Rosario Central Athletic Club
The Club Atlético Rosario Central, known simply as Rosario Central or Central, is an Argentine sports entity from the city of Rosario, in which he participates in the First Division of Argentina. He also owns the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium.
Other disciplines are also practiced at the institution, such as women's soccer —in which they also compete in the respective First Division competition—, field hockey, basketball, skating, boxing, taekwondo, futsal, beach soccer, and volleyball, among others.
In 1905 —with the founding of the Rosario Football League— the club was finally able to develop its main activity. He separated from it on two occasions: the first in 1913 where he participated in the dissident Rosarina Football Federation, while the second was between 1920 and 1921 where he was part of the also dissident Rosarina Football Association. Between 1931 and 1938 he was a member of the Rosario Football Association, where he played his first professional championships. Between these three periods, which go from 1905 to 1938, Rosario Central totaled fifteen local championships, seven official Rosario cups and five official AFA national cups.
Although throughout the Rosario amateur and professional era (1905-1938) the club actively participated in the official national Cups organized by the associations that preceded the AFA, it was not until 1939 that it was definitively incorporated into the regular professional League Championship of the First Division organized by the governing body of Argentine soccer, where he became champion four times. It is also the first team from the interior to be champion and runner-up in national league tournaments, and the first from the interior of the country to win an Argentine Cup.
On an international level, they once won the Conmebol Cup —the official precursor tournament of the current Copa Sudamericana— and reached the final of the same cup on another occasion. This achievement makes it the only team in the province of Santa Fe that won an official international title organized by the South American Football Confederation. With 24 official participations in international tournaments organized by Conmebol Rosario Central is the seventh Argentine club with the most participations official internationals, being the best club in the interior of the country located in that area. In addition, to this day, he has participated in 12 Copa Libertadores de América, where he was a semifinalist twice.
He has ten national titles —five in amateurism and five in professionalism— and one official international to his credit. This places it as the team from the interior of the country with the most official achievements obtained, ranking tenth in the total sum of official titles in the history of Argentine soccer. In addition, Central is the only team from the interior of the country that has First Division titles of AFA, the AFA National Cup and the South American Football Confederation International Cup. No other club outside of Greater Buenos Aires and La Plata has official achievements in all these items.
Their classic rival is Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys, identified with the Parque Independencia in the city of Rosario, with whom they play the Rosario Clásico. and it has been on top of it for more than 70 years.
Rosario Central is one of the clubs that claims to be one of the greats of Argentine soccer.
History
Foundation
On Christmas Eve of 1889, a group of people from the Argentine Central Railway of Rosario met with the intention of creating a soccer club. Thomas Mutton proposed the name "Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club". The attendees gave their approval, and Scotsman Colin Bain Calder was elected president.
In 1890, he played the first game at Niuvel; a group of British sailors agreed to face the team. The match resulted in 1 to 1. They formed that day M. Barton; Postell and Camp; J. Muskett, J. Barton, and King; McLean, T. Muskett, Miguel Green, McIntock, and Henry Hooper.
Until 1903, only railroad employees could be members. That year, in an extraordinary assembly, the statute was changed at the request of striker Miguel Green, allowing all those who wanted to be members of the club to become members. Shortly after the change was approved, the club began to receive workers and workers as members. In addition, the Rosario institution changed its name to the final and current one in Spanish: Club Atlético Rosario Central.
Nicknames
The Rosario Academy
In 1913 Rosario Central won the Rosario Football Federation title and also the Argentine Football Federation Competition Cup. Subsequently, between 1914 and 1917, they won the Rosario four-time championship obtained in a row, also added to three other official AFA national cups that Central obtained between 1915 and 1916. In those five seasons (1913-1917), the club won five consecutive local titles and four national cups. As a result of these results, it began to be said that the Rosario team "gave soccer classes" and compared it with the Racing Club de Avellaneda; club that prevailed in Buenos Aires at that time and received the nickname "La Academia".
Scoundrels
The origin of the nickname "Canallas" is uncertain, as there are numerous versions. The most widespread comments that due to the refusal to participate in the 1920s in a certain match for the benefit of the Board of Lepers against its classic rival, Newell's Old Boys, his followers stigmatized the refusal with the insult: "Scoundrels!", which led the centralists to saddle their rivals with the counter-insult: "Lepers!"
There is a version that is based on the social context of the time: Newell's school was surrounded by high walls, to prevent people from looking in from outside. Popular imagination thought that it looked like a leper colony, since the patients with this ailment were isolated from the outside world. In response to this mockery, the aristocratic members of Newell's insulted the followers of Central, of popular extraction, with the nickname of "scoundrels", referring to their belonging to the lower classes.
Amateur era (1905-1930)
The 1900s: the creation of the Rosario Football League
Since there was no league in the city, between 1900 and 1907 the Rosario Central first team participated in the Competition Cup organized by the AFA against clubs from Buenos Aires and Uruguay, this being their first division. In March 1905, the Rosario Football League was created, an association in charge of organizing the first competition in the province, with clubs from the city of Rosario. The aforementioned League had as its main objective the organization of a tournament, and for this purpose a cup was donated by the mayor of Rosario, Santiago Pinasco. Then, in his honor, the competition was called the "Santiago Pinasco Cup", which was a second division championship. Players who were playing the "Competition Cup" could not participate in this cup. This affected Central, because they participated with their first team in this national cup.
Central's debut in the Pinasco Cup took place on May 21 when they faced Atlético del Rosario, whom they beat 3-1. In addition, on June 16 of that year, a team from Rosario faced Nottingham Forest. In the local group was Zenón Díaz; a Creole defender who played for Rosario Central and who was the first "scoundrel" to be called up to play for the national soccer team. The match ended with a 5-0 victory for the English.
Two days after that game, the first game in history against Newell's Old Boys was played in the same place —in which the players of the first rogue team could not be part— in which the red and black won 1-0. Central, who had already worn his blue and yellow shirt with vertical sticks since 1904, was runner-up in the first Rosario championship.
On June 20, 1905, the first interclub pass for Central took place. The Argentine club —currently Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario— sold Harry Hayes, a 14-year-old boy who stood out for being a center forward with a violent punch, for five pesos. His debut took place in the 1906 third season championship when a player was missing from the team, where he scored 3 goals. Hayes would play from 1907 to 1926 in the auriazul first team, being an icon in the club's history in its early years.
In 1907, taking into account the momentum that soccer had taken, the Rosario Soccer League decided to create a first division, whose winner would represent Rosario in the AFA Competition Cup. Thus, both Central and Atlético del Rosario were able to play with their first team without restrictions in the new First Division Championship created by the Rosarina League. In this way, the Santiago Pinasco Cup continued to be the trophy of the second division, and the Nicasio Vila Cup was created, which would be awarded to the winner of the first division. This cup would be named in honor of the then mayor of the city, Nicasio Vila.
Rosario Central won its first premiership title in 1908, breaking the hegemony Newell's Old Boys had in those years. The auriazul team won the Nicasio Vila Cup undefeated that year corresponding to the first division. He carried out a magnificent campaign, without cracks, prevailing against his rivals in the ten matches he played: he scored forty-eight goals and only nine were scored against him. Zenón Díaz, Augusto Winn, J.H. Grant, Juan Díaz, D. Mackenzie, Pedro Wilson, Charles Thompset, Francisco Recanzone, Victorino Pisso, Daniel Green, Tito Corti, Harry Hayes, Antonio Vázquez and E. Palling were part of the squad.
The 1910s
The first official national title: the 1913 Competition Cup
In 1913 the club withdrew from the Rosario League due to disagreements with its board of directors and together with other clubs they founded the Rosario Football Federation. For this reason, it was —along with the other teams— excluded from the Rosario Football League. That year, the scoundrel team became champion of the 1913 first division, leaving Tiro Federal as escort.
Prior to the formation of the Rosario Football League, the teams from Buenos Aires were grouped together in the so-called Argentine Football Association. Every year, the Rosarina League and the Argentine Association organized different competitions to face their teams. Thus, in addition to its good performances in the Nicasio Vila Cup, Rosario Central would begin to win Cup titles at the national level.
In 1913 —the year in which he participated in the dissident Rosario Federation— he won the “La Nación” Competition Cup; a tournament organized by the Argentine Football Federation, which was a dissident entity to the official one (Argentine Football Association). In any case, the Primera and National Cup tournaments organized by dissident entities to the Argentine Football Association They are official in nature because they were organized by sports associations that later merged with the entities that constitute the institutional continuity of the Argentine Football Association.
In the semifinals of the tournament, on September 21, they defeated Club Atlético Porteño —then champion of the Argentine Football Federation after winning the title in 1912— 2-1 on Independiente, with goals from Juan Sánchez and by Harry Hayes.
In the final, Central beat Argentino de Quilmes 3-2 on the GEBA court with goals from Antonio Blanco, Federico Flynn, and Harry Hayes at the end, and achieved the title of champion. This would be the first official AFA national title in the club's history.
That afternoon of October 26, 1913, Rosario Central enlisted Serapio Acosta; Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; Pablo Molina, Alberto Ledesma and Juan Diaz; Federico Flynn, Antonio Blanco, Harry Hayes, Ennis Hayes and Fidel Ramírez.
Reincorporation to the LRF
In 1914 the conflicts with the Rosario Football League were resolved, and both competitions merged. Thus, Central returned to compete in the Rosario Soccer League, winning the title of first division champion that year.
On October 11, 1914, Rosario Central visited Newell's Old Boys for the penultimate date of the Nicasio Vila Cup of that year. The auriazul team had only three points ahead of their classic rival —with four to play—, so with a tie or a victory they would secure the title of champion. Finally, Rosario Central won 5-0 and was able to turn the Olympic game against its classic rival and on red and black ground. The goals of the "scoundrel" team on that remembered day were converted by Harry Hayes (3), Ennis Hayes and Fidel Ramírez. This would be the first time in history where one of the two teams wins an official championship on the court of their classic rival.
The Rosario Central squad was made up of goalkeepers Serapio Acosta, Juan Bruno and Crosby; defenders Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; the midfielders, Juan Díaz, Francisco Furlong, Pablo Molina, Eduardo Blanco and Alberto Ledesma; the forwards, Fermín Arrieta, Mario José Barbieri, Antonio Blanco, E. Dethier, Federico Flynn, Ennis Hayes, Harry Hayes, Teófilo Pignani, Fidel Ramírez and Alfredo Woodward.
In 1914 he played 20 matches, winning 19 and drawing one. He scored 99 goals and only 10 were scored against him, Harry Hayes being the championship scorer with 51 goals.
In 1915 Central won the Vila Cup again, this time undefeated. They won in 18 games and drew in the remaining 2, in addition to scoring 104 goals for and conceding only 4 goals against.
In 1916 Rosario Central kept almost all the official titles it played: it was "Argentine Champion", after beating Racing Club 3-1 in the final of the Ibarguren Cup, it won the Rosario League First title de Fútbol undefeated, and ended the year winning the Buenos Aires Municipality Honor Cup and the Jockey Club Competition. In both, they defeated Independiente de Avellaneda in the finals.
The second official national title: the “Argentine Championship”
The Ibarguren Cup —also known as the "Campeonato Argentino Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren"— was an official soccer tournament between clubs in Argentina. Its name stems from the fact that the trophy was donated in 1913 by the then National Minister of Public Instruction, Carlos Ibarguren. This was a trophy disputed by the champions of the two most important competitions in the country of those years: the Buenos Aires League and the Rosario League. This cup had already been denied to Central the previous year, since it had lost the final against Racing de Avellaneda in the 1914 edition.
The auriazul team —for having been the champion from Rosario in 1915— once again earned the right to face the champion of Buenos Aires that year, who turned out to be Racing Club once again. Thus, the second official national title came for the Arroyito club after defeating the Avellaneda team in the final, the clear dominator of the official Buenos Aires league in those years.
The first duel was played only in March 1916 at the Independiente stadium, and it ended tied 0-0, so they had to play a second tiebreaker game. It was played on the field of the Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires on April 30, 1916, and Central won 3-1 with goals from José Laiolo on 2 occasions and Alfredo Woodward. The Rosarios that afternoon formed with Ramon Moyano; Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; Ernesto Rigotti, Eduardo Blanco and Jacinto Perazzo; Mario José Barbieri, Antonio Blanco, José Laiolo, Ennis Hayes and Alfredo Woodward. Thus, with the 3-1 final, Rosario Central won the Ibarguren Cup and was proclaimed the Argentine champion of 1915.
The third official national title: the Cup of Honor
After winning the Ibarguren Cup, it was time for the Copa de Honor. That competition was an official tournament organized during the amateur stage by the precursor entity of the Argentine Football Association, called the Argentine Football Association until 1911; and the Argentine Football Association in the later stage. It was played by elimination and teams from the Association and the Rosario Football League participated.
The auriazul cast agreed to the Copa de Honor that year, winning against their classic rival, Newell's Old Boys, whom they thrashed 8-0 as a visitor in the round of 16. That June 29, the centralist goals were scored through 3 goals from José Laiolo, 2 from Antonio Blanco, 2 from Ennis Hayes, and 1 from Fidel Ramírez.
In the quarterfinals, on September 10, they defeated Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario 4-1, with goals scored twice by José Laiolo, one by Harry Hayes and another by Ennis Hayes.
In the semifinals, on October 15, the auriazul team beat Argentino de Quilmes on the GEBA court, whom they beat with a categorical score of 7-0, with goals scored by Ennis Hayes (4), Antonio Blanco, Harry Hayes and Jose Laiolo. The eleven players who qualified as finalists were Ramón Moyano; Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; Ernesto Rigotti, Eduardo Blanco and Jacinto Perazzo; Antonio Blanco, José Laiolo, Harry Hayes, Ennis Hayes and José Clarke.
In the final of the contest, the "scoundrels" faced Independiente on the Racing Club field. In a close match, the Rosario team achieved a tight 1-0 victory, with a goal scored by Ennis Hayes. That afternoon of November 12, 1916, Rosario Central went out onto the field with Guillermo Atsbury; Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; Ernesto Rigotti, Eduardo Blanco and Jacinto Perazzo; Antonio Blanco, José Laiolo, Harry Hayes, Ennis Hayes and Alfredo Woodward.
Later, winning the final of this Argentine Cup qualified him to play the final of the Cousenier Honor Cup against the Uruguayan Honor Cup champion, being defeated by Nacional de Montevideo 6-1 in the final international.
