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017 and 2023.
  • Copa Libertadores (2): 2003 and 2007.
• Matches played in official international tournaments (40):

Promotions and relegations

• Rest to second division in the season 1943
• First Division (Second Division camp 1944)
• Descent to second division in the season 1945
• Ascense to First Division (Second Division champion 1947)
• Rest to First Division B in the 1951 season
• Ascense to First Division (field of First Division B 1952)
• Rest to First Division B in the 1979 season
• Ascense to First Division (Octgonal Champion of First Division B 1984)
• Descent to First National B in the 2010-11 season
• Ascense to First Division (underground of the National B 2012-2013)

Participations in the Argentine Cup

Classic and rivalries

Gimnasia's classic rival is Estudiantes de La Plata, the other club in the city with whom it competes in the La Plata Classic. This classic is one of the most important and passionate in Argentina.

The fans maintain a strong enmity with the fans of Platense, Quilmes, Unión and Independiente.

Players

Throughout its 136 years of history, there have been more than 800 footballers from the La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima Club who have worn the first team shirt. Jorge San Esteban, with more than 400 matches played, is the one who wore the albiazul shirt the most times. In turn, Arturo Naón with 105 goals in 120 games is the top scorer in the club's history.

A large number of nationally and internationally renowned footballers have emerged from its lower divisions, such as: Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Mariano Messera, Lucas Lobos, Roberto "Pampa" Sosa, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Sebastián Romero, Lucas Licht, Leandro Cufré, Hernán Cristante, Fabián Rinaudo, Lisandro Magallán, Milton Casco, Ignacio Fernández, among others. In addition, Gimnasia has historically formed its squad with local soccer players but also with foreigners, with Uruguayans predominating in preferences, with 69 soccer players.

