Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
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| clubname = Vélez Sársfield
| image = [[Image:Sarsfield.GIF|Vélez Crest|150px|]]
| fullname = Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
| nickname = ''El Fortín (The Fort)''
| founded = [[January 1]], [[1910]]
| ground = [[Estadio José Amalfitani]]
| capacity = 49,000
| chairman = Álvaro Balestrini
| manager = [[Hugo Tocalli]]
| league = [[Primera División Argentina|Argentine Primera División]]
| season = [[2007-2008 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 2008]]
| position = 5th
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'''Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield''' is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[sports club]] best known for its [[football (soccer)|football]] team, based in the [[Liniers]] neighborhood of western [[Buenos Aires]].
The Club is also frequently referred to as The Fort. Its home stadium is the Jose Amalfitani Stadium, in the borough of Liniers. Velez have won the [[Argentine Primera]] six times and 5 international cups.
It was founded in [[1910]] in the [[Floresta, Buenos Aires|Floresta]] [[barrios of Buenos Aires|neighborhood]], next to the [[Buenos Aires Western Railway|Ferrocarril del Oeste]] railroad station Vélez Sársfield, named after the 1869 drafter of the [[Argentine Civil Code]] [[Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield]] (since 1944 the station has been renamed Floresta). The club first participated in the amateur first division league in [[1919]] (runners-up), and has been a [[Primera División Argentina|professional first division]] fixture since the advent of professionalism in [[1931]]. Relegated only once, in [[1941]], it returned to the first division in [[1943]]. The club clinched their first professional title in the year 1968, after beating River Plate and Racing Club. After that title, the club spent 25 years without silverware until 1993 when the won the Clausura Tournament. The nineties were the most successful period in Velez's history. In that spell, they won domestic cups and international cups. Their international summit was when they defeated AC Milan in the European-South American Cup in Japan in the year 1994.
Velez clinched their last Argentine title in the year 2005 when they won the [[Apertura and Clausura in Argentine football|Clausura tournament]].
==History==
Velez foundation dates back to [[1910]]. It was on a rainy day when three lads sheltered in Vélez Sársfield Railway Station because of a summer storm. These three guys were Julio Guglielmone, Martin Portillo and Nicolas Martín Moreno.They themselves decided to establish a new club with the mere plan of joining and taking part in some league.
After the storm, the lads headed for Marin Moreno's house, which was a stone's throw from the railway station, the last call of the [[Buenos Aires Western Railway]], which connected downtown with the 'far west'.
The guys, with the help of a bunch of other men, decided to establish Argentines of Velez Sarsfield Athletic Club(Club Atlético Argentinos de Velez Sarsfield) and appointed Luis Barredo as their first chairman. Their first field was the piece of land located at United Provincies St.-Provincias Unidas-, currently Juan Bautista Alberdi, Convention St, currently Jose Bonifacio, and Mariano Acosta and Ensenada.
After founding a club, a kit is needed. That was why they chose white shirts(they were easier to get). However, that kit was changed two years later. On February 3rd 1912 they chose navy blue shirts with white shorts.
In spite of the enthusiasm of all this revolution in the neighbourhood, things were not looking as expected. They couldn't join the Argentine League. The name was also changed; Argenitinians was rubbed away from the original name of the club.From that they on, the club holds the same name, Velez Sarsfield Athletic Club.
Nearly at the end of [[1912]], the board decided to rent a new field, located in the neighbourhood of Mataderos, at Tapalque St., between Escalada and Chascomus St. A wind mill provided water for the dressing rooms.
On May 14, 1914, owing to the great amount of Italian immigrants who were members of the club, the kit was changed again. The new colours adopted were green, red and white, which were the colours of the Italian flag. From then on, the club played in green, red and white stripes.
The club was finally elected to the Argentine League in [[1918]]. The club had a breathtaking performance in their first year in the top-flight. Velez ended up in the 2nd position, just 4 points upper than River Plate and Defensores Belgrano. In their debut, Velez defeated Independiente one nil. In [[1920]], the club ended 6th among 19 sides.Apart from that, Velez boasted their only top scorer in the amateur era, that's Santiago Carreras slotting 20 goals.Some months later, the Argentine National team calls up the first Velez player. This man was Jose Bofia, who on [[May 25th]] [[1921]] played the game in which Argentina hammered Chile 4-1 in Valparaiso.
