Club Atlético Platense

{{Short description|Argentine football club}} {{Other uses|Platense (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Platense | image = Club Altético Platense crest (2025).svg | image_size = 120 | fullname = Club Atlético Platense | nickname = ''Calamares'' ''Tinta de calamar'' ''Marrón'' | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1905|5|25}} | ground = Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López | capacity = 28,530 | chairman = Gastón Arcieri | manager = Walter Zunino | league = Primera División | season = 2024 | position = 6th (Champions via play-offs) | current = 2025 Club Atlético Platense season | website = {{url|https://cap.org.ar/|cap.org.ar}}  | pattern_la1 = _platense2026h | pattern_b1 = _platense2026h | pattern_ra1 = _platense2026h | pattern_sh1 = _platense2026h | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _platense2026a | pattern_b2 = _platense2026a | pattern_ra2 = _platense2026a | pattern_sh2 = _platense2026a | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 3E2315 | body2 = 3E2315 | rightarm2 = 3E2315 | shorts2 = 3E2315 | socks2 = 3E2315 | pattern_la3 = _platense2026t | pattern_b3 = _platense2026t | pattern_ra3 = _platense2026t | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | leftarm3 = 000000 | body3 = 000000 | rightarm3 = 000000 | shorts3 = 000000 | socks3 = 000000 }}

'''Club Atlético Platense''' is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is {{lang|es|Calamar}} (Squid) after the journalist Antonio Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink".<ref>[http://vermouth-deportivo.com.ar/wordpress/?page_id=466 "Los apodos del ascenso"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706082758/http://vermouth-deportivo.com.ar/wordpress/?page_id=466 |date=6 July 2011 }} (in Spanish)</ref>

Although the club hosts many activities, Platense is mostly known for its football team. A historic team in Argentina, they won their first league title in their 120 years of existence in the 2025 Apertura, beating Huracán in the final.

==History== thumb|left|200px|Platense squad in 1913 Founded on 25 May 1905, Platense played in the second division from 1956 to 1964, and from 1972 to 1976, when the team finally won its first title, the Primera B championship that allowed Platense to play in the Primera División. The club achieved cult status in the late 1970s as they repeatedly staved off relegation through a series of "last-day miracles" (relegating other teams such as Temperley after defeating them in decisive matches played to keep a place in the first division. Platense survived at the top level of Argentine football until finally succumbing to relegation in 1999.

This would be the beginning of a steep decline: Platense was subsequently relegated to the regionalised third division, Primera B Metropolitana, at the end of the 2001–02 season. On 17 May 2006, Platense won its second title and was promoted back to the Argentine second division Nacional B. But on 8 May 2010 ''The Squid'' would be relegated again to the third category. On 2 May 2018, Platense was directly promoted to the second division after winning the Primera B Metropolitana title in a victory over club Estudiantes de Caseros. In 2021, Platense would make their return to the Primera División for the first time in 22 years after defeating Estudiantes de Río Cuarto on penalties to earn promotion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report|url=https://info.afa.org.ar/deposito/html/v3/index.html?channel=deportes.futbol.nacionalb.573228&lang=es_LA|url-status=live|website=info.afa.org.ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202023040/https://info.afa.org.ar/deposito/html/v3/index.html?channel=deportes.futbol.nacionalb.573228&lang=es_LA |archive-date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>

In 2023, Platense reached the final of the league cup, defeating Godoy Cruz in a heart-stopping penalty shootout. After almost 20 penalties taken, right back Raul Lozano converted the final penalty, leading the team to play their first final in more than 80 years. Platense lost the final against Rosario Central, achieving a historic runner-up finish.

The club's main claim to fame during these lean years is the success of Momo and David Trezeguet, who had debuted at Platense but after playing only 5 matches in Argentine Primera División was transferred to AS Monaco.

