Velez Sarsfield Athletic Club

The Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is an Argentine sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It was founded on January 1, 1910 and its main activity is men's soccer, whose first team participates in the First Division of Argentina. It is one of the most successful and representative clubs in Argentine soccer; having consecrated champion of the First Division in 10 opportunities, along with another 5 international titles and 1 national cup. Its stadium is the José Amalfitani.

Although it obtained its first title in the National Championship in 1968, the club went through its greatest period of success from 1993. It obtained 16 official titles in its history: 10 First Division titles, 1 national cup and 5 titles of international character, including the 1994 Libertadores and Intercontinental Cups. Obtaining the latter being his greatest sporting achievement. He became World Champion on December 1 of that year, beating Milan from Italy 2-0 at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Thanks to this conquest, it integrates the select group of the only 30 teams in the world that have won the highest soccer club championship worldwide, among more than 300,000 clubs recognized by FIFA. At the same time, the triplet of titles obtained in 1996.

Identified by his nickname "El Fortín", it is a non-profit civil association, owned by its 54,661 members. Its historical rival is Ferro Carril Oeste, with whom it forms the Clásico del Oeste, which has not been played since 2000 due to its absence in the First Division.

In addition to soccer, he excels in volleyball, basketball, hockey, and futsal, among other sports. Various activities are carried out in the institution, both in the field of education, as well as other social, cultural and recreational activities.

History

Foundation Acta del Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield.

Nicolás Martín Moreno and his friends Julio Guglielmone and Martín Portillo met at the former Sarsfield Vélez Station (now called Floresta), and there arose the idea of creating a sports club.

The Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield was founded in a house near Estación Floresta by Luis Barredo and his secretary Alejandro Doldaín. Originally it had been founded under the name "Club Atlético Argentinos de Vélez Sarsfield", but in 1913 the word argentinos was removed to move to its current name. Shortly after its foundation, it had several leadership disputes about his affiliation, going on to play the tournaments organized by the Argentine Football Association only in 1927 The first years of the club saw little success, since the closest it came to winning a major championship at that time was when it reached the second position in the 1919 First Division Championship, in what was their first participation in the First Division. Vélez Sarsfield gained a reputation in the 1920s, with the consequent increase in members and the construction of its old stadium —later improved and refurbished —, which allowed it to be one of the eighteen clubs that played in the first professional Championship in 1931.

Team training in 1953.

Picture of a match against River Plate in 1968.

He suffered his first and only relegation in 1940, which was later followed by a major institutional crisis in which he was evicted from his stadium. The following year, José Amalfitani took over as president of the club, managing to lift the complicated situation. In the sports field, the club later managed to win the 1943 Second Division Championship, being led by Victorio Spinetto, a former player of the institution. During Amalfitani's second presidency, the club began to have good sporting results, such as a runner-up in 1953, or a third place in 1965 and in the 1967 National Championship; in addition to the incorporation of multiple sports, such as basketball, baseball, boxing, swimming, volleyball, among others. On April 22, 1951, the current José Amalfitani Stadium was inaugurated in the Liniers neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

At the beginning of the 1960s, the club carried out regular campaigns, and later the bases of a great team were established that began to be located in the first places of the First Division. Former Huracán midfielder Manuel Giúdice became coach of Vélez Sarsfield in 1968, leading the club to its first official title in 1968 by obtaining the so-called National Championship. The following year José Amalfitani died.

National Champion Team in 1968.

The 1970s were a time of instability in the institution, where despite having good teams and some acceptable performances, they never managed to fight for the top positions. The club was on track to be crowned champion in the 1971 Metropolitan Championship, but lost in the last match of the championship, being relegated to second place. Previously, it had reached the Final of the 1970 Argentine Cup, but said tournament never consecrated a champion, since the Final —which consisted of two games— was never completed. Later, and under the technical leadership of the triumvirate formed by Montaño Cielinsky y Bermúdez was runner-up in the 1979 Metropolitan Championship —they lost the final against River Plate— and after defeating Unión de Santa Fe in a qualifying series, they qualified for their first international tournament in 1980: strikingly after the great campaign of 1979 the Board of Directors decides that the Triumvirate is in charge of amateur soccer and hires Indio Solari to take charge of professional soccer. In the Copa Libertadores, they were eliminated in the second phase. The José Amalfitani Stadium was remodeled to host the 1978 Soccer World Cup.

The following decade was characterized by strong social development, based on an ambitious project promoted at the end of the decade that consisted of a large investment in sports infrastructure. In 1985, he was runner-up in the National Championship, after losing the final against Argentinos Juniors. For the 1989-90 season, the club decided to change its policy and made significant investments in transfers, in order to have a competitive squad to fight for the title. However, with Alfio Basile as coach, only 5th place was reached.

Vélez Sarsfield reached second position in the Clausura 1992 Tournament and in December of that year, the board of directors hired the former soccer player and all-time top scorer of the club, Carlos Bianchi as coach. Under his technical leadership, the club had its first period of success, adding a second local title. Subsequently, on August 31, 1994, the club won its first Copa Libertadores de América, after defeating 5: 3 in the round of penalties against São Paulo, after finishing the series tied 1-1. Three months later, they won the Intercontinental Cup, defeating AC Milan of Italy 2-0. In this way, it obtained the highest world trophy for soccer clubs. In 1995, by obtaining the so-called "Apertura Tournament", the club added its third local title. The following year, the club obtained a historic "triplete", since it managed to revalidate the local title, and obtained two new international laurels: the 1996 Inter-American Cup and the 1996 South American Super Cup, obtaining the latter title under the leadership of Osvaldo Piazza. Piazza also led the club to win its first South American Cup Winners' Cup, defeating River Plate in 1997. In 1998, under the leadership of Marcelo Bielsa, the club crowned the 1998 Clausura Tournament with 46 points, adding their fifth local title. In total, the club crowned nine official titles during the 1990s, considered the most important years in the entity's history.

Picture of the José Amalfitani stadium in the match between Vélez Sarsfield and Hurricane, for the last date of the 2009 Closing Tournament. The match ended with 1-0 win, which gave the seventh local title to the club.

On the other hand, a financial crisis led to years of transition at the beginning of the 21st century, with poor campaigns at the beginning of it. However, the complicated situation began to be reversed in 2004. That same year, the club was runner-up in the Apertura Tournament, considered a "failure". A few years after obtaining the 2005 Clausura Tournament with the leadership of Miguel Ángel Russo, the club hired Ricardo Gareca as coach for the year 2009. Under his leadership, the second period of success for the club, managing to add another four local titles: the Clausura 2009 tournaments —beating Huracán 1-0 in the last game—, Clausura 2011, Inicial 2012, and the national cup superfinal national cup 2012- 13, defeating Newell's Old Boys 1-0 in a final to settle the title. Months later he obtained the Argentine Super Cup -cup corresponding to the year 2013- by defeating Arsenal 1-0 in San Luis, obtaining his first National Cup.