Professional staff

Gymnastics and Tears Club Template of the 2023 season

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. End contract Eq. training International Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Archers 1 Argentina! 0ARQ Durable Thomas (3o) 24 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears Sub-20 12 Argentina! 0ARQ Francisco Vergara 22 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Rivadavia (L) 13 Argentina! 0ARQ Nahuel Manganelli 22 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 The Ducks (B) 23 Argentina! 0ARQ Nelson Insuffran 28 years San Martín de Tucumán 31-12-2023 Gymnastics and tears Defenders 2 Argentina! 1DEF Bruno Palazzo 22 years Ferro de General Pico 31-12-2023 Everton (LP) 3 Argentina! 1DEF Rodrigo Gallo 22 years Ferro de General Pico 31-12-2024 Peñarol Infantil (O) 4 Argentina! 1DEF Leonardo Morales 32 years Santamarina de Tandil 31-12-2025 Belgrano (P) 6 Argentina! 1DEF Guillermo Enrique 23 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears 18 Argentina! 1DEF Nicholas Colazo 33 years Renters 31-12-2023 Boca Sub-15 20 Argentina! 1DEF Yonathan Cabral 31 years Atletico Tucumán 30-06-2024 Racing 24 Argentina! 1DEF Germán Guiffrey 25 years Lower divisions 31-12-2023 Grand Jump (C) 28 Argentina! 1DEF Baptist Barros Schelotto 23 years Phoenix 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears 31 Argentina! 1DEF Matías Bazzi 22 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears 32 Argentina! 1DEF Luciano Gómez 27 years Independent 31-12-2024 Banfield 36 Argentina! 1DEF Diego Mastrángelo 20 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Cadets of San Martín 37 Argentina! 1DEF Felipe Sánchez 19 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Athletic (R) 40 Argentina! 1DEF Valentín Peñalva 20 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears 41 Argentina! 1DEF Gonzalo González 20 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 United of Olmos 46 Argentina! 1DEF Facundo Sánchez 20 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears Flying 5 Uruguay! 2VOL Rodrigo Saravia 23 years Peñarol 30-06-2024 Peñarol 8 Argentina! 2VOL Alexis Steimbach 21 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Coat (CS) 10 Argentina! 2VOL Pablo De Blasis 35 years Cartagena 31-12-2024 Rivadavia (LP) 14 Argentina! 2VOL Agustín Bolívar 27 years Almagro 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears 15 Argentina! 2VOL Nicolás Sánchez 19 years Lower divisions 31-12-2026 Defenders (VR) 19 Argentina! 2VOL Antonio Napolitano 24 years Iraq 31-12-2023 Gymnastics and tears Sub-19 22 Argentina! 2VOL Matías Miranda 23 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears Sub-17 34 Argentina! 2VOL Leandro Mamut 19 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 The Falkland Islands 35 Argentina! 2VOL Alan Sosa 20 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Gymnastics and tears 39 Argentina! 2VOL Zago Zegarra 22 years Lower divisions 31-12-2025 Gymnastics and tears 89 Argentina! 2VOL Lucas Castro 34 years Hurricane 31-12-2024 Alumni (LH) -- Argentina! 2VOL Lautaro Álvarez 19 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears -- Argentina! 2VOL Jara Insulation 24 years Deportivo Madryn 31-12-2023 Gymnastics and tears Delanteros 7 Argentina! 3OF THE Benjamin Domínguez 20 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears Sub-20 9 Uruguay! 3OF THE Matías Abaldo 19 years Ombudsman Sporting 31-12-2024 Ombudsman Sporting Sub-20 11 Argentina! 3OF THE Eric Ramírez 27 years Quilmes 31-12-2024 Grand Jump (C) 16 Argentina! 3OF THE Agustín Riggio 19 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears 21 Argentina! 3OF THE Lautaro Chávez 22 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears Sub-20 25 Argentina! 3OF THE Cristian Tarragona (2o) 32 years Vélez Sarsfield 31-12-2023 Arsenal 26 Argentina! 3OF THE Franco Torres 24 years Brown from Puerto Madryn 31-12-2024 Banfield 27 Argentina! 3OF THE Franco Soldano 29 years Olympiakos 31-12-2024 Union (S) 29 Argentina! 3OF THE Ivo Mammini 20 years Lower divisions 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears 30 Argentina! 3OF THE Rodrigo Castillo 24 years Deportivo Madryn 31-12-2025 River 33 Argentina! 3OF THE Sebastian Cocimano 23 years Güemes de Santiago del Estero 31-12-2024 Gymnastics and tears Sub-19 42 Argentina! 3OF THE Agustín Ramírez 23 years Ferro de General Pico 31-12-2024 Grand Jump (C) 45 Argentina! 3OF THE Mateo Cardozo 20 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears -- Argentina! 3OF THE Pablo Alvarez 20 years Lower divisions Youth Gymnastics and tears Cessions N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Lost to Cont. Lost players -- Colombia! 2MED Harrinson Mancilla 31 years Cúcuta Sarmiento de Junín 31-12-2023 -- Argentina! 3OF THE Rodrigo Holgado 28 years Audax Italiano United States 31-12-2023			Coach(s) Leonardo Madelón Assistant coach(s) Esteban González Federico Mociulsky Physical Preparer(s) Augusto Wood Hugo Díaz Coach(s) of porters Christian Dottori Video analysis Facundo Juárez Ignatius Giusti Nutritionist(s) Lucia Márquez Delegate Cristián Jorgensen (Administrative Assistant) Physical therapist(s) Jorge Murúa (Kinesiologist) Sebastián Leymarie (Kinesiologist) Masajist(s) Alejandro Brizzi Utilero(s) Leandro Ladogana Emiliano Silva Omar Valenzuela Doctor(s) Paul From Compare (Traumatologist) Flavio Tunessi (Traumatologist) Legend Pos.: Position Nac.: Nationality of sport Captain Mission BY / ARQ: Guardameta DEF: Defense MED / VOL: Camper OF THE: Delantero Updated on September 3, 2023 Official web template

• Argentinian teams are limited by AFA to have in their first division table a maximum quota of six foreign players.

Transfer market

• Updated on September 3, 2023.

Legend
	Free: The player arrives with the pass in his power.
	End of contract: The player ends his bond with the institution.
	Termination: The player rescinds his link with the institution.
	Transfer: The player arrives transferred from another institution.
	Transfer: The player was transferred to another institution.
	Cession: The player arrives ceded by another institution.
	Cession: The player was transferred to another institution.
	End of assignment: The player finishes his loan with the institution.
	Promotion: The player was promoted from the lower divisions.

