Club Atlético Patronato

The Club Atlético Patronato de la Juventud Católica (commonly called Patronato or Patronato de Paraná, lit. 'Patronage of Parana') is an Argentine football club based in Paraná, Entre Ríos. The squad will compete in the second-tier Primera Nacional, following their relegation from the Argentine Primera División in 2022.

Patronato

Full name	Club Atlético Patronato de la Juventud Católica
Nickname(s)	El Patrón (The boss) El Negro (The black) Rojinegro (Red and black)
Founded	1 February 1914 (1914-02-01)
Ground	Estadio Presbítero Bartolomé Grella Paraná, Entre Ríos Province
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Miguel Ángel Hollman
Manager	Facundo Sava
League	Primera Nacional
2023	Zone A, 14th
Website	https://capatronato.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club debuted in Primera División in 1978, playing the Nacional championship. In December 2015, Patronato achieved its second promotion to Primera after defeating Santamarina de Tandil by penalty shoot-out. Patronato was relegated to the Primera Nacional in 2022, despite winning the 2021-22 Copa Argentina and qualifying for the Copa Libertadores group stage that same year.

On April 5, 2023, Patronato made their debut in the Copa Libertadores, losing by a scoreline of 2-1 against Atlético Nacional. A little less than a month later, on May 4, 2023, Patronato won their first ever Libertadores match, winning comfortably at home against Melgar 4-1. They ended their Libertadores campaign with 2 wins and 4 losses, but finished 3rd in their group, qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana play-off round, where they lost to Botafogo by 3-1 on aggregate.

Rivalries

The clubs with which it has a classic sporting rivalry are the Club Atlético Paraná, from the same city, with which they make up the "Paraná derby" and the Club Gimnasia y Esgrima from the city of Concepción del Uruguay, with which they make up the "Entre Ríos derby".

Players

Current squad

As of 12 September 2022.

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	Franco Rivasseau
2	DF	ARG	Carlos Quintana (loan from Argentinos)
4	DF	ARG	Lautaro Geminiani
5	DF	ARG	Leonel Mosevich (loan from Arg. Juniors)
6	MF	ARG	Tiago Banega (loan from Racing Club)
7	FW	ARG	Nicolás Castro
8	FW	ARG	Jonás Acevedo (loan from Huracán)
9	FW	ARG	Jonathan Herrera (loan from Johor DT)
10	MF	ARG	Jorge Valdez Chamorro
11	FW	ARG	Matías Pardo (loan from Sol de América)
13	DF	ARG	Sergio Ojeda
14	MF	ARG	Brian Nievas
15	MF	ARG	Fabio Vázquez
16	MF	ARG	Juan Barinaga
17	DF	ARG	Francisco Álvarez (loan from Talleres)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ARG	José Barreto
19	FW	ARG	Marcelo Estigarribia
20	GK	ARG	Facundo Altamirano (loan from Banfield)
21	MF	ARG	Sebastián Medina (loan from Guillermo Brown)
22	DF	ARG	Raúl Lozano (loan from Quilmes)
26	DF	ARG	Martín Aruga
27	DF	ARG	Juan Guasone
28	DF	ARG	Facundo Cobos
29	FW	ARG	Axel Rodríguez (loan from Olimpo)
30	DF	ARG	Lucas Kruspzky
32	MF	ARG	Franco Leys
34	GK	ARG	Matías Mansilla (loan from Deportivo Morón)
40	FW	ARG	Justo Giani (loan from Newell's)
77	FW	COL	Emerson Batalla (loan from América)
89	FW	ARG	Alexander Sosa

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ARG	Lautaro Comas (at Guaireña until 31 December 2022)

Honours

National

League

• Torneo Argentino A
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
• Torneo Argentino B
  • Winners (1): 2007–08

National cups

• Copa Argentina
  • Winners (1): 2021–22

Regional

• Liga Paranaense de Fútbol
  • Winners (32): 1942, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1989, Ap. 1990, Cl. 1991, Ap. 1992, Cl. 1992, Cl. 1993, Ap. 1994, Cl. 1994, Ap. 1995, Ap. 1998, Cl. 2000, Ap. 2002, Ap. 2007, Cl. 2007, Copa 2023, Superfinal 2023

External links

• Official website
• Locos por Patronato
• Patronato Digital