On November 15, 2014, Raúl Gámez was elected for the third time as president of the entity. While he was contesting the 2015 First Division Championship led by Miguel Ángel Russo, a financial liability from ARS was reported 198 million, which gave rise to a stage of crisis, both sporting and economic, called by the media as an "economic championship". The board of directors, at that time, announced austerity measures in order to try to reduce the debt, and at the end of the year, the termination of Russo's contract given the poor results. The successive coaches Christian Bassedas and Omar de Felippe failed reverse the progressive crisis situation, finding the club in serious risk of losing the category by the end of 2017. At the same time, the businessman Sergio Rapisarda wins the elections for president in November, ending 21 years of management of the group "Circle El Fortín" led by Gámez. The new management hires Gabriel Heinze as coach, managing to avoid relegation, and once again qualifying Vélez Sarsfield for international tournaments the following season. In 2020, Heinze said goodbye to the club, with a third place in the 2019-20 Super League, the highest position achieved since 2013. In 2022, the club managed to reach the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores de América.

Administration

Like many Argentine soccer clubs, the club has been, since its foundation, a non-profit civil association, and the ownership of the club rests with its 54,661 members. Their contribution to the club is given through the payment of membership fees, as well as the acquisition of subscriptions and tickets.

Presidents

As the founder of the club, Luis Barredo was the first president of the entity, occupying the position for three years, being succeeded by Plácido Marín. The position of president changed hands numerous times until the second presidency of José Amalfitani, which lasted 27 years. He was the club's 17th president, having previously served a two-year term (1923-1925). According to several sources, he is considered to be the person most responsible for the growth of the entity, both at an institutional and sports level, raising the great institutional crisis that he suffered at the beginning of the 1940s and prompting him to practice various sports in the club. acquiring a sports center character. In honor of him, the club's football stadium was named after him, as well as the sports complex in honor of José Ramón Feijóo. In the 1990s, Héctor Gaudio (1993-1996) and Raúl Gámez (1996-1999) assumed the presidency successively, managing the most winning stage in the club's history in terms of number of titles. The latter allowed the club to expand in terms of marketing and commercial products. The current president since November 2017 is Sergio Rapisarda.

The president is elected by its members, through elections that are held every three years, in the facilities of the aforementioned José Ramón Feijoo Sports Center. All club members over 18 years of age, with two years of seniority, have the right to vote as voting partners. The mandate of the president lasts three years, being able to occupy the position for two consecutive periods, having to allow a period to pass to occupy it again.

Directive Committee 2020-2023

Updated at 2021:

Cargo	Name
Chairman	Sergio Rapisarda
Vice-Chairman	Diego González
	Adrian Pelaez
	Rodolfo Pérez
Secretary	Mario Balestrini
Prosecretary	Leandro González
Registrar of records	Mariano Lizardo
Treasurer	Sergio García González
Protesorero	Jorge Grinstein

Stadium

One of the boats used during the 1910s was located in the streets Cortina and Bacay.

Image of the Vélez Sarsfield stadium on the day of its inauguration in 1924.

Actual stadium José Amalfitani during the performance of a night party (2006).

When it was founded in 1910, and given the lack of soccer stadiums, the club played its matches on various fields in the western area of the city of Buenos Aires. Given the growth of the sport, stadiums began to be built in the area. In 1915, the board of directors decided to play their matches in the Villa Luro neighborhood, where in 1924 the "Vélez Sarsfield Stadium" was inaugurated.

The stadium, known to fans as "the little field of Basualdo street" due to its location, underwent its first modifications in 1926, with the implementation of a lighting system and the construction of new grandstands that increased the capacity to 20,000 spectators. However, the institutional crisis that affected the club in the early 1940s caused it to be evicted from its old stadium.

Subsequently, José Amalfitani acquired some land in the Liniers neighborhood, where work began in 1947, setting the measurements of the field at 105 by 70 meters, and later the stadium was named in honor of him, who presided over it for two terms to the club. On April 22, 1951 it was inaugurated. Popularly known as "El Fortín", it has a capacity of 49,540 spectators, making it one of the football stadiums with the highest capacity in Argentina. It is located on Avenida Juan B. Justo at 9200, in the Liniers neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires.

The stadium has been the venue for numerous sporting and musical events, hosting the 1978 Soccer World Cup, matches of the Argentine soccer team, and more than 100 musical concerts.

Facilities

The institution's facilities include, in addition to its soccer stadium, an 18-hectare property for soccer practice, a sports center, and an educational institute. In addition, there are dozens of subsidiaries located within the country and the world.

Club Headquarters, located on the same site as the José Amalfitani stadium

• Headquarters: It is located in the same place as the stadium. The headquarters is divided into floors, and also has several facilities, which allows the development of many sports, such as martial arts, gymnastics, and various cultural and educational activities.
• Sports: Inaugurated in 1977, Vélez Sarsfield has a multi-sport sports team, as well as being used by its volleyball and basketball teams to contest their local meetings. It was expanding over the years. It is considered one of the most important sports places in the city, as well as being used for multiple international sports events and/or trainings. Within this, stands out the athletic stadium, the aquatic complex, and the volleyball stadium.
• Olympic Villa: It is a predium of 18 hectares, which is used by the professional board and youth categories as a concentration and training space. In addition to including two pitches for soccer practice, the Olympic villa has a concentration space for the professional and technical platform, which has several amenities such as a hydrotherapy sector, massage room, a gym, among others.
• Education: The Dr. Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield Institute, which belongs to the club, has been operational since 1980. It has a Infant Garden called "Watch out.", a primary school and a secondary school, as well as offering a course of specialization and teacher development. The institute was recognized with the Ibero-American Award for Educational Excellence in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Symbols

Anthem

The official anthem of the club, called "Dale Vélez", was written in 1943 by José Fernández, and the music was composed by maestro Miguel Padula, who composed works such as "Amor y celos", "Adiós mujer », among others. The theme is interpreted to the rhythm of the traditional Argentine tango.

Although the original recording was seventy years ago, in 2011, the singer Adrián Otero performed, at Fútbol Para Todos, a new version of the club's anthem, with a different rhythm than the one originally recorded in 1943.

Nickname

The club's fans are nicknamed "fortineros", as a derivative of the word "fortín", the main nickname of the institution. It arose in 1932, when due to the good results of Vélez Sarsfield playing in its stadium, the newspaper Crítica, in its edition of July 13, considered the venue as a fort, as it was impregnable for its rivals. Although this nickname was only for the old stadium in the Villa Luro neighborhood and the current José Amalfitani stadium, over time it became that of the club.

