Club: Estudiantes
Formed: 1905
Stadium: Jorge Juis Hirschi Stadium (capacity 23,000)
Nickname(s): The Rat Stabbers, The Lions
Chairman: Rueben Filipas
Manager: Alex Sabella
Famous players include: Manuel Pelegrina, Juan Ramon Veron.
Did you know? 1906 was the year the club opted to play in red and white stripes. They have won the FIFA Club World Cup once. Juan Sebastian Veron wears the number 11 shirt, to emulate his father Juan Ramon Veron. Manuel Pelegrina scored a whopping 234 goals for Estudiantes between 1938 and 1956 - a club record. Estudiantes' local rivals are Gimnasia.; the derby between the two is called the Clasico Platense.
Players who are noted to have made the trip:
Agustin Silva
Elian Parrino
Leonardo Delgado
Leonardo Jara
Hector Morales
Marcos Francescoli
Diego Auzgui
Ramon Fernandez
Javier Favarel
Hector Cardozo
Cesar Taborda
Dylan Gissi
Guido Carrillo
Raul Iberbia
Mauricio Carrasco
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