Ferro Carril Oeste

Ferro Carril Oeste

Full name	Club Ferro Carril Oeste
Nickname(s)	Verdolaga ("Greener") Oeste ("West") Tren Verde ("Green Train")
Founded	July 28, 1904
Ground	Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 24,442)
Fiduciary organism	Joaquín Biglioni
Manager	Mario Gómez
League	Primera B Nacional
2010-11	14th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

For the railway, see Buenos Aires Western Railway.

Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway. The club participates in many different sports with professional football, basketball, and volleyball (men's and women's) teams, and had a very prominent role in Argentine sports in the 1980s.

After the foundation, the board and workers of the railway company obtained from the company itself land to build a football stadium and other sports installations. At the end of the 1970s, Ferro had about 45,000 members.

Ferro is most prominent due to its football team, currently playing in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Ferro won the Primera División on two occasions and the second division on 5.

Football

In 1907, Ferro joined the amateur second division, and in 1912 the team won the promotion to the first division after beating Racing in the final game. In 1947, the club was relegated to the second division, only to come back to the first division 2 years later.

Ferro had its golden age during the 80s', when obtaining two titles. The club also set three notable records in the Argentine Primera:

• In the 1981 Metropolitano championship, goalkeeper Carlos Barisio set a national record by keeping a clean sheet for 1,075 minutes of football. This included a run of 10 complete games without letting in a goal.
• When Ferro won the 1982 Nacional championship, Ferro also achieved it without losing a single game. In addition, the club was the second team to achieve the feat after San Lorenzo. River Plate and Boca Juniors also achieved this feat later in the 1990s.

As a negative record, Ferro has the longest run without scoring a goal. The team went 875 minutes without scoring between the end of the 1998 Apertura and the 1999 Clausura.

The Buenos Aires Clásico del Oeste is played between Ferro and Vélez Sársfield.

Honours

The Ferro Carril Oeste team that won the 1982 Nacional

• Primera División:
  • Winners (2): 1982 Nacional, 1984 Nacional

• Second Division:
  • Winners (5): 1912, 1958, 1963, 1970, 1978

• Primera B Metropolitana:
  • Winners (1): 2002–03

Current squad

As of October 17, 2011.^[1]

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 GK Carlos De Giorgi GK Adrian Domínguez GK Christian Limousin DF Santiago Ballari DF Marcelo Berza DF Christian Chimino DF Franco Guibelalde DF Mauro E. Lema DF Leandro Martínez Montagnoli DF Facundo Oreja DF Marcos Sánchez DF Jonathan Schunke MF Marcos Acuña

No. Position Player MF Julio Buffarini MF Esteban Bujan MF Bruno Casanova MF Santiago Fernández MF Federico Lértora MF Sebastian Navarro MF Diego Tonetto MF Mario Zaninovic FW Claudio Aquino FW Juan Ignacio Castro FW Guido Di Vanni FW Jorge Pereyra Díaz FW Ignacio Varela

Former players

Main category: Ferro Carril Oeste footballers

Basketball

The men's team plays in Buenos Aires' metropolitan league. Ferro won 3 Liga Nacional de Básquet (first division) championships (1985, 1986 and 1989) and 3 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes titles (1981, 1982, 1987).

In the early 1980s, Ferro was one of the best sides outside the NBA, and was managed by León Najnudel, the man who thought up the current league.

Famous players: Miguel Cortijo, Luis Oroño, Sebastián Uranga, Javier Maretto, Diego Maggi, Daniel Aréjula, Horacio López, Luis Scola, Erron Maxey.

Volleyball

Men

Starts playing in 1953, and in 1960 arrived to first division.

• First Division: 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985
• Copa Morgan: 1966, 1977, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
• South American Championship: 1987, 1998

Famous players: Hugo Conte, Waldo Kantor, Esteban Martínez, Carlos Getzelevich, Daniel Castellani.

Women

Started playing also in 1953 and reaches first division in 1957.

• First Division: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990
• Copa Morgan: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2004

References

1. ^ Club Ferrocarril Oeste at BDFA.

External links

• Argentina Football World (English)
• Official website (Spanish)
• Ferro (fan site) (Spanish)
• Pasión Verdolaga (fan site) (Spanish)
• Energía Verde (fan site) (Spanish)
• Ferroweb (fan site) (Spanish)