Platense's fans base can be found in Vicente López, Olivos and Florida towns (all of them part of the Vicente López Partido), as well as in Villa Urquiza and Saavedra neighbourhoods. The club is also cited in Bioy Casares's book ''El Sueño de los héroes'' ("Dream of Heroes" {{ISBN|0-7043-2634-5}}). Among its supporters, the Tango music singer Roberto Goyeneche and the British author Chris Moss were probably the most notable fans.

On the 1st of June 2025, Guido Mainero scored the only goal of the game as Platense defeated Huracán 1-0 in the Apertura Final to become Primera División champions for the first time in the club's history.

== Team image == {{commons cat|Club Atlético Platense kits}} thumb|Entrance to the C.A. Platense pictured in 2024 According to the ''official'' version, the first Platense shirts were red with black sleeves (the colors of the ''Platense'' stable),<ref>[https://cap.org.ar/nacimiento-y-fundacion-del-club-a-platense-1905-1923/ Nacimiento y Fundación del Club A. Platense (1905–1923)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111034608/https://cap.org.ar/nacimiento-y-fundacion-del-club-a-platense-1905-1923/ |date=11 January 2024 }} at CAP website</ref> but the club then adopted the colors of the jacket (white) and cap (brown) worn by the jockey who won the race in 1905.<ref>[https://cap.org.ar/datos-de-interes/ Datos de interés] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122101/https://cap.org.ar/datos-de-interes/ |date=17 December 2023 }} at CAP website</ref><ref>[https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1088/34727/historia-del-futbol-argentino-por-juvenal-capitulo-iv-%281905-1919%29 HISTORIA DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO. CAPÍTULO IV (1905–1919)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122101/https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1088/34727/historia-del-futbol-argentino-por-juvenal-capitulo-iv-(1905-1919) |date=17 December 2023 }} by Juvenal on ''El Gráfico''</ref>

Nevertheless, another historians state that Platense wore white shirts (with no brown elements) until 1908, when a club executive added a horizontal (brown) patch to the shirts with the purpose of covering the mud stains caused by the frequent flooding in the zone where the stadium stood,<ref>[https://alejandrofabbri.com.ar/site/cumpleanos-calamar-platense-el-distinto/ Cumpleaños calamar: Platense, el distinto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122103/https://alejandrofabbri.com.ar/site/cumpleanos-calamar-platense-el-distinto/ |date=17 December 2023 }} by Alejandro Fabbri</ref> (Av. del Libertador and Manuela Pedraza in Belgrano, Buenos Aires).<ref>[https://www.fmfederal.com/portfolio-item/platense-la-historia/ Platense, la historia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122104/https://www.fmfederal.com/portfolio-item/platense-la-historia/ |date=17 December 2023 }} by Ricardo Douna on FMFederal</ref>

The club has issued some red shirts (as alternate kits) to commemorate the first colors of the club. The model released in 1997 and made by Puma caused great controversy among their fans due to its similarity with the Argentinos Juniors (which had a fierce rivalry with Platense) kit.<ref>[https://www.tycsports.com/al-angulo/el-dia-que-river-uso-los-colores-de-boca-id335816.html Cuando River usó los colores de Boca y otros casos similares del fútbol argentino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122102/https://www.tycsports.com/al-angulo/el-dia-que-river-uso-los-colores-de-boca-id335816.html |date=17 December 2023 }} by Juan C. Castro on TyCSports, 1 Oct 2021</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://enunabaldosa.com/2006/09/06/platense-roja-1997/ |title=Platense roja 1997 |date=6 September 2006 |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=17 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122101/https://enunabaldosa.com/2006/09/06/platense-roja-1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Along their history, Platense has also introduced some variants to the brown and white colors, such as a vertical stripes shirt worn in 1922 (which had a commemorative edition in 2012).<ref>[https://marcadegol.com/2012/12/platense-y-ohcan-lanzan-nueva-camiseta-edicion-limitada/ Platense y OhCan lanzan nueva camiseta edición limitada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122101/https://marcadegol.com/2012/12/platense-y-ohcan-lanzan-nueva-camiseta-edicion-limitada/ |date=17 December 2023 }} on Marca de Gol, 4 Dec 2012</ref> During a long period of their history, Platense also wore a brown shirt with white sleeves.<ref>[https://platense.com.ar/200906/campanas/1953/index.htm Temporada 1953 (photos of the team)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217122102/https://platense.com.ar/200906/campanas/1953/index.htm |date=17 December 2023 }} on ''La Página Calamar''</ref>

=== Kit history === {| |{{Football kit box |pattern_la= |pattern_b = _old_laced |pattern_ra = |leftarm = 000000 |body = ff0000 |rightarm = 000000 |shorts = 000000 |socks= 999999 |title= 1905–07{{refn|group=n|name=marron}} }} |{{Football kit box |pattern_la = |pattern_b = _platense1912 |pattern_ra = |leftarm = ffffff |body= ffffff |rightarm = ffffff |shorts = 000000 |socks = 999999 |title = Classic kit{{Refn|The precise date when Platense adopted the white and brown colors is unclear although it is believed that it happened soon after their foundation. Some sources mention 1907.<ref>[https://www.vermouth-deportivo.com.ar/platense-presento-su-tercera-camiseta-en-2024-la-esperada-por-muchos-de-color-rojo/#google_vignette Platense presentó su tercera camiseta en 2024, la esperada por muchos de color rojo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602143652/https://www.vermouth-deportivo.com.ar/platense-presento-su-tercera-camiseta-en-2024-la-esperada-por-muchos-de-color-rojo/#google_vignette |date=2 June 2024 }} on ''Vermuth Deportivo'', 30 May 2024</ref>|group=n|name=marron}}{{Refn|This is regarded as the 'classic' shirt model, although Platense have also worn white only (1971, 1976), maroon only (1953–55, 1977), and even other shirt models along their history.|group=n|name=various }} }} |{{Football kit box |pattern_la = _whitestripes4 |pattern_b= _whitestripes4 |pattern_ra = _whitestripes4 |leftarm = 684D34 |body = 684D34 |rightarm = 684D34 |shorts = 000000 |socks = 999999 |title = 1922{{Refn|Although Platense have varied their models several times along their history, this is included due to be distinctive from the others.|group=n|name=strip}} }} |} ;Notes {{reflist|group= n}}

== Players == {{For|a list of all former and current Platense players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Club Atlético Platense footballers}}

===Current squad=== {{Updated|6 March 2026}}<ref name="AFA">{{cite news|title=Plantel|url=https://www.ligaprofesional.ar/clubes/platense/|access-date=6 March 2026|website=ligaprofesional.ar}}</ref>

{{Fs start|hidenote=yes}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ARG|name=Brian Bustos|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ARG|name=Tomás Silva|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ARG|name=Agustín Lagos|pos=DF|other=on loan from Vélez Sarsfield}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=ARG|name=Iván Gómez|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ARG|name=Eugenio Raggio|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ARG|name=Guido Mainero|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ARG|name=Marcos Portillo|pos=MF|other=on loan from Talleres}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=ARG|name=Tomás Nasif|pos=FW|other=on loan from River Plate}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ARG|name=Franco Zapiola|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=URU|name=Agustín Ocampo|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=ARG|name=Jonathan Bay|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=ARG|name=Ignacio Vázquez|pos=DF|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=ARG|name=Maximiliano Amarfil|pos=MF|other=on loan from Cipolletti}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=ARG|name=Mauro Luna Diale|pos=MF|other=on loan from Akhmat Grozny}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ARG|name=Felipe Bussio|pos=MF|other=on loan from Vélez Sarsfield}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|name=Bautista Merlini|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=PAR|name=Héctor Bobadilla|pos=FW|other=on loan from Cerro Porteño}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=ARG|name=Matías Borgogno|pos=GK|other=on loan from San Martín SJ}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=ARG|name=Augusto Lotti|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ARG|name=Nicolás Sumavil|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=ARG|name=Leonardo Heredia|pos=MF|other=on loan from Argentinos Juniors}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=URU|name=Martín Barrios|pos=MF|other=on loan from Racing Club}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=ARG|name=Juan Ignacio Saborido|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=ARG|name=Pablo Ferreira|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ARG|name=Santiago Dalmasso|pos=MF|other=on loan from Boca Juniors}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=ARG|name=Manuel Tucker|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=ARG|name=Franco Minerva|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=ARG|name=Víctor Cuesta|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=ARG|name=Santiago Quirós|pos=DF|other=on loan from Racing Club}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=ARG|name=Juan Carlos Gauto|pos=FW|other=on loan from Basel}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=ARG|name=Mateo Mendía|pos=DF|other=on loan from Boca Juniors}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=ARG|name=Gonzalo Goñi|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=43|nat=ARG|name=Nicolás Retamar|pos=FW|other=on loan from Ferro Carril Oeste}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=ARG|name=Benjamín Bosch|pos=FW|other=on loan from Vélez Sarsfield}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=ARG|name=Gonzalo Lencina|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}

