Founded: 1931 Number of Teams: 20 International Cups: Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana Current Champion: River Plate HistoryPrimera División is the top category of ArgentineFootball, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association. It was founded in 1931, and currently, there are 20 teams in the first division. The Argentine league is regarded as one of the strongest leagues in the football world. Teams from Argentina have won the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and the now defunct Intercontinental Cup more than any other country. Clausura 2008, the most recent tournament, was won by River Plate, who is also the most successful club in the league's history with 33 championships. The 20 teams play two single round-robin tournaments each year: the Clausura, from February to June, and the Apertura, from August to December. Thus, there are two champions each season. Unlike most European countries, Argentina has no official cup competition. The names of the tournaments, "Clausura", literally means Closing, and "Apertura", literally means Opening, reflect Northern Hemispheresports seasons. This scheme was introduced in 1990 to replace the austral season, and was at the time alien to Argentines — who live in the Southern Hemisphere and are used to sports seasons that span a single calendar year (for example 2004, as opposed to 2004/05). Since then, many South and Central American leagues adopted the format, including Uruguay, Mexico and Chile, although Uruguay is to return to austral season in 2009. Relegation is based on an averaging system. At the end of each season, the two teams with the worst three-year averages are relegated, and the best two teams in the second division are promoted. The teams placed 17th and 18th in the averages table play the "promoción", a promotion and relegation playoff, against the 4th and 3rd second division teams respectively in a two-leg format decided on points but not aggregate goals, like the format of Copa Libertadores from 1960 to 1987. Thus, the number of teams promoted each year varies between two and four. Newly-promoted teams only average the seasons since their last promotion. Argentinos Juniors Full Name: Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors Nicknames: Bichos Colorados, El semillero Founded: 1904 Ground: Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina Capacity: 24,800 Chairman: Luis Miguel Segura Head Coach: Nestor Gorosito HistoryArgentinos Juniors is an Argentinefootball club, founded in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, on August 15, 1904. The club was originally called The “Martyrs of Chicago”, a homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago. The team play in a red top with a diagonal white sash running from the right shoulder to the left waist. Over recent years they have also used a plain red top, a red top with a single vertical white stripe and a red top that gradually fades to white at the bottom. The club have used red or white shirts and socks over the years, their current first kit features white shorts and red socks. The club used a number of different colours in their early years, in 1917 they settled on red, inspired by the club's socialist beginnings.
Thank you! Since I watch "La Copa Libertadores" all the time ( Since I was about 5 up until now) I'm thinking about making another one of these with crucial information about the cup, so that people can get familiar with it. It's by far, the most intense and passionate games you will ever see. The fans go crazy to say the least(Not just clapping allowed X_X lol ), and the quality of futbol is top class! I mean, Where do you think most of the top teams get good players from? Messi, Robinho, Higuian, Kun Aguero, Santa Cruz etc. Just to name a few.
Yeah they always show the last game of the league here in the US I believe, and lets just say the fans are crazy. lol
