Boca Juniors Athletic Club

The Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports entity, based in the neighborhood of La Boca, Buenos Aires. It was founded on April 3, 1905 by six teenage neighbors, children of Italians. Men's soccer is its most prominent discipline, although it also competes at a professional level, nationally and internationally, in basketball, volleyball, futsal, women's soccer, and handball, while sports such as boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, rhythmic gymnastics, and artistic gymnastics are They practice at an amateur level. He currently plays in the Argentine Professional Soccer League.

Boca Juniors has participated in the Argentine First Division since 1913 and, from the 2013 Initial Tournament, became the only club that played every season in the First Division since the beginning of professionalism in 1931. Furthermore, it is the team with the largest number of games played. As of June 8, 2015, Boca Juniors broke the record for the longest uninterrupted stay in the First Division, with 37,312 days. The team plays its home games at the Alberto J. Armando stadium, known worldwide as "La Bombonera"; The Argentine soccer team has also played locally there on numerous occasions, where it maintains a historic undefeated record in official matches.

At the local level, the club has won 35 First Division league championships and 16 national cups (Argentine record), including four editions of the Copa Argentina (top winner of the competition: 1969, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2019-20) and the two editions of the Professional League Cup (top winner of the contest: 2020, 2022). It also has an honorary title from the amateur era: the Copa de Honor, obtained in 1925; a recognition from the AFA for his successful tour of Europe that year.

At an international level, it is the third club with the most official titles in the world (22), among which it has 18 at the confederation and interconfederation level (FIFA and Conmebol) and 4 Rio de la Plata cups (AFA-AUF); and it is the club with the most official international titles in all of America. Likewise, he is the maximum champion of the Intercontinental Cup (3) worldwide, along with Peñarol, Nacional, Milan and Real Madrid. In addition, it is the club in America with the most international confederate cup finals with 28 (3rd in the world, behind Real Madrid's 41 and Milan's 33). It is even the record club for Copa Libertadores finals de América: 11, and it is also the second club with the highest number of Libertadores won with six, behind Independiente, which has seven.

Adding national and international tournaments, it is the most successful club with the most titles in the history of Argentine soccer: 73 official titles, which makes it the club with the most champions in the country. In turn, it is one of the most successful teams in professionalism, and also in amateurism, only surpassed by the extinct Alumni and Racing Club. It is even the only club in the country to have achieved at least one title per decade and one of the two Argentine teams (along with Racing) that was undefeated champion the most times: 5 (in 1919, 1924, 1926, 1998 and 2011). At the same time, it was the second Argentine club (behind Racing) to win four official titles in a single year, by proclaiming itself champion of the First Division of Argentina, of the Dr. Carlos Ibarguren Cup, of the Cup Jockey Club Competition and the Cup Tie Competition, all in 1919 (precisely, these were the first four championships obtained in the club's history).

His greatest sporting achievements were obtained in the years 1977, 2000 and 2003 when he became champion of the Intercontinental Cup by defeating the representatives of the European Champions Cup: Borussia Mönchengladbach from Germany, Real Madrid from Spain and Milan from Italy respectively. Thanks to these conquests, it is part of the select group of the only 30 teams in the world that have won the highest soccer club championship worldwide, among more than 300,000 clubs recognized by FIFA.

It is considered one of the so-called five greats of Argentine soccer, since the AFA ordered the implementation of the so-called "proportional vote" in 1937, which consisted of giving greater decision-making power to those clubs with the largest number of members, greater seniority and greater number of titles. It is also the only one of the big five that has never been relegated from the First Division, and the only one that never came last, nor played a promotion to maintain the category.

Together with River Plate, he stars in the so-called Superclásico of Argentine soccer (in which he dominates the history of confrontations), an event that according to the English newspaper The Observer is in first place among the 50 sporting spectacles that must be seen before you die, while also British The Sun describes it as the "most intense sporting experience in the world". Also, according to a survey carried out in 2006, it is the The most popular club in Argentina (40.4%) and one of the ones with the most supporters in the world. For this reason, its fans call themselves "La Mitad Más Uno". the sports institution with the most members in Argentina (and in all of America) with more than 300,000 members in 2023, and the second with the most in the world, only behind the European club Bayern Munich.

