Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that competes in Primera Nacional, the second division of Argentine football league system. It is popularly known in Argentina and other South American countries for its nickname "La Crema".

The club owns the Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela. Apart from football, the other sports and activities practised at the institution are basketball, chess, field hockey, artistic gymnastics, paddle tennis, roller skating, skeet shooting, swimming, tennis and volleyball.Deportes amateur. Club website (atleticorafaela.com.ar). 28 September 2018.

History Under the name "Club Atlético Argentino de Rafaela", the club was founded in the city of Rafaela, Santa Fe Province in 1907. In 1915 the name was changed to "Club Atlético de Rafaela". The Monumental de Barrio Alberdi concrete stadium was erected in 1951.

The club was turned into a non-profit organization in 1988, and renamed Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela ("Social and Sport Association Rafaela Athletic"). Only a year later Rafaela reached the second division after defeating Atlético Ledesma by 3–0 with goals scored by López (20', 30') and Poelman (35').1989's Promotion.

Atlético de Rafaela played in the second division for 14 years until the team won the Apertura 2002 and the Clausura 2003 to finally reach the first division. After losing the promoción against Huracán de Tres Arroyos, Atlético de Rafaela was relegated to the second division again.

The following season Atlético lost its chance to return to the first division, after losing the promoción, against Argentinos Juniors.

In 2009 Rafaela earned another chance to return to the Primera División via a playoff against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. After winning the first final 3–0, Rafaela lost the second match by the same score (0–3) and had to stay in the second division once again.

Atlético de Rafaela fans are referred to as Cremosos or Celestes, and the people that follows the team everywhere are known as La Barra de los Trapos .

The club also has an important car racing circuit since 1919, which hosts many competitions including the Turismo Carretera (since 1941) and the TC 2000 (since 1983).

On the 21st of May 2011, after defeating Atlético Tucumán 2–0 with goals scored by Carniello and Aldana, they earned a place back in the first division for the 2011–12 season."An appropriate triumph from a champ", Diario Olé.

Players

Current squad .

Out on loan

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either played at least 50 games for the club, set a club record or played for their national team.

Gustavo Alfaro (1988–92) Gabriel Schürrer (1989–90) Gustavo Semino (1996–97), (1998–99), (2000–01), (2004–05), (2007) Gonzalo del Bono (1997–99), (2000–06), (2007–08) Raúl "Speedy" González (1997–00) Lucas Bovaglio (1998–00), (2001–04), (2006), (2009–11), (2012–14) Carlos Bonet (1998–02) Carlos Goyen (1992–95) Hugo Barrientos (2000–04) Franco Mendoza (2000–05) Ibrahim Sekagya (2001–02) Darío Gandín (2001–04), (2011–13) Iván Juárez (2001–04), (2005–11), (2011–13) Ezequiel Medrán (2001–04) Carlos Araujo (2002–04) Marcelo Barovero (2002–07) Leonardo Di Lorenzo (2003–04) Sergio Marclay (2004–05), (2006–07), (2009–10) Lucas Aveldaño (2005–08) Claudio Bieler (2006–07) Martín del Campo (2006–07) Alejandro Faurlín (2007) Cesar Carignano (2010–11), (2012–13) Rodrigo Depetris (2009–2015)

Managers

Mário Imbelloni (1970) Horacio Bongiovanni (Dec 21, 1988–??)Atlético de Rafaela History. Francisco Calabrese (1992–??)"A cycle of good statistics", Diario La Opinion. "2 decades from the last derby", Diario La Opinion. Roberto Rogel (1993–94)Roberto Roger: "The Rabbit". Ángel Bargas (19??) Carlos Biasutto (19??) Gustavo Alfaro (1992–95), (1998–00) Jorge Ghiso (Nov 12, 1997–98), (2001–02), (2006–07) Oscar Blanco (2002 – Nov 4, 2003)Bottaniz joins to bring expertise. Alejandro Zurbriggen (interim) (Nov 9, 2003)Another one has slowed down the pace. Osvaldo Piazza (Nov 11, 2003 – July 4, 2004) Omar Labruna (interim) (Aug 16, 2004)Rafaela paid expensive his mistakes. José Luis Brown (2004–05)"World Champions" – Clarin.com. Jorge Ginarte (April 21, 2005 – Oct 18, 2005)Jorge Ginarte is Atlético de Rafaela's new coach. Óscar Garré (2005–06) Juan Amador Sánchez (June 14, 2007–08) Carlos Marcelo Fuentes (June 23, 2008 – June 30, 2009)Carlos Marcelo Fuentes is the new coach of Atlético Rafaela. Carlos Trullet (2009 – March 12, 2012)Trullet is no longer the coach of Atlético Rafaela. Rúben Darío Forestello (March 13, 2012 – Nov 18, 2012)Forestello is the new coach of Atlético de Rafaela. Victor Bottaniz (interim) (Oct 6, 2012 – Dec 3, 2012) Jorge Burruchaga (Dec 3, 2012 – May 26, 2014), (Jan 4, 2016 – March 24, 2016)Burruchaga ends his cycle in Atlético de Rafaela. Burruchaga returns to Atlético de Rafaela - infonews.comBurruchaga left Atlético de Rafaela Roberto Sensini (June 10, 2014 – April 4, 2015) Leonardo Astrada (April 14, 2015 – Nov 8, 2015) Juan Manuel Llop (March 28, 2016 – June 25, 2017)"Chocho Cream" Diario Ole Newells tiene nuevo técnico Lucas Bovaglio (July 10, 2017 – current)

Institutional Current Board Executive Board 2017 President: Eduardo Gays 1st Vice-president: Carlos Eguiazú 2nd Vice-president: Adrián Steinaker

List of all-time chairmen

Eduardo Ripamonti (1907–1910) Alfredo Miles (1911) Eloy Gaitán (1912) Eusebio Forns (1913) Calesancio Stoffel (1914) Virgilio Fanti (1915) Ermindo Bertolaccini (1916) Juan Pablo Fiorillo (1917) Virgilio Fanti (1918) Octavio Zóbboli (1919–1921) Ermindo Bertolaccini (1922) Santiago Rodríguez (1923–1924) Ermindo Bertolaccini (1925) Bernardo Strubia (1926) Santiago Rodríguez (1927) Miguel Villabrica (1928) Ernesto Remonda (1928) José Gutiérrez (1929–1930) Pablo Comtesse (1931) Carlos Casabella (1932) Rinaldo Ripamonti (1933) Juan Cagliero (1934) José Gutiérrez (1935) Carmelo Sáenz (1936) Juan Báscolo (1936–1937) Carmelo Sáenz (1943) Juvenal Viotti (1944) Luis Radicci (1945–1946) Ricardo Santi (1947–1948) Luis Radicci (1949) Juan Cagliero (1950) Juan Báscolo (1951–1954) Juan Berzero (1955–1958) Ricardo Santi (1959–1960) Néstor Ruatta (1961–1964) Bernardo Kuschnir (1965–1968) Eduardo Ricotti (1969–1972) Aníbal Alberto (1972) David Alujes (1973–1976) Edison Valsagna (1977) Isidro Dellasanta (1977–1980) Egidio Bocco (1981–1989) Silvio Fontanet (1990–1996) Gabriel Gaggiotti (1997–2001) Ricardo Tettamantti (2002–2014) Homero Ingaramo (2014-2016) Eduardo Gays (2016-2020) Silvio Fontanini (2021-2023) Diego Kurganoff (2023-current)

Honours National Primera B Nacional (2): 2002–03,Pagina 12 – Atlético de Rafaela, champion. 2010–11AFA – Atlético de Rafaela is the new champion of Primera B Nacional. Torneo del Interior (1): 1988–89Torneo del Interior 1988–1989.

Regional Liga Rafaelina (17): 1923, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2013

Friendly Copa Ciudad de Rosario (1): 2012Rafaela won Rosario City Cup 2012. Copa Centenario Patronato de Paraná (1): 2014Patronato celebrated its centenary but Rafaela won the cup.

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