The incident took place on Thursday in the city of Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres south of Buenos Aires. The cars were in the club's training ground parking lot.

Aldosivi players, who face growing risk of relegation in Argentina's top-flight division, had left their cars at the parking lot before they travelled to regional Mendoza for the match.

Aldosivi are 27th and in second-last place in the Argentinian championship with eight points after 13 rounds.

"I never experienced anything like this," Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva said at the Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, where players landed before taking their bus to Mar del Plata.

"We can't get used to things like this."

Five cars that belonged to players and coaching staffer Leandro Somoza were set ablaze, the city's fire department said.

Australian Associated Press