# Club Atlético Patronato

The Club Atlético Patronato de la Juventud Católica (commonly called Patronato or Patronato de Paraná, lit. 'Patronage of Parana') is an Argentine football club based in Paraná, Entre Ríos. The squad will compete in the second-tier Primera Nacional, following their relegation from the Argentine Primera División in 2022.

## History

The club debuted in Primera División in 1978, playing the Nacional championship. In December 2015, Patronato achieved its second promotion to Primera after defeating Santamarina de Tandil by penalty shoot-out. Patronato was relegated to the Primera Nacional in 2022, despite winning the 2021-22 Copa Argentina and qualifying for the Copa Libertadores group stage that same year.
On April 5, 2023, Patronato made their debut in the Copa Libertadores, losing by a scoreline of 2-1 against Atlético Nacional. A little less than a month later, on May 4, 2023, Patronato won their first ever Libertadores match, winning comfortably at home against Melgar 4-1. They ended their Libertadores campaign with 2 wins and 4 losses, but finished 3rd in their group, qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana play-off round, where they lost to Botafogo by 3-1 on aggregate.

## Rivalries

The clubs with which it has a classic sporting rivalry are the Club Atlético Paraná, from the same city, with which they make up the "Paraná derby" and the Club Gimnasia y Esgrima from the city of Concepción del Uruguay, with which they make up the "Entre Ríos derby".

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 12 September 2022.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Franco Rivasseau |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Carlos Quintana (loan from Argentinos) |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Lautaro Geminiani |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonel Mosevich (loan from Arg. Juniors) |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Tiago Banega (loan from Racing Club) |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Nicolás Castro |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Jonás Acevedo (loan from Huracán) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Jonathan Herrera (loan from Johor DT) |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Jorge Valdez Chamorro |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Matías Pardo (loan from Sol de América) |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Sergio Ojeda |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Brian Nievas |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Fabio Vázquez |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Juan Barinaga |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Francisco Álvarez (loan from Talleres) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ARG | José Barreto |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Marcelo Estigarribia |
| 20 | GK | ARG | Facundo Altamirano (loan from Banfield) |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Medina (loan from Guillermo Brown) |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Raúl Lozano (loan from Quilmes) |
| 26 | DF | ARG | Martín Aruga |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Juan Guasone |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Facundo Cobos |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Axel Rodríguez (loan from Olimpo) |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Lucas Kruspzky |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Franco Leys |
| 34 | GK | ARG | Matías Mansilla (loan from Deportivo Morón) |
| 40 | FW | ARG | Justo Giani (loan from Newell's) |
| 77 | FW | COL | Emerson Batalla (loan from América) |
| 89 | FW | ARG | Alexander Sosa |

### 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 |
| — | FW | ARG | Lautaro Comas (at Guaireña until 31 December 2022) |

## Honours
### National
#### League

* Torneo Argentino A
** Winners (1): 2009–10
* Torneo Argentino B
** Winners (1): 2007–08

#### National cups

* Copa Argentina
** Winners (1): 2021–22

### Regional

* Liga Paranaense de Fútbol
** Winners (32): 1942, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1989, Ap. 1990, Cl. 1991, Ap. 1992, Cl. 1992, Cl. 1993, Ap. 1994, Cl. 1994, Ap. 1995, Ap. 1998, Cl. 2000, Ap. 2002, Ap. 2007, Cl. 2007, Copa 2023, Superfinal 2023