The fourth official national title: the Jockey Club Competition Cup
In 1916 Central continued to dominate nationally. In addition to having won the Ibarguren Cup, the Copa de Honor and the League championship, those from Arroyito also won the Jockey Club Competition Cup that year.
In the round of 16 they defeated Belgrano de Rosario 2-0, and then Gimnasia y Esgrima from the same city 3-0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the auriazul team beat River Plate 3-2 on the Gimnasia y Esgrima field in Rosario, with goals scored by José Laiolo, Harry Hayes and Antonio Blanco.
In the final, played on the Racing Club field, the scoundrels defeated Independiente 2-1 thanks to goals from Antonio Blanco and Harry Hayes. Central formed that afternoon of December 17 with Guillermo Niblo; Zenón Díaz and Ignacio Rota; Ernesto Rigotti, Francisco Furlong and Jacinto Perazzo, Antonio Blanco; José Laiolo, Eduardo Blanco, Harry Hayes and Ennis Hayes.
After being crowned in the Jockey Club Competition Cup, they faced Peñarol —Uruguayan Competition Cup champion—, for the Chevallier Boutell Competition Cup, losing 3-0 defeat on Racing's field.
Five-time championship in 1917 and undefeated for almost 5 years
In 1917, Rosario Central achieved the five-time Rosario championship obtained in a row: in 1913 they had won the Rosario Football Federation title undefeated and later, between 1914 and 1917, they won the Nicasio Vila Cup consecutively, a unique event in Rosario football. As a particular fact, it must be said that Rosario Central was nothing more and nothing less than almost 5 years without losing a single official game for the Rosario League. On July 28, 1912, Central fell 0-7 against Newell's and did not lose a single league game again until April 22 of that year, 1917, when they were defeated 0-4 by Tiro Federal. They went almost 5 years without losing, with championships achieved in 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916.
In that year 1917, the Arroyito club was champion again, but not undefeated: it won 17 games and lost in only 1 —the one mentioned against Tiro Federal—, scoring 57 goals for and conceding 13 against.
The detail of that undefeated period never equaled by any other club in Rosario was the following:
- 1912: with 2 victories. The championship was suspended and deserted.
- 1913: with 8 victories and champion of the Rosarina Federation winning all the games (8).
- 1914: with 19 victories and 1 draw. Champion of the Rosarina League.
- 1915: with 18 wins and 2 draws. Champion of the Rosarina League.
- 1916: with 17 victories and 1 draw. Champion of the Rosarina League.
- 1917: with 1 victory, before falling 0-4 for the second date. Still, Rosario Central was a rosary champion.
In total there were 69 unbeaten games per League, with 65 wins and 4 draws. It is the longest undefeated by the League in the history of Rosario football.
The first final in history against Newell's in 1919
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In 1918, Central was unable to win the six-time Rosario championship and left the title in the hands of Newell's, who ended the rogue streak of achievements, but in 1919 he won the title again with the double formula: champion without losing a single match. That year remained in the memory of the history of the Rosario classic since after finishing the championship even in the general table, the rivals of the city had to play a final tiebreaker match for determine the champion of the Nicasio Vila Cup. The match was played on January 11, 1920 on the Gimnasia y Esgrima field in Rosario and was directed by the British referee Patrick McCarthy, specially sent by the Argentine Football Association. The match aroused enormous interest among Rosario since it was witnessed by a crowd. According to the newspaper La Capital de Rosario: «There was not a pin. At 4:20 p.m., the ticket offices closed. There were more than 10,000 people", which for the time was a huge audience. The chronicle says that that afternoon there were so many people that 200 people chose the roof of the changing rooms as a stand, the braces gave way and the fans fell on the players who were changing, and by a miracle, everyone was unharmed.
The game was 2-2 when he was suspended with 7 minutes to go for a pitch invasion. Harry Hayes put Central ahead 35 minutes into the first half. At 10 minutes into the second half, Ernesto Celli equalized for Newell's, while 8 minutes later Harry Hayes himself would score 2 to 1 for the auriazul team. Finally, in the 67th minute Atilio Badalini sealed the tie 2-2. In the 83rd minute, a field invasion forced the referee to suspend the game. On January 25, the match was completed, and in the 90 regulatory minutes the tie was maintained at 2, so it was necessary to resort to 2 extra times of 30 minutes to define the champion. Finally, a goal by Jacinto Perazzo towards the end -in minute 141- gave Rosario Central the celebrated victory and the title. This match marked the first final in history played between both rival clubs and was the most classic Rosario throughout history.
As a balance sheet, the 1910s were a golden age for Rosario Central. The auriazul team won consecutive championships in the Rosario Football Federation in 1913, and the Nicasio Vila Cup in 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917, holding the record in the Rosario Football League for being the only club in the city to have won 5 consecutive titles. In addition, the scoundrels won the 1919 Rosario champion title in that decade, after beating Newell's 3-2 in a tiebreaker final. In turn, In those 10 years, Central obtained its first official national titles, winning four AFA national cups.
The 1920s
New conflicts with the LRF: the Amateurs Association is created
The problems with the board of the Liga Rosarina de Fútbol happened again in 1920. After playing only 9 matches in the tournament, Central withdrew the team that was dissatisfied with the management of the League. The centralist protest was followed by Gimnasia y Esgrima and Nacional, and they founded the so-called Rosarina Football Amateurs Association. These clubs were also joined by Riberas del Paraná and Compañía General Buenos Aires. Thus, soccer in Rosario suffered the second important division in its history, just as it had happened at the end of 1912.
Rosario Central won the two Rosario Amateur Football League championships, both in 1920 and 1921.
The fifth official national title: the 1920 Competition Cup
The Amateurs Association Competition Cup was an official tournament, played between Argentine soccer teams, which had two different versions since its creation.
In 1920, Rosario Central won its fifth national crown by winning this Cup. In it, it defeated River Plate 2-0 in the round of 16, with goals from Antonio Macías and Harry Hayes. This duel took place on August 22, 1920 in Rosario, on the gymnastics field.
Later, in the quarterfinals, the auriazul team beat Nacional de Rosario —today called Argentino de Rosario— 3-2 as a visitor. Central's goals were scored on that afternoon of October 17 by the monkey Juan Francia, Ennis Hayes and Macías.
Later, in the semifinal, the Rosario team beat Club Atlético San Isidro 2-0 at the GER stadium, on November 14. After 30 minutes, judge Ormando Baglietto sanctioned a penalty for Central, and it was converted by Florencio Sarasíbar. At 69 minutes the second goal would come through Guaraglia, and thus Central strengthened its classification to the final.
In the final of the championship, Rosario Central defeated Almagro 2-0, a team that —against all odds— had left Racing Club on the road in the other semifinal. The decisive match was played on the GEBA field, Buenos Aires. The goals for the auriazul team were scored by Harry Hayes at 7 minutes into the first half, and by Antonio Macías at 30 minutes into the second half. That afternoon of December 12, 1920, Rosario Central would win its fifth official national title, and it took the field with Vicente Pugliese; Patricio Clarke and Florencio Sarasibar; José Pignani, José Fioroni and Jacinto Perazzo; Antonio Macías, Juan Francia, Harry Hayes, Ennis Hayes and Enrique Tami.
1922: reincorporation to the LRF and champion of the Copa Estímulo
After two years of conflicts, the problems were resolved, and both Central and the rest of the dissident teams returned to participate in the official Rosario League championship of 1922, thus dissolving the Amateurs Association. In that year the auriazules did not have a great campaign and finished in 4th position in the League tournament, although the tournament lasted only half the number of games —only 15— that were initially stipulated (30).
Given the premature closing of the Vila Cup, the Rosario Football League decided to complete the season by putting another official cup into play, called Estímulo, which would be played from September to the end of November of that year. The participating teams from the first division were divided into two groups and the best ranked would go on to a final round for the title. Thus, despite the poor performance of Central in the League Championship that year, the scoundrels won their group and reached the final of the Cup tournament. In it, the auriazules defeated 1 0 to Tiro Federal with a goal from Ennis Hayes 44 minutes into the first half and thus obtained a new official award in their history.
Remodeling of the pitch and Rosario champion in 1923
In 1923, the club remodeled its pitch —located at Cruce Alberdi—, called Parada Castellanos. The board of directors convinced the Railroad to donate all the wood that the company did not use. In this way, Mr. M. F. Ryan – a senior official of the Company – provided the material and helped the club hire a few laborers to start building stands. With the help of hundreds of members, they built two stands on each side of the field, one hundred meters of stands with ten steps. From that moment on, the stadium had a capacity of about 15,000 people. The expense was approximately 16,000 pesos at that time.
In terms of soccer, the Arroyito club won the local title of the Nicasio Vila Cup that year. Central won the championship unbeaten and from start to finish, with 27 wins and only one draw, scoring 93 goals for and conceding only 12 against, with Ennis Hayes and Juan Francia being the top scorers.
The new soccer field in the Arroyito neighborhood in 1926
In 1925, the club became definitively independent from the Railroad, for which reason the latter took away the land where its already traditional field of the Parada Castellanos was located. Thus, the auriazules had to find their own place to build their stadium. Meanwhile, that year, Central played local on the field of the Club Bolsa de Comercio. Around the end of 1925, the club obtained the municipal concession of the land where it is currently located —located at the intersection of Av. Génova and Av. Cordiviola—, for which it began to build its new stadium there, and never abandoned it again..
The first match in their new field located in the Arroyito neighborhood was in a Rosario classic against Newell's, on November 14, 1926, corresponding to date 27 of the Nicasio Vila Cup —first division of soccer of Rosario—of that year. The match ended with a 4-2 victory for Central, with goals scored by Florencio Sarasíbar from a penalty, Castagno against his own fence, and 2 goals by Armando Bertei for Central. That afternoon, the auriazul team recruited Octavio Díaz, Florencio Sarasíbar, and Francisco De Cicco; Felix Sarasíbar, José Fioroni, and Fernando Fajardo; Antonio Macías, Arístides Ongano, Armando Bertei, Atilio Coirini and Esteban Indaco.
A new Vila Cup title in 1927
In terms of sports, after four "blank" years where football in Rosario was dominated by Tiro Federal and Belgrano, Rosario Central repeated a new achievement as champion in 1927. That year the scoundrels won the Rosario title from end to end: they won 14 games and lost only 1, scoring 42 goals for and conceding only 6 against.
Regarding the institutional aspect, on December 1, 1927, the Municipality of Rosario granted it the land on Avenida Génova y Cordiviola —where the club had already built the stadium since 1926— for a term of 20 years. During that year, work began on the construction of the official tribune —made of cement—, with capacity for 7,000 spectators. Between 1927 and 1929 the team continued to play in its stadium in Genoa and Cordiviola while, at the same time, construction of the popular grandstand was completed, which would also be entirely made of cement. Once the work was finished, the stadium's capacity became for just over 36,000 spectators.
A new final against Newell's in 1928: the third in history
In 1928 the third final in history was played between Central and Newell's. Just as it had happened in 1919, Rosario Central and its classic rival were once again equal in the general table of the Nicasio Vila Cup that year and had to play a tiebreaker match to decide the champion. The game was played at the Newell's stadium, and Rosario Central won 1-0 with a goal by José Podestá from a free kick at 42 minutes into the first half. Thus, he won the championship again against his eternal rival, giving the Olympic lap on red and black ground. The rogue fans took possession of the scorer's right booty and used it as a banner in the celebrations for the championship achieved in the redoubt of their classic rival.
The rogue team formed that afternoon with Octavio Díaz; Ernesto Cordones and Francisco De Cicco; Arturo Podestá, José Fioroni, Felix Romano; Ricardo Reol, Armando Bertei, José Podestá, Jacinto Retto and Antonio Miguel.
On October 27, 1929, everything was ready, and the new stadium was inaugurated, complete with all its cement grandstands, in a friendly match against Peñarol de Montevideo, which ended in a 2-2 tie. Rosario Central formed that day with Octavio Diaz; Francisco De Cicco and Juan González; Arturo Podestá, Juárez and Félix Romano; Vázquez, Gerardo Rivas, Marcelo Tamalet, Luis Indaco and Nazareno Luna. The many scoundrels were converted by Tamalet and Vázquez. The stadium went on to have a capacity of around 35,000 spectators.
The 1930s
The last championship of the amateur era in 1930
In 1930 Rosario Central achieved another First Division title in the Vila Cup, thus holding the record of 10 consecrations in said tournament, being the club that obtained it the most times. From the hand of the now coach Eduardo Blanco —a former glory of the club in his days as an auriazul player— and with Luis Indaco as a leading figure and scorer in attack (eleven goals), the kicking, the fight and also the scoring power of Teófilo Juárez in midfield, and the safety of Octavio Díaz in the bow, Rosario Central won a new star in its record. The auriazul team was victorious in 17 games, tied in 4 and lost in 1 opportunity.
The balance left by the Rosario amateur era (1905-1930) were five official A.F.A. national titles, thirteen first division Rosario Leagues and five official Rosario cups, thus being the team from the city of Rosario that obtained the most achievements in that period.
He was a professional from Rosario (1931-1938)
1931: professionalism and the creation of the Molinas Tournament
In 1931, Argentine soccer underwent a great transformation. Although for many years it was widespread for players to receive remuneration for their activity —in an increasingly less covert way—, in what came to be called brown amateurism, it was not until 1931 that the amateur era of Argentine soccer officially ended., and the professional era began. Thus, all the footballers began to receive a salary and sign contracts to play in the teams for rent. In this way, the Rosario Football League left its place, and the new governing institution of Rosario football became the Rosario Football Association. The first class tournament was renamed the Governor Luciano Molinas Tournament, in honor of the then Governor of the province of Santa Fe, Luciano Molinas, thus replacing the Nicasio Vila Cup. Simultaneously, the Santiago Pinasco Cup would continue to be the second division championship.
The beginning of professionalism was difficult for Central and the team's performance was irregular: the indiscipline of some players, bad acquisitions, political divisions in the leadership and economic problems meant that the sporting results were not very good. It was decided to terminate the contract of many players for "lack of enthusiasm, affection and discipline", which brought the first lawsuits for the club.
First official professional title of the ARF: the 1936 Preparation Tournament
After a few "blank" seasons, Rosario Central's first official title in the Rosario professional era came in 1936, after winning the Preparation Tournament that year. That official championship organized by the Rosario Football Association was He started playing in 1934, and it marked the beginning of the Rosario soccer season. It was played from April to the end of June with the system of all against all in only one wheel. Rosario Central won its first edition in 1936.
