Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (commonly referred to as Instituto) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba, whose professional football team currently plays in the Primera División, the first division of the Argentine football league system.

Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, José Luis Saldaño, Hugo Curioni, Alberto Beltrán, Raúl Chaparro, Salvador Mastrosimone, Marcelo Bielsa, Ernesto Corti, Diego Klimowicz, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlín, Gonzalo Bergessio, Daniel Jiménez, Paulo Dybala, Ramón Ábila, Silvio Romero.

The basketball team currently plays at Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB), the first division of Liga Nacional de Básquetbol league system.

History As many other football clubs in Argentina, Instituto was founded by railway workers. The club was initially established in 1918 as Instituto Ferrocarril Central Córdoba. With the re-organization of the administration of the club 6 years later, due to the number of members in the Alta Córdoba neighbourhood, the name was changed to the current Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba.

After its foundation, Instituto quickly reached the first division of the Liga Cordobesa, which the team won in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928. With the professionalization of the game in 1931, Instituto lost momentum and sunk into an unsuccessful period. But years later the team revived, conquering the provincial league again in 1961, 1966, and finally in 1972, reaching the Argentine second division.

Instituto played its first ever season at the top level in 1973 where the team finished 8th out of a group of 15 teams, but it had to wait six years to try again. In 1979 Instituto won its group to reach the Quarter-Finals where the club was eliminated 5–3 on aggregate by Club Atlético Tucumán. Instituto also played the Torneo Nacional from 1981 to 1985, and the Metropolitano in 1981, 1982 and 1983. After the reorganisation of 1985 Instituto played all 5 of the long seasons although it was relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season.

The club then had to wait until the 1999–00 season to play in the top flight again. Instituto promoted to Argentine Primera División after winning the 1998–99 Nacional B tournament. Nevertheless, the club would be relegated from the first division the next season, finishing 16th out of 20 teams in the Apertura and 12th in the Clausura, but Instituto was finally relegated after a 2–1 play-off defeat at the hands of Almagro. The club won its second title, the Primera B Nacional 2003 Apertura, and promoted back to first division after getting the revenge over Club Almagro in a 2 legged play-off in 2004. The club survived one season at the top level after winning a two legged promotion/relegation play-off against Huracán by a score of 3–1. In its 2nd season in the first division, Instituto finished 19th overall and was automatically relegated back to B Nacional. The 1986–87 season was probably the most successful season in team's history, having finished 8th overall.

Roberto Castoldi replaced Gastón Defagot as president on 26 August 2019.

Stadium The club currently plays in Estadio Juan Domingo Perón in which is located in the neighborhood of Alta Cordoba. The origin of its name comes from Juan Perón, President of Argentina during the construction stage. The club has had a number of other homes in their history, all based in the city of Cordoba.

Players

Current squad

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Managers

1973: Enrique García 1979–81: Alfio Basile 1982: Sebastián Viberti 1983–84: Oscar Ceders 1985–87: Carlos Montes 1988: Mario Zanabria 1988–89: Jorge Domichi 1990: René Arregui 1990–91: Raúl Arraigada 1991–93: Salvador Ragusa 1993: Raúl Arraigada 1994: Jorge Ginarte 1995: Carlos Biasutto 1995–96: Jorge Luis Ghiso 1996: Horacio Bongiovanni 1997: Ramón Adorno 1997: Ángel Celoria 1997–98: Juan José López 1999–00: Ernesto Corti 2000: Juan José López 2000–01: Gerardo Martino 2001–02: Ernesto Corti 2002: Carlos Compagnucci 2002–04: Héctor Rivoira 2004: Ricardo Rezza 2005: Luis Garisto 2005: Fernando Quiroz 2005: Jorge Theiler 2005: Ramón Alvarez (Interim) 2006: Ariel Cuffaro Russo 2006: Ramon Alvarez & Sergio González (Interim) 2006: Fernando Quiroz 2006–07: Eduardo Anzarda 2007: Héctor Rivoira 2007–09: Jorge Luis Ghiso 2009–10: Marcelo Bonetto 2010–11: Claudio Vivas 2011: Ramon Alvarez & Alberto Beltrán (Interim) 2011–12: Darío Franco 2012: Leonardo Nadaya & Elvio Agüero (Interim) 2012–13: Frank Darío Kudelka 2013–14: Elvio Agüero (Interim) 2014: Daniel Jiménez 2014–15: Carlos Mazzola 2015–16: Héctor Rivoira 2016–17: Iván Delfino 2017: Claudio Demaria (Interim) 2017: Gabriel Gómez 2017–18: Darío Franco 2018: César Zabala 2018–19: Diego Cagna 2019–20: César Zabala 2020–21: Fernando Quiroz 2021: Mauricio Caranta 2021: Marcelo Vázquez 2021: Claudio Sarría & Daniel Jiménez (Interim) 2022–23: Lucas Bovaglio 2023–24: Diego Dabove 2024: Bruno Martelotto (Interim) 2025: Pedro Troglio 2025: Bruno Martelotto (Interim) 2025–26: Daniel Oldrá 2026: Bruno Martelotto (Interim) 2026–: Diego Flores

Honours National Primera B Nacional Winners (2): 1998–99, 2003–04

Regional Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol Winners (9): 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1990, 2017 Liga Cordobesa Segunda División Winners (4): 1919, 1920, 1941, 1946

Basketball

Apart from football, Instituto has a basketball section from which its senior team is currently competing in Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top division of the Argentine basketball league system. Instituto won its first major title in 2021–22 after beating Quimsa 3–2 in the finals.Instituto de Córdoba es campeón de La Liga Nacional at LNB, 14 Jul 2022 The team, coached by Lucas Victoriano, became the second club from Córdoba to win the LNB after Atenas, which is also the most winning team with 9 titles.Instituto es el nuevo campeón de la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, Página/12, 14 Jul 2022

Education Apart from sports, Instituto has its own primary and secondary school in Alta Córdoba neighbourhood. The school has sport orientation through which it promotes values and quality education.

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