History

Formed in 1904, the club was originally called the ‘Martyrs of Chicago’ in homage to 8 anarchists who were either imprisoned or hanged following the Haymarket Riot in 1886. Shortly after, Argentinos Juniors made the move to the neighbourhood of La Paternal and are recognisable as the club that exists today.
Argentinos Juniors are renowned for their famed youth academy or ‘El Semillero’, most notably as it gave birth of Argentina’s most famous footballer/person, Diego Maradona. Maradona made his debut in 1976 at the age of 15, a league record, broken years later by Sergio Aguero. His rise to prominence was meteoric and despite not winning any titles with Argentinos his sale to Boca Juniors in 1981 funded the side that would go on to have so much success.
In 1984, Argentinos won the championship on the final day of the season and a year later they claimed the biggest prize in South American football when they defeated America de Cali of Colombia in the Final of the Copa Libertadores. This was undoubtedly the pinnacle of the club’s long history and shortly after Argentinos went into decline.
Relegation followed and then a return to the top flight but relegation remained a threat. In 2010, survival was the target but Argentinos rolled back the years and won their first title in 25 years with a win on the final day against Huracan.

Founded – 1904
Stadium – Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
Capacity – 24,800
Address – Gavilán 2151, Buenos Aires
Manager – Ricardo Caruso Lombardi

Honours – Primera Division (1984, 1985, 2010)
Copa Libertadores (1985)
Copa Interamericana (1985)

Current Squad

1	ARG	GK	Luis Ojeda
2	ARG	DF	Miguel Torrén
3	ARG	DF	Matías Martínez
4	ARG	DF	Pablo Barzola
5	ARG	MF	Gaspar Iñíguez
6	ARG	DF	Aníbal Matellán
7	ARG	MF	Alejandro Capurro
8	ARG	MF	Pablo Hernández
9	ARG	FW	Leandro Barrera
10	ARG	FW	Leonel Núñez
11	ARG	FW	Leandro Caruso
12	ARG	GK	Sebastián Giovini
13	ARG	DF	Diego Placente
15	ARG	DF	Ariel Garcé
16	ARG	DF	Julio Barraza

17	ARG	FW	Daniel Villalva
18	ARG	MF	Santiago Nagüel
19	ARG	FW	Marcos Figueroa
20	ARG	GK	Nereo Fernández
21	ARG	DF	Nicolás Batista
22	PER	FW	José Carlos Férnandez
23	ARG	DF	Nicolás Freire
24	ARG	MF	Juan Edgardo Ramírez
25	ARG	MF	Sebastián Navarro
26	ARG	MF	Fabio Vázquez
27	ARG	DF	Franco Flores
28	ARG	GK	Matías Rossi
29	ECU	FW	Juan Luis Anangonó
30	ARG	DF	Lucas Rodríguez
31	ARG	DF	Federico Pistone