Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
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Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine
sports club
based in Boedo
neighbourhood, Buenos Aires
, mostly known because of its football team.
San Lorenzo was the first Argentine football team which won a championship without being defeated, and also the only team which achieved 2 titles that way (1968 and 1972), apart from being the first team which obtained 2 titles in the same year (1972 Metropolitano championship
and Nacional championship
s).
neighbourhood
would invite gangs from other neighborhoods to play street football by writing in graffiti
: Los Forzosos de Almagro desafían (Almagro's strongmen dare you). As tram
way and bus
lines extended into Almagro, street playing became dangerous; following an accident in which a tramway car seriously injured a footballer, Catholic priest Lorenzo Massa started hosting the games in the backyard of his parish church in México avenue. Under his guidance, San Lorenzo de Almagro was formally established on April 1, 1908 honoring Father Massa, the Battle of San Lorenzo
, Saint Lawrence
and, of course, the barrio.
Due to the team did not have a stadium, San Lorenzo began to play its home games in a field property of the Club Martínez, placed in the neighbourhood of the same name
. The squad played its first match on April 26, 1914, and at the end of the seaon San Lorenzo had to play a final match facing Excursionistas
to proclaim a champion. San Lorenzo won the series (the results were 0-0 and 5-0). This title allowed San Lorenzo to dispute the playoffs in order to promote to the Argentine Primera División, which finally obtained after beating Club Honor y Patria by a score of 3-0.
.
In 1916 San Lorenzo inaugurated its own stadium (later nicknamed El Gasómetro) in a match against Estudiantes de La Plata
. The stadium was located in Boedo neighbourhood, on La Plata Avenue, where remained until its closure in the 1980s.
Since its promotion to Primera in 1915 San Lorenzo participated in the Primera División Amateur until 1930, when the club decided (along with other teams of Argentina) to create a professional league. In February, 1919, San Lorenzo participated of the Torneo Caballito, which finally won. The other teams taking part on the tournament were Club Atlético Atlanta
, Club Atlético Huracán
, Ferro Carril Oeste
, Estudiantil Porteño and Sportivo Almagro.
San Lorenzo also won 3 titles more in 1923, 1924 and 1927 and ended in the 2nd place in 1925 and 1926. Likewise, the squad gained international reputation winning the Copa Aldao (a competition played by the champions of Argentina and Uruguay
) in 1923 and 1927.
San Lorenzo soon became one of the top clubs in Buenos Aires; ever since the start of professionalism in 1931, it was counted in the top five (cinco grandes) together with Boca Juniors
, Independiente
, River Plate
and Racing
.
descent endeared San Lorenzo to the Basque community. The team also relied on players from the provinces, known as los gaucho
s, and won its first professional title in 1933.
In 1946, San Lorenzo broke the River Plate monopoly and won the league title; the team then went on to a tour of Spain
and Portugal
that was one of the highlights of the club's history. After losing to Real Madrid
, it went on to defeat Barcelona
and both the Spanish
and Portuguese
national teams; the Spanish press acclaimed San Lorenzo as "the best team in the world". Player René Pontoni
was offered a contract with Barcelona but declined to leave Argentina (Barcelona then drafted River Plate's Alfredo Di Stéfano
). Fellow player Reinaldo Martino did stay in European football
and would later become a star with Juventus.
In the 1960s, a generation of players known as carasucias (literally: dirty faces) were the darling of Argentine fans because of their offensive, careless playing and their bad-boy antics off the pitch. The 1968 team was nicknamed los matadores as it won the championship without losing a single game, this team was recognized as the best team in the world by many journalists. In the years 1968-1974 San Lorenzo won a total of four league titles, its best harvest ever. In 1972, the club became the first Argentine team to win two league titles in one year.
Unfortunately, poor administrations led San Lorenzo to a huge economic crisis, that even forced it to sell their well located stadium. The team was relegated in 1981, only to return to the top division with great fanfare in the 1982 season, which set all-time attendance records for the club.