Shield

The club has had several shields throughout its history, all of them with various modifications. After its foundation in 1910, four years later the first coat of arms was made with alternating vertical stripes of green and red. These colors were the originals of the club (in honor of the Italian flag, since many of its founding members were either Italian or had that ancestry) and were used for more than twenty years and for subsequent modifications of the shield. However, in 1933, together with the change of colors, the current colors of the club were adopted: blue and white. However, it was in 1945 when the current shield of Vélez Sarsfield was adopted, which has undergone minor modifications to this day.

Institution colors.

The current shield is embroidered on the uniform shirt, it contains two colors (blue, white). The format of the crest bears a resemblance to the jersey, as it features a bluish "V" that crosses it to the middle, along with the initial letters of the club "C.A.V.S." in blue, and the background is white. The letters "C" and "A" are in the upper part of the shield, while the "V" and "S" in the lower area, below the aforementioned blue V.

The shield also includes, below it and on the sides, some pennants with the colors green, white and red, symbolizing the origins of the club. Since 1994, the club has sported a golden star, which symbolizes the Intercontinental Cup obtained in 1994.

Uniform

The defender Emiliano Papa with the top t-shirt.

Vélez Sarsfield has had several uniforms throughout its history, although it maintains the blue and white colors as its base, with the exception of some uniform complements for brief years.

The starting uniform consists of white shorts with a blue detail on the back and white socks and a white shirt with two diagonal blue stripes that start from the shoulders and reach the chest, forming a «V». It is based on the club's shield and began to be used in 1933.

• Holding uniform: White t-shirt with a blue “V” on the front. White pants and stockings.
• Alternative uniform: Blue t-shirt with a white “V” on the front. White pants and stockings.
• Uniform third: T-shirt with half-green and half-red white pants with small red and green strips and white stockings and red and green parts.
• Uniform of the archer (titular): Buzo fucsia. Pants and socks.
• Uniform of the archer (alternative): Grey diver. Sky pants and white stockings.
• Archer uniform (third): Black diver. Black pants and stockings.

Evolution

The first uniform was completely white, but it had its first significant change when, in 1916, it adopted the colors and style of its shield modified that same year. These colors were the predominant colors of the club until the beginning of the 1930s, when the last change was made, ultimately, the current uniform. The current uniform consists of a white shirt, which has two lines starting from the shoulders to the front. chest, forming a blue «V», white pants and stockings. It should be noted that it has a supplier and sponsor since 1979. They are detailed below:

1910

1912

1916

1932

1933

Clothing suppliers and sponsors

The following table chronologically details the clothing supplier companies and the sponsors that Vélez Sarsfield has had from 1979 to the present, respectively:

Period	Supplier		Sponsor (front)	Sponsor (handles)	Sponsor (palda)
1910-1978		None	None	None	None
1979-1981		Adidas	None	None	None
1981-1986		Sportland	None	None	None
1986-1987		Topper	None	None	None
1987-1990		Adidas	None	None	None
1990		Adidas	Medicorp	None	None
1991-1992		Adidas	Medicorp	Medicorp	None
1993		Adidas	Samsung	None	None
1993-1994		Umbro	Samsung	None	None
1995		Umbro	Mazola	None	None
1996-1997		Umbro	Quilmes	None	None
1997-1999		Puma	Quilmes	None	None
2000		Puma	None	None	None
2001		Fila	None	None	None
2002		Fila	Bimbo...	None	None
2002		Fila	Channel 9	None	None
2003-2004		Fila	Voltarén Emulgel	Novartis	None
2004		Topper	Voltarén Emulgel	Novartis	None
2004		Topper	None	sailboatsfield.com.ar	None
2005-2006		Topper	Pirelli	None	None
2007-2008		Topper	Shopping Card	None	None
2008		Penalty	Shopping Card	None	None
2009-2010		Penalty	Mondial	Powerade	None
2011		Penalty	Mondial	University of Morón	None
2011		Topper	Mondial	University of Morón	None
2012-2014		Topper	Samsung	University of Morón	None
2015		Topper	Samsung	None	None
2015-2017		Umbro	Hitachi	None	None
2017-2018		Umbro	Hitachi	ZTE	None
2018-2021		Kappa	Hitachi	Air Europa	None
2021-2022		Kappa	Bplay	Air Europa	Banco Supervielle
2023-presente		Diadora	Bplay	Air Europa	Banco Supervielle
* Used in two meetings of the Copa Libertadores.

Since 2023, the clothing is provided by the Italian brand "Diadora", who provides from the sports uniform to extra-sports clothing. The uniform, in turn, is sponsored by the online betting company "Bplay".

Rivalries

Historical Classic

Historically, the "Clásico del Oeste" is the match between Vélez Sarsfield and Ferro Carril Oeste. Since 1920 (first official match), 155 games have been played in official First Division tournaments organized by the Argentine Football Association: Vélez Sarsfield has won 61, with 244 goals; Ferro Carril Oeste has won 48, with 196 goals; and they have tied 46 times.

All official matches recognized by AFA (local amateur and professional tournaments) are taken into account.

Updated as of July 13, 2019.

This age-old rivalry is mainly due to the hazardous geographical proximity of both institutions. The first confrontation took place on June 6, 1920, for the 13th date of the First Division Championship of the amateur era, with a 5:0 victory for Vélez Sarsfield as a visitor, the 3 largest wins in history. they were for the dominating set of Vélez Sarsfield history starting in the 1935 First Division Championship (Argentina) where the "Fortín" was imposed by 7 goals against 0 in the second match of the 1934 First Division Championship (Argentina) the same team won 6 to 0 against Club Ferro Carril Oeste and in the third game for the 1946 First Division Championship (Argentina) also the fort won and by 6 to 0 with the difference that it was the maximum win in Caballito. After more than 150 games played against each other; the last confrontation dates from June 24, 2000, with a 1:0 victory for Fortín as a visitor. This match has not been played again because both clubs do not match in the same category.

