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
Capacity10,500[1]
ChairmanJosé Lemme
ManagerSebastián Beccacece
LeaguePrimera División
2019–206th (aggregate table)
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) and on 23 January 2021, they won the 2020 Copa Sudamericana against Argentine club, Club Atlético Lanús. Then they won the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana 4–3 on penalties which they played against Palmeiras.[3] Each side lost 2–1 at home and played a scoreless extra time period.

Players

Squad
As of 13 September 2021[4]

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 Marcos Ledesma
2 DF  ARG Adonis Frías
3 DF  ARG Marcelo Benítez
4 DF  ARG Franco Paredes (on loan from River Plate)
6 DF  ARG Nazareno Colombo
7 FW  ARG Walter Bou (on loan from Boca Juniors)
8 FW  PAR Lucas Barrios
9 FW  URU Miguel Merentiel (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
10 MF  ARG Tomás Martínez
11 FW  ARG Carlos Rotondi
13 DF  ARG Alexis Soto (on loan from Racing Club)
14 DF  ARG Nicolás Tripichio
15 DF  ARG Matías Rodríguez
16 MF  ARG Lautaro Escalante
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ARG Tomás Ortiz
19 FW  ARG Gabriel Hachen
22 GK  ARG Ezequiel Unsain (Captain)
23 MF  ARG Braian Rivero
24 DF  PAR Hugo Fernández (on loan from Olimpia Asunción)
25 DF  ARG Tomás Cardona
28 DF  ARG Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
29 FW  ARG Francisco Pizzini
30 MF  COL Raúl Loaiza
31 MF  ARG Kevin Gutiérrez (on loan from Racing Club)
32 MF  ARG Maximiliano Luayza Koot
33 FW  ARG Rodrigo Contreras
35 MF  PAR Aldo Maiz
36 GK  ARG Lautaro Amadé

Players under contract

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 Juan Miritello
— MF  ARG Matías Laba

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 Fabián Bordagaray (at Banfield until 31 December 2020)
— GK  ARG Diego Rodríguez (at Elche until 30 June 2021)
— DF  ARG Pedro Ramírez (at Estudiantes (BA) until 31 December 2021)
35 MF  ARG Valentín Larralde (at Arsenal until 31 December 2022)

Managers

Honours

National

International

References
  1. "Defensa". www.defensaaldia.com.ar.
  2. El Nacimiento de una Pasión, Alejandro Fabbri, CI editores, Buenos Aires (2006)
  3. "Análisis del Partido | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  4. "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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