Incorporations

Incorporation
Dorsal	Player	Position	Proceedings	Type	Cost
Summer
DT	Sebastián Romero	Technical Director	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
12	Francisco Vergara	Archer	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
23	Nelson Insuffran	Archer	San Martín de Tucumán	End of assignment.	USD 0
2	Bruno Palazzo	Central law	Ferro de General Pico	End of assignment.	USD 0
3	Rodrigo Gallo	Left side	Ferro de General Pico	End of assignment.	USD 0
28	Baptist Barros Schelotto	Right side	Phoenix	End of assignment.	USD 0
36	Diego Mastrángelo	Left central	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
37	Felipe Sánchez	Left central	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
38	Tomás Fernández	Central law	Ferro de General Pico	End of assignment.	USD 0
40	Valentín Peñalva	Central law	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
14	Agustín Bolívar	Central	Almagro	End of assignment.	USD 0
15	Nicolás Sánchez	Central	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
17	Maximilian Comba	Right wing	Belgrano de Córdoba	End of assignment.	USD 0
19	Antonio Napolitano	Mixed fly	Iraq	End of assignment.	USD 0
35	Alan Sosa	Mixed fly	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
39	Zago Zegarra	Left fly	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
--	Lautaro Álvarez	Central	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
--	Harrinson Mancilla	Central	Sarmiento de Junín	End of assignment.	USD 0
16	Agustín Riggio	Left extreme	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
26	Franco Torres	Mediapunta	Brown from Puerto Madryn	End of assignment.	USD 0
30	Rodrigo Castillo	Attack centre	Deportivo Madryn	End of assignment.	USD 0
33	Sebastian Cocimano	Attack centre	Güemes de Santiago del Estero	End of assignment.	USD 0
42	Agustín Ramírez	Right	Ferro de General Pico	End of assignment.	USD 0
--	Pablo Alvarez	Attack centre	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
Winter
DT	Leonardo Madelón	Technical Director	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Free.	USD 0
20	Yonathan Cabral	Central law	Atletico Tucumán	Cession.	USD 0
32	Luciano Gómez	Right side	Argentinos Juniors	Cession.	USD 0
46	Facundo Sánchez	Left central	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0
5	Rodrigo Saravia	Central	Peñarol	Cession.	USD 135 000
10	Pablo De Blasis	Mixed fly	Cartagena	Free.	USD 0
89	Lucas Castro	Mixed fly	Hurricane	Free.	USD 0
--	Jara Insulation	Left fly	Deportivo Madryn	End of assignment.	USD 0
9	Matías Abaldo	Right	Ombudsman Sporting	Cession.	USD 175 000
45	Mateo Cardozo	Right	Lower divisions	Promotion.	USD 0

Disconnections

Disclaimers
Dorsal	Player	Position	Destination	Type	Value
Summer
DT	Néstor Gorosito	Technical Director	Columbus de Santa Fe	Contract end.	USD 0
17	Rodrigo Rey	Archer	Independent	Contract end.	USD 0
--	Juan Cruz Segobia	Archer		Free / No contract.	USD 0
2	Guillermo Fratta	Central law	Renters	End of assignment.	USD 0
3	Oscar Piris	Left central	Union de Santa Fe	Contract end.	USD 0
--	Jorge Benítez	Left side	Argentine of Rosario	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Nelson.	Central law		Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Dylan Godoy	Right side	Defenders of Cambaceres	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Nicolás Gutiérrez	Left central		Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Nazarene Palavecino	Left side	Central Córdoba (SdE)	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Matías Valenti	Central law	Villa San Carlos	Free / No contract.	USD 0
5	Emanuel Cecchini	Central	Spanish Uniona	Contract end.	USD 0
10	Brahian German	Offensive flyer	Banfield	Transfer.	USD 750 000
27	Manuel Insaurralde	Mixed fly	San Lorenzo de Almagro	End of assignment.	USD 0
30	Agustín Cardozo	Central	Tiger	End of assignment.	USD 0
33	Nery Laws	Central	Atletico Tucumán	End of assignment.	USD 0
--	Alex Aramayo	Offensive flyer	Independent of Abasto	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Valentin Jouglard	Central	White Bay Liniers	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Harrinson Mancilla	Central	Sarmiento de Junín	Cession.	USD 0
--	Elías Mones Cazón	Mixed fly	Porteño de Ensenada	Free / No contract.	USD 0
11	Ramon Sosa	Left extreme	Workshops in Córdoba	Transfer.	USD 2 200 000
26	Alexis Domínguez	Attack centre	Tristan Suarez	End of assignment.	USD 0
--	Santiago Ortuño	Right	Huracán de Comodoro Rivadavia	Free / No contract.	USD 0
--	Manuel Pagano	Mediapunta		Free / No contract.	USD 0
Winter
DT	Sebastián Romero	Technical Director		Contract termination.	USD 0
32	Matías Melluso	Left side	Paphos	Contract termination.	USD 500 000
38	Tomás Fernández	Central law	Atlanta	Contract termination.	USD 0
5	Ignacio Miramón	Central	Lille	Transfer.	USD 8 000
10	Thomas Muro	Offensive flyer	Orembourg	Transfer.	USD 1 300 000
17	Maximilian Comba	Right wing	Volos	Contract termination.	USD 45 000
20	Alan Lescano	Offensive flyer	Argentinos Juniors	Transfer.	USD 2 500 000
9	Nicholas Continuous	Attack centre	Sport Boys	Contract termination.	USD 0

