Banfield
Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina
«El Taladro»
In the amateur years before Argentina's league had turned professional, a club from a station stop south of Buenos Aires won the second division twice running, in 1899 and 1900, before most of the country's football had settled on fixed rules. Banfield's early decades read like a climb through every rung of the ladder: the fourth division in 1912, the third in 1908, promotion after promotion until the club had nowhere left to go but the top flight. It took until 2009 for that climb to reach its point, when Banfield won the Torneo Apertura.
The club was founded on 21 January 1896 as Banfield Athletic Club, a name that gave way to Banfield Football Club in 1904 and then to Club Atlético Banfield in 1909. Between those title-winning years at the top, the club built a habit of going up and down: ten separate second-division championships, in 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2010.
Home matches are played at the Estadio Florencio Sola, known locally as El Taladro's ground, which holds 34,900 in the white and green of the club. The nickname itself, El Taladro, the Drill, has stuck through all the name changes and division swaps. Across the south of the city, the fixture against Lanús carries its own name, the Clásico del Sur.
Latest results
All matches| 30 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
River Plate
H
|
2:3 | L |
| 23 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Newell’s Old Boys
A
|
1:2 | L |
| 19 Aug | Copa Argentina |
Midland
H
|
2:2 | D |
| 15 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Racing Club
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 10 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Belgrano Cordoba
H
|
0:2 | L |
| 1 Aug | Liga Profesional Argentina |
Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
A
|
0:0 | D |
Standing
Liga Profesional ArgentinaGroup stage · Apertura - Group B
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |
 Tigre
|
16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18:15 | 20 |
| 11 |
 Sarmiento de Junín
|
16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13:20 | 19 |
| 12 |
Banfield
|
16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17:19 | 18 |
| 13 |
 Atlético Tucumán
|
16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15:20 | 14 |
| 14 |
 Aldosivi
|
16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6:19 | 8 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 254| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 254 | 131 | 123 |
| Scored | 253 | 151 | 102 |
| Conceded | 274 | 134 | 140 |
| Scored per game | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Conceded per game | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Difference | −21 | +17 | −38 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Gino Santilli
Goalkeeper
21 Matches
Lautaro Villegas
Midfielder
21 Matches
Bruno Christian Sepúlveda
Forward
21 Matches
Facundo Sanguinetti
Goalkeeper
21 Matches
Ignacio Abraham
Defender
21 Matches
Santiago López García
Midfielder
21 Matches
Lautaro Gomez
Midfielder
21 Matches
T. Perrotta
Forward
20 Matches
Squad of Banfield
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | |
Gino Santilli |
Goalkeeper | 24 | 21 |
| 21 | |
Lautaro Villegas |
Midfielder | 22 | 21 |
| 9 | |
Bruno Christian Sepúlveda |
Forward | 33 | 21 |
| 1 | |
Facundo Sanguinetti |
Goalkeeper | 25 | 21 |
| 27 | Ignacio Abraham |
Defender | 28 | 21 | |
| 24 | |
Santiago López García |
Midfielder | 28 | 21 |
| 10 | |
Lautaro Gomez |
Midfielder | 23 | 21 |
| 17 | |
T. Perrotta |
Forward | 19 | 20 |
| 6 | |
 Nicolás Meriano |
Defender | 25 | 19 |
| 34 | |
 Santiago Daniele |
Defender | 20 | 19 |
| 33 |  |
 Neyder Moreno |
Midfielder | 29 | 17 |
| 40 | |
 David Leonel Zalazar |
Forward | 24 | 17 |
| 30 | |
 Federico Anselmo |
Forward | 32 | 17 |
| 35 | |
 Ignacio Pais |
Midfielder | 26 | 16 |
| 7 | |
 L. Pinero |
Midfielder | 19 | 16 |
| 20 |  |
 T. Adoryan |
Midfielder | 24 | 16 |
| 8 | |
 Lautaro Ríos |
Midfielder | 25 | 16 |
| 16 |  Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta |
Forward | 16 | ||
| 4 | |
 Juan Luis Alfaro |
Midfielder | 26 | 15 |
| 11 | |
 Favio Álvarez |
Forward | 33 | 15 |
| 2 | |
 Danilo Arboleda |
Defender | 31 | 15 |
| 5 | |
 S. Esquivel |
Midfielder | 22 | 14 |
| 14 |  Sergio Javier Vittor |
Defender | 13 | ||
| 19 |  Carlos Nicolás Colazo |
Defender | 12 | ||
| 77 |  Thomas Rodríguez |
Forward | 11 | ||
| 18 | |
 Federico Medina |
Midfielder | 22 | 10 |
| 22 | |
 Rodrigo Auzmendi |
Forward | 25 | 8 |
| 23 |  Lucas Palavesino |
Midfielder | 7 | ||
| 13 | |
 B. Oviedo |
Defender | 21 | 5 |
| 29 |  Juan Iribarren |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 16 |  Jeremias Acosta |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 12 |  Marcos López |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 32 |  Valentín González |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 28 |  Matias Hernandez |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 22 |  Alexander Nicolás Machado Aycaguer |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 19 |  Lautaro Cano |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 2 | Danilo Arboleda |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 11 |  Agustín Nicolás Alaniz Sani |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of Banfield
-
30 Aug
River Plate
H
2:3
L
-
23 Aug
Newell’s Old Boys
A
1:2
L
-
19 Aug
Midland
H
2:2
D
-
15 Aug
Racing Club
A
1:0
W
-
10 Aug
Belgrano Cordoba
H
0:2
L
-
1 Aug
Estudiantes de Rio Cuarto
A
0:0
D
-
28 Jul
Sarmiento de Junín
H
3:2
W
-
25 Jul
Huracan
A
0:1
L
Honours of Banfield
- Primera B Nacional / Primera B 1939, 1946, 1962, 1973, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2010 10
- Segunda División 1899, 1900 2
- Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires 1920 1
- Primera C 1908 1
- Primera D 1912 1
- Torneo Apertura 2009 1