Club
Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a popular football team from Argentina,
founded in 1903. Its home is in the neighborhood of Parque Independencia, in
Rosario, and it plays at the Estadio "Coloso". The club's nickname is Los
Dragones (The Dragons) or Los Leprosos (The Lepers). It was named by ex-pupils
of the English High School of Rosario, in homage to its director and
football coach, English immigrant Isaac Newell. Newell's Old Boys has an
historic rivalry with Rosario Central, the other club in Rosario.
Their colors are black and red, due to the British and German flags (countries
of Isaac Newell and his wife).
Newell's Old Boys have won the Argentine Championship five times
(Metropolitano 1974, 1987/88, 1990/91, Clausura 1992 and Apertura 2004), the
Argentine Liguilla (1992), the Argentine Cup (1939, 1941, 1972, 1999) and
was the Sub-Champion of the Copa Libertadores de America twice (1988 and
1992).
Newell's Old Boys is one of the clubs that has given the most players to the
Argentina national team, and exported the most players, mostly to Italy and
Spain, among them Gabriel Batistuta, Balbo, Valdano, Sensini, Samuel,
Pochetino, Pontoni, Martino, Perucca and several more.
Its president and manager is Eduardo J. López and its coach is Américo Rubén
Gallego. |
