Sportivo Italiano

Full name	Club Sportivo Italiano
Nickname(s)	Azzurro
Founded	7 May 1955; 68 years ago (1955-05-07)
Ground	República de Italia, Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Salvador D'Antonio
Manager	Ariel Crespín
League	Primera C
2016	2°
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Sportivo Italiano is an Argentine professional football club located in Ciudad Evita, La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera B Metropolitana, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

The club was founded on May 7, 1955, by Italian immigrants who lived in Florida neighbourhood (part of Vicente López Partido in the Greater Buenos Aires). The club was originally named "Associazione del Calcio Italiano in Argentina". In 1978 the institution merged with Sociedad Italiana and changed its name to "Club Deportivo Italiano". The club's last name change occurred in 2000, when it became known under its current denomination "Club Sportivo Italiano".

The team mainly appeared in the 2nd and third division of Argentine football, although in the 1986–87 played its only season in the Argentine top flight. Despite finishing bottom of the league and being relegated, this was its highest league finish ever.

Players

Current squad

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 Rodrigo Drago — GK  PAR Celso Capdevila — DF  URU Héctor Vázquez — DF  ARG Cesar Perez — DF  ARG Gabriel Giménez — DF  ARG Leonardo Gómez — DF  ARG Ariel Martínez — DF  ARG Rubén Darío Meozzi — DF  ARG Julián Monachelli — MF  ARG Daniel Imperiale — MF  ARG Diego Bulacio — MF  ARG Gonzalo Alvarez — MF  ARG Gustavo Britos

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Gabriel Correa — MF  ARG Arturo Gauna — MF  ARG Juan Augusto Huerta — MF  ARG Sebastián Lamacchia — MF  ARG Leonel Natalicchio — MF  ARG Gustavo Pinto — FW  ARG Lucas Vico — FW  ARG Martín Castagnino — FW  ARG Carlos Ibañez — FW  ARG Francisco Rosa — FW  ARG Mariano Sabadia — FW  ARG Juan Pablo Zárate — FW  ARG Victor Meza

Notable managers

• Ramón Cabrero (1985–87)

Honours

• Primera B (3): 1986, 1995–96, 2008–09
• Primera C (3): 1962, 1974, 2013–14
• Primera D (1): 1960