The auriazul team and Newells Old Boys finished even in the standings and had to play a tie-breaker game to define the champion. In it, Rosario Central defeated its classic rival 3-2. Gómez and Rúa scored for Newell's, while Roberto D'Alessandro and Aníbal Maffei —twice— gave Central the final victory. It is worth noting that this would be the fourth and last final of an official championship played by both rival teams to this day, and would be the first official professional title in the history of the Arroyito club.
The starting scoundrel team that won that tournament generally formed with: Pedro Aráiz; Justo Lescano and Ignacio Diaz; Rafael Luongo, Félix Ferreyra and A. Martínez; Juan Cerro, Cayetano Potro, Harry Hayes (h), Roberto D'Alessandro and Aníbal Maffei.
The 1937 double, and a new championship title in 1938
The year 1937 was very good for Central since it was able to win the two official tournaments that were played. That year, coach Natalio Molinari arrived at the club, imposing tactical order and defensive solidity. With a regular performance in the 2 official tournaments of the ARF, the scoundrels obtained the Gobernador Luciano Molinas Tournament —the Rosario First Division championship—, and then they won their third professional title in the Rosario Association by obtaining the Ivancich, which replaced the already classic Preparation Tournament. The base formation of the auriazul team that obtained the double was the following: Pedro Aráiz; Justo Lescano and Ignacio Diaz; Rafael Luongo, Félix Ferreyra and Alberto Espeche; Héctor Gómez, Ricardo Cisterna, Benjamín Laterza, Roberto D'Alessandro and Aníbal Maffei. Luis Amaya, Germán Gaitán, Alfredo Fógel, Salvador Laporta and Juan Cerro also had a significant participation.
In 1938 Rosario Central was once again champion of the Gobernador Luciano Molinas Tournament, in what was the last participation of professional teams in tournaments of the Rosarina Association, since in 1939 both Central and Newell's would enter the tournaments of AFA to never abandon them again, and thus, they would compete in the Rosarina Association championships with amateur soccer players. The rogue team changed its coach that year, since the successful cycle of Natalio Molinari was replaced by the Hungarian coach Juan Faunhoffer, who imposed some changes in the starting lineup and also won the title of First Division champion. The auriazul set of 1938 used to form with: Juan F. Martínez; Pedro Perucca and Ignacio Diaz; Carlos Echeverría, Claro Constancio Rivero and Alfredo Fógel; Salvador Laporta, Oscar Díaz, Pedro De Blasi, Ricardo Cisterna and Francisco Rodríguez.
The balance that the professional era of the Rosario Football Association left for Rosario Central was four official titles: two First Leagues and two official cups.
He was an AFA professional (1939 onwards)
Entry to the regular AFA tournament in 1939
In 1939 Rosario Central and its rival from the city, Newell's Old Boys, asked the Argentine Football Association to join the national First Division tournament. The AFA decides to grant them permission, through which Central would be able to be part of that year's championship.
Parallel to the national AFA tournaments, the club continues to play the local tournaments belonging to the Rosario Football Association with alternative teams. This is because, in recognition of his sporting merits and his importance at the national level, his first team disputes the AFA championships and as a result, in the Rosarina Association —his league of origin— he presents an alternative team made up of amateur soccer players.
In terms of soccer, the first centralist steps in the AFA professional tournaments were opaque. Despite finishing in the middle of the table and drawing both games with Newell's 1-1, some results were poor. In his debut he lost 5-1 with Huracán, 6-0 with River and 5-0 against Ferro. In the second half of the year a Hungarian coach was hired: Emerico Hirschl and the team's performance improved a bit, highlighting Alfredo Fógel, the defender who never missed any game. In 1939 the champion was Independiente and Central finished eleventh with 33 points (14 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses).
At the end of the year, the fiftieth anniversary of the club was celebrated with friendly matches against Boca, River and the Argentine team in Arroyito. In addition, on December 8, a torch was passed from hand to hand by athletes from the venue in the center of the city to the stadium, where Thomas Hooper, one of the founders, gave a speech.
1940s
Relegation to the Second division and rapid return to the First Division
In 1941 Rosario Central was relegated to the First B Championship for the first time. On date 28 the classic was played with a favorable result for the whole of the Park. That afternoon, Newell's prevailed 5-0 and with this result the auriazul team was left in last place in the standings —they still had two games to play to decide whether they would be relegated or not— and the relegation took place. last date when Rosario Central as a visitor faced Banfield and fell 4 to 2.
As a final result, Rosario Central finished the tournament winning 6 games, drawing 4 and losing 20. The time in the Second Division was brief: the club from Rosario was promoted to the First Division the following year, winning 25 duels, drawing 3 and losing 4. Waldino Aguirre had a great participation in the tournament, who played 27 games and scored 33 goals.
Throughout the 1940s, Central remained in first place, finishing in the middle of the table in all tournaments. However, in November 1948 there was a nationwide players' strike that lasted until April 1949. The AFA tournament continued with amateur players and many professional players were tempted from abroad. Among the most notable casualties of Central can be named Benjamín Santos, scorer of the 1948 tournament, who emigrated to Italy.
1950s and 1960s
Relegation to Second Division and back to First Division in one year
In 1950, the Arroyito club lost the highest category for the second time, finishing last, with 9 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses. As in the previous opportunity in which they had descended (1941), they won the tournament second division and promoted to the first division the following year. The leaders of the promotion team were Alfredo Fógel, the team captain, and Eduardo Di Loreto, who scored 29 goals.
The 1950s had very different sporting results for the scoundrel, standing out the sixth places in the 1956 and 1958 tournaments. had joined the professional national tournaments in 1939.
In the 1960s, the club grew over the years: from the few members it had at the beginning, it reached 4,000 during 1965 thanks to the work of its president Federico Flynn. In 1967, under the presidency of Adolfo Boerio, the institution began to propose higher goals than just participating without much ambition in AFA professional tournaments. His project began by solidifying the lower divisions of the club with a long-term job. In this way, the professional squad began to be nourished by soccer players from the youth academy, although some senior soccer players and coaches from other institutions were also incorporated. Thus, from that year, Rosario Central began to play tournaments on an equal footing with the greats of Argentine soccer. In that season, the auriazules finished in third place in the general table, a historic event for the club. In 1966 the project was already underway and Central played friendly matches with Pelé's Santos, with whom they lost 1-0, and with Real Madrid where it was a 2-2 draw.
The 1970s
The sixth official AFA national title in 1971: first National League
President Víctor Vesco —elected in 1970—, continued with the work of Boerio and under his mandate important sporting and institutional achievements were achieved, being the president of Rosario Central during all the periods in which the club obtained official titles of both the Argentine Football Association as well as Conmebol in the professional era (1939 to the present).
After being runner-up in the 1970 National Tournament, where they lost 2-1 to Boca Juniors in the final, the Arroyito club achieved its first official title in the professional era of the Argentine Football Association national championships — and sixth national overall—in the 1971 National Tournament.
In June 1971, halfway through the Metropolitano, Ángel Labruna arrived in Rosario to direct Central. Even though the team was moderately armed and maintained a solid structure, Angelito put his hand in and tweaked some things. The coach made Carlos Aimar debut in the First Division, a fighting central midfielder, strong and in very good condition. In turn, he delayed Aldo Poy a few meters on the field, placing him in a point guard position, pairing him with Colman, and leaving Bóveda and Gramajo more at the forefront.
In that 1971 Nacional, Rosario Central won their group and had to face Newell's Old Boys in the semifinals, who had been second from the other zone. The match had to be played on neutral ground, and the Estadio Monumental de Núñez witnessed the duel in which Rosario Central beat their classic rival by a goal to nil with Poy's well-remembered popcorn in the second half. In addition, this goal was presented to the Guinness Book of Records by a group of Central fans in 1995 to be described as the most celebrated goal in football history since traditionally, the team's fans and Aldo Pedro Poy himself meet every December 19 of each year to remember the play and shout the goal again.
The final of the championship was against San Lorenzo and it was also to be played on neutral ground. Due to the corresponding draw, it turned out that it would be played at the Newell's Old Boys pitch on December 22. The rogue team began losing thanks to a goal by Héctor Scotta a few minutes after the meeting started. But Central reacted, and with goals from Roberto Gramajo and Carlos Colman at 17 and 24 minutes respectively, they won the game and became the first national champion of the AFA First Division in the interior of the country. The physical state of the team added to the experience of the caudillos —Pascuttini, Fanesi, Carrascosa, among others— made it possible for Rosario Central to reach the title. The statistics show that in 16 games the scoundrels only conceded 14 goals.
The massive celebrations of the people multiplied throughout the city of Rosario, which after 32 years of competing in the First Division of Argentine soccer, thus obtained its first great award in the big AFA soccer in the professional era.
Champion squad: Carlos Aimar, Ramón César Bóveda, Roberto Gramajo, Carlos Colman, Alberto Fanesi, Norberto Menutti, Aurelio José Pascuttini, Aldo Pedro Poy, Ángel Landucci, Mario Killer, José Jorge González, Miguel Bustos, Hugo Zavagno, Jorge Carrascosa, Alberto Gómez, José Agustín Mesiano, Aldo Villagra, Eduardo Miguel Solari, Daniel Pedro Killer, Eduardo Barrio, Roberto Astudillo, Gabriel Arias, Eduardo Toro, Daniel Astegiano, Rubén Rodríguez, Daniel Aricó, and Víctor Mancinelli.
Coach: Ángel Labruna
The seventh official AFA national title in 1973: second National League
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In the second half of 1973, Rosario Central would once again be the protagonist of Argentine soccer. Led by Carlos Timoteo Griguol as coach —who had left soccer a few years ago and had directed the club's Reserve between 1971 and early 1973— the Rosarios once again took an Olympic tour of Argentine first division soccer.
Griguol imposed his own style of play, based on the defensive order and the effectiveness when attacking. The Flintstones.
Central qualified together with Atlanta, River and San Lorenzo to play the final home run. The system was to play all against all in a single wheel, that is, three matches each, and the one with the highest final score would be the new National Champion. In the first game of the final zone, Central won 3-1 over the millionaires with goals from Cabral, Bóveda and another from J.J. López against his own fence.
The following date was played against Atlanta in Buenos Aires. The Buenos Aires club had been the revelation of this tournament, but it was not enough to overcome the Griguol team. With goals from Eduardo Solari up front and Carlos Aimar, the victory was a rogue by 2 to 1. River, beat San Lorenzo 3 to 2 on that day and with a draw on the last date, Griguol's team would secure the title.
On December 29, the Monumental Stadium once again witnessed the Rosario celebration: Central tied 1-1 with San Lorenzo and thus secured its second title of the decade, and the seventh national title in its history. Central's goal was scored by Roberto Cabral.
Champion squad: Aurelio José Pascuttini, Juan Antonio Burgos, José Jorge González, Eduardo Solari, Carlos Biasutto, Carlos Aimar, Aldo Pedro Poy, Daniel Pedro Killer, Roberto Cabral, Daniel Aricó, Ramón Bóveda, Luis Giribet, Roberto Carril, Carlos Colman, Oscar Rubiola, Rubén Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel Cornero, Mario Killer, Gabriel Arias and Carlos Munutti.
Coach: Carlos Timoteo Griguol
Pre-Libertadores 1974 Tournament
In 1974, Rosario Central was runner-up in the Metropolitano and the National Tournament. This enabled him to play a triangle that defined the two Argentine teams for the 1975 Copa Libertadores. This was not considered a league, but rather a reduced official tournament and the winner would obtain the title of "Argentine Champion". respectively. Arroyito's team beat San Lorenzo 1-0 as a visitor with a goal from Hugo Zavagno, and then Newell's 2-0 at home, with goals from Mario Kempes and Roberto Cabral, which gave them the qualification to represent Argentina in the 1975 Copa Libertadores, as the 1974 Argentine champion together with the second, Newell's Old Boys runner-up. During the season, Mario Kempes stood out, the addition that had arrived from the Instituto de Córdoba, at the beginning of the year. He was a scorer for Nacional in 1974 and wore the scoundrel shirt until 1976. In addition to once again being a scorer in the 1976 Metropolitan tournament, he became the greatest scorer in the history of Central in the professional era of AFA, making more than 90 goals in 2 and a half years.
In this decade, Rosario Central managed to participate in four editions of the Copa Libertadores de América. He did it in the cups of 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975. In the latter he faced Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys in the first round for the first time in history in international duels. Olimpia and Cerro Porteño from Paraguay were also in the group. The Argentine clubs finished in the first position, having tied in the confrontations with each other. In that cup, only the first of each group qualified, so they had to play a tiebreaker match to define who would advance to the semifinal round. The duel was won by Central 1-0, with a goal by Mario Kempes on April 11, 1975. Finally, the auriazul club reached the semifinal round of that cup, being only one goal away from reaching the final.
The 1980s
The eighth official AFA national title in 1980: third National League
The start of the 1980 Nacional was not good for Central. Coach Ángel Tulio Zof had a hard time assembling the pieces and the team qualified just enough for the quarterfinals, beating Vélez in the last game of the regular phase 2-0 at the José Amalfitani Stadium. Central had to win yes or yes to pass the phase, and they did. The centralist crowd that took over the Vélez stadium enjoyed that afternoon thanks to goals from Edgardo Bauza and Félix Orte, both in the second half.
From that moment on, Central asserted the local status since the goal differences marked in the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito were key for Central to advance to the following rounds and win a new title. In the quarterfinals, they faced Unión de Santa Fe, obtaining a 2-0 victory at home and a 2-1 defeat on the road. In the first leg played at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, midway through the second half, Ricardo José Ferrero —Central's goalkeeper— was sent off, and the auriazul team had already made the two regulatory changes that were allowed at that time. Héctor Chazarreta asked to make a save and did an outstanding job, blocking some dangerous shots from the tatengue team. The match ended 2-0 in favor of Central. The global result of 3 to 2 in their favor was enough to advance.
In the semifinals they met their classic rival again: Newell's Old Boys. The 3-0 victory in the first leg with goals from Ghielmetti, José Luis Gaitán and Marchetti, facilitated the overall victory of the Arroyito club. The 1-0 defeat in the second leg did not make a dent in the auriazul team, since the global of 3 to 1 in favor qualified him to play the final of the championship.