Other rivalries

• New Chicago: the parties that dispute against Chicago do not meet many encounters but the barry boundary separated only by Emilio Castro Avenue creates a strong rivalry that is not reciprocal, from the lining side there is indifference to Chicago, from the verdant side there is a desire to shirk with a great like it is vélez, seeking greatness and popularity, but there is no classic between itself, since vélez is classic of ferro and Chicago. For several years there was good coexistence between clubs and friendship among their fans, who used to share tribune. Vélez’s hymns were present at the torito court on Saturdays and Chicago’s fans attended the Fortin Stadium on Sundays to encourage the Blue V, but that friendship culminated 40 years ago when a camp battle took place at the Chicago stadium. From then on, all parties are considered "high risk" by the security authorities.
• All Boys: The rivalry against All Boys is also due to the geographical proximity of the neighborhoods of Floresta (representative of All Boys) and Velez Sarsfield, Villa Luro, Versailles and Liniers (representative bars of Vélez). This party is also considered by the press as a classic neighborhood.
• Argentinos Juniors: As with All Boys and Chicago, the rivalry with Argentinos Juniors is born from the geographical proximity between the representative neighborhoods of both clubs, Vélez Sarsfield, Villa Luro, Versailles and Liniers on the side of the fort and Paternal on the side of the bug. In addition, this rivalry was enhanced due to the fact that both obtained several titles throughout history, Velez 16 with 5 internationals and Argentinos Juniors with 5 of which 2 are also international. On the other hand, their respective classics descended and stayed long in the ascent while the fort and the bug militated in First Division. It is also dominated as a classic bar.
• San Lorenzo: the rivalry with San Lorenzo is born from the sporting success of Vélez in the 90's and the decay of Hurricane - the rival class of San Lorenzo- at that time. The abrupt titles obtained by the fort in such a short period of time, 15 titles in 20 years (1993-2013), of which 5 were of international character (including Libertadores, maximum continental title, and Intercontinental, top world title at club level) strongly positioned him in the discussion about the sixth big, denomination formerly awarded to Hurricane in the first decades of professionalism and fall into disuse due to the bad campaigns. This, in addition to the fact that San Lorenzo had failed to win any international CONMEBOL title until 2001 and the Copa Libertadores until 2014, the decline of their respective rival classics (Ferro, rival of Vélez, and Hurricane, rival of San Lorenzo), plus the foguoneo of the presna and part of the Vezana leadership, increased the rivalry to such a point that they succeeded several acts of violence, which even ended. In fact, San Lorenzo is the most referenced club in the fort. However, after the first return of Hurricane, the intensity of this rivalry to diminish a little.
• Hurricane: the rivalry with Hurricane is given from the positioning of Vélez in the discussion of the sixth great. But, moreover, it grew exponentially from the definition of the 2009 Closing Tournament where both clubs faced on the last date with the particularity of being the only two with the chance to go out champion. Hurricane came first and Velez as an escort. The game was played in Liniers and, after several polemics, the fort defeated the balloon and stayed with the championship leaving Hurricane, who came pointer, with the shout drowned and second place.
• Students: Just as with the balloon, the student-related relationship arises from the discussion on the sixth large, as both are the most strongly positioned clubs. In fact, they are the two most winning clubs after the 5 grand and, in addition, both have more international titles CONMEBOL-FIFA than San Lorenzo and Racing (3 each), Vélez with 5 and Students with 6. Also, this rivalry was enhanced because you punctured and forged shared friendship for more than twenty years, friendship that dissolved at the beginning of the centuryXX.when in 2003 Vélez was fighting the championship and confronting Students on one of the last dates. The platense team took the victory and the fans began to insult Bilardo, at that time DT of Students and historical symbol of the institution. The punarrata responded with insults to the people of Liniers and this long friendship dissolved. Velez and Students are two of the most successful and traditional clubs of Argentine football, even both are on the list of classic FIFA clubs, along with nine other teams from the country.
• The other big ones: Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independent (with which it maintains a favorable record) and Racing due to repeated encounters disputed with each other throughout history, definitions and sporting success.

Statistics

It participates in the highest category of Argentine soccer, the First Division, and in it it has the honors of having been one of its eighteen founding members in the first professional championship in 1931, being one of the teams with the longest history in the same (91 seasons) and never having finished in the last position of their championships. It is one of the most successful clubs in this competition, having won it 10 times, which places the club in 5th place both in its champions' table and in its historical classification, which includes the scores obtained by all the teams that ever participated in any of its official championships. The club has been in it since 1944, making up a permanence record of 81 consecutive seasons, thus being the second club with the most years in the first division (behind Boca Juniors). In 1991, the Primera División adopted a system of Torneos Apertura and Clausura, with Vélez Sarsfield being the first to win two successive championships with the new system. As an anecdotal fact, it was the first club to become champion after a triangular final: It was in the 1968 National Championship, drawing with River Plate and beating Racing 4:2. In addition, his coronation in the 1995 Apertura Tournament was the first in Argentine soccer since three points were awarded for a match won. To the ten championships won in the First Division, the Argentine Super Cup won in 2013 is added, with which the club totals 11 titles at the national level.

In terms of participation in international competitions organized by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), it is the 5th Argentine club with the most participation in these tournaments, with 34. Vélez Sarsfield it is one of the eight teams from South America —and one of the 3 clubs from Argentina— to achieve a treble. It happened in 1996, with the winning of the Clausura Tournament, the South American Super Cup and the Inter-American Cup. It was the first Argentine team that managed to beat Cruzeiro as a visitor —1:0 in the first leg of the 1996 Super Cup Final— and the first to win the Copa Libertadores de América in Brazil (1994). Among Argentine clubs, it is the 4th best placed in the accumulated table of points achieved in the Copa Libertadores de América and the 5th.to in the classification of Argentine teams that have the most official international titles with five. Vélez Sarsfield was world champion in 1994 by winning the Intercontinental Cup that year. Thanks to that, it is one of the 30 clubs to have won the highest soccer club championship worldwide and one of the six within its country.

In the global calculation, the club has a total of 16 official national and international titles —in effect, the official First Division tournaments organized professionally by the AFA; and the CSF and FIFA cups.

It is estimated that some 800 soccer players competed for the institution's first team. Fabián Cubero, currently active, with more than 550 games played in who wore "La V azulada" the most times. In turn, Carlos Bianchi, with 206 goals scored, is the top scorer in its history, and is also the 10th in Argentine soccer. Among his players, the goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert, of Paraguayan nationality, stood out, which established multiple records; among them, being the highest scoring goalkeeper in the history of Argentine soccer, and the first in the world to score a hat-trick.

During the professionalism in Argentine soccer (from 1931 to the present), the club established several wins, the maximum being an 11:0 against Huracán de Ingeniero White in the 1968 National Championship and an 8-0 against Independiente in 1945, the second largest. In international competitions, the maximum win occurred in 2006, in the Copa Libertadores of that year, by beating Rocha Fútbol Club of Uruguay 0-5.

