Directly in history! Won the title after 120 years! »The new champion has a population how much volunteers
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, June 3, 2025 21:19 / Updated Tuesday, June 3, 2025 21:43
Club Atlético Platense, established on May 25, 1905, won the championship in Argentina contrary to all forecasts. The “calamarii” from Florida, a small town in the suburb of the capital Buenos Aires with a population of about 50,000 inhabitants, had only played in history a final of the League Cup. The new champion has passed successively in the Racing Club, River Pate, San Lorenzo and Huracan play-off.
Platense is one of the traditional clubs in Argentine football that had never been able to win a trophy in the first value echelon, despite the long period in the professional era. After spending more than 20 years in the lower divisions, “Calamares” returned to the first league in 2021. And in two years they were the closest to the first trophy, reaching the final of the League Cup, lost in front of those from Rosario Central.
Platense won in the play-off always playing away!
The club on the Ciudad Stadium by Vicente López, associated with the Argentine football folklore, shaken by the anonymity in which he had been struggling and arrived between 2011 and 2018, in Primera B Metropolitan (third Argentine League). Seven years ago, Plantse climbed into B Nacional, and in 2021 he ticked the second promotion in the Primera Division, 22 seasons from the previous one!
Captain Ignacio Vazquez raises the trophy won by Platnse / Photo players: Imago
The team currently led by two coaches, Fabio Orsi and Sergio Gomez, had only won the Second League championship (1975-1976) plus twice on the third division (2005-2006, 2017-2018). But in the last season he overturned all the forecasts and eliminated four favorites on the way to the title.
34.3Millions of euros is the amount at which Platense's lot is evaluated. The best rated player is Vicente Taborda, the decar thrown by Boca Juniors (4 million)
In “Optima”, Platnse passed the recent winner of the Sudameicana Cope, Racing Club (1-0), in a match played and won in the 80th minute. In “quarters”, the monumental, eliminated River Plate (1-1 after 120 minutes), 4-2 at the break.
In the semifinals, on Nuevo Gasometro (also on foreign ground), it was also 1-0. Repeated score in the final with Huracan! Thus Platense received her nickname “Matagigantes” (large teams).
