Argentinos Juniors
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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 in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985. The most remarkable sign of this team is the power of its youth teams, which unveiled some of the most talented footballers in Argentine football history, with Diego Maradona as the greatest example of all. As a result, it has been described as "one of Argentina's most distinctive football clubs".
Team of Argentinos Juniors in 1907
The team that won the Primera B championship in 1940.
The Argentinos Juniors team that in 1955 won the championship promoting to Primera División.
The team that won its first (and only to date) Copa Libertadores in 1985
Football in Argentina
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Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players and is the most popular recreational sport, played from childhood into old age. The percentage of Argentines that declare allegiance to an Argentine football club is about 90%.
The Estadio Ciudad de La Plata during a Primera División match in 2014
The first football match played in Argentina, as covered by The Standard, June 1867
Team of Southern Railway Athletic Club, with Alexander Watson Hutton as one of its players, 1888
Team of Alumni (in white shirt) before playing English club Southampton in Buenos Aires, 26 June 1904. Southampton was the first foreign club to tour Argentina, then followed by several British teams