Colón

Rivals

Unión de Santa Fe (Santa Fe derby)

Club Atlético Colón, commonly known as Colón de Santa Fe, is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, founded on 5 May 1905 by a group of friends who were enthusiastic about football and named after Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus). The football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine league system, and the club also fields teams in basketball, volleyball, hockey, women's football, boxing, futsal and swimming. Its home ground, the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, holds 40,000 spectators and is nicknamed «El Cementerio de los Elefantes» (Elephant Graveyard). The club first gained promotion to the top flight in 1965 and played its first Primera División match against Chacarita Juniors in May 1966.

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