One of the most important facts in Velez's history took place in the twenties; on March 23rd 1923, Jose Amalfitani was appointed as the new president of the club.
In 1928, Velez Sarsfield played the first night game in Argentine football history at their new stadium in neighboring Villa Luro. This stadium would be nicknamed "El Fortín" (The Small Fort) by the press.
Already recognised as a popular club, Velez toured America with breathtaking results. They played 25 games in Chile, Peru, Cuba, Mexico and the United States.The outcome of their tour was 20 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss.
Professional footbal started in 1931 and Velez were one of the clubs that took part in the new trend. Their field at the neighbourhoid of Villa Luro was becoming a fort. Not many teams proved successful after playing there.
On September 13th 1932, Velez played San Lorenzo at home. At that time, one of the newspapers called La Critica said 'Can San Lorenzo make it at Villa Luro?'. The author of that heading was the reporter named Hugo Martin, one of the most respected journalists of that time. That game against San Lorenzo ended up in a 1-1 draw. Velez's next home game was a goalless draw against River Plate. From that day on, the nickmane The Fort was to last forever.
In the thirties, Velez managed to be a powerful force playing at home but struggled away. Vicotrio Spinetto and Agustís Cosso were some of the most representative characters for the club. Both Spinetto and Cosso took part in the first game game that Velez wore the white shirt with a blue V. Those had originally been rugby shirts that the club adopted when they went to renew their kit. In 1938 the kit changed to its present colors when a sports-equipment merchant offered the club white jerseys with a blue V on the chest at a discount because a rugby club had not claimed them. The new design has remained unchanged, forgetting the red-white and green shirt used in the first years of the club.
The 1990s was undoubtedly the most important era in Velez's history. In this decade, they clinched most of their silverware, having won 9 titles, both domestic as international. Their successes in this era were largely due to coach [[Carlos Bianchi]]. As a player he was part of the Vélez team that obtained its first title in [[1968]], and Bianchi was Argentine Top scorer in [[1970]], [[1971]] and then again during his second tenure in [[1981]].
As team coach, Bianchi drove Vélez to three titles ([[1992-93 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1993]], [[1995-96 in Argentine football#Torneo Apertura .28.22Opening.22 Tournament.29|Apertura 1995]], [[1995-96 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1996]]) the [[Copa Libertadores 1994|1994]] [[Copa Libertadores]], [[Copa Intercontinental]] 1995 and [[Supercopa Sudamericana]] 1996.
The most important of these cups was the [[Copa Intercontinental]] won vs AC Milan in 1994, when they beat the Italian side by two goals to nil, Roberto Trotta (PK) and Omar 'The Turk' Asad were the scorers of that game.
==Support==
Velez's fans are usually known as 'Los Fortineros'. Velez's fanbase has increased tremendosuly in the nineties after winning so much silverware. One of the latest surveys shows Velez is the 6th most popular club in the country.
Velez's fanbase, largely drawn from the west of Buenos Aires and the surroundings of Liniers, with home matches traditionally attracting high attendances in the thousands. The fact that the club is at a stone's throw from Liniers Railway Station, helps fans to travel long distances by train.
Fans travel by train from [[General Rodriguez]], La Reja, [[Moreno]], [[Merlo]], San Antonio de Padua, [[Castelar]], [[Moron]], [[Ramos Mejia]] up to Liniers.
There are also supporters clubs in Moreno and Merlo.
==Rivals==
Vélez Sársfield has no direct rival. [[Ferrocarril Oeste]], based in the neighbourhood of Caballito, is sometimes said to be Velez's historical rival. However, this rivalry has faded out mainly because the teams play in different divisions. They have not faced each other since 2000, when Velez beat Ferrocarril Oeste away 1-0.
==Managers and coaches==
==Stadium==
[[Image:Velez4.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Estadio José Amalfitani]]
The ''José Amalfitani'' stadium (named after the club's president for over 30 years) holds 49,747 people, although it doesn't provide seating for all of them. It is also frequently used for concerts and [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina rugby team]] matches. The stadium, often referred to as El Fortín, was built in 1947 and later remodeled in preparation for the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]].