The final pitted Zof's team against Racing de Córdoba, led by Alfio Basile. The production of La Sinfónica —that's what they called that auriazul team— anticipated the third championship in the professional era, and the eighth national championship, telling the whole story. It was a 5-1 rogue victory in the first leg, and a 2-0 defeat in the second leg, with the overall score being 5-3 for Central. The four goal difference allowed the Rosario institution to give its third official Olympic round in the professional AFA era at Chateau Carreras on December 21.
This championship gave him the right to participate in the 1981 Copa Libertadores, where he finished second in his group behind Deportivo Cali from Colombia, thus failing to advance to the semifinal round.
Champion squad: Juan Carlos Ghielmetti, Edgardo Bauza, Daniel Teglia, Félix Orte, José Luis Gaitán, Eduardo Bacas, Víctor Marchetti, Jorge Alberto García, Oscar Craiyacich, Ricardo José Ferrero, Héctor Chazarreta, Oscar Agonil, Guillermo Trama, Aldo Espinoza, Omar Arnaldo Palma, Daniel Sperandío, Daniel Alberto Carnevalli, Carlos Magistral and Mario Finarolli.
Coach: Ángel Tulio Zof
Relegation to Second and rapid promotion to First Division
In 1984, just four years after winning its third Primera División title, Rosario Central was relegated to Primera B for the third time in its history. In 1983 the AFA had reinstated the relegation average in Argentina, which meant that the relegations to second would be defined by the accumulation of points from the last two seasons, dividing them by the number of games played in them. The poor campaigns carried out by Central both in 1983 and 1984 meant that the club could not escape relegation.
In 1985 the institution reinforced its professional squad with renowned players and hired Pedro Marchetta as coach. Thus, he was able to easily return to the top flight: he won 25 matches, drew 10 and fell in 7.
The ninth official AFA national title in 1987: fourth national League
After being promoted to the First Division in 1985, Central faced a new challenge: to be able to play a good role once again in the Argentine soccer major championship. The 1986-87 tournament lasted 38 dates and two rounds of 19 games each were played. After a 4-1 loss on date 29 against Boca Juniors at La Bombonera, Rosario Central recovered, and the next eight dates left a balance of six wins and two draws. In this way, the scoundrel team —led once again by Ángel Tulio Zof— reached the last match with a difference of two points over the second: Newell's and Independiente.
On the last date, Rosario Central visited Temperley on May 2, 1987. The match started off, and at minute 44 of the first half, Ricardo Dabrowski headed in the 1 to 0 partial for the celestes. In the second half, averaging the complementary stage, Omar Arnaldo Palma tied with a penalty goal. It was 1 to 1 and an unattainable difference for Newell's, who obtained the runner-up. The centralists in the stands of the Temperley stadium, celebrated a new auriazul star in professionalism, and their ninth official AFA title accounting for all history.
This new award gave them the right to participate in the 1987 Copa Libertadores, where they placed second in their group behind Independiente, who finally made it to the semifinal round.
Champion squad: Osvaldo Escudero, Omar Arnaldo Palma, Edgardo Bauza, Julio Pedernera, Hernán Díaz, Hugo Galloni, Adelqui Cornaglia, Juan José Urruti, Roberto Gasparini, Fernando Lanzidei, Jorge Balbis, Alejandro Lanari, José Di Leo, Ariel Cuffaro Russo, Jorge Fossati, Marcelo Toscanelli, Pedro Argota, Claudio Scalise, Rubén Alejandro Rojas, Roque Caballero, Erasmo Doroni and Esteban Game.
Coach: Ángel Tulio Zof
Tour through the United States and Italy in 1987
Because he was the champion of Argentina, he was invited to participate in the 1987 Gold Cup: a friendly tournament held in the United States of which several champion teams from different world leagues were part. The tournament consisted of a group phase where Central beat Guadalajara of Mexico 1-0 with a goal from Palma, and then defeated Dundee United of Scotland 3-1, with goals from Argota, Palma and Candella. In the semifinals they had to face Roma from Italy with whom they drew 1-1, with a goal from Bauza and the Rosario team then won on penalties with a final score of 5-4. Finally, Central lost in the decisive match against Vasco de Gama 2-1.
In July of that same year, it was decided to organize a friendly match called Duelo de Campeones between the champion of Argentina and the champion of Italy. Central traveled to Naples to play a match against Diego Armando Maradona's Napoli, who was the Calcio champion. The match ended 1-0 in favor of Rosario with a header from Jorge Balbis. In addition, Alejandro Lanari saved a penalty from Maradona himself when the game was ending.
On December 24, 1989, Rosario Central celebrated its 100th anniversary, so the centenary was celebrated with a dinner for 10,000 people.
The 1990s
The Marchetta era (1994-1995)
The first tournaments of this decade were bad. Most of the championships ended with Central in the middle of the table downwards, and this committed the team to relegation. In January 1994, the club hired Pedro Marchetta again as manager. The coach who had returned Central to the First Division in 1985 returned to the Arroyito club with high expectations, since in addition to that achievement obtained 9 years ago, D.T. He came from carrying out very good campaigns with Independiente de Avellaneda. Marchetta put together a mixed team, where he mixed youth with experience: he brought in Roberto Molina from Ferrocarril Oeste, and filmed the then young Pablo Sánchez, Kily González, Marcelo Delgado, Claudio Úbeda, Horacio Carbonari, and Raúl Gordillo, among others., surrounding them with experienced players such as Omar Palma, José Luis Rodríguez, Jorge Balbis, and Juan Ramón Jara. In the 1994 Clausura, Central showed an offensive and showy game, and finished the championship third with 23 points, fighting for the title until the end inch by inch with Independiente and Huracán. For the 1994 Apertura, the Paraguayan Celso Ayala arrived and the campaign was regular, finishing eighth.
In the 1995 Clausura, Marchetta filmed the young Cristian Colusso, who was one of the "jewels" of the rogue academy. The team had another good campaign, thus avoiding problems with the average. Thus, the accumulated table score qualified Central for the Conmebol Cup that year. After the Clausura Tournament, Marchetta did not renew his contract and decided to go to Racing, so Central went in search of a new coach. President Víctor Vesco rehired Don Ángel Tulio Zof, who —once again— took charge of the auriazul first team in July of that year to face the 1995-96 season.
A new era for Angel Zof: first official international title in 1995
With Marchetta's resignation, the leadership of Central once again thought of an old acquaintance of the club: Ángel Tulio Zof, D.T. champion with Central in 1980 and 1987 and runner-up in 1970. Don Ángel put together a team where —once again in the rogue history— he had to mix youth with some experienced players. Given the sales of Darío Scotto and Kily González to Boca, and that of Roberto Molina and Juan Ramón Jara to Independiente, the coach insistently requested the arrival of the Uruguayan Rubén Da Silva —from Boca— and that of the right midfielder Eduardo Coudet, from Platense. The Peruvian Percy Olivares also arrived to occupy a place on the left side. In turn, the continuity of Omar Palma was essential for Don Ángel's project. All of them joined a squad full of youngsters who had already been playing with Marchetta, such as Pablo Sánchez, Raúl Gordillo, Horacio Carbonari, and Roberto Bonano, among others. Two great appearances in 1995 by the hand of Zof were the attacker Martín Cardetti and the left defender Patricio Graff, who made their debut that year.
Thus, with an irregular performance in the 1995 Apertura championship, the rogue team focused its priorities on the international level: the 1995 Conmebol Cup. In that tournament —similar to the European UEFA Cup and one of the forerunners of the current Copa Sudamericana—, began by eliminating Defensor Sporting from Uruguay in the round of 16. The first leg match played at the Maldonado Campus favored Central, who won 3-1 with goals from Martín Cardetti, Eduardo Coudet and Rubén Da Silva. To finish off the classification —and as it was going to be throughout the cup—, Central won the revenge match at the Gigante: it was 2-1 thanks to goals from Pablo Sánchez and Moth Da Silva.
In the quarterfinals, Rosario Central eliminated Cobreloa from Chile. In the first leg, the Auriazules won 2-0 at home with goals scored in the second half by Pablo Sánchez and Horacio Carbonari. The return, played in the Calama desert, previously appeared as difficult since the Chilean club had a very good record performing in its stadium in international competitions. In the end, it was a mere formality for Rosario, who defeated the locals 3-1 with goals from Omar Palma, Cristian Daniele and Rubén Da Silva.
At the end of November, for the first leg of the semifinals, Rosario Central visited Asunción to face Atlético Colegiales from Paraguay. The "scoundrels" won 2-0 with goals scored in the second half by Raúl Gordillo and Eduardo Coudet, and they were one step away from the final. On December 7, 1995, Central managed to qualify for the first time in its history to a final of an official international cup. The pass was certified by goals from Carbonari, Cardetti and Coudet for the auriazul victory 3-1 at Gigante de Arroyito. The rival for the final instance was going to be Atlético Mineiro from Brazil, who had just eliminated América de Cali in the other semifinal key.
The final of the 1995 Conmebol Cup is remembered for the particular fact that Rosario Central managed to reverse an adverse score of 0 to 4 brought from the Mineirão de Belo Horizonte, to finally beat Atlético Mineiro de Belo Horizonte on December 19 Brazil at the Gigante de Arroyito for the same result, and winning the cup in the penalty shootout. The goals for the Rosario team —led once again by Ángel Tulio Zof— were scored by Horacio Carbonari, on two occasions —his second, the team's fourth, in the last minute of the match—, Rubén Da Silva and Martín Cardetti. The shots from the penalty spot ended 4-3 in favor of Central, and thus, the Conmebol Cup was awarded.
Central was the champion —also for the first time for a team from the interior of the country— in an official international competition of the professional era. That title qualified him to play the 1996 Conmebol Master Cup, and the Nicolás Leoz Gold Cup that same year.
Champion squad: Roberto Bonano, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Federico Lussenhoff, Horacio Carbonari, Patricio Graff, Diego Ordóñez, Gustavo Falaschi, Percy Olivares, Eduardo Coudet, Raúl Gordillo, Omar Palma, Cristian Daniele, Pablo Sánchez, Cristian Colusso, Sergio Alberto Fernández, Humberto Biazotti, Rubén Da Silva, Martín Cardetti and Mario Pobersnik.
Coach: Ángel Tulio Zof
In 1996 Rosario Central managed to qualify again for the Conmebol Cup. Locally, he finished sixth. in the Closing Tournament and fifth. in the Opening. In the Conmebol Cup, they eliminated Cobreloa from Chile in the first round and River from Montevideo in the quarterfinals. Thus, the auriazul team ran into Club Atlético Lanús in the semifinals, which defeated Rosario in both matches. Finally, the garnets were champions of that cup.
The Bauza era: runner-up in Conmebol 98 and in the Apertura 99
In 1998 the team from Rosario qualified again for the Conmebol Cup. In the first phase they eliminated Audax Italiano from Chile. In the quarterfinals, those from Arroyito beat Huracán Buceo from Uruguay, while in the semifinals they defeated Atlético Mineiro from Brazil.
The 1998 Conmebol Cup final had to be played against Santos from Brazil, who had not won an international title since Pelé's time. Finally, the Brazilians prevailed 1-0 in the first leg —played at their Vila Belmiro stadium— and achieved a 0-0 draw at the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, which allowed them to win the title.
In 1999 Rosario Central was runner-up in the Apertura Tournament of that year. The team led by Edgardo Bauza, and with players like Ezequiel González, Juan Antonio Pizzi, Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi, Ricardo Canals, José María Buljubasich, and Rafael Maceratesi among others, achieved a series of 9 consecutive victories —a record in the club's history. — which led the institution to have, until the last date of the contest, expectations of championing. The final 43 points did not reach the 44 of River Plate, who was finally the champion.
Due to its performance in the championship, Central qualified for the 2000 Copa Libertadores. In this edition, the club was second in its group, and was eliminated in the round of 16 against Corinthians from Brazil, losing on penalties.
21st century, the 2000s
Notable participations in international Cups
In the 2001 Copa Libertadores they did an outstanding job: they qualified first in their group, later they eliminated Cobreloa from Chile in the round of 16, then América de Cali in the quarterfinals, and lost in the semifinals against Cruz Azul from Mexico.
In the 2004 edition, they were defeated by São Paulo in the round of 16, while in the 2006 edition, they failed to qualify for the second phase.
In addition, the club also participated in the Mercosur Cup in 2000, where it lost on penalties against Vasco da Gama in the quarterfinals, who finally became champion.
Although during those years many of his international participations were good, he neglected national tournaments a lot, finishing in the middle of the table downwards in most of the championships between 2000 and 2002. In 2003, with Miguel Ángel Russo as DT, his image changed as he finished 4th in the Clausura, with 37 points. In addition, Luciano Figueroa was the championship scorer with 17 goals. The campaign made in the 2002-03 season qualified him for the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and for the 2004 Copa Libertadores. In the 2003 Apertura tournament he finished in fifth position with 31 points.
In 2005, he qualified the South American Cup that year. The significant part of this edition of the cup was that it met again with its classic rival in an official international tournament after 30 years of the last chance they did, but with the difference that this time, the maximum rosary duel was given in a ranking in round-trip matches. After packing as a visitor for 0 to 0, the auriazul cast stayed with the ranking on August 29, 2005, after beating for 1 to 0 Newell's in the Giant of Arroyito, with goal of Germán Rivarola at 45 minutes of the first time.
Bad campaigns and promotion to maintain the category
The following years accumulated very irregular campaigns for Central. The 61 points accumulated in the 2004-2005 season meant that his average was not very low during the 2005-2006 season. In the following season (2006-07) Central obtained a total of 52 points, which kept it in the middle of the average table.
After some bad campaigns in 2006 and 2007, during the 2007-2008 season, playing for promotion was a possibility until the last dates, but the team managed to get the necessary number of points to stay in First Division.
In the 2008-2009 season, and after two rather poor tournaments, Rosario Central had to revalidate its place in the highest category of Argentine soccer, having to compete for promotion against Club Atlético Belgrano de Córdoba —a team ranked 4. º of the National B of that season. In the first leg, played in the city of Córdoba, the scoundrels defeated the celestes by 1-0, with a goal by Jesús Méndez, while in the rematch, the duel ended 1-1 in the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, with a goal by Emilio Zelaya for Rosario. Thus, with the global result by 2 to 1, Rosario Central maintained the category.
During the 2009 Apertura, Central reaped 31 points, however, they sold many of their team references and the players from the lower ranks of the club had to face the 2010 Clausura.