By that time, the club had no stadium and was plagued by debt and irregularities. Controversial president Fernando Miele (1986-2001) delivered both the new stadium and two league titles: the Clausura '95 (after 21 years without winning a first division title) and the Clausura 2001 (in which the team achieved 11 consecutive victories). San Lorenzo finished the Clausura 2001 with 47 points in a tournament of 19 matches, setting the record for the highest points haul since the inception of the Apertura and Clausura
system in 1990.
In late 2001, San Lorenzo won their first international title: the Copa Mercosur
2001, becoming the only Argentine team to win that international cup, because the others champions were all from Brazil.
San Lorenzo also won the first edition of the Copa Sudamericana
in December 2002, claiming their second international title, and getting the opportunity to play the Recopa
against the Copa Libertadores champion Olimpia
San Lorenzo is identified with the middle class
atmosphere of the Boedo neighborhood. Its derby rival from the southern part of Buenos Aires are Huracán
, who were promoted back to the first division for the 2007-08 season.
In 2007, San Lorenzo won the First Division League, Clausura 2007 beating Boca Juniors in the race for the title. Led by manager Ramón Díaz
, San Lorenzo secured the title after the 17th roand of fixtures, with two games still to play. They finished the tournament with 45 points.
stadium in Boedo
was a venue of great renown, where many international games were held. During the military government in 1979 San Lorenzo was forced to sell the stadium to a low amount of money. After 14 years of stadium rent San Lorenzo with the help of fans inaugurate the new stadium, called the Nuevo Gasómetro opened December 1993 in the intersection of the Perito Moreno and Varela avenues in the Flores, Buenos Aires
neighborhood. Fans were never able to adapt to the new place and so their old stadium and place is still claimed by San Lorenzo and their fans to this day, the April 12, 2011 was a demonstration which was attended by over 20,000 people in claim its place in the world.
The official name of the stadium is Estadio Pedro Bidegain
after a former club president. It has a capacity of 43,494 and the pitch size is 110 x 70 m.
Domestic
International
Other
José Fossa (1919–34) Alfredo Carricaberry
(1920–30) Luis Monti
(1922–30) Diego García
(1925–40) Arturo Arrieta (1927–39) Waldemar de Brito
(1934–36) Isidro Lángara
(1939–43) Ángel Zubieta
(1939–52) Rinaldo Martino
(1941–48) Victor Caselli (1942–45) René Pontoni
(1945–48; 1954) Armando Farro (1945–52) Mario Papa (1948–53) José Sanfilippo
(1953–62; 1972) Juan Benavidez (1951–55) Ángel Berni
(1953–59) Narciso Doval
(1962–68; 1979) Roberto Telch
(1962–75) Rafael Albrecht (1963–70) Agustín Irusta
(1963–76) Héctor Veira (1963–69; 1973)
Alberto Rendo (1965–69) Rodolfo Fischer
(1965–72; 1977–78) Rubén Ayala
(1968–73) Victorio Cocco
(1968–74) Carlos Veglio
(1968–75) Rubén Glaría
(1968–75) Sergio Bismarck Villar
(1968–81) Héctor Scotta (1971–75; 1979; 1981) Oscar Ortiz (1971–76) Jorge Olguín
(1971–79) Ricardo Lavolpe
(1975–79) José Luis Ceballos
(1975; 1981) Claudio Marangoni
(1976–79) Rubén Darío Insúa (1978–86) Walter Perazzo
(1979–88) Armando Quinteros (1981–85; 1987) Jorge Higuaín
(1982–86) Jorge Rinaldi
(1983–85; 1991–92) Blas Giunta (1983–88) José Luis Chilavert
(1985–88) Néstor Gorosito (1988–89; 1992–93; 1996–99)
Alberto Acosta
(1988–90; 1992; 1998; 2001–03) Leonardo Rodríguez
(1990–91; 2001–02) Jorge Borelli
(1992–96) Eduardo Bennet
(1993–95) Paulo Silas
(1993–97) Esteban González
(1994–95) Oscar Ruggeri
(1994–97) Gilberto Angelucci (1994–98) Fernando Galetto
(1994–99) Claudio Biaggio
(1994–99) Sebastián Abreu
(1996–97; 2000–01) Guillermo Franco
(1996–02) Iván Córdoba (1998–00) Walter Erviti
(1998–02) Claudio Morel Rodríguez (1998–04) Bernardo Romeo(1998–01; 2007–10) Pablo Michelini (1999–05) Leandro Romagnoli
(1999–05; 2009–) Ezequiel Lavezzi
(2004–07)
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...
sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
based in Boedo
Boedo
Boedo is a working class barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence movement....
neighbourhood, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, mostly known because of its football team.
San Lorenzo was the first Argentine football team which won a championship without being defeated, and also the only team which achieved 2 titles that way (1968 and 1972), apart from being the first team which obtained 2 titles in the same year (1972 Metropolitano championship
Metropolitano championship
The Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
and Nacional championship
Nacional championship
The Nacional championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1985. The Nacional formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the second half of the year, the Metropolitano took place in the first half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
s).
Amateur Era
In the early 1900s, a street gang based in the AlmagroAlmagro, Buenos Aires
Almagro is a mostly middle-class barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina.The neighbourhood is delimited by La Plata avenue and Río de Janeiro street to the west, Independencia avenue to the south, Sánchez de Bustamante, Sánchez de Loria and Gallo streets to the east, and Córdoba/Estado de Israel avenues...
neighbourhood
Neighbourhood
A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...
would invite gangs from other neighborhoods to play street football by writing in graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
: Los Forzosos de Almagro desafían (Almagro's strongmen dare you). As tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
way and bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
lines extended into Almagro, street playing became dangerous; following an accident in which a tramway car seriously injured a footballer, Catholic priest Lorenzo Massa started hosting the games in the backyard of his parish church in México avenue. Under his guidance, San Lorenzo de Almagro was formally established on April 1, 1908 honoring Father Massa, the Battle of San Lorenzo
Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was fought on February 3, 1813 in San Lorenzo, Argentina, then part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. A Spanish Royalist army under the command of Antonio Zabala was defeated by the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers, under the command of José de San Martín...
, Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence
Lawrence of Rome was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.- Holy Chalice :...
and, of course, the barrio.
Due to the team did not have a stadium, San Lorenzo began to play its home games in a field property of the Club Martínez, placed in the neighbourhood of the same name
Martínez, Buenos Aires
Martínez is a city in San Isidro Partido, Buenos Aires Province. It is part of Greater Buenos Aires. It is served by a commuter train service, the Tren de la Costa tourist railway line, and many buses....
. The squad played its first match on April 26, 1914, and at the end of the seaon San Lorenzo had to play a final match facing Excursionistas
Excursionistas
Club Atlético Excursionistas is a football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires in Argentina...
to proclaim a champion. San Lorenzo won the series (the results were 0-0 and 5-0). This title allowed San Lorenzo to dispute the playoffs in order to promote to the Argentine Primera División, which finally obtained after beating Club Honor y Patria by a score of 3-0.
.
In 1916 San Lorenzo inaugurated its own stadium (later nicknamed El Gasómetro) in a match against Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....
. The stadium was located in Boedo neighbourhood, on La Plata Avenue, where remained until its closure in the 1980s.
Since its promotion to Primera in 1915 San Lorenzo participated in the Primera División Amateur until 1930, when the club decided (along with other teams of Argentina) to create a professional league. In February, 1919, San Lorenzo participated of the Torneo Caballito, which finally won. The other teams taking part on the tournament were Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...
, Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
, Ferro Carril Oeste
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
, Estudiantil Porteño and Sportivo Almagro.
San Lorenzo also won 3 titles more in 1923, 1924 and 1927 and ended in the 2nd place in 1925 and 1926. Likewise, the squad gained international reputation winning the Copa Aldao (a competition played by the champions of Argentina and Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) in 1923 and 1927.
San Lorenzo soon became one of the top clubs in Buenos Aires; ever since the start of professionalism in 1931, it was counted in the top five (cinco grandes) together with Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
, Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
, River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
and Racing
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
.