Boca Juniors has received some awards for its soccer performance. The IFFHS distinguished it in its historical Classification of the Club World Ranking as the best club in South America of the 21st century. It was designated by FIFA as the twelfth Best Club of the Century, in December 2000, ranking the same place as Liverpool of England, Inter of Italy or Benfica of Portugal, Likewise, it was chosen "the most legendary club in the history of America" according to the prestigious German magazine Kicker, which placed it in eighth position worldwide, being the only institution of the continent within the list of the ten best. In addition, it is considered by the English magazine FourFourTwo as "the most emblematic football club in the world".

History

The history of Club Atlético Boca Juniors dates back to 1905, with football being the essence of the club from the beginning and, although the institution's growth later promoted the development of other activities such as bocce ball or basketball, that remained as the sports discipline on which the entity is based and the one that earned it its recognition at a national and international level.

Boca Juniors, with 72 titles, is the team with the most official titles in the history of Argentine soccer (data updated to August 2022). Internationally, it is the third institution with the most cups in the world at the federative and interconfederative level (18) and the first in the American continent, tying with Independiente of Argentina.

At the local level, it has 35 first division championships (29 in the professional era and 6 in the amateur era) and also with 15 national cups, once again being the winningest team in history.

Among its main historical players are Diego Armando Maradona, Juan Román Riquelme, Roberto Cherro, Martín Palermo, Hugo Orlando Gatti, Ángel Clemente Rojas, Mario Boyé, Miguel Ángel Brindisi, Silvio Marzolini, Alberto Tarantini, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Sebastián Battaglia, Carlos Tevez, among others. Among its main technical directors are Alfio Basile, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Carlos Bianchi, Carlos Salvador Bilardo, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ernesto Lazzatti, Mario Fortunato, Alfredo Garasini, Óscar Washington Tabárez, Miguel Ángel Russo, Julio César Falcioni, among others.

According to the tradition of the sympathizers of this club, the official colors of the Atlético Club Boca Juniors were chosen in a game of chance among the founders, in which the colors of the flag of the first boat that they see to the port of La Boca were to be chosen. Consequently, the colors were attributed to a Swedish flagship.

First photo of the Boca Juniors team, when it was just founded in 1906, after winning the Reformist Cup. The club used its first stable shirt: white background with vertical stripes (it is not confirmed if they were blue or black). In the photo are, from left to right: (Up) Juan Brichetto —Lineman and 2 times President of Boca—, José Farenga, Pedro Moltedo, Alejandro Penney, Marcelino Vergara and Santiago Basigaluppi. (Medium) Germán Grande, Arturo Penney and Juan Prieno. (Down) Juan Farenga, Juan De Los Santos and Luis Cerezo. Guillermo Ryan is missing.

Symbols

Shield

1922-1955	1955	1960-1970	1970-1996	1996-2007	2007-2009	2009-presente

Boca Juniors Shield at his stadium.

Throughout history, the club had 6 shields. The first one was released in 1922 and was used until 1955. It had a white background with the initials "CABJ" (Club Atlético Boca Juniors) in yellow and a yellow horizontal stripe in the middle that changed the colors of the letters from yellow to blue.

Then, for the 50th anniversary celebration, it becomes navy blue with the yellow stripe in the middle and the initials in black. Some strands of laurels were added on both sides.

In the 1960s the laurels disappeared. Added black outline and changed "CABJ" by the words "Boca Juniors". In the 1970s the 1955 model was copied (but without laurels). The color outline was maintained, the four initials returned and the stars appeared, representing the 30 titles that the club had obtained up to that moment.

Subsequently, in the second semester of 1996, there was another modification, which was in charge of the Shakespear design studio. The yellow stripe was removed and the acronym CABJ was established in the "College" typeface, which was adapted as the club's institutional font.

One of the last changes was made by the sports company Nike for its 2007-2008 kit, in which they returned to the shield the yellow stripe, inspired by the one the club wore in the 60s and 70s. They also withdrew all the stars inside arguing that space was no longer enough^{[citation needed]} and only three stars were placed at the top referring to to the Intercontinental Cups that the club has won so far. After that modification and until today, the 1996 shield has been used again. Since 2012, it contains 52 stars, in honor of the number of official titles that the Assembly of Club Representatives has decided to include in the design. On the occasion of the assembly of representatives dated March 5, 2021, the incorporation of stars 69 and 70 to the current shield was approved.[1]

• In March 2021, the coat of arms of Boca Juniors was distinguished by the prestigious English magazine FourFourTwo as "the best in Argentina and South America", reaching also the 18th place worldwide. This was determined on the basis of a classification list prepared by the team of experts that make up the journal.

