Deportivo Armenio

 

The club was founded in 1962 under the name Club Armenio de Fútbol by the Armenian community in Argentina. It changed its name in 1968, and was affiliated to the Argentine Football Association two years later. The original colours were black and white, but first changed to green and white stripes and then again to red and white. Nowadays, home uniform is red, orange and blue, inspired by the flag of Armenia.

The first official title won by Armenio was the 1972 Primera D championship, therefore promoting to the upper division, Primera C. Only four years later, the squad won another championship and promoted to Primera B.

 

In the 1986–87 season of the Primera B Nacional (second division), Deportivo Armenio broke the division's record of most matches without losing, with a run of 38 games without defeat. The team's coach at that time was Alberto Parseghian (former goalkeeper of the team and of other Argentine clubs), and the captain was Miguel Gardarian. Following this successful run, the club gained promotion to the Primera División (first division). Their highest ever finish in the top division was 13th in the 1987–88 season, followed by relegation the season after (the 1988–89).

A notable game in the club's history was a 3–2 away win against River Plate in the 1987–88 season, after being 0–2 down. On that day, the 3 goals were scored by Raúl Wensel. Another important victory was in the same season against Boca Juniors, in La Bombonera. Armenio won that day 1–0 with a goal scored by Silvano Maciel. This match was the last one in Hugo Gatti's (Boca's goalkeeper) career, as the team's coach (José Omar Pastoriza) took him out of the starting lineup for his mistake in Maciel's goal.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ARG Iván López — GK   ARG Carlos Marques — GK   ARG Nahuel Nistal — DF   ARG Nicolás Giménez — DF   ARG Gonzalo Errecalde — DF   ARG Cristian Ordoñez — DF   ARG Germán Aguirre — DF   ARG Ian Pérez — DF   ARG Brian Acosta — DF   ARG Fabricio López — DF   ESP Matias Jeremias Ayala — DF   ARG Cristian Rodríguez — DF   ARG Cristian Gómez — DF   ARG Tiago Clot — DF   ARG Lucas Bossio — DF   ARG Tomás Balduzzi — MF   ARG Lautaro Montani — MF   ARG Franco Almanza

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ARG Carlos Battigelli — MF   ARG Marcelo Mosegui — MF   ARG Jonathan Guenzani — MF   ARG Román Ugarriza — MF   ARG Nicolás Sánchez — MF   ARG Luciano Lazarte — FW   ARG Luciano Villalba — FW   ARG Santiago Patroni — FW   ARG Tomás Jerez — FW   ARG Tomás Dopazo — FW   ARG Jonathan Herrera — FW   ARG Alejo Bottan — FW   ARG Lucas Lezcano — FW   ARG Tiziano Suanez — FW   ARG Tobías Gennaro — FW   ARG Alejandro Vignati — FW   ARG Gonzalo Lazzarotto

• Primera B Nacional
  • Winners (1): 1986–87
• Primera División C
  • Winners (1): 1976
• Primera de Aficionados
  • Winners (1): 1972

• Official website. Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine.