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Unión
Full name	Club Atlético Unión
Nickname(s)	Tatengue; El Tate
Founded	15 April 1907; 117 years ago
Ground	Estadio 15 de Abril,; Santa Fe, Argentina
Capacity	28,000
President	Luis Spahn
Manager	Kily González
League	Primera División
2023	20th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
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Club Atlético Unión (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko wˈnjon]; 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 15 April 1907.^[2] Unión is mostly known for its football team and currently plays in the Argentine Primera División.

Other sports practised at the club include basketball, futsal, gymnastics, field hockey, swimming, karate, rugby union, roller skating, and volleyball.^[3] The basketball team competes in Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top division of basketball in Argentina.

History

The club was established by a group of fourteen former members of Santa Fe Foot-ball Club, on April 13, 1907 after a meeting held in the Baragiola family on Catamarca street. Guillermo Drenner was appointed as president of the institution. Initially the club was named "Club United" after a proposal from founding member Cayetano Bossi, who alleged that the club should represent the friendship ties of the founders. The name changed to "Unión Foot-Ball Club" in 1907, remaining until 1918 when it was translated to "Club Atlético Unión" in Spanish language.

The first shirt worn was white with black collar. In 1907 a meeting was held with the purpose of chosing the club colors. Some of the models proposed were a red, white and black striped, while other members proposed a white and red striped shirt (inspired on legendary Alumni Athletic Club uniform), which finally won after being voted by the majority.

The first match played by the team was vs a San Carlos Centro on 15 May 1907, won by Unión 4–1. Unión was also a founding member (along with Argentine, Central Santa Fe, Brown, Red Star, Sarmiento, San Justo Football Club y Estudiantes de Comercio) the "Liga Regional Santafesina", where the team won the title four consecutive times. In 1910 the club moved their field to a land on Boulevard Pellegrini and San Jerónimo. In 1911 Unión requested affiliation to "Liga Rosarina de Football" which would allow them to play with stronger teams and more competitive tournaments so teams of Liga Rosarina participated in national cups with teams from Buenos Aires. The LRF accepted the request in 1912, and Unión debuted there vs. Argentino (3–3 tie). The first win in Liga Rosarina was vs Aprendices Rosarinos with the following line-up: José Luis Peíteado; Saúl Galetti, Domingo Pallavidini; José Ayala, Alfredo González, Domingo Gómez; Gregorio Aguirre, Arturo Pérez, Manuel Montenegro, Elías Pieretti, Domiciano Roa.

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.^[2]

Unión's supporters are called "unionistas", "tatengues",^[1] while the squad is usually nicknamed "El Tate". The colours of the club consist of red and white vertical stripes.

Team of 1975 that made a great campaign in Primera División, finishing 4th

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Rivalry

Unión and Colón are the two largest football clubs in Santa Fe. The Clásico Santafesino has been played since 1913^[7] 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).^[7]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February, 2024.^[8]

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	Nicolás Campisi
2	DF	ARG	Miguel Torrén
3	DF	ARG	Claudio Corvalán (captain)
5	MF	ARG	Joaquín Mosqueira
7	FW	ARG	Mauro Luna Diale
9	FW	ARG	Gonzalo Morales (on loan from Boca Juniors)
10	MF	ARG	Enzo Roldán
11	MF	ARG	Mateo Del Blanco
13	DF	ARG	Valentín Fascendini
14	DF	ARG	Bruno Pittón
15	MF	ARG	Patricio Tanda (on loan from Racing)
16	DF	ARG	Federico Vera
18	FW	ARG	Lucas Gamba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ARG	Tiago Banega (on loan from Racing)
20	MF	ARG	Simón Rivero (on loan from Boca Juniors)
22	DF	ARG	Francisco Gerometta
25	GK	URU	Thiago Cardozo (on loan from Peñarol)
26	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Ludueña
29	MF	ARG	Mauro Pittón
30	FW	ARG	Jerónimo Dómina
32	DF	ARG	Nicolás Paz
33	FW	ARG	Nicolás Orsini (on loan from Boca Juniors)
34	DF	ARG	Franco Pardo
40	GK	ARG	Lucas Meuli
—	FW	URU	Adrián Balboa

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	Franco Troyansky (at Gimnasia until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	PAR	Junior Marabel (at Palestino until 31 December 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Ezequiel Cañete (at Banfield until 31 December 2024)

Records

Most goals

Francisco Valiente, Union's all-time top goalscorer

No.	Player	Goals
1	Francisco Valiente	129
2	Fernando Alí	85
3	Orlando Ruiz	81
4	Carlos Verga	73
5	Mario Gervé	72
6	Rodolfo Milessi	64
7	José Luis Marzo	63
8	Julio Mir	62
9	Carlos Castillo	60
10	Julio Enrique Ávila	59

