Rosario Central

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«The Canalla»

298 Matches

113 wins

88 draws

97 losses

359–322 Goals

+37 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form W D W L D L

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

All matches

29 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Gimnasia La Plata H	1:2	L
25 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Talleres Córdoba A	2:2	D
21 Aug	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Corinthians A	0:1	L
17 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Barracas Central A	1:0	W
14 Aug	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Corinthians H	0:0	D
7 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Aldosivi H	2:1	W

Standing

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage · Group H

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Independiente del Valle	6	4	1	1	11:6	13
2	Rosario Central	6	4	1	1	9:1	13
3	UCV	6	3	0	3	7:11	9
4	Libertad Asunción	6	0	0	6	4:13	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 298

298 Matches

113 wins

88 draws

97 losses

359–322 Goals

+37 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 298

113 88 97

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	298	150	148
Scored	359	217	142
Conceded	322	138	184
Scored per game	1.2	1.4	1.0
Conceded per game	1.1	0.9	1.2
Difference	+37	+79	−42

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Federico Navarro Midfielder 33 Matches

Alexis Soto Defender 33 Matches

Jeremías Conan Ledesma Goalkeeper 33 Matches

Vicente Tomás Pizarro Durcudoy Midfielder 32 Matches

Franco Ibarra Midfielder 30 Matches

G. Cantisano Midfielder 30 Matches

Guillermo Matías Fernández Midfielder 29 Matches

Ignacio Ovando Defender 29 Matches

Squad of Rosario Central

by appearances over the last year

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