Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays at Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.
Nevertheless, Argentinos hosts many other activities such as basketball, boxing, team handball, field hockey, roller skating, swimming, martial arts, tennis and volleyball.
The club was founded in the V...
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Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays at Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.
Nevertheless, Argentinos hosts many other activities such as basketball, boxing, team handball, field hockey, roller skating, swimming, martial arts, tennis and volleyball.
The club was founded in the Villa Crespo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires on August 14, 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 they were involved in the...
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