Coaches

The Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club has had a total of 63 soccer coaches throughout its history. The club's first coach was the Hungarian Emérico Hirschl, who coached the institution between 1932 and 1934.

Some coaches who remained in the memory of the club were Nito Veiga (who achieved promotion in 1984), Roberto Perfumo (coach in the final of the Centenario Cup), Carlos Timoteo Griguol (who led the team in three stages, totaling ten years) and the former soccer player Pedro Troglio.

In 1993 Roberto Perfumo took charge of the technical management of the club, prior to the final of the Centenario Cup, of which he would become the winner. A year later, Carlos Timoteo Griguol took over as coach and achieved 3 runners-up finishes (1995 Clausura Tournament, 1996 Clausura Tournament and 1998 Apertura Tournament). He would manage until 1999, when he would emigrate to Betis in Spain. He would return shortly after to direct the Wolf in the 2000/2001 season, and then be replaced by the Uruguayan Gregorio Pérez. In the 2003/2004 season Griguol began his third stage at Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, where he finished his career as a soccer coach.

On January 3, 2008, the position of coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata was taken over by the club's former soccer player, Guillermo "Topo" Sanguinetti. "Topo" said goodbye to football at the age of 37, totaling 383 games. local and 18 international, being the second footballer with the most appearances in the centenary history of Gimnasia y Esgrima, behind Jorge San Esteban. Due to the low number of points that the team managed to collect, a common agreement was reached between the leadership of Gimnasia and Sanguinetti for their separation.

On September 30, 2008, the La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club hired Leonardo Madelón as technical director. After a brief stint with Pablo Fernández as coach, Diego Cocca took charge of the technical direction.

In 2011, to face the B Nacional, Osvaldo Ingrao took charge of the team, but due to poor results he was succeeded by Pedro Troglio, who achieved promotion and fifth place on his return to First Division. After the departure of Pedro Troglio, Gustavo Alfaro takes over, after being in charge of the team for 1 year.

At the end of Gustavo Alfaro's contract, Mariano Soso took the vacant position of technical director. On Thursday, December 28, 2017, it was confirmed that after a brief tenure as technical director, Mariano Soso resigned from the position, with Facundo Sava taking over, who wore the tri-shirt from 1997 to 2002. After poor results, he was succeeded by Pedro Troglio again. Which gets Gimnasia to reach the final of the 2017-18 Argentine Cup. After losing the final and poor results in the league, he was fired and Darío Ortiz, former player of the AFA Centenario Cup champion Club, would be his replacement.

For the 2019-20 season, the "Indio" Ortiz leaves his position for not achieving good results. His replacement would be nothing more and nothing less than Diego Maradona accompanied by Sebastián & # 34; Gallego & # 34; Mendez. It would be his return to Argentine football, as a coach and with the aim of saving Gimnasia from relegation, which was increasingly compromised at the bottom of the average table. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, relegations are suspended and Gimnasia, which had earned quite a few points, manages to save itself.

For 2021, he will be succeeded by the interim duo of Mariano Messera and Leandro Martini, who would leave office at the end of August 2021. "Pipo" Gorosito would succeed them.

