Colón: Once Primera División champions, now struggling in the lower leagues | OneFootball

Arsenal, Ferro, Quilmes, and Colón have climbed to the top of Argentine football, but now they are fighting to stay in the Primera Nacional.

Arsenal, Ferro, Quilmes, and Colón have tasted the sweetest honey of success in Argentine football and all have shouted champion at least once, but currently, the four wander aimlessly and, away from leading positions, they fight to stay in the Primera Nacional, second category.

The Arse, founded by brothers Hector and Julio Grondona in 1957, is second to last in Zone A with 30 points, the result of 7 victories, 9 draws, and 13 losses. However, the team coached by Darío Franco defeated Güemes at home (2-1) and San Martín in Tucumán (3-0) in their last two appearances; results with which it surpassed Alvarado, last, but did not leave the red zone of direct relegation.

The club from Sarandí ascended to the elite of local football for the first time in the 2002 season and lifted the Clausura Tournament trophy a decade later. Also in 2012, it defeated Boca in the Argentine Supercup, while it defeated San Lorenzo in the final of the Argentine Cup the following calendar. Finally, it lost the category in 2023.

On the international scene, it took over the 2007 South American Cup after defeating River in the semifinals and América de México in the final. Immediately afterwards, it won the extinct Suruga Bank against Gamba Osaka from Japan.

Ferro is also living a distressing situation. The club from Caballito is 15th out of 18 participants in Zone A, with just 31 points. Thus, the institution that was distinguished for its social services by UNESCO in 1988, which dropped to the Nacional B on June 11, 2000, and has already played more than 800 matches in the category is heading for a second campaign without playing the reduced.

The Green, led by Carlos Griguol, was the undefeated champion of the 1982 National Tournament after reaping two runners-up in 1981. A couple of seasons later, it defeated River 4-0 (aggregate score) and returned to the top of national football. However, the situation began to deteriorate rapidly, worsened in the last decade of the past century and has not yet improved.

Quilmes, which was born in 1887, was one of the fathers of football in the country and won the 1912 Championship Cup and the 1978 Metropolitan, has more air in Group A. The Brewer is tenth with 35 points, five more than Arsenal and five less than Deportivo Maipú, which is eighth and closes the entry stage to the playoffs.

However, the draw against Almagro (14th) set off alarms, as those led by Alfredo Grelak were winning 2-0, but Ciruja equalized the score with goals at 90 and 95 minutes of action. In addition, the team from the south of the suburbs, which has been stuck in the Primera Nacional since 2017, records a success in its five closest matches.

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