el porq de los apodos de los equipos argentinos....

[CHILENOOO]

aburridisimo....
I don't know about you, a mi me gustaron mas las explicaciones que di yo....

eso de que bostero es "papa de river"
y las gallinas nacieron en boca.

Ahhh...y el clasico....Arsenal es el equipo que representa a las Islas Malvinas....

[biosoccer]

Originally posted by CHILENOOO
Arsenal es el equipo que representa a las Islas Malvinas....

Esa explicación fue espectacular!!!

[efernandez9]

este esta bueno!

Una Joyita que me encontre

pero me quede sin saber por que los Millonarios y lo de gayinas?

O bosteros vs Xenienses, donde esta la relacion?


alquien sabe donde esta el post que trae un mapa con todos los equipos de argentina, la grafica esta buena para explicar unas preguantas recientes.

[mejulian]

What about "Pincha Rata" or "Leprosos"?

[efernandez9]

lo de pincha nunca lo entendi, lo de rata menos!

Un pincho en bogota colomabia, es carnita en vara de la que venden a la entrada de los estadios. Seran relacionados?

[AtNacional]

No.

[Flor y Agus]

Hola encontramos el sitio y a pesar de que los posts son algo antiguos queriamos agregar que Estudiantes de La Plata es apodado Pincha Rata en alusión a los jugadores que eran justamente estudiantes de Medicina y "pinchaban" ratas... también está la leyenda de que en la era de Bilardo pinchaban a los jugadores del equipo contrario para ganar, obviamente es bolazo

[elciclon]

a san lorenzo le dicen cuervo por que el fundador que era santo lorenzo siempre estaba vestido de negro y parecia a un cuervo. y el termino matador se sigue usando en la cancha mas que nada cuando hay que poner huevo. tambien le dicen el gasometro por que la vieja chancha estaba arriba a cerca de unos caños de gas.

[efernandez9]

rod: here is some info on that question

[elciclon]

What about "Pincha Rata" or "Leprosos"?
there called pincha rata because the people that started the club were students of biology or something like that and they did test on rats. (i believe)
leproso they got after they wanted to play a friendly to raise money for the cause and central refused so they got stuck with the name leproso.

[Illrod3]

Fernandez: thanks, I'll move my comments to this thread since it was already in existence. Any way they can be morph into one?

Banfield: El Taladro (from soydebanfield.com)
Aprovechando que el club Estudiantil Porteño (que jugaba en Segunda División) se había desafiliado de la AFA, Florencio Sola presidente del equipo evitó que Banfield actuara en Tercera División. Para afrontar el campeonato de 1939 obtuvo el préstamo de muchos jugadores que eran suplentes en Primera y armó un equipo de gran calidad que se consagró campeón obteniendo el derecho a jugar en la división mayor.
En 1940 Florencio Sola renovó totalmente al equipo. Con jugadores como Rafael Sanz, Eduardo Silvera, Juan Bautista Busuzzo, Alfredo De Terán, Armando Farro y otros, Banfield hizo una sorprendente campaña y atípica para clubes recién ascendidos, por lo que el diario "El Pampero" bautizó al equipo con el nombre de "El Taladro", apodo que pasó a la historia como el seudónimo oficial de la institución.
En 1941 Banfield fue sancionado con la quita de 16 puntos al comprobarse un intento de soborno, pero luego de una campaña heroica, el Taladro se salvó del descenso en la última fecha, derrotando y condenando a Rosario Central a jugar en Segunda División.

rough translation:

In 1939, the club was broke and about to drop to the third division in Argentina football, when Florencio Sola, the president at the time and for whom their stadium is named after, pick up all their players from Estudial Porteno (who had dropped from AFA). That team did not only keep Banfield in Segunda but won the oportunity to play in Primera next year. That next year the Sola contracted players such as Rafael Sanz, Eduardo Silvera, Juan Bautista Busuzzo, Alfredo De Terán, and Armando Farro. The team had a great campaign which was uncommon for teams who had recently move up a division so the newspaper "El Pampero" nickednamed the team El Taladro, which stucked until today. The following year 1941, the team was sanctioned with the loss of 16 points for fraud. :D However, the team had a great season and saved themselves from dropping to second division by beating Rosario Central and sending them to Segunda instead.

But according to my dad, hincha del taladro, the nickname came in 1974 after Banfield beat Puerto Commercial 13-1, for obvious reasons, in what is to this day the biggest goleada in the history of Argentinian football.

[Illrod3]

Boca: Xeneixes as previously mentioned comes from the Genovean immigrants in La Boca.

Bosteros: As I understand it, back in the day there were less cars and horses were used so there was a lot of bosta (horse feces) in the streets, bosteros are feces picker uppers. :D Also La Boca floods a lot and the flood would leave feces all over the place, so you could always find bosteros in La Boca which smells to this day.

Lanus: El Granate, for the color of their shirts, Granate (a maroon like color), the colors where pick because a lot of their fans came from Spain and identified themselves with the city of Pontevedra whose team also had granate shirts.

