Ferro Carril Oeste (basketball)

Ferro Carril Oeste
Nickname	Ferro, Verdolaga
Leagues	LNB
Founded	1941 (basketball)
Location	Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team colors
President	Daniel Pandolfi
Head coach	José Franzi
Website	ferrobasquet
Uniforms
Home Away

Club Ferro Carril Oeste Basquet, or Ferro Basquet, is a professional basketball team based in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a part of the multi-sports Club Ferro Carril Oeste.

History

In 1968, Ferro was promoted to the first division of the Buenos Aires Basketball Association. In the 1970s, Ferro developed a strong rivalry with Obras Sanitarias. Ferro became the first Argentine team to win the South American Club Championship, when they won it in 1981. They also won the South American Club Championship in 1982 and 1987, and finished 2nd at the same tournament in 1986.

When the top Argentine League began in 1985, Ferro's main rival became Atenas de Córdoba. Ferro won the Argentine League championship in 1985 and 1986, finished 2nd in 1987, and also won it 1989. They also competed at the Club World Cup in 1981, 1986, and 1987, and they were that competition's runner-up in 1986.

At the end of 2003-04 season, Ferro was relegated to the Argentine second division, the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA). The team played there until 2015, when Ferro returned to LNB after Ciclista Juninense was relegated to TNA.^[1][2]

Players

Current roster

Ferro Carril Oeste roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 1 Clemente, Ramon 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – 11 November 1985 PF 34 Lampropoulos, Fotios 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – 11 September 1983 SF 5 Portillo, Leandro 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – 7 October 1985 PG 7 Maldonado, Jonathan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – 21 April 1990 C 9 Amicucci, Cristian 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – 16 July 1985 PG 11 Mayer, Nicolás 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – 15 April 1996 PF 12 Delfino, Lucio 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – 27 February 1997 C 14 Jerez, Facundo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – 26 September 1995 PG 19 Tantos, Luciano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) SG 32 Rasio, Lisandro 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – 30 December 1990 SF 44 Cuello, Martín 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – 12 March 1993	Head coach José Franzi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2016-04-25

Notable players

Ferro in 1985, after winning the LNB title.

• Miguel Cortijo (1976–92)
• Rory White (1991–92)
• Gabriel Fernández (1995–96)
• Luis Scola (1995–98)
• Martín Leiva (1997–2001)
• Diego Lo Grippo (1998–2001)
• Federico Kammerichs (1998–2001)
• Luis Oroño
• Sebastián Uranga ^[3][4]
• Javier Maretto
• Diego Maggi
• Daniel Aréjula
• Horacio López
• Erron Maxey (2001)

Notable coaches

• León Najnudel (1976–82, 1989–90, 1996)

Titles

Domestic

• Torneo Metropolitano (1): 1980
• Torneo Oficial de la Federación de Buenos Aires (3): 1980, 1982, 1983
• Torneo de Apertura de la Federación de Buenos Aires (3): 1980, 1981, 1982
• Campeonato Argentino de Clubes (1): 1981
• Liga Nacional de Básquet (3): 1985, 1986, 1989

International

• Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (3): 1981, 1982, 1987

References

1. "Ferro vuelve a la Liga luego de 11 años", LNB website, 22 Jul 2015
2. "Ferro jugará la LNB" on Ferro official web, 30 Jul 2015
3. "Uranga será homenajeado en Ferro", El Diario, 30 Ago 2013
4. "Uranga, el caudillo entrerriano", Diario Uno, 11 Ago 2013

External links

• Official website
• Club page at LNB website