Boxing team

Argentinos Juniors

Club · Argentina · Liga Profesional Argentina

«El Bicho / Los Bichitos Colorados»

290 Matches

124 wins

81 draws

85 losses

351–272 Goals

+79 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form L D W D D L

Diego Maradona played his first senior minutes here in October 1976 and stayed until 1981. The club has built its reputation on that habit ever since: a production line rather than a trophy cabinet, having also sent Juan Román Riquelme and Esteban Cambiasso into the professional game. The nickname that sticks — El Semillero del Mundo, the world's seedbed — describes the business model more than any single medal.

Argentinos Juniors formed on 15 August 1904 in Villa Crespo, moving later to La Paternal, the Buenos Aires neighbourhood it has never left. The ground there now carries Maradona's name — Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, 22,063 capacity — a decision that closed the loop on a player who came through the youth system before anyone outside La Paternal had heard of him.

The peak years came close together: two league titles in 1984 and 1985, then the Copa Libertadores in 1985, the closest the club has come to South America's elite. A third league title followed in the 2010 Clausura. None of those repeated, and the honours list since has run through the second division instead — promotions in 1997 and 2017 among them, the kind of results a club takes when the bigger prizes aren't on offer that year.

The red shirt gives the team its everyday tag, Los Bichitos Colorados, red bugs, plainer than the seedbed nickname but the one heard around the ground on matchdays. Argentinos now play in the Liga Profesional Argentina and in the Copa Libertadores, with River Plate, Racing Club and Boca-adjacent fixtures like the Rosario Central and Gimnasia La Plata matches supplying the games that matter most on the calendar.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

20 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Rosario Central A	0:1	L
13 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Gimnasia La Plata H	1:1	D
7 Sep	Liga Profesional Argentina	Barracas Central A	0:0	D
30 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Aldosivi H	2:1	W
25 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	Lanús A	1:1	D
16 Aug	Liga Profesional Argentina	River Plate A	0:2	L

Standing

Liga Profesional Argentina

Group stage · Apertura - Group B

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Independ. Rivadavia	16	10	4	2	29:15	34
2	River Plate	16	9	2	5	22:12	29
3	Argentinos Juniors	16	8	5	3	17:13	29
4	Rosario Central	16	8	4	4	20:16	28
5	Belgrano Cordoba	16	7	5	4	17:13	26

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 290

290 Matches

124 wins

81 draws

85 losses

351–272 Goals

+79 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 290

124 81 85

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	290	148	142
Scored	351	212	139
Conceded	272	111	161
Scored per game	1.2	1.4	1.0
Conceded per game	0.9	0.8	1.1
Difference	+79	+101	−22

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Brayan Josué Cortés Fernández Goalkeeper 31 Matches

Nicolás Adrián Oroz Midfielder 31 Matches

K. Coronel Defender 31 Matches

D. Porsel Forward 30 Matches

Claudio Bravo Defender 30 Matches

Francisco Fabián Álvarez Defender 29 Matches

Sebastián Nahuel Prieto Defender 29 Matches

Facundo Yainikoski Forward 29 Matches

Squad of Argentinos Juniors

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
25	Brayan Josué Cortés Fernández	Goalkeeper	31	31
11	Nicolás Adrián Oroz	Midfielder	32	31
22	K. Coronel	Defender	22	31
7	D. Porsel	Forward	21	30
26	Claudio Bravo	Defender	29	30
16	Francisco Fabián Álvarez	Defender	26	29
20	Sebastián Nahuel Prieto	Defender	33	29
48	Facundo Yainikoski	Forward	18	29
10	Alan Hernán Lescano	Midfielder	24	27
12	Gonzalo Siri Payer	Goalkeeper		26
27	Tomás Martín Molina	Forward	31	26
8	Hernán Darío López Muñoz	Forward	26	26
4	Érik Fernando Godoy	Defender		25
29	Emiliano Viveros	Forward	23	25
7	Iván Andrés Morales Bravo	Forward	27	24
8	Lucas Gomez	Midfielder	22	23
24	Federico Fattori Mouzo	Midfielder		21
17	Franco Ezequiel Paredes	Defender		20
6	Román Daniel Riquelme	Defender		20
10	César Gabriel Florentín	Midfielder	27	18
7	Lautaro Darío Giaccone	Midfielder		18
18	Leandro Miguel Fernández	Forward	35	17
22	Leandro Lozano	Defender	27	16
32	Gino Infantino	Midfielder		15
33	Enzo Nicolás Pérez	Midfielder		14
5	Facundo Carrizo	Defender	19	13
9	Gastón Nicolás Verón	Midfielder	25	11
19	Matías Daniel Giménez Rojas	Forward	27	10
15	Kevin Facundo Gutiérrez	Midfielder	29	10
34	Ryoga Kizu	Forward		10
6	Franco Vázquez	Defender	21	8
35	Alan Alcaraz	Forward	17	8
2	Tobias Ramirez	Defender		8
30	Alan Núñez	Defender		6
37	Tiago Gomes	Defender	20	5
50	Diego Matías Rodríguez	Goalkeeper	37	5
13	Santino Giannini	Defender	18	5
36	Gaston Bouyer	Forward		2
23	M. Mendoza	Defender		1
18	Federico Mancuello	Midfielder		1