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Defensa y Justicia

Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.[2] The senior squad currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system.

Defensa y Justicia
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia
Nickname(s)El Halcón (The Hawk)
Founded20 March 1935; 89 years ago (1935-03-20)
GroundEstadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello
Capacity20,000[1]
ChairmanJosé Lemme
ManagerPablo De Muner
LeaguePrimera División
20236th
Websitehttp://www.defensayjusticia.org.ar/
Current season

The team plays its home games at Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, with a capacity of approximately 20,000. Defensa y Justicia is one of the clubs with most seasons in Primera B Nacional, also having played in all the divisions of the Argentine league system since their debut in Primera D Metropolitana in 1978.[3]

In 2016, Defensa y Justicia qualified to play their first international tournament, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.[4] The team advanced to second stage but then lost to Chapecoense on penalties.[5]

In 2021, the club achieved their first international titles after having won both, 2020 Copa Sudamericana to Lanús and 2021 Recopa Sudamericana beating Palmeiras on penalties.[6] Along with Boca Juniors, Defensa y Justicia is one of the clubs that have not been relegated since their promotion to Primera División.

History

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An early amateur team of Defensa y Justicia in 1935, the year the club was founded

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.[7] Presided by Norberto Tomaghello, Defensa y Justicia affiliated to Argentine Football Association, built its stadium, which was opened with 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".[7]

 
Team of Defensa y Justicia (in the original blue kit) that debuted in Primera D in March 1978

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 2–1.[7] The starting line-up was: Ramón Correa; Benito López, Roberto Lucarini, Raúl Bustos, Alberto Cortez; Horacio Roselli, Jorge Giache, César Echeverry; Luis Briega, Héctor Cardozo, Oscar Bruno.

Defensa y Justicia played in Primera D until 1982 when the team won the championship and promoted to the upper division, Primera C. Only three years after, Defensa promoted again (this time to Primera B, the second division by then) after winning their second title. Defensa achieved promotion after beating Barracas Central 7–0. That same year, Defensa y Justicia played an "Octogonal", an 8-team tournament which winner promoted to Primera División.

After a 1–1 draw v Atlanta, the club promoted to recently created Primera B Nacional on 1 June 1986, achieving their second promotion within six months. In the first Primera B Nacional season, 1986–87, the team finished 10th. The following years Defensa would be relegated again, but the club returned to Primera B Nacional when winning the 1996–97 title in B Metro.

In 1998–99 season and coached by Ricardo Villa, Defensa was near to promote after eliminating Arsenal de Sarandí and Cipolletti, then losing to Chacarita Juniors (which would then promote along with champion Instituto) 4–2 on aggregate. In the 1999–2000 season, Defensa was coached by Jorge Burruchaga but could not qualify to "Torneo Reducido" (promotion and relegation playoff).

On 14 May 2014, coached by Diego Cocca, Defensa y Justicia reached promotion to Primera División for the first time in its history when they beat San Martín de San Juan 1–0 with the only goal of the match scored by Brian Fernández.[8][9]

Defensa y Justicia debuted in the 2014 Primera División on 9 August 9, 2014 v Racing Club, being defeated 3–1. The team did not make a good performance, finishing 18th out of 20 teams.[10] On the other hand, Defensa had a better performance in Copa Argentina where they eliminated Godoy Cruz and San Lorenzo, but lost to Atlético de Rafaela in quarterfinals.[11] In the next season, 2015 (contested by 30 teams due a restructuring of the tournament), Defensa y Justicia finished in the 21st position, with only 8 games won.

In June 2015, Ariel Holan was appointed as coach in replacement of José Oscar Flores. It was the first tenure of Holan at a professional club in Primera Division after having worked in several coaching positions at Arsenal de Sarandí, Independiente, and Estudiantes de La Plata. He had also worked with Matías Almeyda in River Plate. In 2015–16 Copa Argentina, Defensa eliminated Talleres de Córdoba and then Independiente in the second stage before losing to Belgrano. Nevertheless, in the 2016 Primera División season it was one of the six teams to qualify to 2017 Copa Sudamericana, the first international competition where the club participated.[4] The team advanced to the second stage after eliminating Brazilian side São Paulo on away goal rule but then lost to Chapecoense on penalties after the series ended 1–1 on aggregate.[5]

Being coached by Sebastián Beccacece, Defensa y Justicia made their first performance in 2018–19 Primera División season finishing 2nd. to champion Racing therefore qualifying for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage. Defensa completed the season with 15 wins, 8 draws and only 2 loses over 25 matches played with 33 goals scored and 18 against. In 2018 Copa Sudamericana, the club eliminated América de Cali and El Nacional qualifying to group stages, where it eliminated Banfield being then beat by Colombian side Junior on away goal rule after a 3–3 on aggregate.[12]

