Club Atlético Unión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko uˈnjon]; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe [uˈnjon de santa ˈfe]) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.

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Unión

Full name	Club Atlético Unión
Nickname(s)	Tatengue El Tate
Founded	15 April 1907; 115 years ago (1907-04-15)
Ground	Estadio 15 de Abril, Santa Fe, Argentina
Capacity	28,000
President	Luis Spahn
Manager	Gustavo Munúa
League	Primera División
2021	12th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Although Unión is mostly known for its football team, that currently plays in Primera División, the club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming and volleyball.

History

In 1966, the squad was promoted to the Segunda División Argentina for the first time. Unión's supporters are called "unionistas", "tatengues", while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

Managed by Juan Carlos Lorenzo in 1975, Unión made a great campaign in the 1975 championship with a group of notable players such as goalkeeper Hugo Gatti, midfielders Victorio Cocco and Rubén Suñé and forwards Ernesto Mastrángelo and Leopoldo Luque among others.[1]

In 1979 Unión played the final matches of the Nacional championship, but lost at the hands of River Plate, because the goal scored by River in the first match (with a final score of 1–1) ended up in an average over Union according to the away goals rule applied to that tournament.

The most famous footballers who played for Unión are Leopoldo Luque, World Cup winner with Argentina in 1978, and Nery Pumpido, the goalkeeper of the national team that won the World Cup in Mexico 1986.

Apart from football, basketball is the foremost sport practised at the institution, with Union's team currently in the third division. Carlos Delfino is its most famous basketball player, and Mario Elie, champion in NBA (1994, 1995 y 1999), also played briefly in the Argentine League, for Unión de Santa Fe.

Rivalry

Unión and Colón are the two largest football clubs in Santa Fe. The Clásico Santafesino is known as one of football's fiercest and most important rivalries in Argentina. Unión and Colón have played 142 games all time against each other in the Amateur and Professional Era, with Unión winning 47, Colón winning 43 and 47 draws.^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

As of 18 September 2022.[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  ARG Franco Calderón 3 DF  ARG Claudio Corvalán 7 FW  ARG Mauro Luna Diale 8 MF  ARG Enzo Roldán 9 FW  ARG Mariano Peralta Bauer (loan from San Lorenzo) 10 MF  ARG Ezequiel Cañete 11 FW  ARG Sebastián Jaurena (loan from Alvarado) 14 DF  ARG Francisco Gerometta 16 DF  ARG Federico Vera 17 FW  COL Bryan Castrillón (loan from Medellín) 19 FW  ARG Tomás González 21 DF  ARG Facundo Agüero 22 FW  PAR Junior Marabel 23 DF  URU Diego Polenta

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  ARG Sebastián Moyano 26 MF  ARG Leonel Bucca 27 FW  ARG Matías Gallegos 28 DF  ARG Juan Portillo 29 MF  ARG Daniel Juárez 30 MF  ARG Juan Ignacio Nardoni 32 DF  ARG Nicolás Paz 34 MF  ARG Kevin Zenon 35 GK  ARG Diego González 37 DF  ARG Lucas Esquivel 39 MF  ARG Imanol Machuca 44 FW  URU Jonathan Álvez 77 GK  URU Santiago Mele (loan from Plaza Colonia)

Out on loan

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 Marcos Peano (at Defensa y Justicia until 31 December 2022) — GK  ARG Federico Bonansea (at Agropecuario until 31 December 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Franco Godoy (at Ferro Carril Oeste until 31 December 2022) — MF  ARG Gastón Comas (at Güemes until 31 December 2022)

Notable players

This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club and/or played officially for their national team.

Managers

Honours

National

• Primera B (1): 1966

Regional

• Liga Santafesina de Fútbol (36): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1955,
  1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, Classificatorio 1971, Selectivo 1971, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1994, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2010

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unión de Santa Fe.

• Official website (in Spanish)

На других языках

[de] Unión de Santa Fe

[ru] Унион (футбольный клуб, Санта-Фе)