The 2010s
Relegation to National B after 24 years
In May 2010 Rosario Central —directed by Leonardo Madelón— had to revalidate its place in the First Division, this time playing the promotion against All Boys. The first match took place on May 19 at the Islas Malvinas Stadium and All Boys opened the scoring in the first half. Central managed to tie the match in one of the last plays through a header from Guillermo Burdisso. The rematch match was played on Sunday, May 23, at the Gigante de Arroyito and the visiting team won 3-0, so Rosario Central was relegated to the second division after 25 years. Horacio Usandizaga resigned as president and He called for elections in the middle of the year. They were won by the Raza Canalla group, which had Norberto Speciale as president and Gonzalo Belloso as sports manager.
Central's first year in the B was not good since they never managed to be in promotion positions. The first coach of the season was Reinaldo Merlo, who retired on date 12 due to poor results. His replacement was Héctor Rivoira, who already had a history of promotion to the first division, however he suffered the same fate as his predecessor and ceased to be the coach on date 26. The one chosen to occupy the position of DT was Omar Palma —who debuted in that position. One of his first measures was to separate Cristian González, one of the leaders of the squad, from the group. The team managed to climb up the standings mainly with the inclusion of several youth players in the starting lineup. A date before the end of the tournament, Palma resigned and Fernando Lanzidei took over temporarily.
At the end of the 2010-2011 season of the Primera B Nacional, the club did not achieve the objective of promotion and remained for the second consecutive year —for the first time in its history— in the second division. The leadership remained the same and in July 2011 they hired Juan Antonio Pizzi as coach. A very renewed team managed to change the image given in the previous season. During the first half of 2012, the team was climbing positions and managed to win 7 consecutive games, conceding only one goal between dates 28 and 34, for which it came to occupy first place with 4 games remaining. However, of the last 12 points at stake, they only obtained one (they lost the last three games) for which they finished the tournament in fourth place and remained in promotion positions, having to face San Martín de San Juan. The first match took place on Thursday, June 28, 2012, with Central at home and ended in a 0-0 tie. The second match was played on July 1, 2012 in San Juan and the result was the same as in the second match. first leg, for which Central could not promote and continued for the third consecutive year in the Primera B Nacional.
The promotion to the First Division in 2013
Although Pizzi was close to achieving his goal, the leadership decided to change coaches for the 2012-13 Primera B Nacional and hired Miguel Ángel Russo. Central's start in the championship was similar to that of the first year in B, and came to be in fourteenth position on date 11, so the continuity of Russo was questioned. However, as of date 13, the team won 12 consecutive games, which made it reach first place in the standings. In addition, in that streak of matches he broke his undefeated fence record that he had held since 2004, this time Mauricio Caranta spent 606 minutes without conceding goals.
On May 19, 2013, after beating Gimnasia de Jujuy 3-0 as a visitor, Rosario Central ensured its return to the First Division, subtracting 4 dates before the end of the championship. In the celebrations in Rosario, there were close to 100,000 people gathered at the Monument to the Flag. They managed to win the championship on the last date by defeating Deportivo Merlo 1-0.
Subchampionship of the Argentine Cup 2013-2014
The 2014 Transition Tournament of Argentine soccer marked the irregularity that Rosario Central had been having since recent times. That is why Miguel Ángel Russo opted for two objectives for that season: to obtain the third consecutive victory against the eternal rival Newell's Old Boys -fact that finally occurred on October 19, 2014 by 2-0- and as main objective the Argentine Cup 2013-14. Thus, those led by Miguel Russo defeated Juventud Unida de San Luis 3-1 in the round of 16, on July 26, 2014, at the Instituto Córdoba stadium, with goals from Franco Niell, Jonás Aguirre and Sebastián Abreu, pointing out the discount for Juventud Emanuel Reynoso.
In the round of 16, Central faced Club Atlético Tigre on September 24, 2014, again in the city of Córdoba. On this occasion, the Uruguayan Sebastián Abreu scored again, this being the only goal of the game that allowed the rogues to participate in the quarterfinals of the cup.
In that instance, those led by Miguel Ángel Russo had to get around River Plate to get a place in the semifinals of the federal competition. The duel was played at the San Juan del Bicentenario Stadium, on October 9, 2014, and was defined by shots from the penalty spot, since in the 90 minutes none could score goals. In the penalty shootout, the Auriazul team prevailed 5-4. All the kickers converted, with the exception of Bruno Urribarri, from River Plate, whose execution was held up by Mauricio Caranta. As this was the last shot belonging to River Plate in the series of 5, it allowed Central to pass to the Semifinal with the success of the last penalty, executed by Sebastián Abreu.
The cup semifinal found Rosario Central again at the Bicentenario stadium, in San Juan, on November 19, 2014, this time to face Juan Román Riquelme's Argentinos Juniors. On this occasion, the people from Rosario "dispatched" their rival with a resounding 5-0 scoreline. The scores were by Sebastián Abreu, Franco Niell, Alejandro Donatti, Javier Correa and Hernán Fabián Encina. The unmitigated victory made it possible for Rosario Central to play a final for an official championship after 16 years. On that occasion, the Rosario team had been defeated by Santos from Brazil, in the decisive match of the 1998 Conmebol Cup. For this final, more than 20,000 rogue fans accompanied the team to the city of San Juan, about 1000 km from the city of Rosario.
The final was played on November 26, 2014 at the San Juan del Bicentenario Stadium and this time the rival was Club Atlético Huracán. Finally, "El Globo" from Parque Patricios was left with the cup after winning 5-4 in the penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw without great scoring chances for either side during the 90 minutes. The missed shots were by Paulo Ferrari —diverted—, Mauricio Caranta —contained by Marcos Díaz— and Hernán Fabián Encina, also saved by the goalkeeper.
Third place in 2015 and finalist again in Copa Argentina
On December 15, 2014, Chacho Eduardo Coudet was made official by the leadership of Rosario Central as the technical director of the Rosario entity for the next two years. In his first year as coach, Coudet led Central to a very good campaign both in the local tournament and in the Argentine Cup, finishing in third place in the 2015 Championship, where the auriazul team achieved 16 victories, 11 draws and only 3 defeats. In addition, he qualified the team for the 2016 Copa Libertadores.
In the 2014-15 Argentine Cup, Central reached the final and was runner-up for the second consecutive year. In the first phase, they eliminated Deportivo Riestra, whom they beat 3-1. In the round of 32, they left River Plate on the road, whom they defeated 2-0 at the San Juan del Bicentenario Stadium. In the round of 16, they beat Ferro Carril Oeste in a penalty shootout, after drawing 0-0 in 90 minutes of play. Later, in the quarterfinals, the rogue team beat Estudiantes de La Plata 2-1, while in the semifinals they beat Racing Club 1-0. In the Cup final, they lost 2 to 0 against Boca Juniors in a controversial match marked by the gross refereeing errors by judge Diego Ceballos and his assistant Marcelo Aumente that benefited the winner. In the first half the referee —at the request of the linesman— canceled a a goal for the Rosario team due to a controversial forward position, while during the second half of the match, there were two determining situations that would give the xeneize club the cup: at the beginning of the second half, Ceballos scored a penalty for a foul committed outside the area, and at the end of the game the judge —at the request of his assistant Aumente— validated a goal from an advanced position by Andrés Chávez, with a final result of 2-0 in favor of Boca Juniors. The duel took place on November 4, 2015, at the stadium or Mario Alberto Kempes from the city of Córdoba.
Provincial champion for the first time in 2017
In April 2016, the Santa Fe Soccer Federation, an entity that brings together all the soccer Leagues and Associations of the Province of Santa Fe, decided to create —together with the Government of Santa Fe— a cup where all are represented the provincial teams of all the Leagues, including those that participate in the First Division of the Argentine Football Association. is crowned with the title of "Provincial Champion".
In the 2016 edition, the auriazul team advanced to the quarterfinals. For the 2017 edition, Rosario Central decided to face the tournament with an alternative team, made up of players from the reserve division, and led by Leonardo Fernández, DT of the reserve as well. In the round of 16, Central clearly defeated Alianza Sport —a Rosario Football Association team— 4-0, with two goals from Ijiel Protti, one from Diego Becker and another from Joaquín Pereyra.
In the quarterfinal series, Unión de Santa Fe, a First Division team, was coming, which put all its starters for said key. In the first leg, played at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Central won 2-0, with goals from Rodrigo Migone and Fernando Alarcón. In the second leg, played at the Estadio 15 de Abril, the youth rogues surprised and defeated the tatengues again, this time 1-0 with a goal from Ijiel Protti in the first half.
In the semifinals, Atlético San Jorge, a club that played in the Federal B Tournament, came to Gigante de Arroyito. The key was easily resolved by Rosario Central, who won 5-2 with two goals from Ijiel Protti, one from Agustín Coscia, another by Palavecino and the last by Becker.
In the final, the team from Arroyito had to face Atlético Rafaela, a club that at that time was a member of the Primera B Nacional after its relegation from the Primera in May of that year. In the first leg, played at the Estadio Nuevo Monumental in Rafaela, those led by Leo Fernández prevailed 1-0 over la Crema, with an agonizing goal from Agustín Coscia. In the rematch, played on October 20 before a large audience that supported the youth team, Rosario Central tied 2-2 against Atlético at the Gigante de Arroyito. Coscia and Diego Becker scored the goals and there was a great performance by goalkeeper Jeremías Ledesma. With the draw —and an overall score of 3-2 in the series— the Arroyito club became provincial champion for the first time in its history.
The eleventh official title: the Copa Argentina 2018
In May 2018, the club saw the return of Edgardo Bauza as Central's coach in his second cycle. The coach declared that "I knew of no other objective than to win the title with Central".
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In the 32nd final, the auriazul team faced Juventud Antoniana with a favorable result of 6-0. Later, in both the 16th and 16th finals, the scoundrel tied both games: the first goalless against Talleres, advancing on penalties 5-3. In the round of 16, the Arroyito club drew 1-1 against Almagro and defeated him 5-4 in kicks from the penalty spot.
In the quarterfinals, Central and Newell's starred in a new Rosario classic. As in the 1969 and 1970 editions, the Auriazules once again defeated their greatest rival and advanced to the semifinals with goals from Herrera de Taco and Zampedri, with a discount from Torres for Newell's.
Central faced Temperley in the semifinals. The game ended tied 1-1 after a goal by the celestes in the last minutes of the game. However, the scoundrels finally won on penalties 4-2, qualifying for their fourth Copa Argentina final.
The cup final was played on December 6 at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. In this final, both teams sought to end streaks of more than twenty years without celebrations. Central won during the first half with a goal from Zampedri, but in the second half Lorenzo Faravelli equalized. Equality was maintained during the ninety minutes, and the definition was forced by penalties. There, the people from Rosario scored four and Gimansia only one —he had previously deflected one and another had been stopped by goalkeeper Jeremías Ledesma—, which made Central Argentina Cup champion for the first time in its history. In addition, he qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores and the 2018 Argentine Super Cup.
Champion squad: Jeremías Ledesma, Josué Ayala, Miguel Barbieri, Matías Caruzzo, Óscar Cabezas, Marcelo Ortiz, Alfonso Parot, Elías Gómez, Gonzalo Bettini, Nahuel Gómez, Diego Arismendi, Leonardo Gil, Joaquín Pereyra, Néstor Ortigoza, Andrés Lioi, José Luis Fernández, Washington Camacho, Federico Carrizo, Maximiliano Lovera, Fernando Zampedri, Marco Ruben, Agustín Maziero and Germán Herrera.
Coach: Edgardo Bauza
2020s
Signature of Carlos Tévez and start over
After poor performances throughout the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Kily González, DT on duty at Central, is dismissed from his position. He was replaced by Leandro Somoza who, after being Miguel Russo's field assistant in Boca, started his first weapons as main DT in Central but after bad results and indifference with the Board of Directors, he decided to resign his position. After 2 games of Germán Rivarola as interim coach, Carlos Tévez takes over, who would also be a rookie in office.
International participation
As of 2021, Rosario Central has 24 official international participations. It has a record that it maintained until 2005 in which it had not lost a match against a team from another country in its stadium, accumulating an undefeated record of 41 games, with 31 wins and 10 draws. It was cut against SC Internacional from Brazil, for the 2005 Copa Sudamericana, when they fell 1-0.
The auriazules have been present in 12 editions of the Copa Libertadores de América, being the seventh, in number of participations in said tournament. It is worth adding that in the accumulated table of points of this contest, the auriazules occupy the eighth place among the Argentine teams.
For international tournaments, he faced his classic rival in two competitions, having eliminated him on both occasions. In total, out of 5 matches, Central won 2 and drew the remaining 3, maintaining the undefeated by international tournaments over the lepers.
Classic Rosario
History has a rich history, which began in 1905 when they met for the first time in history, with a 1-0 victory for the red and blacks. Throughout history, Dozens of these matches have been held, covering different instances such as: Rosario Soccer League, Rosario Soccer Association, AFA national tournaments, CONMEBOL national and international cups, and friendly matches.
There is no official record on the total of the classics throughout the more than 100 years of confrontations, so it is common to find different sources that try to reflect the instances of crossing. A source that tries to compile all of them is the Fútbol de Rosario website, which in December 2007 made a historical account of the classic, from 1905 to 2007.
Two sources that attempt to compile all the results are two publications from Diario La Capital, one from 2007, and the other from 2008.
Another source that tries to compile them is the website Promiedos where it lists only the official classics played in the First Division from the beginning of the AFA national tournaments —1939 to the present day— but does not include those referring to national AFA cups or those belonging to official international CONMEBOL cups.
The source that tries to compile all the official and friendly classics from 1905 to the present is Goal.com, which includes the matches referred to the Rosario Football League, Rosario Football Association, Santa Fe Football Federation, Association of Argentine Soccer, and CONMEBOL. As of 2019, Rosario Central takes the lead in the history of the classic.
Central currently leads Newell's by two (11 to 9) in terms of the total number of official national and international titles in all history. The auriazules of Arroyito have 4 First Division Leagues, 6 official AFA National Cups, and 1 official international cup organized by the South American Football Confederation. For their part, the redjinegros of Parque de la Independencia have won 6 First Division Leagues, and 3 official AFA National Cups.