Professional Era
In the 1930s, Isidro Lángara and other players of BasqueBasque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
descent endeared San Lorenzo to the Basque community. The team also relied on players from the provinces, known as los gaucho
Gaucho
Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile, and Southern Brazil...
s, and won its first professional title in 1933.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
that was one of the highlights of the club's history. After losing to Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
, it went on to defeat Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
and both the Spanish
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
and Portuguese
Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
national teams; the Spanish press acclaimed San Lorenzo as "the best team in the world". Player René Pontoni
René Pontoni
René Alejandro Pontoni is a former Argentine footballer. He played club football in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil as well as representing the Argentina national football team on 19 occasions....
was offered a contract with Barcelona but declined to leave Argentina (Barcelona then drafted River Plate's Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...
). Fellow player Reinaldo Martino did stay in European football
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
and would later become a star with Juventus.
In the 1960s, a generation of players known as carasucias (literally: dirty faces) were the darling of Argentine fans because of their offensive, careless playing and their bad-boy antics off the pitch. The 1968 team was nicknamed los matadores as it won the championship without losing a single game, this team was recognized as the best team in the world by many journalists. In the years 1968-1974 San Lorenzo won a total of four league titles, its best harvest ever. In 1972, the club became the first Argentine team to win two league titles in one year.
Unfortunately, poor administrations led San Lorenzo to a huge economic crisis, that even forced it to sell their well located stadium. The team was relegated in 1981, only to return to the top division with great fanfare in the 1982 season, which set all-time attendance records for the club.
By that time, the club had no stadium and was plagued by debt and irregularities. Controversial president Fernando Miele (1986-2001) delivered both the new stadium and two league titles: the Clausura '95 (after 21 years without winning a first division title) and the Clausura 2001 (in which the team achieved 11 consecutive victories). San Lorenzo finished the Clausura 2001 with 47 points in a tournament of 19 matches, setting the record for the highest points haul since the inception of the Apertura and Clausura
Apertura and Clausura
The Apertura and Clausura tournaments are a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional European football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for...
system in 1990.
In late 2001, San Lorenzo won their first international title: the Copa Mercosur
Copa Mercosur
The Copa Mercosur was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up as a natural replacement...
2001, becoming the only Argentine team to win that international cup, because the others champions were all from Brazil.
San Lorenzo also won the first edition of the Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
in December 2002, claiming their second international title, and getting the opportunity to play the Recopa
Recopa Sudamericana
The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
against the Copa Libertadores champion Olimpia
San Lorenzo is identified with the middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
atmosphere of the Boedo neighborhood. Its derby rival from the southern part of Buenos Aires are Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
, who were promoted back to the first division for the 2007-08 season.
In 2007, San Lorenzo won the First Division League, Clausura 2007 beating Boca Juniors in the race for the title. Led by manager Ramón Díaz
Ramón Díaz
Ramón Ángel Díaz , is a former Argentine football player. For most of his career, he played for, and later coached, Club Atlético River Plate. He is also known by the nickname of El Pelado ....
, San Lorenzo secured the title after the 17th roand of fixtures, with two games still to play. They finished the tournament with 45 points.
Stadium
The old Estadio GasómetroEstadio Gasómetro
Estadio Gasómetro was a multi-purpose stadium in the barrio of Boedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro before they moved to Estadio Pedro Bidegain, which is sometimes referred to as Estadio Nuevo Gasómetro , in 1993...
stadium in Boedo
Boedo
Boedo is a working class barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence movement....
was a venue of great renown, where many international games were held. During the military government in 1979 San Lorenzo was forced to sell the stadium to a low amount of money. After 14 years of stadium rent San Lorenzo with the help of fans inaugurate the new stadium, called the Nuevo Gasómetro opened December 1993 in the intersection of the Perito Moreno and Varela avenues in the Flores, Buenos Aires
Flores, Buenos Aires
Flores is a middle class barrio or district in the centre part of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. Flores was considered a rural area of the Province of Buenos Aires until 1888 when it was integrated to the City....
neighborhood. Fans were never able to adapt to the new place and so their old stadium and place is still claimed by San Lorenzo and their fans to this day, the April 12, 2011 was a demonstration which was attended by over 20,000 people in claim its place in the world.
