Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba

Instituto
Full name	Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba
Nickname(s)	La Gloria, El Glorioso Cordobés, Albirrojo
Founded	8 August 1918; 106 years ago
Ground	Estadio Presidente Perón
Capacity	26,000
Chairman	Juan Manuel Cavagliatto
Manager	Diego Dabove
League	Primera División
2023	18th
Website	https://www.institutoacc.com.ar/
Home colours	Away colours

Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (commonly referred to as Instituto) is an Argentine sports club from the city Córdoba, whose professional football team currently plays in Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system.

Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, José Luis Saldaño, Hugo Curioni, Alberto Beltrán, Raúl Chaparro, Salvador Mastrosimone, Marcelo Bielsa, Ernesto Corti, Diego Klimowicz, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlín, Gonzalo Bergessio, Daniel Jiménez, Paulo Dybala, Ramón Ábila, Silvio Romero.

The basketball team currently plays at Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB), the first division of Liga Nacional de Básquetbol league system.

History

As many other football clubs in Argentina, Instituto was founded by railway workers. The club was initially established in 1918 as Instituto Ferrocarril Central Córdoba. With the re-organization of the administration of the club 6 years later, due to the number of members in the Alta Córdoba neighbourhood, the name was changed to the current Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba.

After its foundation, Instituto quickly reached the first division of the Liga Cordobesa, which the team won in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. With the professionalization of the game in 1931, Instituto lost momentum and sunk into an unsuccessful period. But years later the team revived, conquering the provincial league again in 1961, 1966, and finally in 1972, reaching the Argentine second division.

Instituto played its first ever season at the top level in 1973 where the team finished 8th out of a group of 15 teams, but it had to wait six years to try again. In 1979 Instituto won its group to reach the Quarter-Finals where the club was eliminated 5–3 on aggregate by Club Atlético Tucumán. Instituto also played the Torneo Nacional from 1981 to 1985, and the Metropolitano in 1981, 1982 and 1983. After the reorganisation of 1985 Instituto played all 5 of the long seasons although it was relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season.

The club then had to wait until the 1999–00 season to play in the top flight again. Instituto promoted to Argentine Primera División after winning the 1998–99 Nacional B tournament. Nevertheless, the club would be relegated from the first division the next season, finishing 16th out of 20 teams in the Apertura and 12th in the Clausura, but Instituto was finally relegated after a 2–1 play-off defeat at the hands of Almagro. The club won its second title, the Primera B Nacional 2003 Apertura, and promoted back to first division after getting the revenge over Club Almagro in a 2 legged play-off in 2004. The club survived one season at the top level after winning a two legged promotion/relegation play-off against Huracán by a score of 3–1. In its 2nd season in the first division, Instituto finished 19th overall and was automatically relegated back to B Nacional. The 1986–87 season was probably the most successful season in team's history, having finished 8th overall.

Roberto Castoldi replaced Gastón Defagot as president on 26 August 2019.^[1]

Stadium

The club currently plays in Estadio Presidente Perón in which is located in the neighborhood of Alta Cordoba. The origin of its name comes from Juan Perón, President of Argentina during the construction stage. The club has had a number of other homes in their history, all based in the city of Cordoba.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 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
2	DF	PAR	Juan Franco
4	DF	ARG	Giuliano Cerato
5	MF	ARG	Roberto Bochi
6	DF	ARG	Fernando Alarcón (captain)
7	FW	ARG	Gregorio Rodríguez
8	FW	ARG	Jonás Acevedo (on loan from Huracán)
9	FW	ARG	Facundo Suárez
10	FW	ARG	Silvio Romero
11	FW	ARG	Damián Batallini (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)
12	DF	ARG	Jonathan Bay
16	MF	ARG	Jeremías Lázaro
17	MF	ARG	Francesco Lo Celso (on loan from Rosario Central)
18	DF	ARG	Lucas Rodríguez
19	MF	ARG	Gastón Lodico


