Olimpo

Full name	Club Olimpo
Nickname(s)	Aurinegro El Equipo de la Ciudad
Founded	15 October 1910; 113 years ago (15 October 1910)
Ground	Estadio Roberto Natalio Carminatti Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Capacity	18,000[1]
President	Alfredo Dagna
Manager	Carlos Mayor
League	Torneo Federal A
2021	Torneo Federal A Zone A,5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded October 15th, 1910. Its primary activity is soccer. The club is recognized in Argentina's highest soccer league. In basketball the club participated in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso until the 2016/2017 season, stopping due to economic problems. Olimpo is considered one of the most recognized and important institutions in southern Argentina due to the history, championships won, infrastructure, large number of sports, representation of the city of Bahía Blanca, and for its fan base.^[2]

Throughout the history of the club, their basketball team has stood out. Olimpo won the Campeonato Argentino de Clubes twice, 1974 and 1978. Until 1984, Club Olimpo participated in the highest category for argentine basketball and participated in a sub-tournament of the Liga Nacional in 1986. Club Olimpo´s basketball is recognized for being the only sports club from Bahía Blanca to reach a national title on the world scale. Olimpo has won 19 championships in the first division of the Asociación Bahiense de Básquetbol, making them the team which has won the most championships. Since July 3, 1971, Olimpo plays its games in their home stadium, Estadio Norberto Tomas, which has a capacity of 2,500 people.

Soccer has always been the main activity of the club. Olimpo records the most wins in La Liga del Sur history with 28 championships. This is the oldest and most important regional tournament in Argentina. Olimpo has also won the championship in the second division three times (2001/2, 2006/7, and 2009/10), making them the club with the most wins in the competition, along with Banfield.^[3]

History

The club is based in Bahía Blanca, having been founded in 1910.^[4]

In 1982 Olimpo had the national record of highest attendance in a cup match from a 2nd Tier club of 87,538 when they played in the Torneo Regional, where they lost in the Group 1 play-off to Mariano Moreno.^[5]

The team were relegated from the first division in the 2005–06 season, losing a play-off against Belgrano.^[6]

After winning the Apertura and Clausura of the Primera B Nacional in 2006–07 season, Olimpo returned to the Primera División. However, the team would be relegated during its first season back in the division, the 2007–08 season.

After two seasons back in the Primera B Nacional, Olimpo won promotion for the third time to play the 2010–11 season in the Argentine topflight.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 August 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 — GK  ARG Guido Villar — GK  ARG Martín García — DF  ARG Martín Ferreyra — DF  ARG Sebastián Álvarez — DF  ARG Nicolás Capraro — DF  ARG Emilio Lazza — DF  ARG Juan Perotti — DF  ARG Gianfranco Rossi — DF  ARG Agustín Bellone — DF  ARG Matías Mayo — MF  ARG Ezequiel Ham — MF  ARG Sebastián Fernández — MF  ARG Gustavo Mendoza] — MF  ARG Claudio Cevasco

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Diego Ramírez — MF  ARG Nadir Hadad — MF  ARG Facundo Affranchino — MF  ARG Ivo Di Buo — MF  ARG Thiago Faur — MF  ARG Cristian Amarilla — MF  ARG Alejo Blanco — MF  ARG Pablo Ortega — FW  ARG Abel Méndez — FW  ARG Braian Guille — FW  ARG Luis Vila — FW  ARG Nelson Da Silva — FW  ARG Diego Ledesma

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 Axel Rodríguez (at Patronato until 31 December 2022)

Notable former players

Honours

• Primera B Nacional (3): 2001–02, 2006–07, 2009–10