Football data of the club

Statistical summary of the professional era of Argentine soccer (1931-present)

• Location on the Historical Table of First Division5.o
• Seasons in First Division: 91 (1931 - 1940, 1944 - Present).
• Seasons in Second Division: 3 (1941 - 1943)
• Best location in First Division: 1.o on ten occasions (1968, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2012/13).
• Best location in Second Division: 1.o (1943)
• Worse location in First Division: 27.o of 30, once (2015).
• Worse location in Second Division: 4.o (1941)
• Major coupling for First Division: 11-0 to Hurricane of Engineer White, in the 1968 National Championship.
• Major coupling in favour of Second Division: 8-0 to Sportivo Dock Sud, in the 1941 Championship.
• Greatest battle against First Division: 7-0 with La Plata students, in the 1951 Championship.
• Greatest battle against Second Division: 1-3 with Belgrano Defenders, in the 1941 Championship.
• Major undefeated series: 19 parties, from 5 April 1998 (9th date of the Closure) until 28 August 1998 (8th date of the Opening).

Statistical summary of international tournaments (1980-2022)

• Participation in international cups: 35
• Contested Editions of the Copa Libertadores de América: 17 (1980, 19941995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022)
• Intercontinental Cup contested editions: 1 (1994)
• Disputed Editions of the Inter-American Cup: 1 (1996)
• Disputed editions of the Super Cup: 3 (1995, 19961997).
• Recoupled Editions: 2 (1995, 1997)
• South American Cup contested editions: 8 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2020)
• Curated Editions of the Mercosur Cup: 4 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
• Contested Editions of the Conmebol Cup: 1 (1992)
• Best location in international tournaments: 1.o
• Worse location in international tournaments: eliminated in First Round.
• Greatest score for international tournaments: 5-0 visitor to Rocha de Uruguay, in Copa Libertadores 2006,
• Greatest score against international tournament: 1-5 visitor against São Paulo, South American Supercopa 1997.

Total official matches

The total number of official matches played by Vélez Sarsfield in tournaments organized by AFA -National Leagues and Cups-, Conmebol or FIFA -International Tournaments- from its affiliation to the present, taking into account that the matches played and the results of the games are unknown. the 1912 and 1913 leagues; and the number of goals scored and conceded from the 1914 and 1915 tournaments.

Note: In bold active competitions.

Updated as of January 27, 2018.

Official recognition

The significance and importance of Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield in the international soccer arena is consolidated by being recognized by FIFA as one of the members of the ≪gallery of classic clubs≫ for Argentine soccer. In addition, said federation recognizes it as one of the 30 world champion clubs and is among the top positions estimated by the RSSSF, both at the continental and local levels. In addition, the club has stood out for its repeated participation in international competitions.

For its part, the IFFHS places it in 46th place in the historical classification of the World Club Ranking between 1991 and 2009. In addition, it is in 5th place as the Best Club in South America of the 21st Century and 28th in the ranking of the Best Club in the World of the 21st Century for the aforementioned institution.

In 2011 it was ranked 3rd in the Annual World Ranking of Clubs in that entity, behind FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, it was also 10th in 1994, 23rd in 1997 and 22nd. º in 1999. In addition, it was chosen as the best club of the month in the world according to the IFFHS in June 2011 and February 2012.

Vélez Sarsfield obtains recognition from the South American Football Confederation, which draws up a historical ranking for each country in the American continent, placing it in 6th position until 2012. Furthermore, it is one of the most popular clubs in Argentina.

In 2013, Vélez Sarsfield received an invitation from the ECA (European Club Association) to represent South America, among others, in a special event that brings together important clubs from all over the world in Doha – Qatar. The ECA - formally recognized by UEFA and FIFA - represents, among other institutions, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Ajax.

The club and the debate of the "big sixth"

Different studies, surveys and polls place Vélez Sarsfield as one of the six national clubs (the others are Estudiantes de La Plata, Huracán, Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Central) that claim to be recognized as the sixth greatest in soccer Argentine.

Although there is no homogeneous consensus on what the analysis variables should be to establish whether or not a team can be considered "great", those that have been mentioned as relevant are: the number of national and international tournaments obtained in the history of professionalism, the number of members 73,322, the permanence in the First Division or the number of tickets sold.

Among the five clubs, it is the one with the greatest number of national titles obtained (10), the best positioned in the historical table of Argentine soccer, the one with the greatest number of participations in international tournaments and the one that has won the most official titles in total throughout the history of Argentine football.

Regarding the turnout of supporters, in a large part of the surveys it is located in the first places. Since the beginning of the so-called "short tournaments" in 1991, and until 2004, the club ranked 6th in number of tickets sold after the so-called "big five". locations sold between the start of professionalism and 1999; and until 2009, where it is among the top seven. These calculations, likewise, are partial, since the access of the members of the institutions to the matches played at home is not considered as a "ticket or ticket sale". This leads to the fact that there are several polls that confirm other data.

Squad and coaching staff

Players

To view statistical data from the club players, view Atlético Vélez Sarsfield Players Statistics.

Victorio Spinetto, first team player in the 1950s.

The AFA currently allows the clubs under its orbit to have a maximum of four foreign players in their squads; and although in other times there were no restrictions. Historically, it has formed its squad with Argentine elements, although it has had some foreigners, with Uruguayans being the ones who predominate in this area. It is also estimated that some 800 players have played matches with the club's first team.

Bianchi is the highest scorer in the history of Vélez and the tenth scorer in the history of Argentine football.

From the lower divisions of "El Fortín" Very outstanding and talented footballers emerged, as an example we can name Victorio Spinetto, Miguel Ángel Rugilo, Juan José Ferraro, Norberto Conde, Carmelo Simeone, José Miguel Marín, Carlos Bianchi, Julio Daniel Asad, Raúl Cardozo, the Zárate brothers (Sergio, Rolando and Mauro), Diego Simeone, Mauricio Pellegrino, Christian Bassedas, José Oscar Flores, Omar Asad, Claudio Husaín, Pablo Cavallero, Fabián Cubero, Lucas Castromán, Jonás Gutiérrez, Nicolás Otamendi, Ricardo "Ricky" Álvarez, Jonatan Cristaldo and Thiago Almada.

In addition, players trained in other institutions have passed through their squads, such as Ludovico Avio, Daniel Willington, Iselín Santos Ovejero, Jorge Solari, Vladislao Cap, Ermindo Onega, Carlos Squeo, Omar Larrosa, Daniel Killer, Norberto Alonso, Nery Pumpido, Luis de la Fuente y Hoyos, José Luis Cucciufo, Leonardo Rodríguez, Alejandro Mancuso, Ricardo Gareca, Juan Gilberto Funes, Oscar Ruggeri, Ubaldo Fillol, Sergio Goycochea, José Basualdo, José Luis Chilavert, Maximiliano Moralez, Augusto Fernández, Lucas Pratto Fernando Gago, Ricardo Centurión and Diego Godin among others.

