Defensa y Justicia

Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia or simply Defensa, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system. Home games are played at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello which has a capacity of approximately 18,000.

Defensa y Justicia
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Nickname(s)Halcón (Hawk)
Founded20 March 1935 (1935-03-20)
GroundEstadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
Capacity18,000[1]
ChairmanJosé Lemme
ManagerHernán Crespo
LeaguePrimera División
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website

History

The institution was founded on 20 March 1935 by a group of friends who wanted to form a local team. There are no sources explaining how the name was given to the club.[2] Presided by Norberto Tomaghello, Defensa y Justicia affiliated to Argentine Football Association, built its stadium, which was opened in occasion of a friendly match against Boca Juniors reserve team in December 1977.

The club's original colors were blue with white collars and cuffs, which were changed to yellow with green details. These were the colors of the bus line "El Halcón", a company that belonged to the club president at the time. This company used its buses to bring the fans to away games, and thus received the nickname "Los Halcones de Varela".[2]

Even though the club was founded as early as 1935, Defensa y Justicia did not play in official tournaments until 1978, when the team debuted in Primera D, defeating Cañuelas.[2]

The team quickly promoted to upper divisions, first to Primera C Metropolitana in 1982 after winning the championship, and 3 years later reaching the next division, Primera B, while being coached by Hugo García. Defensa only played in Primera B one year and in 1986 were promoted to Primera B Nacional. As of May 17, 2014 Defensa y Justicia has been promoted to the Primera Division of the Argentina Football (the highest level in the country)

Players

Current squad
As of 21 March 2020.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 DF Adonis Frías
3 DF Marcelo Benítez
5 MF Nelson Acevedo (on loan from Unión Santa Fe)
7 MF Rubén Botta
8 MF Guido Mainero (on loan from Vélez Sarsfield)
9 FW Fernando Márquez
10 MF Neri Cardozo
11 MF Washington Camacho
12 FW Juan Martín Lucero (on loan from Tijuana)
14 MF Matías Laba
15 MF Nahuel Barrios (on loan from San Lorenzo)
16 DF Gonzalo Piovi (on loan from Racing Club)
17 GK Nicolás Avellaneda (on loan from Lanús)
18 MF Francisco Cerro
19 MF Nicolás Tripichio
No. Position Player
21 DF Héctor Martínez (on loan from River Plate)
22 GK Ezequiel Unsain
23 FW Eugenio Isnaldo
24 DF Mauricio Duarte
25 DF Néstor Breitenbruch
26 MF Braian Ojeda (on loan from Olimpia)
27 FW Enzo Coacci
28 MF Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
29 FW Francisco Pizzini
30 MF Raúl Loaiza
31 FW Nicolás Leguizamón
33 DF Nahuel Gallardo
34 MF Lautaro Escalante
36 DF Matías Barrios
For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— FW Juan Miritello (at Flandria until 30 June 2020)
— GK Fernando Pellegrino (at Huracán until 30 June 2020)
No. Position Player
— MF Leonel Miranda (at Tijuana until 30 June 2020)
— MF Lucas Villarruel (at Newell's Old Boys until 30 June 2020)

Managers

Honours
  • Primera B (2): 1996–97, 2013–14
  • Primera C: 1985
  • Primera D: 1982

References
  1. "Defensa". www.defensaaldia.com.ar.
  2. El Nacimiento de una Pasión, Alejandro Fabbri, CI editores, Buenos Aires (2006)
  3. "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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