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Club Atletico Nueva Chicago
Nueva Chicago is an Argentine football club based out of the Mataderos barrio of Buenos Aires, which is also called Nueva Chicago.
Their home is at Estadio Nueva Chicago.
Chicago was noted during the 1980s for their raucous supporters. In a publicized episode in the early 1980s (during the "Proceso" dictatorship), many fans were jailed for short terms for singing the Peronist anthem during a game.
Its nickname, el torito ("the little bull") is an allusion to 1930s Mataderos boxer Justo Suarez, known as "el torito de Mataderos".
2007 riot
The club played in the Primera Division Argentina during the 2006-2007 season, but they were relegated to Primera B Nacional after losing their promotion/relegation playoff against Club Atletico Tigre. The second leg of the playoff was marred by violence, The Nueva Chicago manager and players assaulted the referee after he awarded a penalty to Tigre. Following this altercation the Nueva Chicago supporters rioted, causing extensive damage to the Estadio Monumental de Victoria and the death of one Tigre supporter. The result of this was that Nueva Chicago were relegated and started the new season with a 20 point deduction.
Titles
1930 (amateur) Championship
1981 Argentine Second Division
2006 Second Division Clausura
Notable players
Sergio Batista
Marcelo Elizaga
Lucio Filomeno
Christian Eduardo Gimenez
Christian Gomez
Federico Higuain
Juan Carlos Lorenzo
Nicolas Medina
Carlos Navarro Montoya
Nelson Parraguez
Dante Poli
Jonathan Santana
Hector Horacio Scotta
External links
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