Boca Juniors
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Club Atlético Boca Juniors | |||
| Seat | Buenos Aires - La Boca , Argentina | |||
| founding | April 3, 1905 | |||
| Colours | Blue yellow | |||
| Members | 132,432 (February 5, 2016) | |||
| president | Jorge Ameal | |||
| Website | bocajuniors.com.ar | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Miguel Angel Russo | |||
| Venue | La Bombonera | |||
| Places | 49,000 | |||
| league | Primera División | |||
| 2019/20 | 1st place | |||
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The Club Atlético Boca Juniors (short CABJ ), known as Boca Juniors , is an Argentine sports club from the district La Boca in Buenos Aires .
He is best known for his football department . The first team is one of the most successful soccer teams in Argentina and has played in the Primera División since the founding of the modern Argentine league system . Home games are played at the Estádio Alberto J. Armando or, more popularly, La Bombonera . Boca's greatest rival is River Plate . The games between the two clubs are called Superclásicos and put the whole country in a state of emergency.
In addition to football, basketball and volleyball are professionally operated in the club . There are also departments in numerous amateur sports.
history
The club was founded on April 3, 1905 by mainly Italian immigrants from Genoa in the port of La Boca , a poor district in Buenos Aires , initially as a pure football club. They received significant support from the Irish Patrick MacCarthey. The first part of the club name is also the name of the La Boca district, where the Estadio Alberto Jacinto Armando , known as “ La Bombonera ” (German: “The box of chocolates”) still stands today. The second part (Juniors) was chosen to give the club an English feel.
In 1907 the club colors blue and yellow were determined. Before that, there should have been a playoff between Boca and city rivals River Plate for the colors red and white, as both claimed these colors for themselves. Boca lost the game and is said to have chosen today's colors because of a Swedish ship that was anchored in La Boca at the time. However, this cannot be proven with sources.
From 1923 the club was expanded to include new sports, initially boxing , balón, boccia and basketball . The dominant department, however, remained the soccer department, even if Boca is now one of the major sports powers in Argentina in basketball and volleyball.
Alberto Jacinto Armando had been long-time president of the association from 1954 to 1955 and 1960 to 1980. President and at the same time manager of the club from 1995 to 2007 the industrialist Mauricio Macri , the 2007 mayor of Buenos Aires, and from 2015 to 2019 in December President of Argentina was . He was followed by Pedro Pompilio in 2008 and Jorge Amor Ameal from 2008 to 2011. Daniel Angelici has been President since December 4, 2011.
Rivalry with River Plate
The rivalry between the Boca Juniors and River Plate can already be seen in the contrast of the districts in which the two clubs are based and which is particularly important in football, which dominates Argentine sports. La Boca is a working, emigrant and poor district of Buenos Aires , while the districts of Belgrano and Núñez , on the border of which the River Plate stadium is located, are dominated by the middle and upper classes. 40% of Argentinians are fans of the Boca Juniors, while 33% are fans of River Plate. This means that 73% of the Argentine population are supporters of one of the two capital city clubs. The following of the remaining clubs, however, is in the single-digit percentage range.
The supporters of Boca are called "Bosteros" by fans of the rival club River Plate, after the city servants who used to clean the streets of horse droppings in the district. The Boca fans themselves call themselves "Xeneizes", which means something like "residents of Genoa". This is due to the fact that mainly dock workers of Italian origin had settled in Boca. In return, the "Xeneizes" call the supporters of River Plate "Gallinas", in German "Chicken", in the figurative sense "Cowards". This, for its part, derives from River's mascot, a chicken.
Football department
successes
As an amateur team, Boca Juniors won seven championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930), the Copa Competencia Chevallier Boutell in 1919 and the Copa de Honor in 1925 .
As a professional team, Boca Juniors has won the Argentine championship a total of 34 times since 1931 (as of 2020). Also in 1969 the Copa Argentina (Argentina Cup) and the Campeonato Nacional (national championship), 1970 the Nacional , 1976 the Campeonato Metropolitano (city championship) and the Nacional , and in 1981 the Metropolitano .
The Copa Libertadores (the South American counterpart of the UEFA Champions League ) have been won six times by Boca Juniors (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007). Also three times the Copa Europea-Sudamericana (1977, 2000 and 2003). Other international titles were the Supercopa Sudamericana (1989), the Recopa Sudamericana (1990, 2005, 2006 and 2008), the Copa Master de Supercopa (1992), Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz (1993) and the Copa Sudamericana 2004 and 2005.