Squad 2023

According to the official site:

Atlético Club Template Sarsfield of the 2023 season

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. Archers 1 Argentina! 0ARQ Gastón Gómez 24 years Racing Club 22 Uruguay! 0ARQ Leonardo Burián 39 years Columbus 25 Argentina! 0ARQ Emmanuel Gómez Riga 21 years Inferiors Defenders 2 Uruguay! 1DEF Diego Godín 37 years Atletico Mineiro 4 Argentina! 1DEF Joaquín García 21 years Inferiors 5 Argentina! 1DEF Francisco Ortega 24 years Inferiors 17 Argentina! 1DEF Lautaro Giannetti 29 years Inferiors 23 Argentina! 1DEF Patricio Pernicone 21 years Inferiors 24 Argentina! 1DEF Tomás Guidara 27 years Belgrano 28 Argentina! 1DEF Miguel Brizuela 26 years Inferiors 29 Argentina! 1DEF Leonardo Jara 31 years Boca Juniors 31 Argentina! 1DEF Valentín Gómez 19 years Inferiors 34 Argentina! 1DEF Damián Fernández 22 years Inferiors 45 Argentina! 1DEF Tomas Cavanagh 22 years Workshops in Córdoba Midfielders 7 Paraguay! 2VOL José Florentín 26 years Guaraní 8 Argentina! 2VOL Nicolas Garayalde 23 years Inferiors 21 Argentina! 2VOL Juan Ignacio Méndez 26 years San Lorenzo 26 Argentina! 2VOL Mateo Seoane 19 years Inferiors 32 Argentina! 2VOL Christian Ordóñez 18 years Inferiors 33 Argentina! 2VOL Elías Cabrera 20 years Inferiors 35 Argentina! 2VOL Santiago Cáseres 26 years Villarreal Delanteros 9 Argentina! 3OF THE Santiago Castro 18 years Inferiors 10 Argentina! 3OF THE Walter Bou 28 years Defence and Justice 11 Argentina! 3OF THE Lucas Janson 28 years Tiger 12 Argentina! 3OF THE Lucas Pratto 34 years Feyenoord 14 Brazil! 3OF THE Lenny Lobato 22 years Inferiors 18 Argentina! 3OF THE Julián Fernández 19 years Inferiors 19 Argentina! 3OF THE Abiel Osorio 20 years Inferiors 42 Argentina! 3OF THE Gianluca Prestianni 17 years Inferiors			Coach(s) Field assistants Physical preparers Archer Coach Reserve trainers Marcelo Bravo Hernán Manrique Lower coordinator Lower coordinator Doctors Legend Pos.: Position Nac.: Nationality of sport Captain Mission BY / ARQ: Guardameta DEF: Defense MED / VOL: Camper OF THE: Delantero Updated on July 1, 2021 Official web template

• Argentine teams are limited by AFA to have a maximum quota Six foreign players, although only Five You can sign the party table.

Admissions 2023

Altas
Player	Position	Proceedings	Type
Summer
Gastón Gómez	Archer	Racing Club	Loan
Juan Ignacio Méndez	Flying	San Lorenzo	Free

Departures 2023

Low
Player	Position	Destination	Type
Summer
Lucas Hoyos	Archer	Newell's Old Boys	Transfer
Matías Borgogno	Archer	San Martín	Cession
Matías de Los Santos	Ombudsman	Colo Colo	Cession
Emanuel Insúa	Ombudsman	Banfield	Free
Maximum Perrone	Flying	Manchester City	Transfer
Agustín Mulet	Flying	Independent	Cession
Franco Díaz	Flying	Sit down.	Cession
Luca Orellano	Delantero	Vasco Da Gama	Transfer
Jonathan Menéndez	Delantero	Newell's Old Boys	Free

Coaches

Ricardo Gareca was coach of Vélez Sarsfield from 2009 to 2013 and returned in 2023. As a coach, Vélez Sarsfield won a total of 4 titles from the First Division of Argentina.

Marcelo Bielsa was coach of Vélez Sarsfield from 1997 to 1998. Under his management, Velez Sarsfield was crowned champion of the Closing Tournament 1998.

Carlos Bianchi, multi-fielder with the Fortin. The most winner of his story with six titles.

The club had more than 70 soccer managers throughout its history. The first was Luis Martín Castellano, who directed the institution in 1928 and 1932, being in turn the first coach of Argentine soccer.

Miguel Angel Russo was a trainer of Velez 2005 - 2006 - 2015. He pulled the Fortin champion after seven years winning the 2005 Closing Tournament

Carlos Bianchi, coach of the team world champions in 1994, is the most winning coach in the history of Vélez Sarsfield with six official titles (champion of the Intercontinental Cup and Copa Libertadores de América in 1994, the 1996 Inter-American Cup and the Clausura 1993, Apertura 1995 and Clausura 1996 tournaments). He was also runner-up in the 1993 Apertura Tournament and the 1995 Recopa Sudamericana, after losing in the final to Independiente.

The other titles were obtained under the technical management of Ricardo Gareca (four domestic titles); Osvaldo Piazza (champion of the 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana and the 1997 Recopa Sudamericana, in addition to having led the team in the last four dates of the Clausura 1996); Manuel Giúdice (who won the club's first official title in 1968); Miguel Ángel Russo in 2005 and Marcelo Bielsa in 1998. José Oscar Flores won the 2013 Argentine Super Cup. In addition, another of the coaches that stands out is Victorio Luis Spinetto, who was the coach who led the first team for the longest time. team with a total of 674 official matches, seconded in this category by José Luis Boffi with 274 matches. The current coach is Alexander Medina.

Coaches with honors

Coach	Period	Parties	Titles	Detail
Carlos Bianchi	1993 - 1996	149	6	Closing Tournament 1993 Copa Libertadores de América 1994 Intercontinental Cup 1994 Opening Tour 1995 Inter-American Cup 1996 Closing Tournament 1996
Ricardo Gareca	2009 - 2013	254	4	Closing Tournament 2009 Closing Tournament 2011 Initial Tournament 2012 2012/13 First Division Championship
Osvaldo Piazza	1996-1997	58	3	Closing Tournament 1996 South American Super Cup 1996 Recopa Sudamericana 1997
Manuel Giúdice	1968	40	1	National Championship 1968
Marcelo Bielsa	1997 - 1998	42	1	Closing Tournament 1998
Miguel Angel Russo	2005 - 2006 2015	94	1	Closing Tour 2005
José Oscar Flores	2014	48	1	Supercopa Argentina 2013
Victorio Luis Spinetto	1942 - 1943 1944 - 1955 1958 1961 1966 - 1967	674	1	Second Division Championship 1943

Basic football

To see the achievements of the base football, see the backs of the base football club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield

Vélez Sarsfield's grassroots football, known as "La Fábrica", is one of the most successful, recognized, and valued in Argentina. Its objective is to promote footballers with a great future to the first team. It covers divisions from the age of thirteen to twenty before accessing the senior squad. It has a reserve team, which plays the Reserve Tournament and children's soccer teams, for children under 12 years of age. It also includes an additional section, recreational soccer.