The stadium is located on 9200 Juan B. Justo avenue, in the [[Liniers]] neighborhood, a short walk from the Liniers train station.
It was also used in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
==Titles==
'''National'''
:'''First Division'''
:*[[Nacional championship|Nacional]] 1968
:*[[1992-93 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1993]]
:*[[1995-96 in Argentine football#Torneo Apertura .28.22Opening.22 Tournament.29|Apertura 1995]]
:*[[1995-96 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1996]]
:*[[1997-98 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 1998]]
:*[[2004-05 in Argentine football#Torneo Clausura .28.22Closing.22 Tournament.29|Clausura 2005]]
:'''Second Division'''
:*Ascenso 1943
'''International'''
:*[[Copa Libertadores]] [[Copa Libertadores 1994|1994]]
:*[[European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] 1994
:*[[Copa Interamericana]] 1995
:*[[Supercopa Sudamericana]] 1996
:*[[Recopa Sudamericana]] 1997
==Top Scorers==
=== Most appearances ===
:1- [[Pedro Larraquy]] (455)
:2- [[Ángel Allegri]] (384)
:3- [[Raúl Cardozo]] (353)
:4- [[Carlos Bianchi]] (324)
:5- [[Luis Gallo]] (317)
:6- [[Armando Ovide]] (310)
:7- [[Juan Carlos Bujedo]] (288)
:8- [[Fabián Cubero]] (284)
:9- [[Mario Lucca]] (281)
:10- [[José Luis Chilavert]] (270)
:11- [[Christian Bassedas]] (267)
=== Top Goalscorers ===
:1- [[Carlos Bianchi]] (206)
:2- [[Juan José Ferraro]] (111)
:3- [[Norberto Conde]] (108)
:4- [[Agustín Cosso]] (95)
:5- [[Pedro Larraquy]] (82)
:6- [[Juan Carlos Carone]] (76)
:7- [[Miguel Ángel Benito]] (74)
:8- [[Patricio Camps]] (70)
:9- [[Omar Pedro Roldán]] (60)
:10- [[Omar Wehbe]] (56)
:11- [[José Óscar Flores]] (45)
==Top scorers in a League==
* Agustín Cosso: 1935
* Norberto Conde: 1954
* Juan Carlos Carone: 1965
* Omar Wehbe: Nacional 1968
* Carlos Bianchi: Nacional 1970, Metropolitano 1971, Nacional 1981
* Jorge Comas: Nacional 1985
* Esteban González: Campeonato 90-91
* [[José Oscar Flores]]: Torneo Clausura 1995
* [[Rolando Zárate]]: Torneo Clausura 2004
* [[Mauro Zárate]]: Torneo Apertura 2006
==Chairmen==
* 1910-1913: Luis Barredo
* 1913-1914: Plácido Marín
* 1914: Roberto Piano
* 1914-1917: Eduardo Ferro
* 1917-1919: Antonio Marín Moreno
* 1919: Eduardo Ferro
* 1920-1921: Antonio Marín Moreno
* 1921-1923: Esteban Aversano
* 1923-1925: José Amalfitani
* 1925-1932: Enrique D'Elías
* 1932-1935: Nicolás Marín Moreno
* 1936-1937: Juan C. Sustaita
* 1937: Narciso Barrio
* 1938-1939: Nicolás Marín Moreno
* 1937-1938: Inocencio Bienati
* 1940-1941: Roberto L. Orstein
* 1941-1969: José Amalfitani
* 1969: Leonardo Pareja
* 1969-1970: Domingo M. Trimarco
* 1970-1976: José R. Feijóo
* 1976: Domingo M. Trimarco
* 1976-1979: Osvaldo Guerrero
* 1979-1985: Ricardo Petracca
* 1985-1991: Francisco Antonio Pérez
* 1991-1993: Ricardo Petracca
* 1993-1996: Héctor Gaudio
* 1996-1999: Raúl Gámez
* 1999-2002: Carlos E. Mousseaud
* 2002-2005: Raúl Gámez
* 2005-2006: Álvaro Balestrini
==Other sports==
Vélez has both men's and women's [[volleyball]] teams in Argentina's first division. It also competes in [[basketball]], [[field hockey]], and other disciplines.