[chaski]

']A Gimnasia le dicen El Lobo porque juegan en "El Bosque" de La Plata....creo.Whatever happened to CaCTuS?

[Fuerza Real]

*Newell's Old Boys desafiaron a Rosario Central jugar en un amistoso para colectar dinero para una escuela/hospital de Leprosia. Central no pudo en esa fecha, entonces nego jugar.

*A los de Cental los Newell's llamaron 'Canallas', como decir algo como 'perro sucio' (dirty dog), un insulto de Inglaterra. Los de Central entonces empezaron a llamar los de Newell's 'Leprosos'.

*Al principio, los dos apodos eran muy ofensivos a los respectivos equipos, pero al pasar el tiempo, ambos conviertieron los apodos para ser nombres positivos que las hinchas adoptaron como titulos.

*Hoy dia, los apodos que los Canallas de Central usan para insultar a los de Newell's son 'Pinguinos' y 'Pechos frios'.

English:Newell's Old Boy's of Rosario once challenged Rosario Central to a match to benefit a local leprosy school/hospital. Central couldn't on that date, so they declined.

Newell's began calling Cental "Canallas", the equivalent of the British insult 'dirty dogs'. Central, in turn, began calling Newell's 'Leprosos' or Lepers.

At first, these nicknames were highly offensive to the respective teams, but with time, they were converted into positive nicknames and adopted by the fans as proud titles.

Today, Canallas of Rosario Central use the following nicknames to insult Newell's Old Boys: 'Pinguinos', Penguins, and 'Pechos Frios', cold chests.

[Syd Barret]

Racing Club: La Academia, First and of course only team, to have win 7 titles in a row in Argentinian Football, this however was during the amateaur soccer of the country, but that's where they get the nickname.

[Illrod3]

Racing Club: La Academia, First and of course only team, to have win 7 titles in a row in Argentinian Football, this however was during the amateaur soccer of the country, but that's where they get the nickname.

Also Racing used to be called Alumni during the amateur age.

Colon de Santa Fe: "Sabaleros" because their stadium was build close to the Rio Salado and a lot of the fans were fishermen who fished Sabalos a fish the size of a tuna but like the salmon comes inland to breed.

[elciclon]

Also Racing used to be called Alumni during the amateur age.

Colon de Santa Fe: "Sabaleros" because their stadium was build close to the Rio Salado and a lot of the fans were fishermen who fished Sabalos a fish the size of a tuna but like the salmon comes inland to breed.
i think that the best thing with colon is their stadium name which is the cementary of elephants, which of coourse means that they're were known for beating all the big teams at home. of course thats changed now although its still a tough team to play in santa fe.

[Illrod3]

Almagro: “El Tricolor”, for the colors of their shirts, Blue, Black and White. Their choice was quite controversial at the time since the colors would stain and disfigure the patern so they had to buy new shirts every year, something clubs could not afford to do at the time, that’s why many teams picked simple paterns with solid colors to be able to use the same shirts season after season. The team is also known for their political involvement as it was a secure place for Radicales in the 1920s-30s.

Independiente: “El Rojo” (the red) for their shirts. “Los Diablos Rojos” (the red devils) a name that was given to them by their media in 1926 for their diabolical attacking line composed of Canaveri, Lalín, Ravaschino, Seoane and Orsi. The name was used again in 198 when they also had a great front line with Maril, De la Mata, Erico, Sastre and Zorrilla.

Union: When the club was formed, they had their center in a commercial area of the city and they had attracted some well-to-do fans so opposing fans called them “tatengues” which at the team was an insulting name meaning “rich little kids” much like a “yuppie”. Today’s fans used the name with pride and honor.

[Illrod3]

San Lorenzo is the team with the most apodos. They are called "Cuervos" (crows) because they are were founded by Lorenzo Massa, a priest who always wore black (priest gear) for that same reason they are also know as "Santos" (Saints). "El Ciclon" (the tornado? hurricane?) was given to them by the media after winning the first professional championship in 1927. They were also called "Los Gauchos de Boedo" (Gauchos of Boedo) after winning the 1933 championship with various players from the interior of Argentina mainly Santa Fe. They were called "Carasucias" (dirty faces) for the play of Narciso Doval, Fernando Areán, Héctor Veira, Victorio Casa y Roberto Telch and "Los Matadores" (the killers) for the play of Albrecht, Cocco, Rendo, Telch, Fischer, Veglio y Elba de Paula in 1968.

[Illrod3]

Huracan: “El Globo”, the name comes for a hot air ballon which was used by Jorge Newbery (a famous personality at the time who later becomes the first Honorary President of the club) to cross 3 countries. The ballon’s name was also Huracan and the ballon was used then as it’s logo with Newbery’s approval. Interestly, Huracan climbs up from third division all the way to first, winning all of those 3 division in its first 3 years in a row, much like the actual balloon that crossed 3 countries in a row. :)
Los "quemeros" comes from their stadium Tomas Duco which was close to a municipal incerator. In the early days of the stadium the smoke of the incerator would block the view for the fans during certain games.