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ARG	Brahian Cuello
22	MF	ARG	Damián Puebla
23	GK	ARG	Joaquín Papaleo
28	GK	ARG	Manuel Roffo
29	FW	ARG	Ignacio Russo (on loan from Rosario Central)
30	MF	ARG	Franco Díaz (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
31	DF	ARG	Gonzalo Requena
32	MF	ARG	Matías Romero
33	DF	ARG	Miguel Brizuela (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
34	MF	ARG	Stefano Moreyra (on loan from Colón)
35	GK	ARG	Emanuel Sittaro
36	DF	ARG	Víctor Cabrera (on loan from Tigre)
47	MF	ARG	Nicolás Dubersarsky

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
—	GK	ARG	Emanuel Bilbao (at Atlético de Rafaela until 31 December 2025)
—	DF	ARG	Juan Cruz Argüello (at Racing de Córdoba until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	ARG	Agustín Massaccesi (at Defensores de Belgrano until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	URU	Joaquín Varela (at Independiente Medellín until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	ARG	Nicolás Cavagnero (at Defensores Unidos until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	ARG	Oscar Garrido (at Colón until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Leonardo Monje (at San Martín de Tucumán until 31 December 2024)
—	MF	ARG	Luciano Zannier (at Germinal until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	ARG	Mateo Gutiérrez (at Círculo Deportivo until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	ARG	Luca Klimowicz (at Imbabura until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	ECU	Djorkaeff Reasco (at Barcelona de Guayaquil until 31 December 2024)

Managers

1973: Enrique García
1979–81: Alfio Basile
1982: Sebastián Viberti
1983–84: Oscar Ceders
1985–87: Carlos Montes
1988: Mario Zanabria
1988–89: Jorge Domichi
1990: René Arregui
1990–91: Raúl Arraigada
1991–93: Salvador Ragusa
1993: Raúl Arraigada
1994: Jorge Ginarte
1995: Carlos Biasutto
1995–96: Jorge Luis Ghiso
1996: Horacio Bongiovanni
1997: Ramón Adorno
1997: Angel Celoria
1997–98: Juan José López
1999–00: Ernesto Corti
2000: Juan José López
2000–01: Gerardo Martino
2001–02: Ernesto Corti
2002: Carlos Compagnucci
2002–04: Héctor Rivoira
2004: Ricardo Rezza
2005: Luis Garisto
2005: Fernando Quiroz
2005: Jorge Theiler
2005: Ramón Alvarez (Interim)
2006: Ariel Cuffaro Russo
2006: Ramon Alvarez & Sergio González (Interim)
2006: Fernando Quiroz
2006–07: Eduardo Anzarda
2007: Héctor Rivoira
2007–09: Jorge Luis Ghiso
2009–10: Marcelo Bonetto
2010–11: Claudio Vivas
2011: Ramon Alvarez & Alberto Beltrán (Interim)
2011–12: Darío Franco
2012: Leonardo Nadaya & Elvio Agüero (Interim)
2012–13: Frank Darío Kudelka
2013–14: Elvio Agüero (Interim)
2014: Daniel Jiménez
2014–15: Carlos Mazzola
2015–16: Héctor Rivoira
2016–17: Iván Delfino
2017: Claudio Demaria (Interim)
2017: Gabriel Gómez
2017–18: Darío Franco
2018: César Zabala
2018–19: Diego Cagna
2019–20: César Zabala
2020–21: Fernando Quiroz
2021: Mauricio Caranta
2021: Marcelo Vázquez
2021: Claudio Sarría & Daniel Jiménez (Interim)
2022–23: Lucas Bovaglio
2023–: Diego Dabove

Honours

National

Primera B Nacional
- Winners (2): 1998–99, 2003–04

Regional

Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol
- Winners (9): 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1990, 2017
Liga Cordobesa Segunda División
- Winners (4): 1919, 1920, 1941, 1946

Basketball

Apart from football, Instituto has a basketball section from which its senior team is currently competing in Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top division of the Argentine basketball league system. Instituto won its first major title in 2021–22 after beating Quimsa 3–2 in the finals.^[3] The team, coached by Lucas Victoriano, became the second club from Córdoba to win the LNB after Atenas, which is also the most winning team with 9 titles.^[4]

Education

Apart from sports, Instituto has its own primary and secondary school in Alta Córdoba neighbourhood.^[5] The school has sport orientation through which it promotes values and quality education.^[5]