Club Atlético Nueva Chicago
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| Full name | Club Atlético Nueva Chicago |
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| Nickname(s) | Torito, Verdinegro |
| Founded | 1 July 1911 |
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Estadio Nueva Chicago Mataderos, Buenos Aires |
| Capacity | 28,500 |
| Chairman | Sergio Ramos |
| Manager | Rene Kloker |
| League | Primera B Nacional |
| 2016 | 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
Nueva Chicago is an Argentine sports club based in Mataderos, a neighborhood in the west side of Buenos Aires, formerly called "Nueva Chicago". Club's nickname, El Torito (The Little Bull) is an allusion to 1930s legendary boxer Justo Suárez, known as El Torito de Mataderos (The Little Bull of Mataderos).
The club is mostly known for its football team, that currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Other sports practised at the club are basketball, boxing, field hockey, futsal, handball, roller skating and volleyball.
On July 1, 1911, a group of young people from 15 to 30 years old, met in a public park, more specifically on the wooden bridge located in the corner of Tellier and Francisco Bilbao Streets, to form a football team. The name chosen was "Los Unidos de Nueva Chicago", naming Pedro San Martín as President, along with Felipe Maglio as Vice-President. The club's activities started on an empty lot located behind a slaughterhouse.
There were many proposals to define the team colors. Some wished to adopt the colors from Alumni, red and white; others suggested to use Racing Club colors, light blue and white. During their discussion, a truck loaded with bundles which had green and black colors went pass the Campana (today Crovara) Avenue. Those colors were immediately adopted as club colors.
The club executives worked intensively in getting a field where to play. Alejandro Morh, a Mercado de Hacienda manager, donated the land where the first field was established. But it lasted a short time due to the flood waters that cross under the field. Nueva Chicago was given a land on Tellier and Francisco Bilbao Avenues. The team played there from 1912 to 1920.
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