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Club Atletico Banfield
Club Atletico Banfield is an Argentina professional football club from Banfield, a village in Buenos Aires Province 14km south of Buenos Aires. The club was founded in 1896 and was named after Edward Banfield, the first General Manager of the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway between 1865 and 1872. .
The club is also referred as El Taladro (The Drill), because in 1930 the 'El Pampero' newspaper said the Banfield forwards "drilled" rival defences. Banfield is traditionally one of the best supported clubs in the south of Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and the biggest club in Lomas de Zamora Partido.
Club history
Amateur era
In 1920 Banfield won the Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires) beating Boca Juniors 2-1 in the final.
The winners of the Honour Cup played in the International Cousenier Cup a cup competition named after the Cousenier liquor factory, who gave the cup which was to be competed for by teams from the Uruguayan Football League, the Argentine Football Association and the Rosario Football League. The final was always played in Montevideo in Uruguay. Banfield declined to play.
Professional era
Banfield have never won the Primera Division, but have finished second, in 1951 and again in the 2004-05 Torneo Clausura. And in the 2003-04 season they finished third in the Torneo Apertura. Banfield have been promoted to the Primera Division seven times - as Champions of Primera B Nacional six times and also in 1986-87 via the play-offs.
In the 2006-07 season, Banfield finished 15th in the Apertura and 16th in the Clausura.
International competitions
In 2005, Banfield reached the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores. In the Group stages, Banfield played in Group Six with UANL Tigres, Alianza Lima and Caracas FC. Banfield finished second in the group on 11 points having lost only once 3-0 at home to eventual group winners, UANL Tigres. In the second round Banfield played Independiente Medellin from Colombia winning 3-0 and 2-0 for a total aggregate score of 5-0. In the quarter final Banfield met River Plate losing 4-3 on aggregate. Banfield were knocked out in the Group phase of Copa Libertadores 2007. Banfield played in Group One against Club Libertad, Club America and Club Deportivo El Nacional, finishing third with 9 points.
Banfield played in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana however they were knocked out in the first round, defeated by Arsenal de Sarandi 3-2 on aggregate. In 2006 Banfield were again knocked out in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana, this time 2-1 on aggregate to San Lorenzo.
In 2005 Banfield competed in the six team Torneo de Verano (Friendly summer tournament) in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. The teams were divided into two groups of three. Banfield played in Group A with Club Atletico 3 de Febrero who they beat 4-3 and Cerro Porteno a match they lost 2-0.
Honours
League
Primera B Nacional Argentina champions (6): 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1992-92, 2000-001
Cups
Buenos Aires Municipality Honour Cup (1): 1920
Players
Current squad
Notable former players
Gustavo Albella
Daniel Aquino (1985-1989)
Mariano Barbosa (2002-2005)
Daniel Ruben Bilos (2001-2005)
Mauro Camoranesi (1997-1998)
Renato Civelli (2003-2006)
Roberto Colautti (2002-2003)
Angel Comizzo (1993-1996)
Nestor Craviotto (1996-1999)
Julio Cruz (1993-1996)
Jesus Datolo (2004-2006)
Ricardo Lavolpe (1971-1975)
Carlos Fabian Leeb (1997-2002)
Cristian Leiva (2001-2006)
Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi (2002-2003)
Jorge Nunez (2003-2004)
Fernando Ortiz (2003-2004)
Rodrigo Palacio (2004)
Gabriel Paletta (2004-2006)
Pablo Paz (1994-1996)
Juan Jose Pizzuti (1947-1950)
Norberto Raffo (1961-1966)
Jose Luis Sanchez (1999-2005)
Jose Sanfilippo (1966-1967)
Andres San Martin (1997-1999, 2002-2005}
Luis Manuel Seijas (2004-2007)
Silvio Sotelo (1971-1978)
Javier Zanetti (1993-1995)
see also
Filial clubs
Other Banfield clubs affiliated to AFA (Argentine Football Association).
- Ordered by province
Records
13-2 Puerto Comercial (Bahia Blanca)
Famous Club Atletico Banfield Fans
Alfredo de Angelis, Tango musician de Angelis created the tango song "El taladro" ("The drill"), dedicated to Atletico Banfield.
Eduardo Duhalde (Former Argentine president)
External links
Club Atletico Banfield Official website
Eurobanfield.com | The place of european Banfield's community
Soy Taladro| Sitio de fanaticos de banfield
Soy de Banfield - News and history
Banfield formations at football-lineups.com
Sitio de fanaticos del Club Atletico Banfield
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