Unión de Santa Fe

Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907.
Unión is mostly known for its football team and currently plays in the Argentine Primera División.

History

On 26 November 1966, Unión was promoted to the Primera División for the first time, after defeating Talleres (RE) 3–0 and winning the 1966 Segunda División title.

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.

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.

Amongst 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.

Rivalry

Unión and Colón are the two largest football clubs in Santa Fe. The Clásico Santafesino has been played since 1913 and is known as one of football's fiercest and most important rivalries in Argentina. Unión and Colón have played 147 games all time against each other in the Amateur and Professional Era, with Unión winning 48, Colón winning 43, 51 draws and 5 no contest (there are no records for those matches, which took place between 1913 and 1917).

Players

Current squad
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Out on loan

Records

Most goals

Top 10 all-time goalscores at clubaunion.com.ar

Most appearances

Top 10 all-time most appearances at clubaunion.com.ar

Notable players

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.

  Alberto Galateo (1927–34)
  Julio Ávila (1948–49), (1955–56)
  José Vicente Grecco (1949–53)
  Victorio Cocco (1964–67)
  Néstor Scotta (1967–69)
  Mario Zanabria (1967–69)
  Roberto Martínez (1970)
  Leopoldo Luque (1971), (1973–75), (1980–81)
  Hugo Gatti (1974–75)
  Carlos Trullet (1974–77)
  Rubén Suñé (1975)
  Víctor Marchetti (1975–76), (1984)
  Roberto Telch (1976–79)
  Nery Pumpido (1976–81), (1991)
  Carlos Trucco (1977–81), (1984–85)
  Fernando Alí (1978–88)
  Ramón Centurión (1978–85), (1991–92)
  Osvaldo Escudero (1982–85)
   Daniel Morón (1983–88)
  Daniel Killer (1984–86)
  Alberto Acosta (1986–88)
  Ricardo Altamirano (1986–88)
  Edgardo Arasa (1986–88)
  Antony de Ávila (1987–88)
  Claudio Borghi (1990–91)
  Darío Cabrol (1990–92), (1994–00)
  Ricardo Giusti (1991–92)
  José Luis Marzo (1991–95), (1996–98)
  Nii Lamptey (1997)
  Danilo Aceval (1997–99)
  Pablo Cavallero (1998–99)
  Juan José Jayo (1998–00)
  Daniel Noriega (1998–00), (2001–02)
  Matías Donnet (1999–00), (2009–10)
  Andrés Silvera (1999–01)
  Daniel Tílger (1999–01)
  Martín Zapata (1999–04), (2006–09)
  Marcelo Mosset (1999–06), (2007–08)
  Fernando Ortiz (2000–03)
  Leonardo Fernández (2001)
  Rubén Capria (2001–03)
  Roberto Battión (2002–07)
  Ignacio Canuto (2004–07)

Managers

 Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1975–1976)
 Reynaldo Volken (1977–1979)
 Humberto Zucarelli (1988–1990)
 Carlos Trullet (1990–1991), (1995–1998)
 Salvador Capitano (1999)
 Juan José López (1999)
 Nery Pumpido (1999–2001)
 Leonardo Madelón (2001)
 Carlos Griguol (2002)
 Frank Kudelka (2002)
 Néstor Craviotto (2005–2006)
 Carlos Trullet (2006–2007)
 Fernando Quiroz (2008–2009)
 Fernando Alí (2009–2010)
 Frank Kudelka (2010–2012)
 Nery Pumpido (2012)
 Facundo Sava (2012–2013)
 Leonardo Madelón (2013–2016)
 Juan Pablo Pumpido (2016–2017)
 Pablo Marini (2017)
 Leonardo Madelón (2017–2020)
 Marcelo Mosset (2020) (caretaker)
 Juan Manuel Azconzábal (2020–2021)
 Gustavo Munúa (2021–2023)
 Sebastián Méndez (2023)
 Kily González (2023–present)

Current coaching staff

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|Head coach ||  Kily González
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|Assistant coach ||  Tomás Costa
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|Assistant coach ||  Ricardo Dealberto
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|Goalkeeping coach ||  Rodrigo Llinas
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|Fitness coach ||  Damián Hernández
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|Fitness coach ||  Diego Rousse
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|Team doctor ||  Eduardo Wagner
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|Nutritionist ||  Silvia Fredes
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|Psychologist ||  César Palmieri
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Honours

National
Primera B (1): 1966

Regional
Liga Santafesina de Fútbol
Amateur Era 
League (12): 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912,1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926
Cups (7): Copa Menchaca 1916, Copa Menchaca 1918, Copa Menchaca 1920, Copa Estimulo 1920, Copa Estimulo 1924, Copa Asociación 1925, Copa Federación 1926

Professional Era
League (29): 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1994, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2016
Regional tournaments (8): Preparación 1935, Preparación 1937, Honor 1938, Absoluto 1938, Honor 1939, Competencia 1942, Clasificatorio 1971, Selectivo 1971 
Notes

Other sports
The club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming, volleyball, amongst others.

Basketball
Apart from football, basketball is the foremost sport practiced at the institution, Union's team plays in Liga Nacional de Básquet since 2021, when they won the 2021 Liga Argentina title and were promoted to the top league after 34 years.

Carlos Delfino is probably its most recognized former player, but Mario Elie a three time NBA champion (1994, 1995 y 1999), also played briefly for Unión in the Argentine League in 1987.

References

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Association football clubs established in 1907
Football clubs in Santa Fe Province
Basketball teams in Argentina
Field hockey clubs in Argentina
Volleyball clubs in Argentina
1907 establishments in Argentina