Argentina · Buenos Aires (La Paternal neighbourhood)
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors
El Bicho, Semillero del Mundo, Tifón de Boyacá
Argentinos Juniors is a club from the La Paternal neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, founded on 15 August 1904 and known as «el Bicho» (the Bug) and «el Semillero del Mundo» (the World's Seedbed) for its academy, which produced Diego Maradona.
See its shirts ↓Crests
The club
- Name
- Argentinos Juniors
- Full name
- Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors
- Nickname
- El Bicho, Semillero del Mundo, Tifón de Boyacá
- Founded
- August 15, 1904
- City
- Buenos Aires (La Paternal neighbourhood)
- Country
- Argentina
- Official website
- argentinosjuniors.com.ar
- Colors
- #E1251B, #FFFFFF
- Competitions
- Liga Profesional (1922–1937)
- Primera Nacional (1938–1955)
- Liga Profesional (1956–1995)
- Intercontinental Cup (1985)
- Copa Libertadores (since 1985)
- Copa Interamericana (1986)
- Supercopa Libertadores (1988–1996)
- Primera Nacional (1996)
- Liga Profesional (1997–2001)
- Primera Nacional (2002–2003)
- Liga Profesional (2004–2013)
- Copa Sudamericana (2008–2024)
- Primera Nacional (2014)
- Liga Profesional (2015–2016)
- Primera Nacional (2016)
- Liga Profesional (since 2017)
- Copa de la Liga Profesional (2020–2024)
- Copa Argentina (since 2024)
- In the archive
- 1 crest · 1 shirt
Current crest
Since 2026
Shirts
1970s
Club history
Argentinos Juniors is a club from the La Paternal neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, founded on 15 August 1904 and known as «el Bicho» (the Bug) and «el Semillero del Mundo» (the World's Seedbed) for its academy, which produced Diego Maradona. It plays in red and its home ground bears Maradona's name. It has won three Primera División titles (Metropolitano 1984, Nacional 1985 and Clausura 2010), the 1985 Copa Libertadores and the 1986 Copa Interamericana.
The full story is for premium members
## A club born from two neighbourhood teams Argentinos Juniors was founded on 15 August 1904, the day after a match between Mártires de Chicago and Sol de la Victoria: the winners invited the losers to form a single club. The first name chosen was Argentinos Unidos de Villa Crespo, but the stamp maker suggested shortening it to save cost and space, and it became Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors. Red replaced the green and white of Mártires de Chicago and is linked to the socialist ideals of the founding group and to the election of Alfredo Palacios as a member of Congress. In 1905 it…
The fans
Its supporters identify with the team's nickname, «el Bicho», and with pride in an academy that the club sums up in the motto «Semillero del Mundo» (the World's Seedbed). Maradona sits at the heart of its identity: the club presents itself as «Tierra de D10S» (Land of God) and calls its stadium «Cuna de D10S» (Cradle of God), because Diego made his debut there in 1976. Its derby is against Platense, from the neighbouring district of Saavedra: the rivalry grew in the 1970s and 1980s through relegation battles and the clash in the 1980 Nacional, and today it is played on the league's derby matchday. Platense holds a slight edge in the head-to-head record.
Matchday Postcards
No postcards here yet. Send the first one!
Sign in with your account (it is free) to send your postcard. Sign in →
Know something about this piece?
If you have a correction, a memory or a period photo, send it: all you need is a free account. Aura reviews every contribution and, if it's published, it carries your credit.