===Reserve squad=== {{fs start}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Demian Troya}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=Joaquín Giudice}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=Santino Cambiasso}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Celías Ingenthron}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Nicolás Ortiz}} {{Fs player|no=41|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Thiago Currado}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Agustín Maglione}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Tomás Giménez}} {{Fs player|no=46|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Lucas Testa}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=48|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Agustín Funes}} {{Fs player|no=49|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Santiago Bouhet}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Salvador Rixner}} {{Fs player|no=51|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Lucas Zelaya}} {{Fs player|no=52|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Ariel Ramírez}} {{Fs player|no=53|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Luca Bastilla}} {{Fs player|no=54|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Fausto San Pedro}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=PAR|pos=FW|name=Alejandro Vera}} {{Fs player|no=56|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Axel Guzmán}} {{fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Juan Pablo Pignani|other={{small|at Central Córdoba until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Fernando Juárez|other={{small|at Central Córdoba until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Santiago Postel|other={{small|at Deportivo Cuenca until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Agustín Alonso|other={{small|at Chaco For Ever until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=Juan Pablo Cozzani|other={{small|at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Gonzalo Valdivia|other={{small|at Mitre until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}

==Honours==

===League=== * '''Primera División (1):''' 2025 Apertura * '''Primera B Metropolitana (3):''' 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puig |first1=Arturo |title=A 41 años del regreso de Platense a Primera División |url=https://cap.org.ar/2017/07/a-41-anos-del-regreso-de-platense-a-primera-division/ |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=es |date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828033050/https://cap.org.ar/2017/07/a-41-anos-del-regreso-de-platense-a-primera-division/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 2005–06,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puig |first1=Arturo |title=El año del fútbol "Calamar" |url=https://cap.org.ar/2018/12/el-ano-del-futbol-calamar/ |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=es |date=27 December 2018 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828033050/https://cap.org.ar/2018/12/el-ano-del-futbol-calamar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 2017–18<ref>{{cite web |title=A una década del gran festejo de Platense |url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/decada-festejo-Platense_0_E19KWLX-W.html |website=Clarín |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=es |date=5 May 2016 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828033049/https://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/decada-festejo-Platense_0_E19KWLX-W.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Primera C (1)''': 1924 {{small|AAm}}

==Statistics== * '''Seasons in First División: 76''' * '''Seasons in Second Division: 26''' * '''Seasons in Third Division: 13''' * '''Best position in Primera División: Champions in 2025''' * '''Best position in Copa Argentina: Quarter-finals in 1970, 2018''' * '''Best position in Copa de la Liga Profesional: Runner-up in 2023''' *'''Longest victory: 8–0 to Argentino de Quilmes in 1939''' *'''All-time top scorer: Daniel Vega (2002–2021) with 86 goals''' *'''All-time most capped player: Enrique Topini (1959–1973) with 324 games'''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{ccat}} * {{Official website}}

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