Anthem

The official march of Boca Juniors is the club's anthem and was created in 1926. Its ideologue was Victoriano Caffarena, a fan of the club who was accompanying the tour of Europe in 1925. He himself entrusted him with the composition of the music to the composer Ítalo Goyeche. The music was played for the first time in Caffarena's house. One of his sisters was in charge of playing the piano.

The last ingredient of this march was the lyrics of the song, whose authorship was attributed to the writer and journalist Jesús Fernández Blanco. The debut of the official march of Boca Juniors took place in the port of Buenos Aires in July 1928, at the time of the arrival in the country of the Argentine soccer team, which had just won the silver medal at the Amsterdam Olympic Games.. Four of the players who participated in the event were loaned out by Boca Juniors: Ludovico Bidoglio, Segundo Médici, Roberto Cherro and Domingo Tarasconi.

Clothing

Pictures of some Boca Juniors T-shirts

Home uniform

• 1905: A white shirt with vertical stripes of black fabric was used. It lasted some games.
• 1905-1906: It was chosen to use the full celestial color. However, the following year they played a match against Nottingham of Almagro, which used a similar one that in that meeting the continuity of the t-shirt was put into play. The team lost.
• 1906: They used a white shirt with very fine blue strips, with the English style of the time.

The first jersis used by the team in the 1900s.

• 1907: He used for the first time in history the blue and yellow shirt, but his yellow strip was diagonal.
• 1912: The horizontal yellow strip was definitely adopted.

Classic design used in all Boca Juniors headline uniforms since 1912.

• 1981: Four small stars were added to the top left with the club acronyms: CABJ and three yellow stripes were placed on the top of the sleeves, due to the sporting brand provided by the indumentary.
• 1983: It was added for the first time advertising to the house, of the brand Vinos Maravilla.
• 1996: There was a polemic change: between blue and yellow, two white lines were added; one below and one above the strip.
• 1998: The white strips were removed and the yellow strip became 33 cm wider.
• 2000: The yellow strip returned to its original measures and the blue was shown in a clearer tone.
• 2001: A dark blue strip was added to the sides that went from the sleeves to where it ends.
• 2003: The yellow addition of the back was removed and a semi-transparent blue fabric was used.
• 2005: A symbol of this first century of life was adopted on the occasion of the centennial of the club, within the yellow strip: X blue and yellow.
• 2006: The t-shirt returned to its traditional design, with the dark blue and the horizontal yellow strip that runs the entire t-shirt.
• 2010: A shirt similar to that used in 2000 was adopted: traditional yellow band and light blue. The yellow strip covered only the front of the shirt.
• 2011: The yellow strip appeared again on the back, although it did not cover the entire shirt. The bottom half of the shirt sleeves was yellow.
• 2012: The t-shirt again adopted the dark blue color, and the yellow strip would cover the whole of the t-shirt.
• 2013: The t-shirt is cleared of blue, the strip continued to travel all the shirt, the cuffs were yellow with a small blue line on the bottom and the neck was also yellow.
• 2014: The T-shirt was again like the one in 2012, with a dark blue, no cuffs or another color neck. The difference is that the round neck is abotonable.

Away jerseys were historically yellow with the blue stripe and white with the yellow stripe. The current one is white with a yellow horizontal stripe that runs through the entire shirt, with blue lines above and below; blue cuffs interrupted by a thin yellow line and a blue crew neck with a yellow inner trim.

• Footy Headlines, The Football Attic, True Colors Football and Design Football, websites specializing in football t-shirts, made a worldwide relay to choose the 50 best in history and thus establish a ranking. Boca Juniors of 1981 was distinguished as the best in America, occupying the 12th place worldwide.