Top 10 all-time goalscores^[9] at clubaunion.com.ar

Most appearances

No	Player	App.
1	Pablo de las Mercedes Cárdenas	364
2	Fernando Alí	348
3	Mario Eduardo Alberto	327
4	Hugo Ismael López	326
5	Víctor Bottaníz	313
6	Darío Cabrol	272
7	Eduardo Roberto Sánchez	266
8	Ariel José Donnet	255
9	Nereo Fernández	240
10	Carlos Santos Mazzoni	235

Top 10 all-time most appearances^[9] 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

Position	Staff
Head coach	Kily González
Assistant coach	Tomás Costa
Assistant coach	Ricardo Dealberto
Goalkeeping coach	Rodrigo Llinas
Fitness coach	Damián Hernández
Fitness coach	Diego Rousse
Team doctor	Eduardo Wagner^[10]
Nutritionist	Silvia Fredes^[10]
Psychologist	César Palmieri^[10]

Source: El Litoral – Actualidad Tatengue

Honours

National

Primera B (1): 1966^[2]

Regional

Liga Santafesina de Fútbol

League (41)^{[note1 1]}^{[note1 2]} : 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1926, 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,^[11] Apertura 2014,^[11] Clausura 2016^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Regional Cups (7):^[14]^[12]
- Copa Menchaca (3): 1916, 1918, 1920
- Copa Estimulo (2): 1920, 1924
- Copa Asociación (1): 1925
- Copa Federación (1): 1926

Regional tournaments (8):
- Preparación (2): 1935, 1937
- Honor (2): 1938, 1939, ,
- Absoluto (1): 1938
- Competencia (1): 1942
- Clasificatorio (1): 1971
- Selectivo (1):1971^[12]^[17]

Notes

^ It includes league and official regional cups/tournaments
^ It includes Liga Regional Santafesina de Football, Asociación Santafesina de Football, Federación Santafesina de Football, Liga Santafesina de Football and the Asociación Amateurs Santafesina de Football

Other sports

The club hosts other sports such as archery, basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, martial arts, roller skating, swimming, volleyball, amongst others.^[18]

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.^[19]

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.^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b "¿Por qué le dicen Tatengues a Unión de Santa Fe?". Caras y Caretas (Uruguay) (in European Spanish). 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Unión, amistad e identidad: una historia desde 1907 hasta la eternidad". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ Deportes Archived 25 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine at club website
^ "La revolución tatengue". www.laprensa.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Se cumplen 41 años de una final histórica para Unión". Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Galería de Ídolos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Así quedó el historial del clásico entre Unión y Colón tras el empate". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Unión squad". Soccerway. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Todos los partidos de la historia de Unión – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Casa del jugador – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "La década de la Liga Santafesina la ganó San Justo…y San Carlos". mitresanjusto.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Se viene una nueva edición del clásico santafesino de Liga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "El inicio de una Unión indestructible, los primeros pasos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Francisco Valiente, "Falucho" – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "Unión celebra sus 113 años de vida". Siempre Tarde (in Spanish). 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "Unión cumple 104 años de vida". lt10.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Portada del Archivo Histórico Nacional". censoarchivos.mcu.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "Deportes – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "Carlos Delfino mostró su alegría por el ascenso de Unión de Santa Fe". Basquet Plus (in Spanish). 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ "La particular historia del tirador Mario Elie". LA NACION (in Spanish). 20 April 1999. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

[all-11] It includes league and official regional cups/tournaments

[12] It includes Liga Regional Santafesina de Football, Asociación Santafesina de Football, Federación Santafesina de Football, Liga Santafesina de Football and the Asociación Amateurs Santafesina de Football

[Tatengues-1] "¿Por qué le dicen Tatengues a Unión de Santa Fe?". Caras y Caretas (Uruguay) (in European Spanish). 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[Unión-2] "Unión, amistad e identidad: una historia desde 1907 hasta la eternidad". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[3] Deportes Archived 25 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine at club website

[4] "La revolución tatengue". www.laprensa.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[5] "Se cumplen 41 años de una final histórica para Unión". Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[6] "Galería de Ídolos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[Clásico-7] "Así quedó el historial del clásico entre Unión y Colón tras el empate". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[Soccerway_profile-8] "Unión squad". Soccerway. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[Todos-9] "Todos los partidos de la historia de Unión – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 30 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[Casa-10] "Casa del jugador – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[década-13] "La década de la Liga Santafesina la ganó San Justo…y San Carlos". mitresanjusto.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[Santa-14] "Se viene una nueva edición del clásico santafesino de Liga" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[07-12-15] "El inicio de una Unión indestructible, los primeros pasos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[Falucho-16] "Francisco Valiente, "Falucho" – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[celebra-17] "Unión celebra sus 113 años de vida". Siempre Tarde (in Spanish). 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[vida-18] "Unión cumple 104 años de vida". lt10.com.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[censo-19] "Portada del Archivo Histórico Nacional". censoarchivos.mcu.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[20] "Deportes – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[21] "Carlos Delfino mostró su alegría por el ascenso de Unión de Santa Fe". Basquet Plus (in Spanish). 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[22] "La particular historia del tirador Mario Elie". LA NACION (in Spanish). 20 April 1999. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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