Unión
Full nameClub Atlético Unión
Nickname(s)Tatengue[1]
El Tate
Founded15 April 1907 (1907-04-15)
GroundEstadio 15 de Abril,
Santa Fe, Argentina
Capacity28,000
PresidentLuis Spahn
ManagerKily González
LeaguePrimera División
202320th
WebsiteClub website

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

Team of Unión in 1907

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 26 August 2023.[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
2 DF Argentina ARG Franco Calderón
3 DF Argentina ARG Claudio Corvalán (captain)
4 DF Argentina ARG Lisandro Morales
5 DF Argentina ARG Oscar Piris
7 FW Argentina ARG Mauro Luna Diale
8 MF Argentina ARG Enzo Roldán
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Morales (on loan from Boca Juniors)
10 MF Argentina ARG Kevin Zenón
11 FW Argentina ARG Tomás González
13 DF Argentina ARG Mateo Franzotti
14 DF Argentina ARG Francisco Gerometta
15 MF Argentina ARG Patricio Tanda (on loan from Racing)
16 DF Argentina ARG Federico Vera
17 MF Argentina ARG Joaquín Mosqueira
18 FW Argentina ARG Mariano Meynier
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Argentina ARG Tiago Banega (on loan from Racing)
20 DF Argentina ARG Mateo Del Blanco
21 MF Argentina ARG Gastón Comas
22 DF Uruguay URU Jairo O'Neill
24 DF Argentina ARG Rafael Profini
25 GK Argentina ARG Sebastián Moyano
26 DF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Ludueña
29 FW Argentina ARG Daniel Juárez
30 FW Argentina ARG Jerónimo Dómina
31 MF Argentina ARG Lionel Verde
32 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Paz
33 MF Argentina ARG Valentino Venetucci
34 DF Argentina ARG Franco Pardo
35 GK Argentina ARG Diego González
40 GK Argentina ARG Lucas Meuli
— MF Colombia COL Bryan Castrillón (on loan from Independiente Medellín)
— FW Argentina ARG Nicolás Orsini (on loan from Boca Juniors)

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 Argentina ARG Matías Gallegos (at Barnechea until 31 December 2023)
— MF Argentina ARG Javier Hussein (at Central Norte until 31 December 2023)
— MF Argentina ARG Pablo Palacio (at Ferro until 31 December 2023)
— FW Argentina ARG Lisandro Tablada (at Douglas Haig until 31 December 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Argentina ARG Franco Troyansky (at Lanús until 31 December 2023)
— FW Paraguay PAR Junior Marabel (at General Caballero until 30 June 2024)
— MF Argentina ARG Ezequiel Cañete (at Banfield until 31 December 2024)

Records

Most goals

Francisco Valiente, Union's all-time top goalscorer
No. Player Goals
1Francisco Valiente129
2Fernando Alí85
3Orlando Ruiz81
4Carlos Verga73
5Mario Gervé72
6Rodolfo Milessi64
7José Luis Marzo63
8Julio Mir62
9Carlos Castillo60
10Julio Enrique Ávila59

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

Most appearances

Pablo de las Mercedes Cárdenas, most appearances with 364 matches
No Player App.
1Pablo de las Mercedes Cárdenas364
2Fernando Alí348
3Mario Eduardo Alberto327
4Hugo Ismael López326
5Víctor Bottaníz313
6Darío Cabrol272
7Eduardo Roberto Sánchez266
8Ariel José Donnet255
9Nereo Fernández240
10Carlos Santos Mazzoni235

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.

Managers

Current coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coachArgentina Kily González
Assistant coachArgentina Tomás Costa
Assistant coachArgentina Ricardo Dealberto
Goalkeeping coachArgentina Rodrigo Llinas
Fitness coachArgentina Damián Hernández
Fitness coachArgentina Diego Rousse
Team doctorArgentina Eduardo Wagner[10]
NutritionistArgentina Silvia Fredes[10]
PsychologistArgentina César Palmieri[10]

Source: El Litoral – Actualidad Tatengue

Honours

National

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
  1. ↑ It includes league and official regional cups/tournaments
  2. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 "¿Por qué le dicen Tatengues a Unión de Santa Fe?". Caras y Caretas (Uruguay) (in European Spanish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Unión, amistad e identidad: una historia desde 1907 hasta la eternidad". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Deportes at club website
  4. ↑ "La revolución tatengue". www.laprensa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Se cumplen 41 años de una final histórica para Unión". Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Galería de Ídolos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Así quedó el historial del clásico entre Unión y Colón tras el empate". www.airedesantafe.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Unión squad". Soccerway. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Todos los partidos de la historia de Unión – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "Casa del jugador – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. 1 2 "La década de la Liga Santafesina la ganó San Justo…y San Carlos". mitresanjusto.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 "Se viene una nueva edición del clásico santafesino de Liga" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "El inicio de una Unión indestructible, los primeros pasos – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Francisco Valiente, "Falucho" – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Unión celebra sus 113 años de vida". Siempre Tarde (in Spanish). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Unión cumple 104 años de vida". lt10.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Portada del Archivo Histórico Nacional". censoarchivos.mcu.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Deportes – Club Atlético Unión" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Carlos Delfino mostró su alegría por el ascenso de Unión de Santa Fe". Basquet Plus (in Spanish). 7 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "La particular historia del tirador Mario Elie". LA NACION (in Spanish). 20 April 1999. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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