==Players==
===Current squad===
''As of June 22, 2008''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Argentina|name=[[Mariano Uglessich]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Argentina|name=[[Marco Trosiguieri]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Argentina|name=[[Carlos Soto]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Argentina|name=[[Leandro Somoza]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Pablo Lima]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Argentina|name=[[Emiliano Papa]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Argentina|name=[[Víctor Zapata]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Santiago Silva]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Argentina|name=[[Darío Ocampo]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Argentina|name=[[Ezequiel Cacace]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Argentina|name=[[Fernando Tobio]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Chile|name=[[Waldo Ponce]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Argentina|name=[[Juan Manuel Martínez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Argentina|name=[[Sebastián Ereros]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Argentina|name=[[Javier Robles]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Argentina|name=[[Jonathan Cristaldo]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Argentina|name=[[Sergio Sena]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Argentina|name=[[Ricardo Álvarez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Argentina|name=[[Gastón Díaz]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Argentina|name=[[Germán Montoya]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Argentina|name=[[Maximiliano Timpanaro]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Argentina|name=[[Alejandro Cabral]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Argentina|name=[[Andrés Guzmán]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Argentina|name=[[Emmanuel Fernandes Francou]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Hernán Rodrigo López]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=Argentina|name=[[Nicolas Quinteros]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=Argentina|name=[[Nicolás Ottamendi]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=Argentina|name=[[Iván Bella]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Argentina|name=[[Pablo Despósito]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=Argentina|name=[[Damián Casalinuovo]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=[[Fabian Cubero]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=[[Marcelo Barovero]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=[[Nicolas Cabrera]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
===Notable former players===
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*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Norberto Alonso]] (1981~1983)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Basualdo]] (1993~1995, 2001~2002)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Bianchi]] (1967~1973, 1980~1984)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Vladislao Cap]] (1966)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Raúl Cardozo]] (1986~1999)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Lucas Castromán]] (1997~2001, 2004~2007)
*{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[José Luis Chilavert]] (1991~2000, 2003~2004)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Jorge Comas]] (1981~1985)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Luis Cuciuffo]] (1982~1987)
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Luis de la Fuente]] (1940~1942)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Federico Domínguez]] (1993~1998. 2002~2004)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ubaldo Fillol]] (1989~1990)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Oscar Flores]] (1990~1996)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Fabricio Fuentes]] (2001~2003, 2004~2005)
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ricardo Gareca]] (1989~1992)
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Esteban González]] (1990~1994)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Sergio Goycochea]] (1996~1997)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Claudio Husaín]] (1993~2000)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Pablo Cavallero]] (1995~1998)
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*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Daniel Killer]] (1982~1983)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Pedro Larraquy]] (1975~1987)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Omar Larrosa]] (1980)
*{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya|Carlos Navarro Montoya]] (1984~1986, 1987~1988)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ermindo Onega]] (1972)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Fernando Pandolfi]] (1993~1997, 1998~2000, 2001~2002)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mauricio Pellegrino]] (1990~1998, 1999)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Nery Pumpido]] (1981~1983)
*{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[César Augusto Ramírez|César Ramírez]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Oscar Ruggeri]] (1990~1992)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carmelo Simeone]] (1955~1961)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Diego Simeone]] (1987~1990)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Leandro Somoza]] (2001~2006)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Roberto Trotta]] (1992~1996)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Yudica]] (1962~1963)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Mauro Zárate]] (2004~2007)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Rolando Zárate]] (1997~1998, 1999~2000, 2000~2001, 2003~2006)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Daniel Willington]] (1962~1971, 1978)
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==External links==
*{{es icon}} [http://www.velezsarsfield.com.ar/ Official Site]
*{{es icon}} [http://www.velezsarsfield.net/ VelezSarsfield.NET]
*{{es icon}} [http://www.elportalfortinero.com.ar/ El Portal Fortinero]
*{{es icon}} [http://www.lavazulada.com.ar/ La V Azulada]
*[http://www.bdfa.com.ar/club.asp?codigo=22 Velez Sarsfield in BDFA]
*[http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/south_america/argentina/buenos_aires_amalfitani.shtml World Stadiums entry]
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