By winning the Copa Libertadores 2007 , the club was together with AC Milan the world record holder for victories in international competitions until December 2007 . Boca won 17 international titles. On December 16, 2007, the two clubs met in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup . Milan won and took their 18th title. Real Madrid broke the record of 18 international titles by winning the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup .
National titles
- Argentinian champions : AAF 1919, AAF 1920, AAF 1923, AAF 1924, AAF 1926M, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969 (Nacional), 1970 (Nacional), 1976 (Nacional), 1976 (Metropolitana), 1981 (Metropolitana), 1992 (Apertura), 1998 (Apertura), 1999 (Clausura), 2000 (Apertura), 2003 (Apertura), 2005 (Apertura), 2006 (Clausura), 2008 (Apertura), 2011 (Apertura), 2012 (Apertura), 2015, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20
- Copa Argentina : 1969, 2012, 2015
- Copa de Competencia Jockey Club: 1919, 1925
- Copa Dr. Carlos Ibargurs: 1919, 1923, 1924, 1940, 1944
- Copa Estímulo: 1926
- Copa de Competencia Británica George VI: 1946
International titles
- World Cup : 1977, 2000, 2003
- Copa Libertadores : 1977 , 1978 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2007
- Copa Sudamericana : 2004 , 2005
- Recopa Sudamericana : 1990, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Supercopa Sudamericana : 1989
- Copa Master de Supercopa : 1992
- Copa de Oro : 1993
The first team
Squad of the 2018/19 season
As of January 31, 2019
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Trainer and function team (selection)
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto | Head coach |
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Gustavo Barros Schelotto | Assistant coach |
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Ariel Pereyra | Assistant coach |
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Juan José Romero | Goalkeeping coach |
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Javier Valdecantos | Health and Fitness (Head) |
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Carlos Roberto Cappella | Fitness trainer |
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Carlos Hugo Cappella | Fitness trainer |
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Pablo Ortega Gallo | Team doctor |
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Rubén Araguas | Kinesiologist |
Well-known former players
Particularly noteworthy among the club's many well-known players is Diego Maradona , who played here from 1981 to 1982 and from 1995 to 1997. Boca Juniors was and is "his" football club. His farewell game took place in 2001 in La Bombonera
Before 1970
- Américo Tesorieri (1916–1927), goalkeeper
- Roberto Cherro (1926-1935)
- Francisco Varallo (1931-1939)
- Natalio Pescia (1933-1942)
- Ernesto Lazzatti (1934–1947)
- Raimundo Orsi (1936), striker
- Jaime Sarlanga (1940-1948)
- Mario Boyé (1941–1949, 1955)
- Severino Varela (1943-1945)
- Antonio Angelillo (1956–1957)
- Antonio Rattín (1956-1970)
- Paulo Valentim (1960–1964), Brazil
- José Sanfilippo (1963)
- Silvio Marzolini (1960–1972)
- Antonio Roma (1960–1972), goalkeeper
- Alfredo Rojas (1964–1968)
- Ángel Rojas (1963–1971)
- Norberto Madurga (1965–1971)
- Omar Larrosa (1967-1970)
- Rubén Suñé (1967–1972, 1976–1980)
- Julio Meléndez (1968–1972), Peru
- Ramón Ponce (1966–1974)
1970s and 1980s
- Enzo Ferrero (1971-1975)
- Rubén Suñé (1969–1972, 1976–1980)
- Alberto Tarantini (1973–1977)
- Darío Felman (1975–1978)
- Mario Zanabria (1976–1980)
- Osvaldo Potente (1971–1975, 1979–1980)
- Marcelo Trobbiani (1973–1976, 1981–1982)
- Vicente Pernía (1973–1981)
- Jorge Benítez (1973–1983)
- Roberto Mouzo (1972-1984)
- Ernesto Mastrángelo (1976-1981)
- Rubén Suñé (1976–1980)
- Ricardo Gareca (1978–1980, 1982–1984)
- Diego Armando Maradona (1981–1982, 1995–1996, 1997)
- Miguel Brindisi (1981-1982)
- Hugo Gatti (1976–1989) holds two Argentine records as a goalkeeper: 26 penalties saved and, at 44, the oldest player in the league
- Jorge Comas (1986-1989)
- José Melgar (1986–1988), Bolivia
- Claudio Marangoni (1988–1990)
1990s
- Carlos Tapia (1985-1987, 1988-1989, 1990-1991, 1992-1994)
- Juan Simón (1988-1994)
- Diego Latorre (1987-1992, 1996-1998)
- Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (1988-96), the Colombian goalkeeper set an Argentine record: 180 games in a row in the league
- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (1990–1991)
- Alberto Márcico (1992–1995)
- Sergio Martínez (1992–1997)
- Blas Giunta (1989-1993, 1995-1997)
- Cristian (Kily) González (1995–1996)
- Nelson Vivas (1994-1997)
- Rodolfo Arruabarrena (1993-1996, 1997-2000)