Statistics
Compiling the data published in «Historia en Azul y Amarillo», a supplement published by La Capital de Rosario newspaper in 2010 —and which has its counterpart in «Historia en Rojo y Negro»—, whose author is the renowned statistician of the soccer from Rosario Carlos Durhand, with the collaboration of Javier Parenti and Víctor Khury, the following numbers come off—the results of the matches after 2010 are incorporated.
| Competition | P.J. | He won RC | P.E. | He won NOB | Goles RC | NOB goals |
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| Copa Libertadores de América | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| South American Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total international | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| First Argentine National Division | 174 | 53 | 78 | 43 | ||
| Professional League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Copa Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| AFA Centenary Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| British Competition Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Copa Beccar Varela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Honorary Cup "Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires" | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
| Jockey Club Competition Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Total national | 192 | 62 | 78 | 50 | ||
| Santa Fe Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total provincial parties | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santiago Pinasco | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Nicasio Vila Cup | 43 | 19 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Tournament Governor Luciano Molinas | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Ladies of Charity Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stimulus Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Tournament Preparation | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Ivancich Tournament | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Total regional parties | 75 | 29 | 19 | 27 | ||
| Total official (*) (**) | 273 | 93 | 101 | 77 | ||
| Friendly | 80 | 28 | 22 | 30 | ||
| Total official + friendly matches | 352 | 121 | 123 | 107 |
(*) The total includes 4 matches played by the Pinasco Cup in 1905 and 1906 that correspond to Rosario Second Division matches, given that between 1900 and 1907, the Atlético del Rosario and Rosario Central participated in the Tournament or Competition Cup against clubs from Buenos Aires and Uruguay, this being their first division. The LRF decided in one of its first meetings that players who were playing the "Competition Cup" organized by the Argentine Football Association could not participate in the Pinasco Cup, which decreased the chances of Central, who participated with his first team in this national cup and had to put his second team in the Pinasco Cup.
(**) The AFA gave them both 2 games lost, due to incidents.
- In all cases it is considered the official parties that faced both clubs.
- Inside the amateur era are considered the following tournaments: in the pink orbit: Cup Santiago Pinasco 1905 and 1906 — this cup was considered as a second division, so Central could not present his first team, which played national cups—, Copa Nicasio Vila 1907 to 1931, and Copa Estímulo 1922, 1924 and 1925. At the national level of this era: Competition Cup 1918, and Honor Cup 1909, 1911, 1912, 1916 and 1918.
- In the professional era of Rosarina the results of the following tournaments are included: Tournament Governor Luciano Molinas from 1931 to 1938, Stimulus Tournament 1933, Preparation Tournament from 1934 to 1936, and Ivancich Tournament 1937 and 1938.
- AFA's First stage includes the following tournaments: Argentina's First Division 1939 to date. In turn, for the AFA cups of this era are included: Cup Beccar Varela 1933, British Cup 1946 and 1948, Copa Argentina 1969, 1970 and 2018, and Copa Centenario de la AFA 1993.
- The C.S.F. tournaments include: Copa Libertadores 1975 and Copa Sudamericana 2005.
Official titles
The parity in this classic is so notorious that throughout history Rosario Central leads Newell's Old Boys by 9 titles (34 to 25). It must be clarified that there are 3 Rosario Central titles, which belong to the Rosario Federation (1913) and the Amateurs Association (1920 and 1921), which were 2 dissident leagues from the Rosario Football League, but those titles are official, given that have the endorsement of the AFA. Both the Rosario Football Federation and the Rosario Football Amateurs Association are Leagues not made official by the Rosario Football Association, but are recognized by the AFA, since the dissident institutions of Rosario were affiliated with associations that the mother entity itself recognizes as its predecessors: the Argentine Football Federation on the one hand, and the Argentine Football Amateurs Association, on the other.
In addition, the Santiago Pinasco Cup titles of the years 1905 and 1906 are not taken into account, as they are considered Second Division. The 1990 Apertura Tournament obtained by Newell' s Old Boys, since this was a qualifying tournament to play an annual final of the 1990-91 season between the winner of the Apertura 1990 versus the Clausura 1991. To this subject —that there would be a single champion in the season—, the AFA It had been scheduled since before the start of the 1990 Apertura, therefore, the highest governing body of Argentine soccer did not grant Newell's the title of champion for the Apertura of that year.
Thus, in total, as of today the rogues have 34 first-class official achievements, while the red and black have 25. The tournaments and the number of official achievements of both are listed below Rosario teams:
| Tournament | Titles of Rosario Central | Newell's Old Boys titles |
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| Rosarina League - Rosarina Federation - Asoc. Amateurs - First Division Rosarina Association (1907-1938) | 15 | 13 |
| Official local L.R.F. and A.R.F. Cups: Ladies in Charity Cup (1910-1916), Stimulus Cup (1922, 1925, 1931 and 1933), Preparation Tournament (1934-1936)-Torneo Ivancich (1937-1938) | 7 | 3 |
| Santa Fe Cup (2016-present) | 1 | 0 |
| Total official regional titles of First Division | 23 | 16 |
| Official National Cups of AFA (1893-presente) | 6 | 3 |
| First Division of Argentina (1939-present) | 4 | 6 |
| Total official national titles of First Division | 10 | 9 |
| Official International Tournaments of CONMEBOL-FIFA (1960-present) | 1 | 0 |
| Final Totals of First Division Official Titles | 34 | 25 |
Presidents
The first president and founder of the club was Scotsman Colin Calder.
The president with whom Rosario Central won its first official title (Copa Nicasio Vila 1908) was H. S. Scrivener. Meanwhile, the first official AFA national title (Copa Competencia 1913) was won under the presidency of Alfredo Remy.
The president who governed the club for the longest years (as of 2019) is Víctor Vesco, with 31 years (1970-1992 and 1994-2003) at the head of the club, always being re-elected by the popular vote of the members of Rosario Central.
The two mandates of Federico Flynn also stand out, during which Central won 1 official AFA National Cup and 6 Rosario first division titles, considerably increased its assets and acquired land and infrastructure, in addition to having achieved —after the inauguration of the spa—, a number of almost 40,000 members.
Another of the successful mandates in the history of Rosario Central is that of Tomás Flynn (1916-1917), where the club won 3 official AFA National Cups and 2 Rosarina League titles.
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The fans of Rosario Central are considered, according to several studies, to be one of the most significant in Argentina. However, like the vast majority of Argentine soccer teams, Rosario Central has in its group of supporters the presence of barrabravas, called "Los Guerreros". In 2006, Diario Clarín published a report in which it positioned the barrabravas of Rosario Central among the most violent in Argentina, along with those of Boca Juniors, River Plate and Newell's Old Boys.
El Diario Olé published on January 5, 2008 a study carried out by the English magazine «UK Football». He himself published a ranking with the fifty most vibrant fans in the world. The results were as follows: AC Milan fans ranked first, then Real Madrid, and Galatasaray of Turkey third. Among the Argentines, the one from Rosario Central appears as the first in position 14, due to the number of rites, hymns and caravans. River Plate's second in position twenty, Boca Juniors' fans appear third in number twenty-three, and Racing Club's fourth in place number forty-eight.
In July 2014, the Brazilian consultancy Pluri ranked the sixty clubs that brought the most fans to stadiums at home throughout the American continent in the 2013-14 season. Rosario Central was ranked sixth —and third in Argentina—, with an average of 38,900 people per home game, reaching an average occupancy of 86% of its stadium. It was only surpassed by River Plate, América de México, Seattle Sounders, Boca Juniors, and Tigres de México in that order.
This fan has certain rituals of its own, such as the "Towel Throw", on November 23 in recognition of the game that Rosario Central beat its rival 4-0 and it ended after eleven minutes of the second half due to numerical inferiority of Newell's. Another important date is known as the "Día del Amigo Canalla", which is July 19, the date of death of Roberto Fontanarrosa, "La maratón Canalla" — It has been held at the end of each year since 2008—and the most important, the Poy Popcorn celebration, which is celebrated every December 19 in different cities around the world, a petition was raised to enter the Guinness book as the most celebrated goal in history.
National surveys
According to a survey carried out in Argentina by Equis Consulting in March 2012, it places Rosario Central as the 6th fan base in the country in terms of number of supporters. In another survey previously carried out by the same consultant between the months of September and October 2009, Rosario Central ranked sixth with the largest number of fans in the country. According to the study, the fans of Central are located —with 1.8% of the adherents— behind those of Boca Juniors (40.6%), River Plate (32.4%), Independiente (5.4%), Racing Club (4.3%) and San Lorenzo de Almagro (3.8%), being the club with the most supporters from the Interior of the country, and the third (behind Boca and River) in the Central Region of the Argentine territory, which includes the provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, Córdoba and Buenos Aires.
According to another survey also carried out by the same consultancy, Equis, in March 2006, Rosario Central was already in the sixth place with the largest number of fans in Argentina. According to the study, the fans of Central it was already ranked sixth, with 1.7% of adherents.
Another similar poll at the national level was carried out by the Ipsos Consulting Company in October 2005. It places the rogues —with 4% of the adherents in Argentina— as the fifth fan in the country, even ahead of Racing Club.
Other surveys, such as the one carried out by the consulting firm Entrepreneur for the magazine El Gráfico on September 11, 1998, place Rosario Central —similar to the Equis survey— in sixth position in terms of the number of sympathizers in the Argentina, with 3.2% of adherents. In the following order: Boca, River, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Racing, Rosario Central.
A survey carried out in the edition of Sunday, August 27, 1995 by the "Viva" Magazine —Sunday supplement of the Clarín newspaper—, also places —with 4.9%— the Arroyito club in fifth place in quantity of fans; ahead of Racing and Newell's.
Regarding the average number of supporters throughout the country, according to a survey carried out by the Clarín newspaper in 2009, for the El Gran DT contest, on more than 2,000,000 cases:
- (43 765) Central Rosary is the sixth.
- (38 193) Students of La Plata is the seventh.
- (36 424) Newell's Old Boys is the eighth.
- (28 168) Velez Sarsfield is the tenth.
- (16 154) Hurricane is the twelfth.
A poll produced by the Buenos Aires morning newspaper Clarín during 2010 for the Argentine Bicentennial, places Central in sixth place among the "most popular in the country." The study shows the number of fans of each club for every 100 people, showing that Rosario Central would have 3 fans for every 100, being only surpassed by Boca Juniors (40), River Plate (33), Independiente (5), San Lorenzo (4), and Racing Club (4).
On October 8, 2014, the company Fútbol Para Todos, the broadcaster of the Argentine first division matches, released the ranking of fans by teams that emerged from those who had downloaded the program's application. It gave Rosario Central in sixth place behind Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independiente, Racing Club and San Lorenzo de Almagro. Out of a total of almost 300,000 users, 5,710 declared they were fans of Rosario Central, approximately 1.8% of the national total.
Between January and the end of March 2015, the TyC Sports website conducted a “National Fan Census”. With the participation of almost 250,000 users who voted, Rosario Central ranked 3rd in the country —with 9.94% of the votes—, only being surpassed by Boca Juniors and River Plate, in that order.
Local surveys
The survey carried out by Consultora Mansilla in November 1994, places Central as the club with the most fans in the City of Rosario with 45% of supporters.
In the survey of the Entrepreneur Consulting firm carried out for the magazine El Gráfico in September 1998, Rosario Central once again ranked first in support of fans in the city with 40% of preferences against 35% of the second placed.
At the same time, the survey carried out by Ipsos Consulting, in October 2005, reveals that Rosario Central is the club with the most fans in the city, having 42% of the preferences, taking 15 points from the second.
Another survey carried out by the National Media Secretariat, in December 2006, indicates that Central has 33.7% support in Rosario, while its lifelong rival reaches 18%.
Anthem
The Official March of Club Atlético Rosario Central was written on April 29, 1945 by Laerte Carroli, who is the author of its lyrics and original music.
| Anthem of the Club Atletico Rosario Central. He applauds you and greets you jubilee Central Rosary Honest champions of sport, |
On May 15, 1945, the march was recorded by fourteen musicians and a singer directed by maestro Héctor Lagna Fietta at the Odeón studios in Buenos Aires. The musical base of the march is a tarantella, which gives it the strength it has when singing it.
Over the years different artists have created their own versions:
- Juan Carlos Baglietto made a more modern version, using musical instruments that were not in their original version (e.g. battery and electric guitar).
- The Uncontrolled — a pink band dedicated exclusively to Rosario Central — made its own cover and adapted the song to rock.
- There is an instrumental march adapted to the bossa nova genre made by Marcelo Stenta and Quique Pesoa. In addition Stenta created a milonga version.
- In 2009 the «Buenos Aires Tartan Army» produced an instrumental version with gaitas and drums.
- The Trident rosary band produced a heavy metal version.
- There is a punk version of the pink musician Pablo García.
- Vilma Palma e Vampiros recorded a pop version.
- Antonio Agri played a version with his violin in a live presentation at a dinner of the subsidiary channel in Cordoba.
- Enrique Llopis also recorded a version; it should be noted that he is nephew of Laerte Carroli; he accompanied him with piano Jorge Cánepa.
There were other marches before Carroli's. The best known is that of Pedro Porta, composed in 1919 and entitled Himno al Club Atlético Rosario Central. It used as a sound base the music of the traditional Irish song It's a Long Way to Tipperary. Here is a fragment of the lyrics:
| Fragment of the Ancient Anthem to the Atletic Club Rosario Central by Pedro Porta
The colors blue and gold |
Uniform
- Uniform holder: Yellow and blue vertical striped t-shirt, blue trousers and blue stockings.
- Alternative uniform: White t-shirt, with two large blue paintings, trousers and white stockings.
In 1889, the colors that were initially chosen to identify the players were white and red. Some versions indicate that the shirt was half red and half white, while it is also said to be white and red checkered. In 1903 the colors were replaced by white and blue, arranged in two large squares placed on both halves of the shirt. shirt. Finally in 1904 the colors blue and yellow were chosen, and in 1912 the vertical stripes that have been used to this day were implemented.
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Stadium
The club has moved pitches several times since it was founded. Between 1903 and 1918 it played in a stadium called Villa Sanguinetti, or Estadio del Cruce, the name it received for being on the Alberdi Crossing. Between 1919 and 1925 he did it in the stadium called Parada Castellanos, located just a few blocks from the previous one. During a large part of 1926 —until the construction of its new field in the Arroyito neighborhood— it served as the venue for the Club Bolsa de Comercio stadium. Finally, in November 1926, he began to use the stadium that he had been building on the land where it is today.
Since 1978, its sports arena has been called the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito. It was officially inaugurated on November 14, 1926, and is located on Boulevard Avellaneda, between Avenida Génova and Paseo Ribereño —on the banks of the Paraná River. The dimensions of its playing field are 105 x 70 meters, and through numerous reforms, it managed to reach the current capacity of 41,465 spectators.