Diego Armando Maradona

After the resignation of coach Darío Ortiz on August 31, 2019 due to poor results, the club began the search for a new coach. On the morning of September 5, the club president, Gabriel Pellegrino, met with Matías Morla, Diego Maradona's lawyer, to confirm his signing. On September 8, he was received by 20,000 of the club's fans at the Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium. Maradona, shocked by the reception, expressed:

You fans will give us the plus to win the games. And we're gonna win them! This shirt is the most beautiful in the world because it has our colors. Here I am at my house.

The revolution caused by the arrival of Maradona was such that the club added 3,000 members in three days and sold out of the new shirts that had been put on sale with the number 10 and the inscription "Maradona" In the back. In the Argentine Super League he had six wins, five draws and eight losses, while he also won the only match he managed to play for the Argentine Cup to eliminate Sportivo Barracas. His last game in which he led Gimnasia itself was against Boca Juniors for the Super League, where the "Lobo" lost 0:1.

Argentine football was interrupted for many months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned with the 2020 Professional League Cup, where in its first match Gimnasia defeated Patronato 3:0, However Maradona did not He led the team alongside Sebastián Ariel Méndez as he did since his arrival, but Méndez led only because Maradona was facing health problems. This would continue to happen in the rest of the games until his death.

On November 17, 2020, Maradona communicated with the Gimnasia players and coaching staff through a video call, where he was excited to return to training fifteen days after the date, even if his treatment lasted 40 more days.. On November 25, Diego Maradona died from cardiorespiratory arrest at his home in Tigre.

Palmarés

National Titles (2)

•Note: in bold, current tournaments.

Other achievements

• First Division Promotional Tournament (1): 1967

Friendly national tournaments

• Trophy Eva Perón (1): 1953
• Governor Alende Cup (1): 1960
• Daily Cup Day (1): 1974
• Copa Diario La Gaceta (2): 1972 and 1977
• Friendship Cup (1): 1977 and 2006
• Buenos Aires Province Cup (1): 1998
• La Plata Municipality Cup (2): 1999 and 2001
• Malvinas Argentinas Cup (1): 2003
• Mar del Plata City Cup (1): 2009
• Necochea City Cup (1): 2012
• Copa Amistad Ciudad de La Plata (1): 2014
• Ensenada City Cup (1): 2016
• Copa Banco Province (1): 2017
• Summer Cup Schneider (2): 2018 and 2019

Friendly international tournaments

• President Benavides Cup (Peru) (1): 1937
• Cuadrangular of Assumption (1): 1975
• Trofeo Ciudad de Zamora (Spain) (1)1989
• Colonia del Sacramento Cup (1): 1998
• II Crystal Cup (Chile) (1): 2005
• Uruguayan National Champions Cup 45.o (1)2015

Futsal

El Lobo was one of the founding clubs of the Futsal Championship of the Argentine Football Association in 1986. However, its time in said championship was fleeting and it was absent for several decades.

After 35 years, Gimnasia will participate in the First Division, after becoming champion of the First B in 2021.

History

Beginnings

Along with 10 other clubs, Gimnasia participated in the inaugural championship of the Argentine Football Association. In the tournament he achieved 4 victories and 1 draw. For unknown reasons, his points were voided and he has not participated since 1987.

Return and descent

In 2015, the wolf returned to the AFA futsal championships. The club had to join the First C, a category that had been created a year before. However, her campaigns were very weak: in 2015 she ended up in a position of disaffiliation, but she was able to continue competing because she was suppressed; In 2016 he again ended up in a position of disaffiliation. However, in 2017 the First D was created, so the team was relegated to the fourth category.

From First D to First B

In 2017, Gimnasia's course changes completely when it competes in the inaugural Primera D tournament. It competes in Zone B and gets 48 points, obtained in 22 games with 14 wins and 6 draws; reaching second place in the zone and obtaining the right to play a match with the guard of Zone A for the third promotion. The match was played on December 5 in Avellaneda on the S.E.C.L.A. court. against Excursionistas, who opened the scoring in the first half but, at the end of the match, the wolf got 2 goals from Ramírez and Saldivia to achieve the first promotion in the club's history.

In 2018 he returned to play in the Primera C, but this time he achieved a very different performance than in 2015 and 2016: he achieved second place in the championship with 78 points, achieved in 34 games with 24 wins and 6 draws, remaining behind of the champion Don Bosco, obtaining promotion several dates earlier by drawing against Caballito Juniors by 1 to 1.

