Asociación Deportiva Atenas


Asociación Deportiva Atenas, known simply as Atenas or 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 winningest team of Argentina holding 20 titles. Club's home arena is Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, while some high attendance games are held at the Orfeo Superdomo.
Apart from basketball, other sports practised at Atenas are gymnastics, roller skating, swimming and volleyball.

History

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, Atenas was successful at the Cordobese basketball league, winning the championship consecutively between 1948 and 1957.
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 in 1997, 1998 and 2004, and the former Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes in 1993, 1994, and 1996.
Many Argentine internationals have played in Atenas, namely Fabricio Oberto, 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.

Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

Atenas has retired a total of four numbers, being the 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.

Titles

National