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
ManagerHernán Crespo
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)

Players

Current squad
As of 5 October 2020.[3]

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 Agustín Sienra
5 MF  ARG Nelson Acevedo (on loan from Unión Santa Fe)
6 DF  ARG Nahuel Gallardo (on loan from River Plate)
7 MF  ARG Nicolás González
8 MF  ARG Jonathan Farías
9 FW  URU Miguel Merentiel (on loan from Godoy Cruz)
10 MF  ARG Tomás Ortiz
11 MF  URU Washington Camacho
13 MF  ARG Rodrigo Herrera
14 DF  ARG Pedro Ramírez
15 FW  ARG Nicolás Leguizamón (on loan from Colón)
17 GK  ARG Nicolás Avellaneda
18 DF  ARG Rafael Delgado (on loan from Colón)
19 DF  ARG Nicolás Tripichio
20 FW  ARG Walter Bou
21 DF  ARG David Martínez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  ARG Ezequiel Unsain (Captain)
23 FW  ARG Eugenio Isnaldo
24 DF  COL Mauricio Duarte
25 DF  ARG Néstor Breitenbruch
26 FW  ARG Juan Cruz Villagra
27 FW  ARG Enzo Coacci
28 DF  ARG Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
29 FW  ARG Francisco Pizzini (on loan from Independiente)
30 MF  COL Raúl Loaiza
31 FW  ARG Braian Romero (on loan from Independiente)
32 FW  ARG Ciro Rius
33 DF  ARG Franco Paredes (on loan from River Plate)
34 MF  ARG Enzo Fernández (on loan from River Plate)
35 FW  ARG Gabriel Hachen
37 DF  ARG Emanuel Brítez
38 MF  ARG Maximiliano Luayza Koot
39 MF  ARG Lautaro Escalante
40 FW  ARG Facundo Echevarría
— MF  ARG Valentín Larralde
For recent transfers, see List of Argentine football transfers winter 2018–19.

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)

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. "Defensa y Justicia squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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