Central Córdoba has played at the highest level of Argentine football on 2 occasions, more specifically in the 1967 and 1971
Nacional championships. In the 1967 Nacional, Central Córdoba finished 14th of 16 teams, having reached its peak with the 2–1 victory over
Boca Juniors in
La Bombonera. In 1971 Central Córdoba finished 13th out of 14 teams in group B, with their most significant achievement being a 1–1 draw to Boca Juniors, although soon later the team would be heavily defeated at the hands of
San Lorenzo by 7–1. On 8 June 2019, Central Córdoba won promotion to the
Primera División after defeating
Sarmiento in the
2018–19 promotion play-off finals. It marked their return to the top-flight for the first time in 48 years. In their first season back they finished 18th in the table. The club made the final of the
2018–19 Copa Argentina for the first time in its history. They kicked off their run while still in the Primera B, beating
Nueva Chicago 1–0, in the round of 32 they beat
All Boys by the same score, then beat
Villa Mitre to set up a quarter-final with
Estudiantes de La Plata, winning 1–0. In the semi-final they beat Lanus by the same score to set up the
final with
River Plate on 13 December 2019, losing 3–0 in
Mendoza. On 11 December 2024 they beat
Vélez Sarsfield 1–0, with a long range goal by
Matías Godoy, to win the
2024 Copa Argentina in
Santa Fe. It was the first major trophy in the history of the club, along by their first ever qualification to an international competition, the
2025 Copa Libertadores. They became the first and only team from the
Santiago del Estero Province to win these achievements. ==Players==