Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero

Central Córdoba
Full name	Club Atlético Central Córdoba
Nickname(s)	El Ferroviario (The Railroad)
Founded	3 June 1919; 105 years ago
Ground	Alfredo Terrera ; Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Capacity	16,000
Chairman	Ing. José F. Alfano
Manager	Omar De Felippe
League	Argentine Primera División
2023	23rd
Website	https://www.cacentralcordoba.com/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Club Atlético Central Córdoba is an Argentine sports club based in Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, first division of the Argentine football league system. The club was founded by a group of railway workers and named after the Córdoba Central Railway in a similar manner to the other Central Córdoba club based in Rosario.

History

Central Córdoba has played at the highest level of Argentine football on 2 occasions, more specifically in the 1967 and 1971 Nacional championships. In the 1967 Nacional, Central Córdoba finished 14th of 16 teams, having reached its peak with the 2–1 victory over Boca Juniors in La Bombonera.

In 1971 Central Córdoba finished 13th out of 14 teams in group B, with their most significant achievement being a 1–1 draw to Boca Juniors, although soon later the team would be heavily defeated at the hands of San Lorenzo by 7–1.

On 8 June 2019, Central Córdoba won promotion to the Primera División after defeating Sarmiento in the 2018–19 promotion play-off finals.^[1] It marked their return to the top-flight for the first time in 48 years.^[1] In their first season back they finished 18th in the table.

The club made the final of the 2018–19 Copa Argentina for the first time in its history. They kicked off their run while still in the Primera B, beating Nueva Chicago 1–0, in the round of 32 they beat All Boys by the same score, then beat Villa Mitre to set up a quarter-final with Estudiantes de La Plata, winning 1–0. In the semi-final they beat Lanus by the same score to set up the final with River Plate on 13 December 2019, losing 3–0 in Mendoza.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 September 2024.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Luis Ingolotti
2	DF	ARG	Lucas Abascia (on loan from Ñublense)
3	DF	ARG	Leonardo Marchi
4	DF	ARG	Iván Pillud
5	MF	ARG	Cristian Vega
6	DF	ARG	Sebastián Valdez
7	FW	ARG	Matías Benítez
8	FW	ARG	Rodrigo Atencio (on loan from Independiente)
9	FW	ARG	Lucas Varaldo
10	MF	ARG	Elías Cabrera (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
11	FW	ARG	Matías Godoy (on loan from Estudiantes de La Plata)
12	GK	ARG	Lucas Cuevas (on loan from Rosario Central)
13	DF	ARG	Rafael Barrios
14	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Trindade (on loan from River Plate)
15	DF	URU	Yonatthan Rak
16	DF	URU	Federico Andueza (on loan from Atlético Sarmiento)
17	DF	ARG	Yuri Casermeiro


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	COL	Luis Angulo (on loan from Talleres)
19	DF	ARG	Lautaro Rivero (on loan from River Plate)
20	DF	ARG	Fernando Martínez
21	FW	ARG	Alexis Segovia (on loan from Lanús)
22	MF	ARG	Franco Aragón
24	DF	ARG	Santiago Laquidain (on loan from Aldosivi)
25	MF	PAR	José Florentín
26	DF	ARG	Andrés Meli (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
27	FW	URU	Nicolás Quagliata (on loan from PAOK)
28	FW	ARG	Ramón Cansinos
29	FW	ARG	Favio Cabral (on loan from Mitre (SdE))
32	MF	ARG	Kevin Vázquez (on loan from Ferro Oeste)
36	DF	ARG	José Gómez
37	FW	ARG	Agustín Morales (on loan from All Boys)
88	MF	COL	Luis Sánchez
—	DF	ARG	Fernando Torrent
—	DF	ARG	Lautaro Montoya (on loan from Estudiantes BA)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Elián Robles (at Acassuso until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	ARG	Jesús Soraire (at Banfield until 31 December 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ARG	Diego Vásquez (at Almagro until 31 December 2024)

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Omar De Felippe
Assistant Managers	Walter De Felippe
Goalkeeper Coach	Hugo Caballieri
Fitness Coach
Performance Analysis
Sporting director
Head of recruitment
Head of Sports Science
Club Doctor
Physiotherapists
Masseur
Performance Manager
Loans Manager

Honours

National

Torneo Federal A
- Winners (2): 2014, 2017-18
Torneo del Interior
- Winners (1): 1986
Torneo Argentino B
- Winners (1): 1997-98

Regional

Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol
- Winners (48): 1945, 1957(2), 1959 (2), 1960 (2), 1961 (2), 1962, 1963 (2), 1964 (2), 1965 (2), 1966, 1967, 1969(2), 1970, 1971 (3), 1972, 1974, 1975 (2), 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983 (2), 1984 (3), 1985 (2), 1986, 1988 (Revalida), 1990 (Revalida), Clausura 1995, Apertura 1997, Ronda Final 1998, Liguilla 1999, 2010, 2023
Copa Santiago
- Winners (1): 2014
Primera B - Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol
- Winners (2): 1923, 2001