Argentinos Juniors
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| Full name | Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors |
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| Nickname(s) |
El Bicho (The Bug) El Semillero del Mundo (World's Seedbed) El Tifón de Boyacá (Boyacá's Typhoon) |
| Founded | 15 August 1904 |
| Ground |
Diego A. Maradona, La Paternal, Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 25,500 |
| Chairman | Cristian Malaspina |
| Manager | Gabriel Heinze |
| League | Primera División |
| 2016 | 14° of Zona 2 (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine centennial sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985. The most remarkable sign of this team is the power of its youth teams, which unveiled some of the most talented footballers in Argentinian football history, with Diego Maradona as the greatest example of all.
The club was founded in the Villa Crespo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires on 14 August 1904. Originally called the "Martyrs of Chicago", in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago, the team joined the "Fútbol de competencia" league playing its first game against Club La Prensa, which it lost by a catastrophic scoreline of 12–1. After several moves in its first few years, the club settled in Villa Urquiza.
In 1909 Argentinos gained affiliation with the Argentine Football Association, but in 1912 the club was involved in the first schism in Argentine football when Argentinos joined the breakaway "Federación Argentina de Fútbol" (FAF). In 1920 Argentinos played a promotion playoff with El Porvenir but it lost 3–2 on aggregate. In 1921 the team secured promotion to the Primera, making its debut in the 1922 season, where Argentinos finished 6th.
The club endured a terrible season in 1925, but they followed it up in 1926 with a 2nd-place finish behind champions Boca Juniors.
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