Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine

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club headquartered in

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, while the stadium is located in

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. The squad currently plays in

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, the second division of the

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History

The club was founded on 1 May 1906, in an anarchist Library on the boundary between the

and Chacarita neighbourhoods. After a short period of institutional crisis, the club was re-opened in 1919. Chacarita 1924ch

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

, next to the autonomous city of

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

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. 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

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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 (including the

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), Chacarita came back to the top division in 1999, where the team remained until 2004 Torneo Clausura, when it was relegated to the

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. 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 (winner of

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's Torneo Reducido) to avoid being relegated to the lower division. Nueva Chicago won the series (1–0 and 1–1) and Chacarita was subsequently relegated.

Kit evolution

⁽¹⁾ Used during the 1931 championship as a tribute to club's first jersey.

Nickname

The team got the nickname of ''Funebreros'' ("Undertakers") because its ground was near the

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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 (which consisted in replacing the old wood seats for the more modern cement structures, according to safety regulations) since May 2008. As part of the celebration for the reopening, the club organized a friendly match between Chacarita and

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(which ended 0–0). 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.Chacarita anuncia inauguración del nuevo estadio
The new stadium was erected in the same location where the old one was, in the

neighborhood,

. The last game played by Chacarita before the remodelling had been on 21 October 2005, during a match for the

championship. The rival was Tigre (which has a strong rivalry with Chacarita) and ''El Funebrero'' won 3–0.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

Managers

* Ernesto Duchini (1939–43) *

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(1975–76) * Carlos Cavagnaro (1988) *

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(1997–00) *

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(1998–99) *

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(2000–02) *

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(2003) *

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(2004–05) *

(2005–07), (2011) * Dalcio Giovagnoli (2008) * Ricardo Zielinski (2008–09) *

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(2009–10) * Mauro Navas (2010) * Felipe De la Riva (2011–12) *

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(2013) * Carlos Fabián Leeb (2013–14)

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-

Honours

National

* Primera División (1): 1969 Metropolitano *

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(3): 1941, 1959, 1993–94 * División Intermedia (1): 1924

References

External links

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