Boxing team

Rosario Central

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«The Canalla»

302 Matches

116 wins

89 draws

97 losses

365–324 Goals

+41 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form D L D W W W

Rosario Central spent 2025 chasing a title that had not carried the club's name since 2023, and closed the year with the Liga Profesional Argentina trophy. It sits alongside the Copa de la Liga Profesional won in 2023, the two most recent entries in a run that stretches back to four Campeonato Nacional titles across 1971, 1973, 1980 and 1986/87. The 1986/87 championship still stands apart: Rosario Central had been relegated the year before and came straight back up to win the top flight at the first attempt.

The 1971 title carries its own image. In the semi-final, Aldo Poy threw himself horizontally to head in the winning goal, remembered simply as "la palomita".

The club began as the Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club, formed by workers of the British-run Central Argentine Railway, with a Briton, Colin Calder, as its first president. Membership was limited to railway employees until the early 1900s, when the company merged with another line and the club opened up to the wider city, taking the name Club Atlético Rosario Central. The railway origin still surfaces in one of its nicknames, El Tren, alongside El Canalla.

Two academy products carry the club's name furthest. Ángel Di María made his debut at Rosario Central in 2005, went on to win Olympic gold in 2008 and the World Cup in 2022, and returned to play for the club again in 2024. The other left before him: a forward who scored 94 goals in 123 matches for Central and then won the World Cup with Argentina in 1978, taking the Golden Boot with him.

Central play at the Gigante de Arroyito, its capacity confirmed at 46,955 after a municipal inspection in March 2024, reduced to 39,657 for CONMEBOL fixtures.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

26 Sep	Super Copa International	Estudiantes de La Plata A	3:1	W
20 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Argentinos Juniors H	1:0	W
13 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Tigre A	1:0	W
6 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Newell’s Old Boys H	1:1	D
29 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Gimnasia La Plata H	1:2	L
25 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Talleres Córdoba A	2:2	D

Standing

Liga Profesional Argentina

Group stage · Apertura - Group B

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	River Plate	16	9	2	5	22:12	29
3	Argentinos Juniors	16	8	5	3	17:13	29
4	Rosario Central	16	8	4	4	20:16	28
5	Belgrano Cordoba	16	7	5	4	17:13	26
6	Gimnasia La Plata	16	8	2	6	19:19	26

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 302

302 Matches

116 wins

89 draws

97 losses

365–324 Goals

+41 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 302

116 89 97

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	302	152	150
Scored	365	219	146
Conceded	324	139	185
Scored per game	1.2	1.4	1.0
Conceded per game	1.1	0.9	1.2
Difference	+41	+80	−39

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Jeremías Conan Ledesma Goalkeeper 36 Matches

Alexis Soto Defender 36 Matches

Federico Navarro Midfielder 36 Matches

Vicente Tomás Pizarro Durcudoy Midfielder 35 Matches

G. Cantisano Forward 33 Matches

Franco Ibarra Midfielder 33 Matches

Ignacio Ovando Defender 32 Matches

Enzo Nahuel Copetti Forward 32 Matches

Squad of Rosario Central

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
23	Jeremías Conan Ledesma	Goalkeeper		36
33	Alexis Soto	Defender		36
31	Federico Navarro	Midfielder		36
20	Vicente Tomás Pizarro Durcudoy	Midfielder		35
26	G. Cantisano	Forward		33
5	Franco Ibarra	Midfielder		33
46	Ignacio Ovando	Defender		32
22	Enzo Nahuel Copetti	Forward		32
3	Gonzalo Agustín Sandez	Defender		32
28	Guillermo Matías Fernández	Midfielder		31
11	Ángel Fabián Di María Hernández	Midfielder		30
32	Emanuel Gustavo Coronel	Defender		30
13	Gastón Ávila	Defender		29
8	Jaminton Leandro Campaz	Midfielder		28
15	Facundo Mallo	Defender		28
39	Fabrizio Ovidio	Forward		27
47	Luca Raffin	Defender		25
1	Jorge Emanuel Broun	Goalkeeper	40	25
9	Alejo Véliz	Forward	23	24
16	Enzo Giménez	Midfielder	28	23
18	Julián Fernández	Forward		22
42	Elias Veron	Defender		21
19	Santiago Segovia	Midfielder		18
27	Gaspar Duarte	Forward		17
2	Carlos Gustavo Quintana	Defender	38	17
7	Marcelo Cabrera	Forward		14
16	Tomás Oscar Badaloni	Forward		11
1	Axel Werner	Goalkeeper		11
9	Marco Gastón Ruben Rodríguez	Forward		11
2	Sebastian Zaracho	Defender		10
35	Lucas Ramos	Defender		10
88	Alan Jesús Rodríguez Guaglianoni	Midfielder		8
36	Alvaro Gich	Defender		7
10	Franco Emanuel Cervi	Midfielder		6
24	J. Gimenez	Defender		4
7	Maximiliano Lovera	Forward	27	4
41	Leonardo Ríos	Defender		3
51	Marco Vicente	Defender		2
44	Paolo Giaccone	Midfielder		2
19	A. Modica	Forward	23	2