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Club Atlético Sarmiento is an Argentine sports club based in La Banda, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. Starting in 2024, will participate in the Torneo Federal A, the third division of the Argentine football league system.

It is one of the oldest clubs in the province of Santiago del Estero and the largest in La Banda.

During its history, the club has stood out in football, where it won a total of twenty-five times in the Santiagueña Football League, being the third most successful team in this competition. At the National level, it won the 2010 Interior Tournament (fifth category) and the 2023-24 Federal Amateur Regional Tournament (fourth category). Together with Club Central Argentino, they compete in the Clásico Bandeño.

The colors that identify it are white with blue stripes. Its stadium is located in the downtown area of ​​the city of La Banda, and has a capacity for 8,000 spectators.

In addition to football, Sarmiento has other disciplines: taekwondo, boxing, kickboxing, volleyball, field hockey, judo and crossfit.

History
The Sarmiento Club was born in the central neighborhood of La Banda, very close to the old Santiago Apóstol temple, between Pedro León Gallo, Balcarce, Garay, Moreno and Avellaneda streets, in a vacant lot surrounded by gypsy tents, back in 1900 to 1905. In its beginnings it was called “Normal Club” since its first members were students, teachers and preceptors of the Escuela Normal Superior, “Dr. José B. Gorostiaga”.

It had its origins in the merger of two small clubs that disputed the supremacy of the game of football in La Banda. One led by Don José María Heredia and the other by Don Julio Trejo, who, tired of fighting, decided to merge through willpower. On April 16, 1909, they held an assembly by common agreement, where they resolved to establish a single club. To baptize the nascent institution, two names were proposed: that of former President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and that of Almirante Guillermo Brown, with the name of the former winning the vote. From there, the club became known as Club Atlético Sarmiento.

Years later, an employee who controlled the operation of the Bandeño canal (last name Macció) managed the donation of the land it currently occupies. The first president of Sarmiento was Mr. Ramón Rosa Pérez. Among the presidents who stood out for their sacrifice for the sake of the facility are Juan Jiménez García, Dr. Mario Ledesma, R. Máculus, César H. López, Manuel Bellido, E. Carabajal, Dr. Adle, Prof. Suárez, Prof. Ledesma, Dr. Montes, Buti Suárez, Dr. Julio Campos, Campos, Tagliapietra, Walter Cordero, Emir Faisal, Chiqui Suárez, among others.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the perimeter walls, the Olympic fence and official stands were built.

In the football history of Club Sarmiento there are the relevant names of Coco Gallardo, Manuel Bellido, Eberto Lencinas, Luis More, Ramón Barraza (father and son), the Urquiza brothers, the left-handed Sayago, Carrillo, Moscardini, Toto Suárez, Orlando Suárez, Pepe Casares, Albarracín, Macció, Américo Santillán, Pepe Bellido, Padilla, Gringo Bobba, Jorge, Ávila, López, Carabajal, Paz, Soria, Lastra, Casares, Avallay, Alzogaray, Ledesma and the archers Aguirre, Leiva, Generoso, Ruiz, Cavalieri, among others. It should be noted that Zurdo Sayago and Coco Gallardo were preselected for big football.

Sarmiento achieved important achievements, it was the first Santiago team affiliated with AFA in 1917, but the most important participations were in 1982 and 1996. Previously in 1969 it participated in the Argentine Cup, where it was eliminated by Boca Juniors in the round of 16, which later he would become champion.

In 1982 he made his debut in the former AFA Regional Tournament, where he was eliminated by Atlético Concepción of the Banda del Río Salí, Tucumán in the last match in the Northern Zone. In the 1995-96 Argentine B Tournament he lost the final with Almirante Brown of Arrecifes and the possibility of promoting to the Torneo Argentino A.

In 2010, and after seven consecutive participations, he became champion of the Torneo del Interior by beating Atlético Paraná in the final and achieving promotion to the Torneo Argentino B.

On February 12, 2024, Sarmiento played in the final of the Regional Federal Amateur Tournament held at the Bicentenario Stadium in Catamarca, where he achieved historic ascent to the Torneo Federal A Tournament against Altos Hornos Zapla Jujuy by winning 3 to 0. The champion's goals They were scored by Rodrigo Herrera, Claudio Vega and Pablo López.

Squad 2024

 * Updated February 12, 2024


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Club details
Total seasons in AFA: 24


 * Seasons in first division: 0
 * Seasons in second division: 1
 * Torneo Regional: 1 (1982)
 * Best position in second division: Group stage (1982)
 * Seasons in third division: 1
 * Torneo Federal A: 1 (2024)
 * Seasons in fourth division: 16
 * Torneo Argentino B: 7 (1995/96 - 1996/97, 2003/04, 2010/11 - 2013/14)
 * Torneo Federal B: 5 (2014 - 2017)
 * Torneo Regional Federal Amateur: 4 (2019, 2021/22 - 2023/24)
 * Best position in fourth division: 1.° (2023/24)
 * Worst position in fourth division: First phase (7 times)
 * Seasons in fifth division: 6
 * Torneo del Interior: 6 (2005 - 2010)
 * Best position in fifth division: 1.° (2010)
 * Worst position in fifth division: Primera fase (2 times)
 * Participations in National cups: 1
 * Copa Argentina: 1 (1969)
 * Best position in the Argentine Cup: Round of 16 (1969)