Club Atlético Colón
| Full name | Club Atlético Colón | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Sabalero (Tarpon Fisher) Sabalé (Tarpon) Negro (Black) Raza (Race) | |||
| Founded | May 5, 1905 | |||
| Ground | Estadio B.G. Estanislao López, (Cementerio de los Elefantes), Santa Fe | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 | |||
| Chairman | Víctor Godano | |||
| Manager | Bautista Maillier | |||
| League | Primera Nacional | |||
| 2024 | 6th. of Zona B | |||
| Website | clubcolon.com.ar | |||
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Club Atlético Colón de Santa Fe (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko koˈlon]), commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe [koˈlon de santa ˈfe], is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina. The football team plays in the second Division of the Argentine football league system, the Primera Nacional.
It was born as a football club, which today still remains its main activity. It also has other disciplines like basketball, volleyball, hockey, women's football, boxing, futsal and swimming.
The stadium, named Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López in honor of an Argentinian leader governor of Provincia de Santa Fe between 1818 and 1838, has a capacity for 40000 people. It is nicknamed «El Cementerio de los Elefantes» (Elephant Graveyard).
The club joined the Argentine Football Association in 1948 and obtained its first championship in 1965, ascending to the First Division.
The club's most important accomplishment is its First Division Argentine Primera División championship in 2021. It has also come runner up in the international Copa Sudamericana 2019, and won the Second Division's "Copa de Honor" trophy in 1950. Finally, as a personal milestone, it has a victory in 1964 against Pelé's Santos FC.