Sportivo Italiano
{{short description|Argentine association football club}}
{{Unreferenced|date=January 2022}}
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| fullname = Club Sportivo Italiano
| nickname = Azzurro
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1955|5|7}}
| ground = República de Italia, Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires
| capacity = 8,000
| chairman = Salvador D'Antonio
| manager = Ariel Crespín
| league = Primera C
| position = 2°
| season = 2016
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File:Sportivo Italiano 1974.jpg
Club Sportivo Italiano is an Argentine professional football club located in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.
The club was founded on May 7, 1955, by Italian immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires). The club was originally named "Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina". In 1978 the institution merged with Sociedad Italiana and changed its name to "Club Deportivo Italiano". The club's last name change occurred in 2000, when it became known under its current denomination "Club Sportivo Italiano".
The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.
Players
=Current squad=
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Rodrigo Drago|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Paraguay|name=Celso Capdevila|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Héctor Vázquez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Cesar Perez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Gabriel Giménez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Leonardo Gómez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Ariel Martínez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Rubén Darío Meozzi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Julián Monachelli|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Daniel Imperiale|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Diego Bulacio|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Gonzalo Alvarez|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Gustavo Britos|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Gabriel Correa|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Arturo Gauna|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Juan Augusto Huerta|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Sebastián Lamacchia|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Leonel Natalicchio|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Gustavo Pinto|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Lucas Vico|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Martín Castagnino|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Carlos Ibañez|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Francisco Rosa|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Mariano Sabadia|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Juan Pablo Zárate|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Victor Meza|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
Notable managers
- {{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ramón Cabrero (1985–87)
Honours
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{twitter|id = SpItaliano }}
{{Primera B Metropolitana}}