The official name of the stadium is Estadio Pedro Bidegain
Estadio Pedro Bidegain
The Estadio Pedro Bidegain, nicknamed el Nuevo Gasómetro , is the home stadium of San Lorenzo football club in the Nueva Pompeya neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a multi use stadium but mostly used for football matches. Capacity is 43,494 and inauguration was in 1993...
after a former club president. It has a capacity of 43,494 and the pitch size is 110 x 70 m.
Nicknames
- Los GauchoGauchoGaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile, and Southern Brazil...
s de BoedoBoedoBoedo is a working class barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence movement....
(Boedo's Gauchos), after the many players from the provinces who played in 1933 and came out as champions. - Los Santos (The Saints), after the club's name, literally "Saint Lawrence".
- Los Cuervos (The Crows), after the black colors of Father Massa's robes.
- El Ciclón (The Cyclone), in opposition to their traditional opponent Huracán (The Hurricane).
- Los Azulgrana (The Blue and Red), after the club's colors.
- Los Matadores (The Killers), originally used for the unbeaten 1968 champions.
- The fans' collective calls itself La Gloriosa (The Glorious).
Titles
Amateur- Primera DivisiónPrimera divisiónPrimera división can refer to multiple top division football leagues:*in CONMEBOL **Argentine Primera División, Argentina**Chilean Primera División, Chile**Paraguayan Primera División, Paraguay...
(3): 1923, 1924, 1927
Domestic
- Primera División (11): 1933, 1936 (Copa de Honor), 1946, 1959, 1968 Metropolitano, 1972 Metropolitano, 1972 Nacional, 1974 Nacional, 1995 Clausura, 2001 Clausura, 2007 Clausura
International
- Copa MercosurCopa MercosurThe Copa Mercosur was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV money to the participating teams, but it went beyond and ended up as a natural replacement...
(1): 2001 - Copa SudamericanaCopa SudamericanaThe Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
(1): 2002
Other
- Copa Río de la Plata (3): 1923, 1927, 1946
- Copa Confraternidad Escobar - Gerona (1): 1941
- Copa de la República (1): 1943
- Copa Jorge Newbery (1): 1964
- Liguilla Pre-Libertadores (2): 1988 y 1991
- Copa San Martín de Tours (1): 1994
Former players
- To appear in this section a player must have made at least 50 appearances for the club.
José Fossa (1919–34) Alfredo Carricaberry
Alfredo Carricaberry
Alfredo Carricaberry was an Argentine football forward who played most of his career for San Lorenzo in Argentina....
(1920–30) Luis Monti
Luis Monti
Luis Felipe Monti was an Italian Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. Monti has the distinction of having played in two FIFA World Cup final matches with two different national teams. He played the first of these finals with his native Argentina in 1930, which he lost to Uruguay; and...
(1922–30) Diego García
Diego García (footballer)
Diego García Hernández is a Mexican football defender who plays for Querétaro F.C. in the Primera División de México.He played for Atlante until 2010, although he only made one Primera Division appearance for them, against Santos Laguna on 9 May 2009.-References:...
(1925–40) Arturo Arrieta (1927–39) Waldemar de Brito
Waldemar de Brito
Waldemar de Brito was a Brazilian footballer, who played for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days...
(1934–36) Isidro Lángara
Isidro Lángara
Isidro Lángara Galarraga was a Spanish football striker. He played 12 times for Spain, scoring 17 goals.- Biography :...
(1939–43) Ángel Zubieta
Ángel Zubieta
Ángel Zubieta Redondo was a former Spanish footballer and manager.-Playing career:Zubieta started his playing career in the 1935–36 season at the age of 17...
(1939–52) Rinaldo Martino
Rinaldo Martino
Rinaldo Fioramonte Martino was an Italian Argentine football striker who played for both the Argentine and the Italian national football teams.-Club career:...
