Club Sportivo Ben Hur

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Ben Hur

Full name

Nickname(s)

Azul (Blue), Lobo del Sur (Wolf of the south),
Lobo Rafaelino (Rafaelian Wolf), La BH (The BH)

Founded

June 17, 1940

Ground

Estadio Parque Barrio Ilolay
(Capacity 12000)

Chairman

Ismael Mohamed

Manager

Ricardo Zielinski

League

Primera B Nacional

2007 Clausura

12th must play
relegation playoff





Home colours





Away colours

Club Sportivo Ben Hur are a sports and social club from Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, founded in 1940 and best known for their basketball first division team and their football (soccer) second division team.

Other amateur sports include aerobics, bowls, chess, field hockey, and swimming.

1 Basketball
2 Football
3 Notable former footballers
4 Notable former managers
5 External links

[edit] Basketball



Basketball outfit

The sport that gave the most important successes to the club, winning the 2004/05 national championship, and the Liga Sudamericana 2006. The club's in-doors stadion is the Coliseo del Sur.

[edit] Football

Football has been the main activity of the club since their foundation, in the early years they started playing in the local league of Rafaela. It was not until 1997 that Ben Hur left the regional tournaments to join the Argentine Football Association league system. The club won the Torneo Argentino A (third division) in 2004, and currently play in the second division. Their stadium is the Estadio parque Barrio Ilolay.