Full name | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba |
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Nickname(s) | La Gloria |
Founded | 8 August 1918 |
Ground | Estadio Presidente Perón, Córdoba, Argentina |
Capacity | 26,535 |
Chairman | Gastón Defagot |
Manager | Iván Delfino |
League | Primera B Nacional |
Website | Club home page |
Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba (commonly referred as Instituto or Instituto de Córdoba) is an Argentine sports club from the city Córdoba, whose professional football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.
Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, José Luis Saldaño, Hugo Curioni, Alberto Beltrán, Raúl de La Cruz Chaparro, Salvador Mastrosimone, Marcelo Bielsa, Ernesto Corti, Diego Klimowicz, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlín, Gonzalo Bergessio, Daniel "Miliki" Jiménez, Paulo Dybala, Ramón Ábila, Silvio Romero (footballer).
The basketball team currently plays at Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB), the first division of Liga Nacional de Básquetbol league system.
As many other football clubs in Argentina, Instituto was founded by railway workers. The club was initially established in 1918 as Instituto Ferrocarril Central Córdoba. With the re-organization of the administration of the club 6 years later, due to the number of members in the Alta Córdoba neighbourhood, the name was changed to the current Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba.