Asociación Deportiva Atenas

Atenas
Nickname	Griego
Leagues	LAB
Founded	17 April 1938; 86 years ago (1938-04-17)
Arena	Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti
Location	Córdoba, Argentina
Team colors	Green, White
President	Felipe Lábaque
Head coach	Alejandro Lotterio
Championships	List 9 LNB 3 Liga Sudamericana 2 Sudamericano de Clubes 2 Copa de Campeones 1 Campeonato Panamericano 1 Super 8 1Top 4 1 Copa Argentina
Website	atenas.com.ar
Home Away

Asociación Deportiva Atenas, mostly known as Atenas de Córdoba, is a sports club based in Córdoba, Argentina. It was founded in 1938, and is mostly known for its achievements in basketball. The club is the most successful team in Argentina holding 20 titles. The club's home arena is Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti. Until 2020, Atenas hosted some high attendance games at the Orfeo Superdomo.^[1][2]

Apart from basketball, other sports practised at Atenas are rhythmic gymnastics and volleyball.^[3]

History

The 1987 roster that won the first title for the club

The club was founded on March 7, 1938, mainly by former members of the New Tennis Club.

Before the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (first Argentine nationwide professional league), Atenas was successful at the Cordobese basketball league, winning the championship consecutively between 1948 and 1957 (exception made of 1953).

Since the creation of the Liga Nacional in 1984, Atenas has become the most successful team in the league, winning the championship 9 times: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2008–09. Moreover, the Córdoba outfit has won the Liga Sudamericana (South American League) in 1997, 1998 and 2004, and the former Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (South American Clubs Championship) in 1993, 1994, and 1996.

Many Argentine internationals have played in Atenas, namely Fabricio Oberto,^[4] Walter Herrmann, Marcelo Milanesio, Héctor Campana, Patricio Prato, Gabriel Mikulas, Diego Lo Grippo, Fernando Prato, Bruno Lábaque, Leonardo Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel Locatelli, Diego Osella, Carlos Cerutti and Juan Espil, among others.

In May 2023, Atenas was relegated to La Liga Argentina, the second division of Argentine basketball, for the first time in their history. Atenas lost to San Lorenzo 73–61 in the 5th. game of promotion/relegation playoffs.^[5][6]

Players

Main category: Atenas basketball players

Current roster (2024)

Atenas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 3 Ware, Christopher 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-06-23)23 June 1989 SG 8 Zurschmitten, Nicolás 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1995-08-02)2 August 1995 SF 10 Montero, José 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1995-01-02)2 January 1995 SG 12 Lábaque, Tomás 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2005-09-12)12 September 2005 SF 13 Arn, Lucas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-04-24)24 April 1989 C 15 Prado, Gabriel 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2005-12-07)7 December 2005 PG 20 Reyes, Lucas 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-03-13)13 March 2000 SG 21 Mecías, Erick 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-06-26)26 June 2003 C 22 Maidana, Jerónimo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004 SF 24 Kozar, Mirko 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-04-21)21 April 2005 SF 32 Buemo, Carlos 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1996-02-12)12 February 1996 C 77 Oberto, Juan Cruz 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1997-01-25)25 January 1997	Head coach Gustavo Peirone Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 16 Apr 2024

Retired numbers

Atenas has retired a total of four numbers, being Marcelo Milanesio's n° 9 the first number to be retired in the history of LNB, when the club put it out of circulation in 2002.

Atenas retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Seasons with the team	No. ret.	Ref.
5		Héctor Campana	SG	1987–88, 1991–92, 1996–2000, 2002–04	2005	[7][8]
7		Bruno Lábaque	PG	1994–2003, 2006–09, 2010–17	2017	[9]
9		Marcelo Milanesio	PG	1982–2002	2002	[7]
11		Diego Osella	C	1988–1992, 1993–2001, 2003–2010	2011	[10][11][12]

Titles

National

• Liga Nacional (9): 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
• Copa de Campeones (2): 1998, 1999
• Super 8 (1): 2010–11
• Top 4 (1): 2003–04
• Copa Argentina (1): 2008

International

• Liga Sudamericana (3): 1997, 1998, 2004
• Campeonato Sudamericano (2): 1993, 1994
• Campeonato Panamericano (1): 1996

Records and facts

• Largest win: 140–81 to Independiente de Tucumán (1985-08-29)
• Worst defeat: 49–83 to Gimnasia y Esgrima LP (2004-01-06)
• The Argentine team with most national (14) and international (6) titles
• All-time topscorer: Marcelo Milanesio (10,835)
• Most games played: Marcelo Milanesio (848)

References

1. Por primera vez, Bugliotti reveló por qué cerró el Orfeo on ElDoceTV, 25 Apr 2023
2. Los herederos del Orfeo by Diego Caniglia, 15 Feb 2024
3. Disciplinas on Atenas official site
4. "El regreso más esperado", Clarín, 2 January 2013
5. Histórico: DESCENDIÓ ATENAS a la segunda división on Cronista.com, 17 May 2023
6. Atenas perdió con San Lorenzo y descendió de la Liga Nacional de básquet por primera vez en su historia at Infobae, 17 May 2023
7. Milanesio y Campana homenajeados con el retiro de las míticas "9" y "5" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Pick and Roll website, 2005-11-05
8. Atenas retira la camiseta de Héctor "Pichi" Campana, Infobae, 2005-07-12
9. Se retiró Lábaque con una derrota frente a Instituto, LNB website, 12 May 2017
10. Atenas retiró el 11 de Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, Gualeguaychú a Diario webpage
11. Atenas retirará la camiseta 11 en homenaje a Diego Osella Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, La Mañana de Cordoba website
12. Atenas retira la camiseta 11 de Osella, Día a Día Deportes

External links

• Official website