Players

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Squad

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As of 17 September 2024[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ARG Lucas Escobar
3 DF   ARG Alexis Soto
4 DF   ARG Tiago Ferreyra (on loan from Juventud Unida Universitario)
5 MF   ARG Facundo Gutiérrez
6 DF   URU Lucas Ferreira
7 FW   ARG Abiel Osorio
8 MF   ARG Julián López
9 FW   ARG Juan Miritello
10 MF   PAR Rodrigo Bogarín
11 FW   ARG Gastón Togni
13 DF   ARG Samuel Lucero
14 DF   ARG Ezequiel Cannavo
15 GK   ARG Ramiro García (on loan from Boca Juniors)
16 MF   ARG Aaron Molinas
17 MF   ARG Gabriel Alanís
18 DF   ARG Ignacio Galván (on loan from Racing Club)
19 FW   ARG David Barbona
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   ARG Ayrton Portillo
21 DF   ARG Santiago Ramos Mingo
22 GK   URU Cristopher Fiermarin
23 GK   ARG Enrique Bologna
24 MF   ARG Maxi González (on loan from Lanús)
25 MF   CHI César Pérez
26 DF   PAR Darío Cáceres
27 FW   ARG Luciano Herrera
28 DF   ARG Emanuel Aguilera
30 MF   ARG Kevin López (on loan from Independiente)
32 FW   ARG Matías Sosa
33 MF   ARG Nicolás Palavecino (on loan from Estudiantes de La Plata)
35 MF   ARG Benjamín Schamine
36 FW   ARG Facundo Echevarría
37 FW   ARG Matías Ramírez (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
38 DF   ARG Tobías Rubio (on loan from Racing Club)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ARG Lautaro Amadé (at Estudiantes until 31 December 2024)
— GK   ARG Marcos Ledesma (at Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) until 31 December 2024)
— DF   ARG Francisco Marco (at Boston River until 30 June 2025)
— DF   ARG Alan Morinigo (at Olimpia until 31 December 2024)
— DF   ARG Pedro Ramírez (at Deportivo Riestra until 31 December 2024)
— DF   ARG Thiago Schiavulli (at Miramar Misiones until 31 December 2024)
— DF   ARG Lucas Souto (at Huracán until 31 December 2024)
— DF   ARG Hernán Zuliani (at Deportivo Madryn until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Gabriel Altamirano (at Nueva Chicago until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Manuel Duarte (at Barracas Central until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Lautaro Escalante (at San Martín de San Juan until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ARG Rodrigo Herrera (at Barracas Central until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Valentín Larralde (at Aldosivi until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Tomás Ortiz (at Arsenal de Sarandí until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Braian Rivero (at Platense until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Franco Romero (at Independiente Rivadavia until 31 December 2024)
— MF   ARG Tomás Sives (at Brown (Adrogué) until 31 December 2024)
— FW   ARG Leandro Espejo (at Olimpo until 31 December 2024)
— FW   ARG Lautaro Fedele (at San Martín (T) until 31 December 2024)
— FW   ARG Luca Franco (at Alvarado until 31 December 2024)
— FW   ARG Thomas Oliveri (at Diagoras until 30 June 2025)
— FW   ARG Federico Versaci (at Tristán Suárez until 31 December 2024)

Managers

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Honours

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Senior titles

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Keys
  •   Record
  • (s) Shared record
Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League) 		Primera División — 2 — 2018–19, 2021
Primera B Nacional — 1 — 2013–14
Primera B 1 — 1996–97 —
Primera C 1 — 1985 —
Primera D 1 — 1982 —
National
(Cups) 		Copa Argentina — 1 —
International
(Cup) 		Copa Sudamericana 1 — 2020 —
Recopa Sudamericana 1 — 2021 —

References

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  1. ^ "Defensa". www.defensaaldia.com.ar. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  2. ^ Defensa y Justicia Archived 2022-04-28 at the Wayback Machine on Vavel
  3. ^ "Defensa y Justicia logró el ascenso y escribe su historia". Clarín (in Spanish). 2014-05-15. Archived from the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. ^ a b Leandro (2016-10-14). "¡Defensa y Justicia a la Copa Sudamericana 2017! - Infosur Diario, Estamos Cerca Informamos Mejor" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. ^ a b "Chapecoense eliminó a Defensa y Justicia de la Copa Sudamericana". La Capital. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Defensa y Justicia se quedó con la Recopa tras ganarle por penales a Palmeiras Archived 2021-11-27 at the Wayback Machine on DirecTV Sports, 15 Apr 2021
  7. ^ a b c El Nacimiento de una Pasión, Alejandro Fabbri, CI editores, Buenos Aires (2006)
  8. ^ "Se cumplen 5 años del ascenso de Defensa y Justicia". Tycsports.com. 2019-05-14. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  9. ^ "Histórico: Defensa y Justicia ascendió a Primera División". www.diariopopular.com.ar (in Spanish). 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  10. ^ Argentina 2014 Archived 2023-03-28 at the Wayback Machine on the RSSSF by Osvaldo Gorgazzi
  11. ^ "Argentina 2013/14". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-02-25.
  12. ^ Defensa y Justicia vs Junior: resumen, resultado y goles de la vuelta de cuartos Archived 2020-01-17 at the Wayback Machine on As.com
  13. ^ "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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