(1941–48) Victor Caselli (1942–45) René Pontoni
René Pontoni
René Alejandro Pontoni is a former Argentine footballer. He played club football in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil as well as representing the Argentina national football team on 19 occasions....
(1945–48; 1954) Armando Farro (1945–52) Mario Papa (1948–53) José Sanfilippo
José Sanfilippo
José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo is a former Argentine footballer.During his club career he played for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in Argentina, Nacional in Uruguay and Bangu and SC Bahia in Brazil He also earned 29 caps and scored 21 goals for the Argentina national football team,...
(1953–62; 1972) Juan Benavidez (1951–55) Ángel Berni
Ángel Berni
Angel Antonio Berni Gómez is a former football striker.-Career:Berni started his career at the youth divisions of Olimpia Asunción in 1945, and in 1949 he made the debut for Olimpia's first team...
(1953–59) Narciso Doval
Narciso Horacio Doval
Narciso Horácio Doval was an Argentine football player.El Loco Doval was born in Buenos Aires. Playing in the hole, as a winger or as a forward, Doval was skillful, had a good technical ability, and could both score and create very opportunities for a centre forward. His style of playing quickly...
(1962–68; 1979) Roberto Telch
Roberto Telch
Roberto "Oveja" Telch is a former Argentine footballer. He won four league championships with San Lorenzo in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup....
(1962–75) Rafael Albrecht (1963–70) Agustín Irusta
Agustín Irusta
Agustín Ernesto Irusta is a former Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career for San Lorenzo de Almagro.Irusta made his professional debut for San Lorenzo on 23 June 1963 against Atlanta...
(1963–76) Héctor Veira (1963–69; 1973)
Alberto Rendo (1965–69) Rodolfo Fischer
Rodolfo Fischer
Rodolfo José Fischer Eichler is a former Argentine international association football player of German-Brazilian descendancy. His tenacity awarded the tall attacker with a penchant for headers the nickname El Lobo, the "Wolf"...
(1965–72; 1977–78) Rubén Ayala
Rubén Ayala
Rubén Hugo Ayala Zanabria is a former Argentine footballer.-Playing career:During his club career he played for Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina where he was part of the team that famously went unbeaten for the whole of the 1972 Nacional championship.In 1973 he left for Atlético...
(1968–73) Victorio Cocco
Victorio Cocco
Victorio Nicolás Cocco is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.- Personal life :...
(1968–74) Carlos Veglio
Carlos Veglio
Carlos José Veglio is a former Argentine football striker. He won a number of major titles with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors and represented the Argentina national football team.-Early years:...
(1968–75) Rubén Glaría
Rubén Glaria
Rubén Oscar Glaría is a former Argentine footballer and manager, and now a politician. He played for San Lorenzo and Racing Club and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 World Cup....
(1968–75) Sergio Bismarck Villar
Sergio Bismarck Villar
Sergio Bismarck Villar is a former Uruguay football left back. He played most of his career for San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina.Villar started his career in Uruguay where he played for C. A...
(1968–81) Héctor Scotta (1971–75; 1979; 1981) Oscar Ortiz (1971–76) Jorge Olguín
Jorge Olguín
Jorge Mario Olguín is a retired Argentine footballer.He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning team.Since his retirement as a player he has managed a number of football clubs....
(1971–79) Ricardo Lavolpe
Ricardo Lavolpe
Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Guarchoni, born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine football manager. He is a former Argentine World Cup-winning goalkeeper and the former coach of the Mexican national team. He is known for his tactical flexibility during matches and abrasive manner, as well...
(1975–79) José Luis Ceballos
José Luis Ceballos
José Luis Ceballos is a former Argentine footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Spain....
(1975; 1981) Claudio Marangoni
Claudio Marangoni
Claudio Oscar Marangoni is a former Argentine footballer who played club football in Argentina and England and played for the Argentina national team....