It hosted the 1978 Soccer World Cup and the 1987 Copa América, being in 2018 the only stadium in the Province of Santa Fe in which both the Senior Soccer World Cup and Qualifiers were held South American.
At the request of the former coach of the Argentine soccer team, Diego Maradona, who argued that the encouragement of the public is much more felt in the Central Stadium, the Rosario Central field received the Brazilian National Team on September 5 for the framework of the South American Qualifiers for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. On the occasion of this clash, some remodeling works were carried out on the stadium. On July 29 of that year, the old electronic board of the 1978 World Cup began to be uninstalled, to replace it with a state-of-the-art one.
Facilities
The facilities of Club Atlético Rosario Central include, in addition to the Gigante de Arroyito Stadium, the following sports environments:
- Predio de Arroyo Seco: About mid-June 2008 Rosario Central bought the predio that belonged to the Club Real Arroyo Seco, 30 km from the city of Rosario. The amount of the operation swept the 16 million Argentine pesos, although the payment was financed in quotas. The village has 28 hectares, a 4-star hotel with 17 rooms with all the amenities, a headquarters, four waterfall pools, a first-division level stadium with capacity for around 20 000 viewers, and several alternative courts. In the predium usually practice the first division professional table. In turn, the hotel serves as a point of concentration of the plantel prior to the meetings that Central disputes as a local.
- Ciudad Deportiva de Granadero Baigorria: it is a predium of 14 hectares, wooded, with swimming pool and exit to the Paraná River, in the neighboring town of Granadero Baigorria. It also has a hotel that serves as the concentration of the players prior to some matches. In addition, the "Deportiva City" has several football pitches, in which the professional board is trained on certain occasions, and in which meetings of lower divisions are contested when the club makes it local.
- Subsede Cruce Alberdi: micro-stage with parquet floor located in the vicinity of the road crossing called "Cruce Alberdi" and a few blocks from the Bus Terminal Station, in the macrocentre of the city. There, there are various activities such as football — the club participates in the First Division of AFA—, basketball, skate and volleyball, among others.
- Social Headquarters: located in the heart of the city, all the different administrative procedures of the club associates are carried out.
- Subsede Cristalería: located in the pink quarter of Cristalería, in the northwest of the city. In the same, young people from the lower divisions of the Rosarina Association of Football, among other activities, are involved.
- British Subsede: on Boulevard Oroño 49 bis is the headquarters of the British ex-Club, today belonging to Rosario Central. The recovery of the property was carried out largely by the "Secretariat of Culture" of the club, and the contribution of a group of fans and central partners. In August 2013 a typical restaurant on Rosario Central was inaugurated in the Subsede, with exclusive access for fans of the Arroyito club.
- Subsede "El Clubsito" (Unión Río Paraná): is just a few blocks from its stadium in the Arroyito district, in Juan B. Justo 970. This Subsede sheltered different football schools at the beginning of the institution. Subsequently, by decision of the authorities leading the club, it remained in a fairly large state of abandonment. Later, a group of associates and sympathizers laid hands on the work and took care of this subsection, and reigned this property. Now it consists of a row of "fútbol 5" decorated with painted images of the folklore channel, a party hall with pool tables and ping pong, and a gallery with photos of reminiscent of Central, bathrooms, barbecues, and a court that is currently in disuse.
- Caribbean Canalla: Located on the banks of the Paraná River, more precisely in front of the stadium, the Caribbean Canalla is a meeting place for the fans of the Central Rosario who want to enjoy the sand, grills, football courts and volleyball on the sand and water of the river. Wednesdays usually many channel meet for dinner and tune songs from Rosario Central in crowds. Surrounded by blue and yellow painted installations—in murals, palm trees, tables, banks, arches, etc.—and a large mural that carries images of club idols such as Eduardo Coudet, Omar Palma, Ernesto «Che» Guevara, Alberto Olmedo, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Mario Kempes and the inscription «Caribe Canalla» with the shield of Rosario Central between the two words.
- Marina and nautical nursery: Departure to the Paraná River, the Marina and nautical nursery is aimed at all that member of Rosario Central who has a boat and wants to keep it there.
Data
Participation in Rosarina First Division Leagues (1905-1938)
Champion Runner up. Third Place.
(*) Tiro Federal and Rosario Central left the league due to problems with their leadership in the middle of the Championship and founded the Rosario Football Federation together with the clubs Sparta, Embarcadero Córdoba & Rosario, and Brown from Santa Fe. For this reason, the 1912 Nicasio Vila Cup was suspended and was not finished.
(**) Participated in the Rosario Football Federation championship.
(***) Participated in the Rosarina Football Amateurs Association championship.
Participation in Rosarina First Division Cups (1910-1938)
Champion Runner up. Third Place.
Participation in First Division provincial cups (2016-present)
Participation in the AFA First Division Championship (1939-present)
Champion Runner up. Third Place. Ascent. Descent.
Participation in official A.F.A. National Cups
| Cup Sweden | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Cup Sweden 1958 | 2nd - Group B | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 4 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 4 | |||
| Copa Beccar Varela | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Cup Beccar Varela 1933 | First phase, 3rd Rosarina Zone | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Copa de la República | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Copa de la República 1943 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | |||
| Centennial Cup | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| AFA Centenary Cup | Second Wheel Phase of Losers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |||
| Copa Argentina | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Argentina Cup 1969 | Semifinal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | |||
| Argentina Cup 1970 | Final rooms | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2012 | Final rooms | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2013 | 32nd final | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2014 | Subfield | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2015 | Subfield | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2016 | Subfield | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2017 | Semifinal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2018 | Champion | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2019 | 32nd final | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Argentina 2020 Cup | 32nd final | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2022 | Sixteenth final | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Argentina Cup 2023 | In dispute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 1 Title | 51 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 82 | 46 | +36 | |||
| Supercopa Argentina | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Supercopa Argentina 2018 | Subfield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Superlight Cup Argentina | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Superlight Cup 2019 | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | |||
| Superlight Cup 2020 | Cancelled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | |||
| Professional League Cup | |||||||||||
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| Year | Round | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | DG | |||
| Professional League Cup 2020 | Subfield of the Complementary Zone | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | |||
| Professional League Cup 2021 | 8° - Area A | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -2 | |||
| Professional League Cup 2022 | 14th - Area B | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -4 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 39 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 55 | -5 | |||
Participation in international cups (1960-present)
[*] Up to and including the 1987 edition, only the first team placed in each group qualified for the semifinal round.
By competition
Note: In bold active competitions.
| Competition | Temp. | PJ | PG | PE | P | GF | GC | Dif. | Points | Titles | Subtitles |
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| Copa Libertadores de América | 12 | 92 | 43 | 22 | 27 | 155 | 119 | +36 | 151 | - | - |
| South American Cup | 5 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 23 | - | - |
| Copa Conmebol | 4 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| Conmebol Master Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| Gold Cup Nicholas Leoz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | - | - |
| Mercosur Cup | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 16 | - | - |
| Total | 24 | 146 | 66 | 36 | 44 | 228 | 172 | +56 | 234 | 1 | 1 |
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Statistics
In the Amateur and Professional Era of Rosario (1905-1938)
- Seasons in the Second Division of Rosario: 2 (1905-1906).
- Best location in Second Division: 2.o, on two occasions (1905 and 1906).
- Worse location in Second Division: 2.o, on two occasions (1905 and 1906).
- Seasons in First Division Rosarina: 32 (all).
- Best position: Champion, on 15 occasions.
- Worse location: Sixth. on 2 occasions.
- Official Rosario local cups contested: 17 (all).[chuckles]required]
- Best location: Champion, 7 times.
- Worse location: eliminated in first round.
- National Cups of Argentine Soccer contested: 23
- Best location: Champion, on 5 occasions.
- Worse location: eliminated in first round.
- AFA's highest score in official National Cups:
- Rosario Central 8 - Newell ́s 0 (Copa de Honor 1916).
- AFA's highest score in official national Cups:
- Racing Club 6 - Rosario Central 0 (Copa Ibarguren 1916).
- Maximum goleador of the amateur era and professional rosarina: Harry Hayes.
In the Professional Era of AFA (1939-present)
- Seasons in First Division: 79 (1939-1941, 1943-1950, 1952-1984, 1986/87-2009/10, 2013/14-present)
- seasons in Second Division: 6
- 3 in First B (1942, 1951, 1985)
- 3 National B (2010/11-2012/13)
- Big deal.:
- In First Division: Racing Club 0 Rosario Central 10 (Multilateral Museum 1975)
- In Second Division: Rosario Central 12 New Chicago 1 (Campeonato de Primera B de 1942)
- In international tournaments: Rosario Central 6 Universidad de Deportes de Perú 0 (first phase of the Copa Libertadores 2001)
- Major welcome:.
- In First Division: Racing Club 11 Rosario Central 3 (Campeonato de Primera Division de 1960).
- In Second Division: Sportivo Dock Sud 6 Rosario Central 3 (First B School of 1942)
- In international tournaments: Atlético Mineiro de Brasil 4 Rosario Central 0 (end of the 1995 Conmebol Cup)
- Best location in the league: Champion, on 4 occasions
- Worse location in the league: 20.
- Best location in international tournaments: Champion, on one occasion
- Worse location in international tournaments: eliminated in first round
- Best location in AFA National Cups: Champion, on one occasion
- Worse location in AFA national cups: eliminated in first round
- Maximum number of consecutive wins obtained in AFA Tournaments: 12 (National Tournament B 2012-2013).
- Maximum number of consecutive victories obtained in AFA First Division: 9 between the 1999 Opening and the 2000 Closure, the fourth most important of Argentina
- Maximum scorer:
Marco Ruben with 105 goals in 262 matches. - Porter with more minutes with undefeated go: Mauricio Caranta, with 606 minutes without receiving goals.
- More contested parties: José Jorge González: 512 official games (487 matches by AFA tournaments and 25 games by Copa Libertadores)
Highlights
As a Santa Fe club
- Only Santafessian club to have a stadium with World Cup and World Cup America at the level of Major Selections.
- Only Santafessian club winner of at least one official international title organized by the South American Confederation of Football.
- Only Santafessian club winner of at least one regional cup title (Copa Santa Fe), National League, National Cup and International Cup.
As a club from the interior
- With 11 official achievements (10 national and 1 international), it is the team of the interior with more official titles won throughout history.
- Unique club of the interior that has titles of First Division League, official national Cups and at least an official international title.
- First club of the interior of the country to be a champion (Nacional 1970), and champion in the professionalism of AFA (Nacional 1971).
- First club in the interior of the country to contest the Copa Libertadores de América, in 1971.
- First club of the interior of the country to win an official international title, after winning the Conmebol Cup in 1995. The later (and last) was Workshops in 1999.
- First club to win the Dr Cup. Carlos Ibarguren, defeating in 1915 in Buenos Aires the Avellaneda Racing Club for 3 to 1 in the end.
- First club of the interior to be founded (1889), and fourth in Argentina.
- With 22 official participations in international tournaments organized by CONMEBOL, Rosario Central is the best club located in the interior of the country, and eighth Argentine club in that area.
- According to various surveys and studies carried out over the years, Rosario Central is also the club of the interior with the highest number of fans, and the sixth in Argentina.
- First club of the interior to be finalist and champion of the Argentine Soccer Cup.
- Club of the interior of the country with more members (60 000) and fifth of Argentina.
As a club from Argentina
- First country club to win the Conmebol Cup in 1995.
- First and only club in Argentina that immediately after ascending to the first, achieves the first division Argentine championship the following year. Central won the First B championship in 1985 and won the First Division title of the 1986-1987 season.
- First club in Argentina to give an ex-futbolist born in the club as Technical Director of a National Team Argentina Campeona del Mundo: César Luis Menotti. Argentina was World Champion 1978 under his leadership.
As a Latin American club
- In the 2013-2014 season it was the sixth team of the American continent (and third in Argentina) with the greatest public participation in its stadium.
- By 2019, the club is the fifteenth with the greatest turnout in its stadium in the last ten years and second in Argentina.
As a club worldwide
- Unique club in the world to reverse an adverse score of 4 goals of difference in an official international final. This happened to the Atlético Mineiro of Brazil at the end of the 1995 Conmebol Cup.
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Throughout its history, Rosario Central has seen a large number of soccer players pass through its ranks, most of them being Argentine nationals. Soccer players who would later integrate the Argentine National Team emerged from its lower divisions, such as Octavio Díaz, Harry Hayes, Zenón Díaz, Alfredo Fógel, Federico Vairo, César Luis Menotti, Aldo Pedro Poy, Edgardo Andrada, Daniel Pedro Killer -world champion in the 1978 World Cup-, Hernán Díaz, Edgardo Bauza -runner-up in the world in Italy 90-, José Chamot, Cristian "Kily" González -Olympic champion in Athens 2004-, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Roberto Bonano, César Delgado —Olympic champion in Athens 2004—, Luciano Figueroa —Olympic champion in Athens 2004—, Daniel Díaz, Ángel Di María —American champion in 2021 and World champion 2022 —, Giovanni Lo Celso —American champion in 2021—, among others.
Central is one of the eleven soccer clubs in the world in which Mario Alberto Kempes worked —Golden Boot for the Top Scorer of the 1978 Argentina World Cup— being "El Matador", with 97 goals, the top scorer of the institution in professionalism. Another renowned soccer player that emerged from its lower divisions is Juan Antonio Pizzi, who participated in the Spanish soccer team. On the other hand, Ernesto Vidal began his career as a professional at Central and was world champion with Uruguay in the 1950 Soccer World Cup.
Regarding the Youth Teams, several soccer players from Rosario Central had active participation in the Argentine champion squads. In the 1979 Cup, Daniel Sperandío was part of the squad and César Menotti was the coach taking the title, in the 1995 Cup, striker Andrés Garrone and Julio César Bayón were part of the Argentine team that won their second U-20 World Championship. In 2001, the central defender Mauro Cetto did the same, while in 2005, the attacker Pablo Vitti was part of the champion team. Finally, in 2007, the attacking midfielder Ángel Di María was one of the important pieces for the obtaining his sixth U-20 World Youth Championship and the second Olympic Championship for the National Team in Beijing 2008, being the author of the goal in qualifying for the semifinals against the Netherlands and the goal in the final against Nigeria.
