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| Full name | Club Atlético Rosario Central | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Canalla (Rabble) | |||
| Founded | December 24, 1889 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito | |||
| Capacity | 41,654 | |||
| President | Gonzalo Belloso | |||
| Manager | Miguel Ángel Russo | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2023 | 8th of 28 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Club Atlético Rosario Central (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo senˈtɾal]) is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the British-owned Central Argentine Railway company. One of the oldest Argentine and Latin American teams, it is considered a pioneer in its hometown and the only one of current Santa Fe province teams to have won an international title organised by CONMEBOL, the Copa Conmebol, won by the club in 1995.[1][2][3][4][5]
Originally a member of the Rosario's Football Association, the club affiliated itself to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in 1939. Since then, Rosario Central has won the Argentine Primera Division five times, with the last domestic title being the 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional. In addition, Rosario Central won six National cups, with the 2018 Copa Argentina being its most recent achievement.[6] Also, Rosario Central won the Copa CONMEBOL (the precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana)[7][3][4][8][9][10][5] in 1995.
In 2012, the club was considered by FIFA as one of the 11 most classical clubs in Argentine football.[11][12]
Rosario Central has a strong rivalry with Newell's Old Boys. The matches played between them are named "El Clasico Rosarino", The rivalry is among the most heated in Argentina. Nowadays Rosario Central has the biggest difference in history between both teams, due to, having 17 winnings more than his eternal rival. That dissimilarity in favor of Rosario Central is kept across 70 years ago. An extraordinary circumstance in the history of the Argentinian league, known as "The oldest paternity ever". Rosario Central's home stadium is Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre, known simply as "El Gigante de Arroyito" (The Giant of Arroyito) is one of the stadiums where Argentina played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150925125301/http://es.fifa.com/news/y=2012/m=4/news=central-pionero-rosarino-1611560.html FIFA.com Clubes Clásicos
- ^ Copa Conmebol Archived July 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine on Conmebol.com
- ^ a b "Rsssf.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Fútbol: Copa CONMEBOL, Resúmen y Datos". Soobrefutbol.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ a b http://www.futbolsantander.com/es/actualidad/noticias/?noticia=625 Archived October 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
- ^ Rosario Central campeón Archived December 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine by Alberto Cantore on La Nación, 6 Dec 2018
- ^ Conmebol.com Archived 2013-07-18 at the Wayback Machine CONMEBOL Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ https://www.conmebol.com/es/25-anos-de-la-primera-estrella-internacional-de-rosario-central A 25 años de la primera estrella internacional de Rosario Central. CONMEBOL.com. 2020, December 19.
- ^ "Globo Esporte". Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Em 94, Expressinho salvou temporada com precursora da Sul-Americana - Terra Brasil". Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "Central disfruta del privilegio de ser 'club clásico' para el portal de internet de la FIFA" Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, La Capital, April 7, 2012
- ^ "Los clásicos de FIFA" Archived September 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Olé