The club was founded on 1 May 1906, in an anarchist Library on the boundary between the
Villa Crespo and
Chacarita neighbourhoods. After a short period of institutional crisis, the club was re-opened in 1919. title 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
General San Martín Partido in
Greater Buenos Aires, next to the autonomous city of
Buenos Aires. champions 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
Metropolitano championship. 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
hooliganism 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
Primera C), Chacarita came back to the top division in 1999, where the team remained until 2004 Torneo Clausura, when it was relegated to the
Primera B Nacional. 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
Primera B Metropolitana'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==