Another player who stands out in the club's history is Omar Palma, being the footballer who has won the most titles with the Rosario Central shirt in the AFA professionalism. "El Negro" —as he is affectionately known in the soccer world— won the 1980 National Tournament with the Arroyito club, the 1986-1987 Championship —where he was the tournament's top scorer with 20 goals—, and the Cup Conmebol 1995.
Among the foreigners who came to the club, the Uruguayans José Jorge González —twice champion, and player with the most appearances in the club's history—, Jorge Fossati —champion in the 86-87 season—, and Rubén Da Silva —1995 Conmebol Cup champion, being both the top scorer of said cup edition and of the 1997 Apertura Tournament—.
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Captain
Mission- Argentine teams are limited by AFA to have a maximum quota Six foreign players, although only Five You can sign the party table.
Admissions - Summer 2023
| Player | Position | Proceedings | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Quintana
| Ombudsman | Patronato
| Free |
 Facundo Mallo
| Ombudsman | Ombudsman Sporting
| Loan |
| Lucas Rodríguez
| Ombudsman | Independent
| Loan |
 Alan Rodríguez
| Ombudsman | Cerro Porteño
| Transfer |
| Facundo Agüero
| Ombudsman | Union
| Free |
| Agustín Toledo
| Flying | Temperley
| Loan |
 Jaminton Campaz
| Flying |  Gremio
| Loan |
| Octavio Bianchi
| Delantero | All Boys
| Loan |
Leaves - Summer 2023
| Player | Position | Destination | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lautaro Blanco
| Ombudsman |  Elche
| Transfer |
| Julián Velázquez
| Ombudsman |  Jorge Wilstermann
| End of Loan |
| Javier Báez
| Ombudsman | Independent
| End of Contract |
| Nazareno Romero
| Ombudsman | Velez Sarsfield
| End of Loan |
| Juan Gabriel Rodriguez
| Ombudsman | Defence and Justice
| End of Loan |
| Nahuel Franco
| Ombudsman |  Free
| Contract termination |
| Mateo Tanlongo
| Flying |  Sporting Lisboa
| Free |
| José David Leudo
| Flying | Free
| Contract termination |
| Facundo Buonanotte
| Flying |  Brighton & Hove
| Transfer |
| Marcelo Benitez
| Flying | Defence and Justice
| End of Loan |
| Michael Covea
| Flying |  Carabobobo
| End of Contract |
| Diego Becker
| Flying | Atlanta
| Free |
| Gustavo Ramírez
| Delantero | Deportivo Cali
| Contract termination |
Lossions 2023
| Player | Position | Destination | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Pablo Romero
| Archer | Güemes (SDE)
| 31/12/2023 |
| Mauritius
| Archer | Ferro de General Pico
| 31/12/2023 |
| Fernando Torrent
| Ombudsman | Hurricane
| 31/12/2023 |
| Facundo Almada
| Ombudsman |  Mazatlan FC
| 31/12/2023 |
| Rafael Sangiovani
| Flying | Independent Rivadavia
| 31/12/2023 |
| Joel López Pissano
| Flying |  Atletico Grau
| 31/12/2023 |
| Ignacio Russo
| Delantero | Patronato
| 31/12/2023 |
| Franco Frías
| Delantero | Central Barracas
| 31/12/2023 |
Players
Statistics throughout history (1905-present)
- Maximum scorer: Harry Hayes, with 186 goals documented in 188 matches. This figure can increase, since there are goals between 1905 and 1920 that are unknown since the media of the time did not document it.
- Maximum scorer in classics: Harry Hayes, with 21 notes.
- Football player with more official titles: Harry Hayes, with 16 —11 regional and 5 nationals.
- Soccer player with more club presences: José Jorge González, with 487 games between 1966 and 1978.
Statistics in the professional era of AFA (1939-present)
- Soccer player with more club presences: José Jorge González, with 487 games between 1966 and 1978.
- Increased number of titles: Omar Arnaldo Palma, with 3: 1980 and 1987—locals—and one international—Copa Conmebol 1995—.
- Maximum scorer: Marco Ruben, with 105 goals in 262 meetings. Mario Alberto Kempes is the highest scorer for First Division tournaments with 89 goals.
- Maximum scorer in classics: Edgardo Bauza, with 9 so many.
- Maximum scorer in the conquest of a championship: Omar Arnaldo Palma, with 20 goals in the 1986-87 First Division tournament.
Maximum professional age scorers
| Player | Seasons | Parties | Goles | Average |
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| Marco Ruben
| 2004 - 2007 / 2015 - 2018 / 2020 / 2021 - 2022 | 262 | 105 | 0.4 |
| Waldino Aguirre
| 1941-1946 / 1949-1951 | 191 | 98 | 0.51 |
| Mario Alberto Kempes
| 1974-1976 | 123 | 94 | 0.76 |
| Edgardo Bauza
| 1977-1982 / 1986-1989 / 1991 | 322 | 82 | 0.25 |
| 1956-1964 | 183 | 73 | 0.4 |
| Juan Antonio Pizzi
| 1988-1990 / 1999-2000 / 2001 | 137 | 72 | 0.53 |
| Ruben Bravo
| 1941-1943 | 106 | 65 | 0.61 |
| Benjamin Santos
| 1944-1949 | 107 | 65 | 0.61 |
| Aldo Poy
| 1965-1974 | 306 | 64 | 0.21 |
| Omar Palma
| 1979-1985 / 1985-1986 / 1992-1998 | 390 | 63 | 0.16 |
| Roberto Gramajo
| 1967-1971 | 152 | 53 | 0.35 |
| Juan Castro
| 1956-1960 | 131 | 52 | 0.4 |
| Luciano Figueroa
| 2001-2003 / 2010-2011 | 95 | 47 | 0.49 |
Clarification: Some data may not be accurate as they date back decades
Maximum sliders per position
| Player | Position | Parties | Goles | Average | Seasons |
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| Gaspar Servio
|  Archer
| 41 | 4 | 0.09 | 2022 - Presente |
| Edgardo Bauza
|  Ombudsman
| 322 | 82 | 0.25 | 1976-1982 / 1968-1989 / 1991 |
| Omar Palma
|  Flying
| 390 | 63 | 0.16 | 1979-1985 / 1986-1987 / 1992-1998 |
| Marco Ruben
|  Delantero
| 262 | 105 | 0.40 | 2004-2006 / 2015-2018 / 2020 / 2021-2022 |
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Coaches
Since its foundation in 1889 to the present day, dozens have been the coaches of Club Atlético Rosario Central who have been in charge of the institution's soccer destinations.
Between 1903 and 1929, the team was directed by the Soccer Subcommittee, which in turn gave it the power to set up the starting 11 and the tactics to be used by the captain of the squad. The first external technical director that the club had was Eduardo Blanco, a former soccer player who had shone at Central in the 1910s, who took over the technical direction of the Arroyito team in 1930. Later, the team was once again led by the Soccer Subcommittee —delegating the captain as the person in charge of tactics and the 11 players who would go out on the field of play— until 1937, the year in which Natalio Molinari took over as main DT.
Most of the coaches that the Arroyito club has had have been Argentine nationals. In many of the cases, they have been ex-players of the club who took over after the departure of the head coach. Of all those who were in charge of the first team, only 9 have been foreigners: Juan Fraunhoffer, Emérico Hirschl, György Orth —Hungarians—, Gerardo Rivas —Paraguayan—, Jim Lópes —Brazilian—, and Víctor Bagnulo, Ricardo De León, Víctor Púa and Paolo Montero —Uruguayans—.
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The coach who has led the club to the championship title for the first time in the history of AFA professionalism is Ángel Labruna, in the 1971 Nacional. The second star was achieved in the 1973 Nacional by Carlos Timoteo Griguol. Ángel Tulio Zof is the coach who has won the most official titles in the institution, with three: the 1980 National Championship, the 1986-1987 Championship —local achievements—, and the 1995 Conmebol Cup —international achievement—.
The coach who led the team for the most consecutive years was Fermín Lecea, who held the post for seven consecutive years, between 1948 and 1954. In addition, the coach who has led Central in the most games is Ángel Zof, with 879 official matches between locals and internationals. Other coaches who have been in charge of the first team for several consecutive years have been Carlos Griguol in two stages, Edgardo Bauza in a 3-year stage and a return in 2018 (where he won the Argentine Cup), and Miguel Ángel Russo in four stages. and more than 200 parties directed in Central.
As a particularity, it stands out that three of the four coaches with whom Rosario Central has been champion of both official tournaments organized by the AFA and the South American Football Confederation in the professional era, were previously footballers of the club: Carlos Griguol, Ángel Zof and Edgardo Bauza.
Of the coaches that the club has had to date, two of them led the Argentine Soccer Team in World Championships, such as Alfio Basile —auriazul coach in 1976 and Argentine coach in the World Cup in Soccer of 1994—, and César Luis Menotti —centralist coach in 2002 and of the National Team in the 1978 World Cup—.
Champion technicians in history (1903-present)
| Coach | Titles | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Football Subcommission—represented by the team captain—
| 19 | 5 National AFA Cups, 12 Regional Leagues and 2 Regional Cups |
| Angel Tulio Zof
| 3 | 2 AFA Leagues, 1 C.S.F International Cup. |
| Natalio Molinari
| 2 | 1 Regional League and 1 Regional Cup |
| Angel Labruna
| 1 | 1 AFA League |
| Carlos Timoteo Griguol
| 1 | 1 AFA League |
| Eduardo Blanco
| 1 | 1 Regional League |
 Juan Fraunhoffer
| 1 | 1 Regional League |
| Leo Fernández
| 1 | 1 Regional Cup |
| Edgardo Bauza
| 1 | 1 National AFA Cup |
Technical team 2023
Updated to Professional League 2022
- Coach:
- Miguel Angel Russo
- Field assistants:
- Claudio Ubeda
- Hugo Galloni
- Physical preparers:
- Jorge Rey
- Archer trainers:
- Hernán Castellano
- Juvenal Rodríguez
- Video analyst:
- Henry Rojas
- Doctor of the Professional Plant:
- Hernan Giuria
- Kinesiologist:
- Eduardo Brienzo
- Javier Marengo
- Leandro Arri
Statistics on professionalism
- Coach with more titles: Angel Tulio Zof, with 3: 1980, 1987 (local), and the 1995 Conmebol Cup (international).
- Other title winners with the club: Angel Labruna, in 1971, Carlos Timoteo Griguol, in 1973, and Edgardo Bauza, in 2018.
- Coach with more presences in the club: Angel Tulio Zof, with 879 matches.
- Champions as a player and DT: Edgardo Bauza.
Honours of Prizes
Official regional titles (23)
| Regional Leagues (15) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Titles | Subcamponatos |
| First division of Rosario football: Copa Nicasio Vila, Federación Rosarina de Football, Asociación Amateurs Rosarina de Football y Torneo Gobernador Luciano Molinas (15/6) | 1908, 1913 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1937 and 1938 (Récord) | 1907, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1934 and 1935 |
| Pink and provincial cups (8) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Titles | Subcamponatos |
| Ladies in Charity Cup (4/0) | 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916 (Récord) | |
| Ethnic Cup (1/1) | 1922 | 1925 |
| Preparation Tournament (1/1) | 1936 | 1934 |
| Hermenegildo Ivancich Tournament (1/0) | 1937 | |
| Santa Fe Cup (1/0) | 2017 | |
Official National Titles (10)
| Organized by FAF, AAmF and AFA
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Titles | Subcamponatos |
| First Division of Argentina (4/4) | National 1971, National 1973, National 1980 and 1986-87 | National 1970, Metropolitan 1974, National 1974 and Opening 1999 |
| Second Division of Argentina (4/0) | 1942, 1951, 1985 and 2012-13 | |
| Argentina Cup (1/3) | 2018 | 2014, 2016
(Récord) |
| Supercopa Argentina (0/1) | 2018 | |
| Competition Cup «La Nación» (1/0) | 1913 (Récord) | |
| Doctor Carlos Ibarguren (1/8) | 1915 | 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1923, 1937, 1938 and 1940
(Récord) |
| Honor Cup (1/0) | 1916 | |
| Jockey Club Competition Cup (1/1) | 1916 | 1919 |
| Amateurs Association Competition Cup (1/0) | 1920 | |
Official international titles (1)
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| ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Titles | Subcamponatos |
| Conmebol Cup (1/1) | 1995 | 1998 |
 Organized by AFA-AUF (0)
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Competition | Titles | Subcamponatos |
| Cup Tie Competition (0/1) | 1916 | |
| Cup of Honor Cusenier (0/1) | 1916 | |
Chronology of the official First Division championships
Included in this table are all official first division championships in history, whether international (CONMEBOL-FIFA) or national (Argentine Football Association and its predecessors).
| Tournament | Character | Organizing entity | Year | N.o |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition Cup "La Nación" | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 1913 | 1.o |
| Dr Cup. Carlos Ibarguren | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 1915 | 2. |
| Honorary Cup "Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires" | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 1916 | 3.o |
| Jockey Club Competition Cup | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 1916 | 4.o |
| Amateurs Association Competition Cup | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 1920 | 5.o |
| First Division of Argentina | First Division League | Association of Argentine Football | 1971 | 6th |
| First Division of Argentina | First Division League | Association of Argentine Football | 1973 | 7th |
| First Division of Argentina | First Division League | Association of Argentine Football | 1980 | 8th |
| First Division of Argentina | First Division League | Association of Argentine Football | 1986-87 | 9th |
| Copa Conmebol | International Cup | South American Confederation of Football | 1995 | 10th |
| Copa Argentina | National Cup | Association of Argentine Football | 2018 | Eleventh |
Other sports
Professional basketball from Rosario Central currently participates in the Rosario Basketball Association championships, having won its last two consecutive championships in 2006 and 2007.
In futsal, Rosario Central began to participate in 1986 in the First Division of the official championship organized by the AFA. That year was the year for the introduction of this sport in Argentina, in accordance with FIFA policies. The Arroyito club was first class champion that year, being the first in the country to obtain that achievement.
In turn, several amateur sports are practiced at Club Atlético Rosario Central. They are:
- Aerobic gymnastics
- rhythmic gymnastics
- Sports artistic gymnastics
- Swimming
- Canoeing
- Karate Do
- Taekwondo
- Judo
- Arab Dance
- Boxing
- Male basketball
- Female basketball
- Male volleyball
- Female Voley
- Football 5
- Artistic landscape
- Hockey on lawn
- Female Soccer
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