Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine football league system. San Lorenzo is also considered one of the Big Five of Argentine football, along with Independiente, River Plate, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club.
Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía was an Argentine football player and coach.
Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional football club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, and holds its home games at Estadio Arsenio Erico.
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles.
Luis Artime is an Argentine former footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1,000 goals during his career. His son Luis Fabián Artime is also a retired Argentine footballer who played in the 1990s.
José Antonio Yudica was an Argentine football player and manager.
Jorge Mario Olguín is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a defender. He played for Argentina when the team won 1978 World Cup.
Oscar Alberto Ortiz is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a winger.
Gustavo Julio Alfaro is an Argentine football manager and former player who manages the Paraguay national football team.
Roberto "Oveja" Telch was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in San Vicente, Córdoba, and won four league championships with San Lorenzo in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He died in Buenos Aires of a heart attack.
Carlos José Veglio is a former Argentine football striker. He won a number of major titles with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors and represented the Argentina national football team.
Victorio Nicolás Cocco is a former Argentine footballer. He played for several clubs in Argentina, Spain, and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.
Alfredo Carricaberry, nicknamed Vasco, was an Argentine football player. Having spent most of his career at San Lorenzo de Almagro, where he won two titles in 1923 and 1924. Caricaberry also played for the Argentina national team, winning the silver medal at the 1928 Olympic Games and one Copa América in 1927.
Rinaldo Fioramonte Martino was an Italian Argentine forward who played for both the Argentine and the Italy national football teams. Usually a forward, Martino was a player known for his lethal combination of goal scoring ability, playmaking skills and technique.
Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra is a Colombian former professional footballer.
This is a list of major records of the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system. The first season was held in 1891.
The Copa Ricardo Aldao, popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA-AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions of Argentina and Uruguay. The trophy was donated by Argentine football executive Ricardo Aldao (1863–1956), who would later become president of the Argentine Football Association.
Santiago Damián García Correa, nicknamed Morro, was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a striker. His last club was Argentine club Godoy Cruz, which tenure is considered the most successful of his professional career. being the top scorer of the club in Argentine Primera División and an idol of club supporters. García was also the top scorer of the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season with 17 goals.
Emmanuel David Mas Sgros is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Juventud of the Uruguayan Segunda División. He has been capped internationally eight times for Argentina.
The Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry, also known as Clásico del Río de la Plata, is a highly competitive sports rivalry that exists between the Argentine and Uruguayan national football teams and their respective set of fans. Considered by football journalists and fans alike as one of the most important rivalries in the sport, the derby is also the most played in football history. According to FIFA records, 197 official matches have been played to date, the first of which was played on 20 July 1902, in which both teams played the first international match outside the United Kingdom in Uruguay, with Argentina winning by 6–0.