Players such as Osvaldo Zubeldía, Julio César Falcioni, Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Ischia, Diego Simeone, Turu Flores, Christian Bassedas, Mauricio Pellegrino, Martín Posse, Fabián Cubero, Rolando Zárate, Lucas Castromán, Leandro Somoza, have been trained by her. Mauro Zárate, Juan Manuel Martínez, Nicolás Otamendi, Ricardo Álvarez, Agustín Moris, Matías"Monito" Vargas, Nicolás Domínguez, Thiago Almada, among others. Such is its relevance that many First Division and European teams have been reinforced with numerous footballers trained at the Liniers club.

The teams play their home games at the Raúl Héctor Gámez Olympic Village; while recreational soccer takes place on the fields owned by the institution's sports center.

Reserve Tournament and Lower Divisions

Other sports sections

Vélez Sarsfield was founded in 1910 initially as a soccer club. However, during the second presidency of José Amalfitani, the club acquired a multi-sports character, which made it carry out various sports, which are organized and run by the Sports Department of the institution. Among the sports developed are athletics (male and female), basketball (male and female), handball, baseball, boxing, basket ball, cycling, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, hockey (field and skates), wrestling, swimming (men's and women's), tennis (men's and women's), and volleyball. Many of these disciplines have been highly successful, with varying achievements at different times and under different circumstances.

The club also carries out various cultural activities, such as teaching different languages, dances, board games, among others, under the responsibility of the Culture Department. In addition, it promotes primary education, secondary, high school and various training courses.

All these activities are carried out in the institution's facilities, which were gradually conditioned to be able to carry out the practice of said activity correctly. On some occasions, due to the economic demands to maintain the sections, the Board of Directors had to gradually reduce the budget for some of its sections, or eliminate them in order to dedicate more efforts to soccer, the club's main sporting activity. Behind soccer, by diffusion and importance, are basketball and volleyball that are detailed below:

Basketball

The club has a basketball section —known as básquet in Argentina— that includes a men's team, a women's team, and youth teams of both sexes of different ages and categories. This section was created in 1954 at the initiative of José Amalfitani, becoming one of the most important sports of the club, with the conformation of the aforementioned teams and the construction of the Víctor Barba Stadium, the club's pavilion located on the fourth floor of the club's headquarters. club. It is one of the most successful clubs in Argentine basketball.

Feminine

The high relevance of the section is also attributed to the achievements of the women's team, the most successful in the country, winner of the highest women's basketball competition at club level in Argentina on 9 occasions and various titles at the metropolitan level. In addition, she was runner-up in the South American Women's Club Championship in 1996 and semifinalist in 1987.

Due to the success of the club at the national level, there are several club players who were called to represent the Argentine women's basketball team in repeated international tournaments. Currently, the first team plays in the Federal Women's Tournament of Basketball, maximum competition at the national level.

Volleyball

The activity of this sport in the club began in 1956, with the formation of a team that began to participate in the third promotion category of Argentine volleyball. The volleyball teams play their matches as locals at the Ana Petracca Stadium, located in the Club's Sports Center in Buenos Aires. The good performances of their teams made it one of the most important activities of the club today.

The male and female branches participate in the tournaments of the Metropolitan Volleyball Federation (FMV) and the Argentine Women's Volleyball League, respectively. In both sexes, the club has obtained official national and metropolitan championships, standing out, among them, five metropolitan leagues for men and one National League for women.

Other team sports

• Baseball: The Velez Béisbol club was founded in 1994. Known as Sharks, it also has youth teams, a stadium in Ezeiza to exercise its local parties. In 2014, the first team won the Metropolitan League champion, the highest competition at the club level in Argentina.
• Balonmano: The club is affiliated with the Metropolitan Federation of Balomnano. It has teams competing at national and metropolitan levels.
• Hockey on lawn: In 1996, he joined the Amateurs de Hockey de Buenos Aires. Since then, he competes in the tournaments organized by the Association. The male hockey team competes in the highest category.

Individual Sports

• Athleticism
• Swimming
• Cycling
• Artistic gymnastics
• Ten
• Halterophilia
• Martial arts

Celebrations

Centenary (1910-2010)

Among the celebrations for the centennial of the club, a caravan was held, which called 70,000 people.

Throughout 2010 the Club celebrated its centenary (1910-2010) of its foundation, with a series of festivities, which began on January 1, 2010 and ended on January 1 of the following year.

In this context, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and Conmebol officially congratulated the Institution for the Centenary and recognized its significance in Argentina and South America.

That same year, among other festivities, a match against Associazione Calcio Milan was held on December 1, 2010, commemorating the match played for the 1994 Intercontinental Cup.

Sports Titles

When Vélez Sarsfield obtains a sports title, it has two types of celebrations: one is of an institutional nature that consists of a meeting organized by the Board of Directors at the club headquarters, known as Meeting of Champions which takes place at the end of the year. A stage is set up there so that the athletes who have won prizes throughout the year can be seen by the fortineros who flock to each celebration, the most important being the achievement of soccer titles.

On the other hand, the fans celebrate the achievement of the titles concentrating in the surroundings of the José Amalfitani Stadium and the institution's facilities. Although they also usually meet at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, or at the Ezeiza International Airport; in the latter, the fans gather to receive the players in the event that they have obtained a title outside the country. This kind of celebrations tend to vary, depending on the circumstance in which the title is obtained.

Vélez Sarsfield fan day

The club annually celebrates "Vélez Fan's Day" on January 1, summoning the fans to commemorate the day itself and to celebrate the institution's birthday. The fans usually gather in the areas near the José Stadium Amalfitani, with flags, percussion instruments, fireworks and performing symbolic songs of the club.

Previously, an attempt was made to commemorate this day on March 12 of each year, in honor of Jorge Guinzburg, who died on that day in 2008. However, in 2014, January 1 was chosen by vote as "Day of the Hincha de Vélez", date that was selected between this and several historical events of the club, in homage to the massive caravan carried out on January 1, 2010 to commemorate the first 100 years of the Club's foundation.

Social dimension

Bloated

Hinchada de Vélez Sarsfield at José Amalfitani Stadium (2006).

