Talleres de Córdoba
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Club Atlético Talleres is a sports club from the city of Córdoba, Argentina, mostly known for its professional football team, currently in the second division. They play the Cordoba Derby against Belgrano.
The club was founded in 1913 as Atlético Talleres Central Córdoba, by Central Córdoba railways' workers, with support from the company. In 1914 it joined the Córdoba local league, and in 1925 the parallel National Amateur League, and then the Amateur Second division.
With the professionalization of the game in 1931, the club became professional, but in 1938 it was relegated to Second Division (Segunda División, later Primera B), where it stayed until 1960, when it was relegated to Third Division (by then known as Segunda División).
Three seasons later the team came back to Second Division (Primera B), but in 1967, with the reorganisation of the lower divisions, it went stright to Third Division (Primera C) in 1968 for 2 season.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the team alternated First, Second and Third division, achieving the second (1977) and third (1980) place of the First Division Championship. Luis Ludueña in 1976 (12) and José Reinaldi in 1978 (18) where the league top scorers.
Talleres was again promoted to First Division (Primera A) after the 1993/94 championship, only come back to first division a year later. That season of 1995/96, the club finished first during the Clausura of the Second Division but lost the Championship to Huracán de Corrientes.
Against all-time rival Belgrano de Córdoba Talleres won, on penalty kicks, its only Argentine title; the Second Division 1997/98 championship, moving again to First Division.
In spite of obtaining the third place during the 2003/04 season, the team was relegated, due to poor results in the previous 2 seasons, after losing to Argentinos Juniors in the play-off promotion, and currently plays in Second division.
Talleres de Córdoba has currently 38,808 members.
Famous players
- Luis Ludueña
- Luis Adolfo Galván
- José Daniel Valencia
- José Reinaldi
- Mario Bevilacqua
External links
- [Fan site with information] (Spanish)
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