First uniform

(See evolution)

Current uniform

Current uniform

Field players			Archer			Training
Owner	Alternative	Third	Owner	Alternative	Third	Owner	Alternative

Clothing and sponsorship

Indumentary Period Supplier 1979-1993 Adidas 1993-1996 Olan 1996 Topper 1996–2019 Nike 2020– Adidas	Main sponsor Period Sponsor 1983-1984 Wines Maravilla 1984 Dekalb 1985-1989 Fate 1989-1992 Fiat / Sevel 1992-1995 Parmalat 1996–2002 Quilmes 2002–2004 Pepsi 2005-2009 Megatone 2009-2011 LG 2012–2018 BBVA / BBVA 2018–2022 Qatar Airways
Secondary sponsor (mangas) Period Sponsor 2004–2006 Goodyear 2007-2009 Unicef 2009–2014 Total 2014–2016 Citroën 2016–2018 Huawei 2018–2020 AXION energy	Tertiary Sponsor Period Sponsor 2015–2016 Exo (short) 2016–2020 Uruguay River Insurance (dorsal) 2018–2019 Axe (short) 2020–2021 Garbarino (palda)

Infrastructure

Stadium

Panoramic view of the Alberto J. Armando stadium, known as The Bombonera.

Brandsen Stadium and Boca Juniors Cruise, with wooden pods. Located in Brandsen and Del Crucero in La Boca, the same would be demolished to build La Bombonera in the same place.

Since its foundation, the club made a pilgrimage to different playing fields, almost all of them located in the La Boca neighborhood. The exception occurred in 1914, the year in which a property was obtained in the town of Wilde. The move was stubbornly resisted by supporters, to the point that 1,300 of Boca's 1,600 members decided to stop paying their monthly fee, lowering their popularity. It was immediately decided to return to La Boca, completed in 1916. The field located on Ministro Brin street (Ministro Brin y Senguel Stadium) was used until 1924, the year in which the Brandsen Stadium and Del Crucero de tablas were inaugurated in Brandsen and Del Crucero (currently Del Valle Iberlucea), used until 1937, the year in which the construction of La Bombonera began to be considered. This stadium hosted the 1925 South American Championship, the 1937 South American Championship and the 1946 South American Championship (currently known as the Copa América). During the construction of the current stadium, the team played at the Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri stadium, owned by Club Ferro Carril Oeste.

On May 25, 1940, La Bombonera was officially inaugurated. Many years later, Alberto J. Armando promised to inaugurate a fabulous new stadium in the Ciudad Deportiva de Boca Juniors on May 25, 1975, destined to host the 1978 Soccer World Cup. it was barely started, paralyzed and abandoned, due to a great economic crisis that affected Argentina in general and the club in particular.

Interior view of the stadium of Boca Juniors, in the Barrio de La Boca, Buenos Aires.

In 1996, Mauricio Macri remodeled the stadium, demolishing the old boxes that overlooked Del Valle Iberlucea street, replacing them with a small grandstand. The new boxes were built on it, this time made of a metal structure. This redevelopment raised the stadium's capacity to 57,395 spectators.

Due to a FIFA regulation, since 2007 all spectators must have a seat, which significantly reduced the capacity of the stadium. Due to this, alternatives such as a possible move or an expansion were evaluated.

• He was distinguished as “the best football stadium in the world” by the prestigious English magazine FourFourTwo. Overcoming other world-renowned stadiums such as Camp Nou (FC Barcelona), Wembley, Aztec Stadium, San Siro (AC Milan and FC Internazionale), Maracaná, Signal Iduna Park (Borussia Dortmund), Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid), Old Trafford (Manchester United) and Allianz Arena (Bayern de Múnich), among others.

• The U.S. website Bleacher Report placed it on the 47th place, among the 52 sports stadiums in the world, to be visited before death. Described as "a unique stadium, of which it is said to beat like a heart, by the influence of the stands during the parties. Bullying in its maximum expression". It should be mentioned that it was the only Argentine stadium within the rankingand one of the only two in South America (the other was the Maracana of Brazil).

• According to a report from the English newspaper The Times in 2009, it is the best stadium in America and the 7th in the world.

• It is the sixth stadium with the greatest capacity of Argentine football.

• It was used as a venue for Argentina's football selection during the decades of 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 90, and in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2020.

• In addition, the Argentine team has never lost an official match (disputed 16) making it local in La Bombonera. It was the seat of the South American of 1925 in which Argentina crowned champion. In addition, here were the two elimination matches for the 1970 World Cup, and despite not losing any, the selection did not qualify the World Cup.

• In this stadium four finals of the Intercontinental Cup and eleven finals of the Copa Libertadores de América (record).