- Diego Cagna (1995-1998, 2003-2005)
- Claudio Paul Caniggia (1995–1996, 1997–1998)
- Juan Sebastián Verón (1996)
- Nolberto Solano (1997-1998), Peru
- Walter Adrián Samuel (1997-2000)
- Óscar Eduardo Córdoba Arce (1997-2001), Colombian goalkeeper
- Mauricio Serna (1998-2002), Colombia
- Nicolás Burdisso (1999-2004)
2000s
- Juan Román Riquelme (1996-2002, 2007, 2008-2014)
- Guillermo Barros Schelotto (1997-2007)
- Marcelo Delgado (2000-2003, 2005-2006)
- Clemente Rodríguez (2000-2004, 2007, 2010-2013)
- Naohiro Takahara (2001-2002)
- Carlos Tévez (2001-2004, 2015-2017, since 2018)
- Rolando Schiavi (2001–2005, 2011–2012)
- Iarley (2003-2004)
- Luis Amaranto Perea (2003-2004)
- Fernando Gago (2004–2006, since 2013)
- Federico Insúa (2005-2006, 2009-2010)
- Rodrigo Palacio (2005-2009)
- Jesús Dátolo (2006-2009)
Top 10 by goals
(As of December 18, 2016; all competitive game hits are given)
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| 1 |
Martin Palermo
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1997-2000, 2004-2011 |
236 |
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Roberto Cherro
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1925-1938 | 221 |
| 3 |
Francisco Varallo
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1931-1939 | 194 |
| 4th |
Domingo Tarasconi
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1922-1932 | 193 |
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Jaime Sarlanga
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1940-1948 | 128 |
| 6th |
Mario Boyé
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1941-1949, 1955 | 123 |
| 7th |
 Delfín Benítez Cáceres
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1932-1938 | 115 |
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Pio Corcuera
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1941-1948 | 98 |
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Pedro Calomino
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1911-1924 | 96 |
| 10 |
 Sergio Martínez
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1992-1997 | 86 |
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto
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1997-2007 | 86 | |
| * = still active with the Boca Juniors | |||
Trainer
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Ferenc Plattkó (1949) -
György Orth (1954)
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Fernando Riera (1971–1972) -
Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1976–1979, 1987)
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César Luis Menotti (1987, 1993-1994)
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Carlos Bianchi (1998–2001, 2003–2004, 2012–)
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Miguel Brindisi (2004)
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Alfio Basile (2005-2006, 2009-2010)
- Juan Carlos Lorenzo won five titles with the club. These included winning the Copa Libertadores twice (1977 and 1978). Bianchi won nine titles in La Boca. He won the Argentine championship four times, the Copa Libertadores three times and the World Cup twice .
Basketball department
Boca Juniors is also one of the most successful clubs in Argentina in basketball . The club was able to achieve the following successes in this sport:
- South American Champions' Cup : 2004, 2005, 2006.
- Liga Sudamericana : 1999 finalist
- Champion of Argentina: 1996, 2003
- Cup of Argentina: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
volleyball
The Boca Juniors volleyball division is also successful at the national level. The women are record champions and currently play in the highest Argentine league. The men also played a total of ten seasons in the Argentine top league between 1996 and 2015.
Among other things, the following titles were achieved (as of Feb. 2019):
- Argentine Championship (women): 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2018.
Other sports
In addition, the club is in futsal , aerobics , gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , weightlifting , judo , karate , taekwondo , wrestling and track and field running.
Fans
Boca's most famous and influential fan group La 12 has around two thousand members.
Web links
- Official website
- La Historia de Boca Juniors - Statistics since 1905
- Carnaval Toda La Vida - fansite
- BocampeonWeb - fansite
- Basketball department (spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mercado.com: Boca Juniors membership
- ^ Mathias Ehlers: The hottest derby in the world. In: 11 friends . May 8, 2009, Retrieved December 8, 2009 .
- ↑ Maradonas farewell game
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