**Club Atlético Huracán**  is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera A, the first level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.

Huracán was founded on November 1, 1908, in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club's name and nickname (*Globo*, literally "Balloon") come from the *Huracán* balloon flied by Jorge Newbery in 1909. Apart from that, club supporters are called *los Quemeros* ("the Burners") because the stadium is in a former garbage burning area.

During the professional era, Huracán won the Primera División title just once (the 1973 Metropolitano), and obtained 4 titles during the amateur era (in 1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). Moreover, Huracán has finished as runner-up of the first division 5 times during professionalism (the last one in the 2009 Clausura).

Huracán's historical rival is San Lorenzo de Almagro.

History
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Though officially founded in 1908, there are documents that tell about a previous foundation on May 25, 1903. During the amateur era of Argentine football (1891–1930), Huracán won four championships (1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). The team was the fifth most successful during that period.

During the professional era (started in 1931), Huracán had their moment of glory in the *Metropolitano* championship of the 1973 season, when they won their only first division title. The team has also won twice the second division (1989–90 and 1999–00). The club has had 4 promotions and relegations during their history. The last promotion came during the 2006–07 season, when Huracán defeated Godoy Cruz in the promotion playoffs.

Huracán was runner-up of the Primera División in the 2009 Clausura. The team, coached by Ángel Cappa and with Mario Bolatti, Matías Defederico and Javier Pastore as key players, was praised for their attacking short-pass style of play. They reached the final game of the season one point above Vélez Zársfield, but lost 1-0 away with that team in the final fixture (in a game with controversial referral decisions).

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| **Lineup:*** Argentina Gastón Monzón
* Argentina Carlos Araujo
* Argentina Paolo Goltz
* Argentina Eduardo Domínguez
* Argentina Carlos Arano
* Argentina Mario Bolatti
* Argentina Leandro Díaz
* Argentina Patricio Toranzo
* Venezuela César González
* Argentina Javier Pastore
* Argentina Matías Defederico
* Argentina Federico Nieto
* Argentina **Coach:** Ángel Cappa
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**2009 Clausura runner-up**
**Monzón**
**Arano**
**E. Domínguez**
**Araujo**
**Goltz**
**Toranzo**/**C. González**
**Defederico**
**F. Nieto**
**Bolatti**
**Pastore**
**L. Díaz**
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Stadium
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The Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó was closed in May 2008, after cracks were discovered in one of the structural columns. While the stadium was out of commission, Huracán played their home games at Argentinos Juniors. In August 2008, Fernando "la tota" Blauzwirn, an old player from the 1940s correctly said "no veo la hora de volver al Ducó, qué sufrimiento muyayo!" (I cannot wait until returning to the Duco, guys, what a suffering!).

On 13 December 2008 during the final weekend of the 2008-09 Apertura championship, Huracán returned to the Ducó, 438 days after they'd last played there. Their 3-0 victory against Vélez was the only game Huracan played at home during their centenary year.

Honours
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A Huracán line-up of 1946.
Oscar Bonavena, probaby the most famous Huracán's fan.
**Amateur Era**

* **Primera Division: 4**

1921, 1922, 1925, 1928.
**Other Amateur Titles**

* **Copa Estímulo: 1**

1920
* **Copa Ibarguren: 2**

1922, 1925
**Professional Era**

* **Torneo Clausura: 0**

Runner-up (2): 1994, 2009
* **Metropolitano: 1**

1973
Runner-up (2): 1975, 1976
**Other professional titles**

* **Copa Consuelo: 1**

1933
* **Copa Adrián Escobar: 2**

1942, 1943
* **Copa Británica: 1**

1944
**Second Division**

* **Primera B Nacional: 3**

1989-90, 1999-00, 2006-07

Notable former players
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**To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club**

 

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| * Argentina Guillermo Stábile (1920–30)
* Argentina Herminio Masantonio (1931–43), (1945)
* Argentina Juan Alberto Estrada (1933–37)
* Argentina Emilio Baldonedo (1935–44)
* Argentina Norberto Méndez (1941–47), (1956–58)
* Paraguay Atilio Mellone (League topscorer 1944)
* Paraguay Fernando "la tota" Blauzwirn (1943–44)
* Paraguay Juan Bautista Villalba (1947–48)
* Argentina Edgardo Madinabeytia (1950–58)
* Argentina Italy Eduardo Ricagni (1952–53)
* Argentina Ricardo Infante (1953–56)
* Argentina Néstor Rossi (1959–61)
* Argentina Alfredo Obberti (1962–69)
* Peru Miguel Angel Loayza (1965), (1967~68)
* Argentina Miguel Ángel Brindisi (1967–76), (1978–80)
* Argentina Carlos Babington (1969–74), (1979–82)
* Argentina Roque Avallay (1970–76), (1980)
* Argentina Alfio Basile (1971–75)
* Argentina Omar Larrosa (1972–76)
* Argentina Jorge Carrascosa (1972–78)
* Uruguay Nelson Chabay (1973–75)
* Argentina Alberto Fanesi (1973–77)

  | * Argentina René Houseman (1973–80)
* Argentina Luis Mario Cabrera (1975–76)
* Argentina Osvaldo Ardiles (1975–77)
* Argentina Héctor Baley (1976–78)
* Argentina Rubén Omar Romano (1978–80)
* Argentina Claudio Morresi (1980–85)
* Argentina Oscar Ortiz (1981–82)
* Argentina Claudio García (1981–86), (1996–98)
* Argentina Enrique Vidallé (1982–83)
* Argentina Antonio Mohamed (1987–91)
* Argentina Amilcar Balercia (1986–89), (1993-94)
* Argentina Chile Marcelo Barticciotto (1987–88)
* Argentina Héctor Cúper (1988–92)
* Argentina Fernando Quiroz (1988–93)
* Argentina Hugo Corbalán (1991–98)
* Colombia Jorge Cruz-Cruz (1992–94)
* Argentina Hugo Morales (1992–95)
* Uruguay Walter Peletti (1992–96)
* Argentina Héctor Pineda (1993–95)
* Argentina César Couceiro (1993–97)
* Argentina Antonio Barijho (1993–98), (2007–08)
* Argentina Gastón Casas (1994-00)

  | * Uruguay Hugo Guerra (1995–98)
* Argentina Sixto Peralta (1996–99)
* Argentina Daniel Montenegro (1997–99), (2002)
* Argentina Rodolfo Graieb (1997-03)
* Argentina Luis González (1998-02)
* Uruguay Sebastián Morquio (1999-01)
* Paraguay Derlis Soto (2000–02)
* Argentina Christian Cellay (2000–07)
* Argentina Mauro Ramiro Milano (2002–07)
* Argentina **Paolo Goltz** (2002–10)
* Argentina Mariano Juan (2003–06)
* Argentina Cristian Sánchez Prette (2003–08)
* Argentina Leandro Grimi (2004–06)
* Argentina Joaquín Larrivey (2004–07)
* Argentina Hernán Vigna (2004–07)
* Argentina Leandro Díaz (2007–09)
* Argentina Carlos Arano (2008–09)
* Venezuela César "Maestrico" González (2008–09)
* Argentina Javier Pastore (2008–09)
* Argentina Mario Bolatti (2009)
* Colombia Luciano Ospina (2010-)
* Argentina Javier Campora (2011-)
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Roller Hockey
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The **Club Atlético Huracán** plays in the main Roller Hockey league of Argentina, the Liga Nacional Argentina-Serie A1.

team
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Other websites
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* Official website (in Spanish)
* Patria Quemera (in Spanish)
* La Quema Web Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
* Semanario Quemero[*permanent dead link*] (in Spanish)