Championship and promotion to First Division

In 2019 he received the lobo in Primera B, the result of 2 consecutive promotions obtained since 2017. In his debut in the category he would have the best campaign in recent years, being worthy of the promotion, but the The format of the 2 higher categories was different from that of Primera C and Primera D: after 38 dates, Gimnasia finished in first place, equaling with Camioneros on 82 points, due to goal difference it was in the aforementioned position; However, the 2 promotions had to be defined in the final phase, where the 8 best in the standings qualified. The lobo, being the leader, played against the eighth place Unión de Ezpeleta who, despite the distance in the positions, managed to beat the local lobo and, after tying in the second game, eliminated Gymnastics and advanced to the semifinals.

In 2020, a new season of Primera B began, where the wolf started with a victory over whoever had eliminated it in the previous competition. However, after the first date was played, the tournament was suspended due to health restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was finally cancelled. After months of waiting, in November the new tournament is held and Gimnasia takes first place in Zone 4, moving on to the final phase for the 2 promotions, where it would be quickly eliminated by Argentinos Juniors.

In the 2021 season, it reached third place in Zone 1, which is why it qualified for the decagonal of the Championship Zone. Their performance improved even more, finishing second in the decagonal, moving on to the quarterfinals. In that instance, Pacifico was measured against the team that it defeated in the first game, but after falling on penalties in the second game, a third game had to be played, where it won 2 to 1. In the semifinals, the long-awaited promotions were disputed, and Gimnasia faced Country, which had just eliminated the leader of the decagonal Nueva Chicago. However, that did not stop him and, after winning 4 to 2 in Dock Sud, he achieved promotion in Lomas by winning 7 to 3. Having achieved his return to the First Division after 35 years, he faced Atlanta in the final, that would return to First Division after 17 years at the cost of eliminating none other than River Plate: winning 4 to 2 in Dock Sud and losing 4 to 3 in Villa Crespo, it won the championship by beating 7 to 2 in the last match in Ezpeleta, becoming champion for the first time in its history.

Palmarés

• First B: 1 (2021)

Club details

• Seasons in First Division: 2 (1986 and 2022)
• Seasons in First B: 3 (2019, 2020 and 2021)
• Seasons in First C: 3 (2015, 2016 and 2018)
• Seasons in First D: 1 (2017)

Women's volleyball

One of the outstanding sports of the Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata club is women's volleyball, which has great importance within Argentine volleyball, being the only institution of the nine founders of the «Federación de Voleibol y Pelota al Cesto » which currently continues to practice and in the highest divisions. Currently, the federation is called the "Metropolitan Volleyball Federation" (FMV).

Their team, popularly known as Las Lobas have participated in a large number of titles at the national and metropolitan level, also obtaining various titles.

Roster 2023

Current equipment Club of Gymnastics and Sgrim La Plata 2023

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Height Age Eq. provenance Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 1 ARG! 4Punta Nicole Perez (J) 19 years CEF 5 de La Rioja 2 ARG! 3OPPOSED Victoria Cataldi 1.82m 30 years Bank 3 ARG! 1Central Carolina Polanis 1.83m 24 years Bank 4 ARG! 0Armador Constanza Carignano (J) 19 years Tucumán de Gimnasia 6 ARG! 0Armador Giuliana Caporali (J) 22 years Bank 8 ARG! 0Armador Julieta Aruga (J) 1.71m 19 years CEF 5 de La Rioja 9 ARG! 4Punta Camila Bianco (J) 1.77m 20 years Lower divisions 10 ARG! 2Libero Martina Oyola (J) 17 years Lower divisions 12 ARG! 1Central Avril García (J) 1.86m 19 years Junín Vóley 13 ARG! 1Central Constanza Avolio (J) 20 years San José de Entre Ríos 14 ARG! 3OPPOSED Nayla Da Silva (J) 20 years San José de Entre Ríos 15 ARG! 2Libero Virginia Granado 1.86m 31 years Students of La Plata 18 ARG! 4Punta Valentina Bianchi (J) 21 years Lower divisions 19 ARG! 4Punta Camila Giraudo (J) 1.74m 21 years Rivadavia de Villa María 20 ARG! 2Libero Helena Catini (J) 19 years Lower divisions 22 ARG! 4Punta Rosa Reinoso 1,76m 27 years Villa Dora de Santa Fe ARG! 1Central Delfina González (J) Lower divisions ARG! 2Libero Camila Baltusis (J) Lower divisions ARG! 1Central Alejandra Bilyk (J) Lower divisions			Senior coach Martín Ambrosini Assistant coach(s) Alejandra García Croker Dana Mongay Physical Preparer(s) Julian Giraldez Statistical Assistant(s) Nicolas Ippolito Legend (C) Captain (J) Youth Mission Updated on January 9, 2023 Official web template

