Estudiantes de La Plata
The Club Estudiantes de La Plata is an Argentine football club based in La Plata, Buenos Aires province.
History
The association founded by students at the August 4, 1905 was when he won his big time at the end of the 1960s, three times in succession the Copa Libertadores. The forward subsequent battles for the World Cup - the Estudiantes won the title in 1968 - among the most infamous chapters in the history of football.
In the 2006 season the club Argentine champion after 23 years again. At the end of the round, the students were tied with Boca Juniors at the top. In the playoff for the championship, the provincial club beat favorites surprising 2-1.
The club reached the final of the 2008 Copa Sudamericana, but had to focus on SC Internacional a 0-1 in the first leg and beaten 1-1 in the return leg to give.
The following year, they won by a 0-0 and a 2-1 victory against Cruzeiro, 39 years after the last title win the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time. The association is itself qualified for the FIFA Club World Championship 2009 in the United Arab Emirates. In this one finally reached the final, which with 1:2 nV lost to FC Barcelona went.
In the following season ( Apertura 2010) won Estudiantes after a dramatic duel with Master CA Velez Sarsfield the Argentine championship. Led by captain Juan Sebastian Veron and striker Gaston Fernandez celebrated the Pincharattas their fifth overall title.
The club plays its home matches at the 23,000 -seater Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi.
Achievements
- World Cup: 1968
- Copa Libertadores: 1968, 1969, 1970, 2009
- Copa Interamericana: 1968
- Argentine championship: 1967 and 1982 Metropolitano,
- 1983 Nacional
- 2006 Clausura
- 2010 Apertura
Famous Players
- Carlos Bilardo
- José Luis Brown
- Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso
- Ernesto Antonio Farías
- Enrique Guaita
- Abel Ernesto Herrera ( Most games with 465 inserts )
- Rubén Madero
- Oscar Malbernat
- Carlos Pachame
- Manuel Pellegrina ( scorer with 221 goals )
- Alberto Poletti
- Juan Posadas
- Bernardo Romeo
- Christian Rudzki
- Miguel Ángel Russo
- José Ernesto Sosa
- Juan Sebastián Verón
- Juan Ramón Verón
Remarkable
The nickname of the team are " la Pincharrata " ( the rats Piekser ) - which stems from the fact that the medical school at the University of La Plata is particularly famous, the students like to impale rats - and " El León ".