of Argentina football. (in small tournaments) 9 (1962) Worst defeats: In national championships: 0–8 to Huracán in First Division 1968. In international tournaments: 0–4 to IA Sud América (at the Copa Conmebol 1995) Participation in international competitions: Copa Conmebol (3): 1992 (being a Semi-finalist), 1995 and 1998. Copa Sudamericana (4): 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2017. Copa Libertadores (2): 2003 and 2007. Players In its 133-year history, the team has had more than 800 players play for their first team. From its low divisions they have arisen a great quantity of football players of national and international renown, as being Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Mariano Messera, Lucas Lobos, Roberto "Pampa" Sosa, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Sebastián Romero, Lucas Licht, Hernán Cristante and Leandro Cufré, among others. Current squad . Out on loan Individual records Most appearances Top scorers Managers As there are no records for the 1891–1930 period, since 1931 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata has had a total of 63 managers (coaches). The first one was Emérico Hirschl, a Hungarian who trained the team between 1932 and 1934. He was also the first non-Argentine coach in the history of Argentine football. Several prominent coaches for the team have been Nito Veiga (who led the team to promotion in 1984), Roberto Perfumo (who win the Copa Centenario de la AFA with the team), Carlos Griguol (who coached Gimnasia for ten years) and former footballer Pedro Troglio José Ripullone (1929–1930) Rafael Lafuente (1931) Emérico Hirschl (1932–1934) Manuel Álvarez (1935) Máximo Garay (1937) Roberto Scarone (1948–51) Adolfo Pedernera (1955) Carlos Aldabe (1960–61) Enrique Fernández Viola (1962) Adolfo Pedernera (1962) Enrique Fernández Viola (1966), (1967) Juan Carlos Murúa (1968–69) José Varacka (1968–71) Juan Carlos Murúa (1971) José Varacka (1973–74), (1978–79) José Ramos Delgado (1989–90) Alberto Fanesi (1990–91) Roberto Perfumo (1993–94) Gregorio Pérez (1 Jan 1999 – 30 June 2000) Carlos Griguol (2000–01) Carlos Ramacciotti (1 Jan 2002 – 31 December 2003) Carlos Griguol (2003–04) Mario Gómez (2004) Carlos Ischia (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005) Pedro Troglio (2005–07) Francisco Maturana (1 April 2007 – 25 August 2007) Julio César Falcioni (1 July 2007 – 31 December 2007) Guillermo Sanguinetti (31 Dec 2007–29 Sep 2008) Leonardo Madelón (30 Sep 2008–2 Dec 2009) Pablo Fernández (interim) (1 Dec 2009 – 16 December 2009) Diego Cocca (1 Jan 2010–30 Sep 2010) Pablo Morant (30 Sep 2010–31 Dec 2010) Ángel Cappa (1 Jan 2011 – 28 April 2011)