Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán

Full name	Club Atlético Huracán
Nickname(s)	El Globo ("The Balloon") Los Quemeros ("The Burners")
Founded	11 November 1908
Ground	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 48,314)
Chairman	Alejandro Nadur
Manager	Diego Cocca
League	Primera B Nacional
2011 Clausura	20th (Relegated to Primera B Nacional)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.

Huracán was founded on November 1, 1908, in the Nueva Pompeya neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club's name and nickname (Globo, literally "Balloon") come from the Huracán balloon flied by Jorge Newbery in 1909. Apart from that, club supporters are called los Quemeros ("the Burners") because the stadium is located in a former garbage burning area.

During the professional era, Huracán won the Primera División title just once (the 1973 Metropolitano), and obtained 4 titles during the amateur era (in 1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). Moreover, Huracán has finished as runner-up of the first division 5 times during professionalism (the last one in the 2009 Clausura).

Huracán's historical rival is San Lorenzo de Almagro.

History

Though officially founded in 1908, there are documents that tell about a previous foundation on May 25, 1903. During the amateur era of Argentine football (1891–1930), Huracán won four championships (1921, 1922, 1925 and 1928). The team was the fifth most successful during that period.

During the professional era (started in 1931), Huracán had their moment of glory in the Metropolitano championship of the 1973 season, when they won their only first division title. The team has also won twice the second division (1989–90 and 1999–00). The club has had 4 promotions and relegations during their history. The last promotion came during the 2006–07 season, when Huracán defeated Godoy Cruz in the promotion playoffs.

Huracán was runner-up of the Primera División in the 2009 Clausura. The team, coached by Ángel Cappa and with Mario Bolatti, Matías Defederico and Javier Pastore as key players, was praised for their attacking short-pass style of play.^[1] They reached the final game of the season one point above Vélez Sársfield, but lost 1-0 away with that team in the final fixture (in a game with controversial referral decisions).^[2][3]

Stadium

The Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó was closed in May 2008, after cracks were discovered in one of the structural columns. While the stadium was out of commission, Huracán played their home games at Argentinos Juniors.

On 13 December 2008 during the final weekend of the 2008-09 Apertura championship, Huracán returned to the Ducó, 438 days after they'd last played there. Their 3-0 victory against Vélez was the only game Huracan played at home during their centenary year.

Honours

The Huracán team that won the Metropolitano in 1973

A Huracán line-up of 1946.

Oscar Bonavena, probaby the most famous Huracán's fan.

Amateur Era

• Primera Division: 4

1921, 1922, 1925, 1928.

Other Amateur Titles

• Copa Estímulo: 1

1920

• Copa Ibarguren: 2

1922, 1925

International

• Copa Río de la Plata: 1

1921 (the runner up, Peñarol from Uruguay, decided not to play).

Professional Era

• Torneo Clausura: 0

Runner-up (2): 1994, 2009

• Metropolitano: 1

1973

Runner-up (2): 1975, 1976

Other professional titles

• Copa Consuelo: 1

1933

• Copa Adrián Escobar: 2

1942, 1943

• Copa Británica: 1

1944

Second Division

• Primera B Nacional: 3

1989-90, 1999-00, 2006-07

Notable former players

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To appear in this section a player must have played at least 50 games for the club

Current squad

Current squad of Club Atlético Huracán as of August 13, 2011 (edit)
Sources: Official website and BDFA

No. Position Player —  ARG GK Lucas Calviño —  ARG GK Esteban Daneri —  ARG GK Gastón Monzón —  ARG GK Hernán Zalcman —  ARG DF David Angeloff —  ARG DF Kevin Cura —  ARG DF Héctor Desvaux —  ARG DF Ezequiel Filipetto —  ARG DF Hernán González —  ARG DF Jonathan Hereñú —  URU DF Rodrigo Lemos —  ARG DF Ezequiel Llesona —  ARG DF Andrés Núñez —  COL DF Luciano Ospina —  ARG DF Martín Pautasso —  ARG DF Matías Quiroga —  ARG DF Cristian Tavio —  ARG DF Leonardo Villán —  ARG MF Rodrigo Battaglia

No. Position Player —  ARG MF Franco Chiviló —  ARG MF Cristian Leiva —  ARG MF Pablo López —  ARG MF Gastón Machín —  ARG MF Matías Martínez —  ARG MF Mauro Milano —  ARG MF Lucas Nanía —  ARG MF Luciano Nieto —  ARG MF Fernando Pagés —  ARG MF Cristian Sánchez Prette —  ARG MF Darío Soplán —  ARG MF Nicolás Vélez —  ARG FW Julián Bottaro —  ARG FW Javier Cámpora —  ARG FW Emiliano Lencina —  ARG FW Muriel Orlando —  ARG FW Federico Ortiz López —  ARG FW Guillermo Roffes —  ARG FW Mauro Villegas

Manager: Juan Amador Sánchez

Out to loan

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

No. Position Player MF Yusuke Kato (at Defensores de Belgrano)

Roller Hockey

The Club Atlético Huracán plays in the main Roller Hockey league of Argentina, the Liga Nacional Argentina-Serie A1.

See also

• List of football clubs in Argentina

References

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Patria Quemera (Spanish)
• La Quema Web (Spanish)
• Semanario Quemero (Spanish)