Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
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Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba is an Argentine sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, best known for its football (soccer) team.
The club was founded on June 1, 1921 under the name Sportivo Godoy Cruz, and received its current name on April 25 1930, after the fusion with Deportivo Bodega Antonio Tomba. In 1959 the Godoy Cruz stadiun was constructed; the Estadio Feliciano Gambarte, known as La Bodega (Spanish for "wine cellar"), holds 14,000 supporters.
Given the origin of the club, that merged with the Deportivo Bodega Antonio Tomba, nicknames El Tomba and Bodeguero are currently used. Since the stadium is located near the railway, the club is also called El Expreso ("The Express").
Godoy Cruz played in the provincial league for several years before reaching the national level. The club won the Mendoza first division Championship in 1944, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1968, and also in 1989 and 1990 that qualified to play in the defunct Torneo del Interior national-level tournament.
Winning the Torneo del Interior in 1994, it reached the Argentine Second Division that year. After more than ten years in second division, the club was finally promoted to First Division in 2006 after wining the 2005 Apertura tournament, and the qualification series against Nueva Chicago.
Another source of historical pride of the supporters are friendly matches won against Argentine giants: in 1965 the 4-0 victory over Boca Juniors in a friendly match, and the victory 4-0 against Club Atlético River Plate in another friendly match in 1997. Among the club's more important figures are Carlos Francisco Pozzoli, José “Tabaquillo“ García, Orlando Vicente Garro, Humberto Fabián Lentz, Rubén Hermes Almeida, Daniel Walter Oldrá, and Rafael Iglesias
External links
- [History of Godoy Cruz] - CuyoNoticias (in Spanish)
- [Fans' site] (in Spanish)
- [Official site?]
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