Club Atlético Argentino, commonly known as Argentino de Rosario, is a football club from Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

 in Santa Fe Province

Santa Fe Province

The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. The team currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana

Primera D Metropolitana

The Primera D is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fifth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level five is the Torneo Argentino C....

, which is the regionalised fifth tier of the Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association

The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

 league system.

1946 was Argentino's most successful year, having reached the 2nd position in the Primera B tournament. Argentino lost its penultimate match against Tiro Federal, and could not reach the promotion to Argentine Primera División.

At the end of the 2005/06 season Argentino narrowly missed out on promotion to Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana

Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....

, having reached the playoff final but losing 6-0 on additional time at the hands of Excursionistas

Excursionistas

Club Atlético Excursionistas is a football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires in Argentina...

.

Argentino has never played at the top level of Argentine football.

Titles

• Primera C: 1

1983

• Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana
  Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
  
  : 3

Apertura 1998, Clausura 1999, Clausura 2004

Notable former players

Listed at club website.
Hugo Iriarte

Hugo Iriarte

Hugo Germán Iriarte is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Atlético de Rafaela.-Career:Iriarte started his career in 2002 with Argentino de Rosario in the Primera B Metropolitana...

 (2002–03) Daniel Killer

Daniel Killer

Daniel Pedro Killer is a retired Argentine football defender who was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup...

 (1986–87) Mauricio Piersimone Abel Piva Rolando Schiavi

Rolando Schiavi

Rolando Schiavi is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Boca Juniors.-Club career:Schiavi started his career in the lower leagues with Argentino de Rosario, before moving to Argentinos Juniors in 1995. Schiavi played for Argentinos for six years, before joining Boca Juniors...

 (1993–95) Mauricio Verón

Mauricio Verón

Mauricio Rodrigo Verón is an Argentine footballer who plays for 9 de Julio de Morteros of Torneo Argentino B, the fourth level of Argentine football.-Career:...

 (1998–99) Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Bielsa

Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine association football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, Santa Fe...

(1980)

External links

• Official site
• Fans site
• El Salaito (Fans site)