Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba

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Instituto

Full name	Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba
Nickname(s)	La Gloria, El Glorioso Cordobés, Albirrojo
Founded	8 August 1918; 106 years ago (1918-08-08)
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.

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]

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.

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

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)

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

• 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

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]

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]

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