El Semillero del Mundothe World's Nursery
In Aussie and Kiwi terms
Central Coast Mariners. A small club with a production line the big clubs can't stop raiding.
- Home
- La Paternal, Buenos Aires
- Ground
- Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
- Founded
- 1904
- Colours
- Red
- Great rival
- Platense (a long-running neighbourhood rivalry)
Three things to know
- Diego Maradona made his debut here in 1976, ten days before his 16th birthday. The stadium now carries his name.
- Riquelme, Redondo, Cambiasso and Mac Allister all came through its academy.
- It won the Copa Libertadores in 1985, then took Juventus to penalties in the Intercontinental Cup.