Sportivo Desamparados

Sportivo Desamparados

Full name	Club Sportivo Desamparados
Nickname(s)	Víboras ("Snakes") Puyutanos
Founded	September 10, 1919
Ground	Estadio Sportivo Desamparados San Juan, San Juan, Argentina
Ground Capacity	10,000
Manager	Héctor Arzubialde
League	Torneo Argentino B
2011–12	19th (Primera B Nacional relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Sportivo Desamparados is a sports club from the city of San Juan, San Juan Province, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, which is one of the fourth tier competitions, along with the Primera C, of the Argentine league system.

History

Desamparados was founded in 1919 by a group of students from the Quinta Agronómica (Agricultural College), which is now the Escuela de Enología (Winemaking School). They chose the name "Desamparados" because they used to meet in Plaza Desamparados ("Desamparados Square"), and the name also paid tribute to the Virgen de los Desamparados (Virgin of the Unprotected in Spanish).

Desamparados has qualified to play at the top level of Argentine football 4 times, having reached the following positions:

• 1969: 12th (of 17 teams).
• 1972: 9th (of 13, Group B).
• 1973: 11th (of 15, Group B).
• 1974: 6th (of 9, Group A).

In 2004, Desamparados was promoted to the Torneo Argentino A (regionalized third division). They played in the category for 7 years, up to the 2010–11 season, when they reached promotion to the Primera B Nacional. During that season, the team finished third in their zone, earning the last spot for the second stage. In the second stage, they finished 7th (of 9 teams), but they defeated all their rivals in the direct elimination stages, earning a spot in the promotion playoff against San Martín de Tucumán. With a 2–1 overall victory over San Martín, Desamparados was effectively promoted to the second division.

Current Squad 2014/15

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Leonardo Avila GK Leandro Evangelisti DF Pablo Borches DF Leonardo Castro DF Mauricio Del Cero DF Daniel O. Díaz DF Mario Reveco DF Fernando Fontana DF Lucas Rosales DF Federico Rosso DF Oscar Sainz MF Ignacio Anívole

No. Position Player MF Franco Valori MF Gerardo Corvalán MF Carlos Lucero MF Martín Granero MF Hernán Lamberti MF Silvio Prieto MF Darío Rodriguez MF Tomas Salinas FW Gonzalo Parisi FW Santiago Ceballos FW Pedro Terrero FW Santiago Davio

Titles

• Torneo Argentino B: 1

Temporada 2004

• Torneo Argentino A: 1

Apertura 2006

See also

• List of football clubs in Argentina
• Argentine football league system

External links

• Official site (Spanish)