(1976–79) Rubén Darío Insúa (1978–86) Walter Perazzo
Walter Perazzo
Walter Osvaldo Perazzo Otero is a Colombian born Argentine football manager and former centre forward. He currently manages the Argentina national under-20 football team....
(1979–88) Armando Quinteros (1981–85; 1987) Jorge Higuaín
Jorge Higuaín
Jorge Nicolás "El Pipa" Higuaín is a former Argentine football central defender. He played for Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo, and Stade Brestois 29, at that time in French top division....
(1982–86) Jorge Rinaldi
Jorge Rinaldi
Jorge "La Chancha" Rinaldi is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Turkey and represented the Argentina national football team....
(1983–85; 1991–92) Blas Giunta (1983–88) José Luis Chilavert
José Luis Chilavert
José Luis Félix Chilavert González is a Paraguayan former football player who played as a goalkeeper. He was a three-time IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award winner....
(1985–88) Néstor Gorosito (1988–89; 1992–93; 1996–99)
Alberto Acosta
Alberto Acosta
Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker.In a professional career which spanned 18 years , he played for San Lorenzo in four different spells...
(1988–90; 1992; 1998; 2001–03) Leonardo Rodríguez
Leonardo Rodríguez
Leonardo Adrián Rodríguez Iacobitti is a former Argentinian football midfielder. He was born on August 27, 1966, in the city of Lanús in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina...
(1990–91; 2001–02) Jorge Borelli
Jorge Borelli
Jorge Horacio Borelli is a former Argentine football player. He played in the defence and featured in the 1993 Copa América in Ecuador and the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States....
(1992–96) Eduardo Bennet
Eduardo Bennet
Eduardo Bennett is a Honduran footballer. He currently plays for Atlético Olanchano. His debut in Liga Nacional was on 29 September 1988 at the age of 19 wearing the Curaçao's jersey against Motagua, and he scored to tie 1x1.Nicknamed "El Balin", he played for Curaçao, CD Olimpia and CD Victoria...
(1993–95) Paulo Silas
Paulo Silas
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira, best known as Silas is a former Brazilian football player and is currently manager of the Qatari club Al-Arabi.-Career:...
(1993–97) Esteban González
Esteban González
Esteban Fernando González Sánchez is a former Argentine football striker. He was a winner of the Argentine league with three different teams and he also played for the Argentina national team....
(1994–95) Oscar Ruggeri
Oscar Ruggeri
Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri is a former footballer. Nicknamed "El Cabezón" , Ruggeri is one of the most successful defenders ever to come out of Argentina....
(1994–97) Gilberto Angelucci (1994–98) Fernando Galetto
Fernando Galetto
Fernando Edgar Galetto is a former Argentine footballer. In 1999 he joined Panathinaikos from San Lorenzo...
(1994–99) Claudio Biaggio
Claudio Biaggio
Claudio Darío Biaggio is an Argentine football striker. He is currently playing in the Torneo Argentino B for Ferro Carril Sud....
(1994–99) Sebastián Abreu
Sebastián Abreu
Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in Brazil as a striker.Best known by his nickname El Loco , the prolific goalscorer – for club and country – played for more than 20 teams during his professional career, in six different...
(1996–97; 2000–01) Guillermo Franco
Guillermo Franco
Guillermo Luis Franco Farquarson is an Argentine-born Mexican football striker who plays for Vélez Sársfield. He also played for the Mexico national team, until his international retirement in September 2010.-Early life:...
(1996–02) Iván Córdoba (1998–00) Walter Erviti
Walter Erviti
Walter Daniel Erviti Roldán is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors. He plays mainly as a deep-lying playmaker.-Club career:...
(1998–02) Claudio Morel Rodríguez (1998–04) Bernardo Romeo(1998–01; 2007–10) Pablo Michelini (1999–05) Leandro Romagnoli
Leandro Romagnoli
Leandro Atilio Romagnoli is an Argentine footballer who plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine first division....
(1999–05; 2009–) Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Lavezzi
Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi , nicknamed "El Pocho", is an Argentine football striker of Italian descent, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Napoli and the Argentine national team.-Atlético Estudiantes:...
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