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	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.^[1]

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Atlético Patronato.

• Official website
• Locos por Patronato
• Patronato Digital