Achievements obtained

Palmarés

Competition Country Year Post Morgan FMV Cup Argentina 1951 Champion Evita Tournament Argentina 1954 Champion Lola Berta Tournament Venezuela 1955 Champion Quadrangular Tournament Chile 1972 Champion Quadrangular Tournament Chile 1975 Champion Nautical Quadrangular Uruguay 1976 Champion Banco República Uruguay 1976 2. Argentine Club League Argentina 1998-1999 3.o Argentine Club League Argentina 1999-2000 Champion Metropolitan Federation Argentina 2000 Champion South American Tournament Brazil 2000 4.o Argentine Club League Argentina 2000-2001 Champion Metropolitan Federation Argentina 2000-2001 Champion Argentine Club League Argentina 2003 Champion Metropolitan League (FMV) Argentina 2004 Champion Argentine Club League Argentina 2005 2. Int Tournament. Norma Rimoldi Argentina 2005 Champion Int Tournament. CAE Classic Argentina 2010 Champion Metropolitan League (FMV) Argentina 2010 3.o 80th Anniversary of FMV Argentina 2012 Champion Ever Ready Cup Maximum Pinasco Argentina 2013 Champion Opening Tournament (FMV) Argentina 2014 Champion Argentine Club League Argentina 2015 3.o South American Tournament Argentina 2016 4.o Argentine Club League Argentina 2017 Champion

Basketball

The club occupies 26th place in the historical table of the National League of the Association of Basketball Clubs with 366 points in 244 games. Basketball (or basketball) began to be practiced in the Gymnastics club and Fencing La Plata in the 1920s and in 1924 a court was built on the property at 60 and 118. From that moment on, it would become one of the main sports practiced at the club.

The Gimnasia y Esgrima basketball team reached its peak during the 1978 and 1979 campaigns. The first title it obtained was in 1978 when it defeated Obras Sanitarias at the Ferrocarril Oeste stadium by 72 to 67 for the Metropolitan title. Basketball players in this period were González, Finito Gehrmann, Peinado, and Americans like Lawrence Jackson and point guard Clarence Edgar Metcalfe, who was the leader of the team and was chosen as the best basketball player in the league in 1979. A year later Gimnasia y Esgrima He won the tournament again, being crowned champion of the 1979 Metropolitano, again against Obras Sanitarias, this time by 92 to 84.

Gimnasia y Esgrima was growing in the National Basketball League in the 2003-2004 season, where it came second after losing in the final to Boca Juniors 4-2. In the following season it was relegated to the TNA (National Tournament of Promotion), by decision of its authorities headed by the then president of the club Juan José Muñoz, who decided to take away a large part of the budget, which caused the main figures of the team that had obtained the runners-up to be lost. After military service in the TNA, the authorities decide not to renew the square. In 2013, the first division team led by César "Conejo" Adriani, participated in the provincial club tournament with the base of players from the lower divisions plus the reinforcements of Leonardo La Bella and Gonzalo Marín, achieving one of the two promotions. to the Federal Tournament after winning the semifinal in the 3rd match against Club Del Agreement de San Nicolás. In the following season, 2014-2015, the first Gimnasia team, based on the provincial tournament and the same coaching staff, reached the semifinals of the Federal Tournament, losing to Olimpo de Bahía Blanca. After this tournament, he received an invitation from the ADC to participate again in the National Promotion Tournament (TNA) in the 2015-2016 season.

