Club Atlético Talleres
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| Full name | Club Atlético Talleres |
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| Nickname(s) | La T (The T), Albiazul (Blue and white), Matador (Killer) |
| Founded | 12 October 1913 |
| Ground |
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Córdoba Province |
| Capacity | 57,000 |
| Owner | more than 35.000 partners |
| Chairman | Andrés Fassi |
| Manager | Frank Darío Kudelka |
| League | Primera División |
| 2016 | 1° (Champion) |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Atlético Talleres is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera División de Argentina. Talleres' main rival is Belgrano de Córdoba.
In field hockey, the club is affiliated to amateur Córdoba Field Hockey Federation, where its teams compete.
The club was founded in 1913 as Club Atletico Talleres de Córdoba by workers of the Córdoba Central Railway, with support from the company. In 1914 Talleres joined the Córdoba local league.
In 1969 the team played for the first time in the Argentine Primera División in the Nacional Championship. During the 1970s, the heyday of the Córdoba local league in the national scene, they participated several times in the Nacional championship, on 1976 Luis Ludueña was the championship top scorer with 12 goals, in the 1977 Nacional Championship Talleres finished in second place, losing to Independiente the finals on the away goals rule, and on 1978 José Reinaldi scored 18 goals and was the championship top scorer. Talleres contributed three players to the Argentine squad that won the 1978 FIFA World Cup, with Talleres' captain Luis Galván as a starter in the final as a center back. Miguel Oviedo and Jose Daniel Valencia were substitutes. The '78 WC team featured several other prominent players that got their start in the golden era of the Córdoba local league, such as Mario Kempes and Osvaldo Ardiles, both at Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba in the early-1970s.
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