Platense

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«Calamar»

251 Matches

75 wins

92 draws

83 losses

233–265 Goals

−32 Difference

0.9 Scored per game

Form L W D D D W

Club Atlético Platense did not start there. It was founded on 25 May 1905 in Recoleta, and the name itself came from a bet: a group of young men staked 445 pesos on a horse called Gay Simón, running for the Platense stud, and used the winnings to set up the club. The original strip borrowed the stable's red and black, but it was later swapped for white and brown, copying the jacket and cap of the jockey who rode Gay Simón to that win — colours the club has kept ever since, and the reason it's nicknamed Calamar. That name has its own story: a journalist once wrote that the players moved "like a squid in its ink" on a pitch the river regularly flooded with mud.

The ground moved with the club more than once — a square in Recoleta first, then two sites in Núñez — before relegation to the second division in 1971 forced Platense out altogether. It took until 1979 to settle in Florida, where the Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, holding 28,530, has been home since.

Platense spent long stretches outside the top division, and its honours board reads like a record of climbing back: Primera B in 1976 and 2006, Primera B Metropolitana in 2018, and a 2021 promotion play-off won on penalties against Estudiantes de Río Cuarto that ended 22 years away from the elite. A Copa de la Liga final defeat to Rosario Central on penalties followed in 2023. Then, in 2025, the club won the Apertura, beating Huracán in the final for its first-ever national championship, and finished runner-up in that year's Trofeo de Campeones.

The academy's best-known graduate left almost before anyone noticed him: David Trezeguet came through Platense's youth ranks from the age of eight, played five games for the first team in 1994, and was sold to Monaco.

Latest results

All matches

28 Aug	Copa Argentina	Instituto Cordoba H	1:1	D
23 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Barracas Central A	2:1	W
19 Aug	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Coquimbo Unido A	0:0	D
16 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Boca Juniors H	1:1	D
12 Aug	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Coquimbo Unido H	1:1	D
9 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Independiente A	1:0	W

Standing

Liga Profesional Argentina

Group stage · Apertura - Group A

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Defensa y Justicia	16	4	7	5	18:21	19
11	Gimnasia M.	16	5	4	7	14:22	19
12	Platense	16	3	7	6	10:15	16
13	Central Cordoba de Santiago	16	4	4	8	11:21	16
14	Newell’s Old Boys	16	3	6	7	15:27	15

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 251

251 Matches

75 wins

92 draws

83 losses

233–265 Goals

−32 Difference

0.9 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 251

75 92 83

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	251	126	125
Scored	233	116	117
Conceded	265	111	154
Scored per game	0.9	0.9	0.9
Conceded per game	1.1	0.9	1.2
Difference	−32	+5	−37

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Nicolás Sebastián Sumavil Goalkeeper 29 Matches

Álvaro Agustín Lagos Defender 29 Matches

Juan Carlos Gauto Midfielder 29 Matches

Mateo Mendieta Defender 29 Matches

Bautista Merlini Forward 29 Matches

Juan Ignacio Saborido Defender 28 Matches

Franco Zapiola Yamartino Midfielder 28 Matches

Guido Mainero Forward 28 Matches

Squad of Platense

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
22	Nicolás Sebastián Sumavil	Goalkeeper		29
4	Álvaro Agustín Lagos	Defender		29
33	Juan Carlos Gauto	Midfielder		29
34	Mateo Mendieta	Defender		29
18	Bautista Merlini	Forward		29
25	Juan Ignacio Saborido	Defender		28
10	Franco Zapiola Yamartino	Midfielder		28
7	Guido Mainero	Forward		28
3	Tomás Ariel Silva	Defender		28
24	Martín Barrios do Santos	Midfielder		28
23	Leonardo Matías Heredia	Forward		27
31	Víctor Leandro Cuesta	Defender		25
6	Eugenio Rajo	Defender		25
43	Nicolás Retamar	Midfielder		24
17	Felipe Bussio	Midfielder		23
13	Ignacio José Luis Vázquez	Defender		22
20	Matías Nahuel Borgogno	Goalkeeper	28	22
27	Santiago Dalmasso	Midfielder		21
5	Iván Alejandro Gómez	Midfielder		20
15	Franco Maximiliano Amarfil	Midfielder		19
38	K. Ingenthron	Defender		19
99	Gonzalo Lencina	Forward		18
9	T. Nasyf	Forward		18
26	Pablo Ferreira	Midfielder		16
28	Manuel Tucker	Forward		14
21	Augusto Diego Lotti	Forward		12
32	Santiago Quiros	Defender		10
19	Héctor Bobadilla	Forward		8
47	Benjamin Bosc	Forward	21	7
11	Nicolás Federico López Alonso	Forward		6
30	Juan Cozzani	Goalkeeper		6
20	Luciano Giménez Alanda	Forward		5
16	Gastón Alberto Togni	Forward		4
16	Mauro Luna	Midfielder	27	4
41	Thiago Currado	Defender		3
29	Franco Minerva	Midfielder		2
1	Brian Bustos	Goalkeeper		1
35	Demian Troya	Midfielder		1