Roster

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (2022-23)

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Height Age Proceedings Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 4 ARG! 7A Yago Sánchez 1,94 m (6′ 4′′′′) 24 years Inferior Divisions 5 ARG! 9AP Facundo Vallejos 2.00 m (6 7′′′′) 28 years Students of La Plata 6 ARG! Rodrigo Mayol (J) 1,96 m (6 5′′′′) 20 years Inferior Divisions 7 ARG! 7A Alan Moreno 1,86 m (6′ 1′′′) 26 years Concordian Students 8 ARG! 4E Juan Pablo Lancieri 1,90 m (6′ 3′′′) 28 years Municipality of Junín 9 ARG! 0B Santiago Mazza 1.85 m (6′ 1′′′) 22 years Ferro 10 ARG! 0B Nicolás Gianella (C) 1.81 m (5 11′′′′′) 45 years Peñarol de Mar del Plata 11 ARG! 9AP Lee Aaliya (J) 2,02 m (6 8′′′′) 19 years Inferior Divisions 12 ARG! 9AP Marcos Helman 1,93 m (6′ 4′′′) 24 years Argentine Firmat 13 ARG! 7A Tomas Cocha 1,93 m (6′ 4′′′) 25 years Ituzaingo gymnastics 14 ARG! Matías Nieves (J) Inferior Divisions 15 ARG! 12P Franco Barroso 2.07 m (6 9′′′′) 29 years Spanish Osorno ARG! 4E Isidro Amendolara (J) 1.88 m (6′ 2′′′′) 20 years Inferior Divisions			Senior coach Fabian Renda Assistant coach(s) Juan Manuel Budiño Santiago Forensics Physical Preparer(s) Joaquin Leguizamón Doctor(s) Ignatius Soncini Juan Manuel Berro Legend Captain (J): Youth (U23)Sub 23 (E): Aliens

Other sports sections

Martial arts

As of 2018, the institution has a significant number of disciplines related to martial arts; all of them amateur in nature. They are held at the Sports Center on 4th Street where the institution's headquarters are located. Among the martial arts practiced are yugo, taekwondo, aikido, kung fu, karate and kendo-laido.

Fencing

Fencing was the club's first official sport. Since its creation, the practice of fencing has intensified. It is in 1914 when this sport was growing to an unsurpassed level, with Horacio Casco, later president of the club, and Carmelo Merlo shining, both Argentine representatives in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, who obtained prize positions in the games. It is one of the founding member clubs of the Argentine Fencing Federation (FAE) in 1921. At the end of the 1940s, this discipline stopped being practiced. In March 2014, the club announced that it would return to practicing this discipline, reincorporating its first sport into its program.

Women's soccer

The Gimnasia y Esgrima women's soccer team played its first official tournament in 2002, playing in the Clausura tournament of the Women's Soccer Championship. He played a total of 12 tournaments, where he reached fourth position five times. After finishing the last 2007 Apertura Tournament without points, the team was dissolved.

In 2017, under the leadership of Gabriel Pellegrino, and after CONMEBOL announced important changes in the structure of international tournaments, forcing participants to have a women's team and another youth team, the club reopened this discipline, and Starting in June, Division B of the Argentine Football Association begins to play, under the command of Federico Quiroga.

Missing sections

In addition to all the sections mentioned, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had teams in other sports disciplines throughout its history. They are sections that, for one reason or another, were dissolved.

• Rugby: Between 1924 and 1934 rugby was practiced. Then, after a demand from the Argentine Union of Rugby for which it was forbidden to practice this sport to the clubs in which other sports were practiced professionally, the representation "healthy men" He just called himself. Gymnastics and Spell The Rugby Club Silver. Four years later the rugby is completely unlinked, giving rise to what is now called La Plata Rugby Club.
• Palette: In July 1943 the paddle ball court is enabled and a large number of partners are enrolled in their categories. The following year the national title of the fourth category is achieved.
• You have a table: Between 1945 and 1951 the Platense de Tenis de Mesa Association and the Argentine Federation were formed. Gimnasia is the founder of the Association and gets most of the tournaments organized during those six years.
• Greek-Roman struggle: Between 1924 and 1928 the club had a Greek-Roman fighting team.
• Gymnastics: It is during the 1930s when the practice of gymnastics in large appliances is intensified and five years after athletics members travel with the Argentine delegation participating in the Berlin Olympic Games. This discipline worked between 1957 and 1976.

Other now extinct activities that took place in the club were: Water polo, Cycling, Bocce, Motorsports and Judo, among others.