Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires.
The squad currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the football league system.
History
The club was founded on 1 May 1906, in an anarchist Library on the boundary between the Villa Crespo and Chacarita neighbourhoods. After a short period of institutional crisis, the club was re-opened in 1919.The football squad promoted to Primera División in 1924, and continued playing at the top level after football became professional in 1931.
In 1940 Chacarita was relegated to the second division, but it lasted only one season. The team then moved to the General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires, next to the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
In 1956 Chacarita was relegated to the second division again, and won that championship the following year returning to Primera División. After 10 consecutive years at the top level, Chacarita won its only first division title, the 1969 Metropolitano championship.
In the following years the team performed badly and was relegated all the way down to the 3rd division in 1980. In 1984 Chacarita came back to the first division, but because of hooliganism by some of its fans, the club was punished with a suspension for a month and a loss of 10 points; having missing those points, Chacarita could not avoid a new relegation to the second division.
After a long tenure in lower divisions, Chacarita came back to the top division in 1999, where the team remained until 2004 Torneo Clausura, when it was relegated to the Primera B Nacional.
In the 2008–09 season the club finished 2nd, after a 1–0 victory against Platense, with a goal scored in the last seconds of the match. This victory secured Chacarita a return to Primera División after five years of being relegated.
At the end of 2011–12 season, Chacarita finished 20th and therefore the Funebreros had to play two matches against Nueva Chicago to avoid being relegated to the lower division. Nueva Chicago won the series and Chacarita was subsequently relegated.
Kit evolution
Used during the 1931 championship as a tribute to club's first jersey.Nickname
The team got the nickname of Funebreros because its ground was near the La Chacarita Cemetery. The red color in its jersey is a reference to its socialist origins.Rivalries
Chacarita's main rivals are Atlanta and Nueva Chicago. The rivalry with Atlanta is called.Supporters
Chacarita are also known for their fanbase, which has been considered one of the most violent in Argentina; their fanbase have received sanctions on several occasions for violent acts.Stadium
Chacarita's stadium was reopened on 30 January 2011, after its closure for a total rebuild since May 2008. As part of the celebration for the reopening, the club organized a friendly match between Chacarita and Argentinos Juniors. For this special event only 13,260 seats were available. Once the remodelling is totally finished, the stadium will be able to host an attendance of 35,000.The new stadium was erected in the same location where the old one was, in the Villa Maipú neighborhood, General San Martín Partido. The last game played by Chacarita before the remodelling had been on 21 October 2005, during a match for the Primera B Nacional championship. The rival was Tigre and El Funebrero won 3–0.
Managers
- Ernesto Duchini
- Alfio Basile
- Carlos Cavagnaro
- Héctor Rivoira
- Reinaldo Merlo
- Osvaldo Sosa
- Néstor Craviotto
- Nestor Clausen
- Héctor Rivoira,
- Dalcio Giovagnoli
- Ricardo Zielinski
- Fernando Gamboa
- Mauro Navas
- Felipe De la Riva
- Carlos Navarro Montoya
- Carlos Fabián Leeb
Presidents
- Maximino Lema: 1906-1920
- Alfonso Colángelo: 1921-1922
- José Manuel Lema: 1923-1924
- Virgilio Uriburu: 1925-1926
- Tiburcio Padilla: 1927-1933
- Eugenio Bressán: 1934-1935
- Enrique Garrido: 1936-1939
- Tiburcio Padilla: 1940-1941
- Jesús Pravía: 1942-1943
- Ernesto Mantero: 1944-1945
- Miguel de las Heras: 1946-1951
- E. O. Cadario: 1951-1954
- Casimiro López: 1955-1956
- David Francheschi: 1956
- Ángel Colombo: 1957
- Carlos Lema: 1957-1958
- Julio López: 1959-1964
- Pedro M. Belloni: 1965-1966
- Enrique Nader: 1967-1970
- Antonio Gómez: 1971-1972
- Luis Donato: 1973-1974
- Salvador Zucotti: 1974-1980
- Mario Espósito: 1981-1984
- Roberto Gómez Fernández: 1985-1987
- José García: 1987-1988
- Carlos Cerrutti: 1988-1993
- Luis Barrionuevo: 1993-2005
- Horacio Fernández: 2005-2009
- Vicente Celio: 2009-2012
- Osvaldo Lobato: 2012
- Héctor López: 2012-2016
- Daniel Vita: 2016
- Horacio Fernández: 2016-2021
- Néstor Di Pierro: 2021-