Swollen, according to its own definition, is the term used in Argentina and Latin America to refer to the organized group of fans or sympathizers of a sport and partial members of a team, whose performance is characterized by the use of songs of encouragement. The fans of Vélez Sarsfield, like that of most Argentine soccer teams, for being the most popular sport in the country, fit this definition. Being one of the national clubs with the largest number of members, the club has, in turn, more than 70 supporters clubs, whether they are affiliates or associations, in various cities in Argentina and the world, such as Mar del Plata, Salta, Mendoza, Tel Aviv in Israel, or the José Amalfitani Association, in the city of Buenos Aires itself.

It experienced notorious growth in the last two decades, when local and international titles made the club considerably increase its importance on the Argentine scene, and achieve the well-deserved international recognition. The increase in its call is reflected in the demographic and territorial expansion of its fans, in addition to the importance of the results for them, and clubs in various locations in the country, and even abroad. These reasons accentuate the debate in his recognition as the sixth great of Argentine soccer. This receives several nicknames, among these are:

• Fortiners: It is the most widely used nickname to refer to Vélez Sarsfield fans. The nickname is derived from the mote of its emblematic stadium The Fortin of Liniers, another of Villa Luro, who would then transcend until he was the main nickname of the institution.
• The Liniers Pandilla: It is the collective name of all the swollen, even though the nickname used mostly to refer to the bravas bars of Vélez Sarsfield. "Pandilla"means "Liga that form some to deceive others or hurt them."

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  Wall painted in Cortina 1100 (Villa Luro), expressing the "Fortine passion" of that neighborhood.

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  Mural made in the centennial of the club, in the front of the former Villa Luro Market.

It should be noted that the Fortinera fans maintain a relationship of brotherhood and friendship with the crooked Fluminense from Brazil.

Surveys

The fan of the club filling the facilities of the José Amalfitani stadium.

Currently, the "fortinera" fans are among the most popular in the Argentine Republic, referencing various technical studies carried out in the Federal Capital, Greater Buenos Aires and the interior of the country that reveal this statement. Some of them ranked as the 6th (sixth) team with the most fans of Argentine Soccer, according to the official survey carried out by the Secretary of Media of the Nation, which included men and women from the Federal Capital, Greater Buenos Aires and the rest of 34 cities in the interior of the country, from Salta and Resistencia to General Pico and Comodoro Rivadavia. It was published on March 27, 2007.

As additional data, in a survey carried out in 2006, in the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, the Fortinera fans rank in sixth position in preferences. A similar position is observed in the same geographical area, in another study introduced in 2009.

In this sense, a national survey of the Diario Clarín, carried out in 2010 for the “El Gran DT” contest, is also expressed on a database of more than 2,000,000 people, which positions Vélez Sarsfield among the ten the first Argentine soccer clubs with the largest number of supporters, coinciding with the work of Consultora Equis, In terms of ticket sales, the club turned out to be in 2004 the ninth club that sold the most tickets from 1991 to that year.

Partners

Members are all those natural persons that make up the Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield entity with the rights and obligations contained in the club's Statutes. From the moment they enter the entity, they receive their personalized membership card with the number assigned in strict order of entry. Among some rights, there is the possibility of not having to pay for an entrance fee to be able to watch football matches in condition of premises in certain sectors of the José Amalfitani stadium, to be able to cast a vote in the presidential elections, among others.

The number of members has grown over the years, reaching approximately 60,000 members in 2015. Members can have several categories, with the category of "Honorary Member" in first order, and each category is immediately superior to the other. Likewise, for members who have been members for more than thirty years, they receive the mention of life member, which guarantees them to be members of the institution until their death, since they do not have to pay the aforementioned fee.

Dissemination

Informative coverage

Vélez Sarsfield is one of the teams with the greatest coverage of Argentine soccer, especially when it plays important games. An example is the match against Peñarol in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, which was televised by more than 100 television channels around the world. Due to its broadcast, its matches usually reach a large audience level. In 2012, in a match against Boca Juniors, the audience reached 28 points. This great information coverage is reflected in the income, since its monthly profit for television rights turns out to be the third largest in Argentina.

Party Media

The club also has various party media, which are divided into those that are official and those that are not. Unofficial media can consist of magazines, radio shows, blogs, web pages or social media accounts dedicated to the club. In this type of media, those who are in charge of them can freely express what refers to the club, although they have very little influence on the club's official news coverage.

For their part, the official media report, under the supervision of the club and in charge of the institution's marketing and press departments, the club's news through various broadcast channels. They are also those that are taken into consideration to prepare news regarding the club in the various sports newspapers.

Social networks

Through new technologies, increasingly present in both popular culture and sports, the club offers its fans the latest news regarding all aspects of the entity.

In 1998, it launched its official website, where it provides news about the club, its history, its sports sections, youth divisions, members, ticket sales for matches; and also through it issues formal official communications.

In this regard, the club's coverage advances with technological growth and offers similar information on the different social networks that have appeared in recent years. The club created Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Through the latter, fans can freely express their concerns regarding the club, letting them know through their official account @velez or using the hashtag #velez.

Honours of Prizes

In 1968, the club got its first official title. Team training.

Vélez Sarsfield has won various national and international trophies throughout its hundred years of history. Among them, 9 First Division championships, one Copa Libertadores de América and one World Championship stand out. Its extensive track record makes it one of the most successful sports institutions in its country.

The club's first trophy was in 1968, obtaining the National Championship. However, it has won most of its titles during the 1990s, in which it won all its international titles and a total of four First Division titles. Later, he won another 4 Primera División championships from 2005 to 2013, along with an Argentine Super Cup.

To the titles won in soccer, its most important discipline, are added others obtained in other sports such as volleyball, basketball, and field hockey, among others.

In bold current competitions.

National titles (11)

Organized by AFA
National competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
First Division of Argentina (10/9)	National 1968, Clausura 1993, Opening 1995, Closure 1996, Closure 1998, Closure 2005, Closure 2009, Closure 2011, Initial 2012, First Division Championship 2012-13 (Argentina)	1919 (AAmF), 1953, Metropolitan 1971, Metropolitan 1979, National 1985, Clausura 1992, Opening 1993, Opening 2004, Opening 2010.
Supercopa Argentina (1/0)	2013.
Second Division of Argentina (1/1)	1943.	1917.
Third Division (4th category) (1/0)	1914 (AAmF).
Third Division (4th category) (1/0)	1922 (AAmF).
Second Division (3rd category) (0/1)		1912 (FAF).

Other achievements

Finalist of the 1970 Argentine Cup, did not finish and was declared void.
Winner of the Complementation Phase of the Professional League Cup 2020.

International titles (5)

Organized by FIFA and CONMEBOL
International competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Intercontinental Cup (1/0)	1994.
Copa Libertadores de América (1/0)	1994.
Inter-American Cup (1/0)	1996.
South American Super Cup (1/0)	1996.
South American Recouple (1/1)	1997.	1995.