• It has the highest average assistance of Argentine football, with 42 000 spectators.

• There was played the Superclassic of the Americas 2012, disputed between the selections of Argentina and Brazil, on 21 November of that year, with the victory of the locals for 2 to 1, although the visitors triumphed in the performance for criminals.

Image of the entrance of the Boca Juniors complex.

Pedro Pompilio Complex

The Pedro Pompilio Complex is used by the club to train its youth players. The women's section of Boca Juniors also plays its matches there. It is called Pedro Pompilio in honor of the 31st president of the club (from December 4, 2007 until his death, on October 30, 2008). The complex is currently the second best-known and oldest facility in Boca and has:

• 2 pitches, one natural lawn and 1 artificial grass (shopped by FIFA in its highest category).
• Complete wardrobes.
• Medical department.
• Utility.

"La Bombonerita"

In 1996, with Mauricio Macri as president, Boca inaugurated the Estadio Luis Conde stadium (better known as "La Bombonerita"), this is the headquarters of the Boca basketball team and also the Boca volleyball team. It has a capacity for 1,500 people and is located at 600 Arzobispo Espinosa street.

Benito Quinquela Martín Sports Center

In 1999, the Benito Quinquela Martín Sports Center was inaugurated in honor of the painter. Here, Boca offers different disciplines such as volleyball, basketball, futsal, judo, karate, among others. It is located at 550 Arzobispo Espinosa street, just seven blocks from La Bombonera.

Museum

Crowns of titles that Boca Juniors won are in the museum, including obtaining the Copa Libertadores 2003 and the Copa Libertadores 2001.

The Museum of the Boquense Passion was inaugurated on April 3, 2001. It is located within the facilities of the Boca Juniors stadium. This museum is among the three most visited in the city of Buenos Aires.

It is the first football-themed museum in Argentina. It has computers and various technological devices, as well as offering the most advanced exhibition techniques, stage and lighting tricks, audiovisual shows and various special effects, it can be compared with European Football Museums, such as those of FC Barcelona, Ajax and Manchester United.

The route of the same covers the origins, the championships and titles, the shirts, the neighborhood context, the players and idols, the showcases, precious objects, merchandising, souvenirs, etc. Everything that Boca Juniors has achieved in its 115-year history, which has led it to become the most champion club in Argentina, and one of the most winning clubs in the world.

Boca Predio Ezeiza

In April 2017, the Boca property was inaugurated. Initially it would bear the name Mauricio Macri in honor of the former president of the club who served from 1995 to 2008, but he did not accept that decision. The property is mainly made for footballers from the lower divisions of Boca Juniors to train and live, it has more of 60 hectares and 3000 m² covered in which it houses 11 professional soccer fields, swimming pools, gyms, cafeterias, hotels and medical centers for these. It is located on Camino Real Presbítero González and Aragón streets, in Ezeiza.

Rivalries

The Superclassic

This is the match between the two biggest and most popular soccer teams in the country: Boca Juniors and River Plate. It is the most important classic in Argentina and one of the most important in the world, hence the name Superclásico. This rivalry began at the beginning of the XX century, when these clubs shared the neighborhood of La Boca. According to various historians, the first match between the two was played in 1908 and was won by Boca Juniors 2-1. Likewise, it is convenient to leave the information door ajar and not rule out the appearance of some other classic prior to that of 1908. History usually gives these kinds of surprises. The first official match was played on August 24, 1913, and in it, River Plate won 2-1 against Club Atlético Boca Juniors.

This particular match has survived numerous chapters that remained in the history of Argentine sports, both positive and negative. It is internationally recognized as an exciting and unforgettable show. The editor of World Soccer Magazine was chosen for soccer, describing this match as "unsurpassed by any other in the world for its passion and intensity". In the article he comments that he has had the opportunity to see it at the Xeneize stadium (La Bombonera) and it is something that has no comparison with any other classic in the world. Likewise, in Spain the importance given to it is such that, taking advantage of the absence of local football, the classic on October 8, 2006 (finalized with a score of 3-1 in favor of River Plate) was broadcast live and on direct through "Radio Marca", one of the most important sports radios in that country.

In August 2020, the official FIFA Twitter account conducted a poll asking "Who has the most passionate fans?" (in Spanish, "who has the most passionate fans?") between Boca Juniors and River Plate. With a total of 154,104 votes worldwide, the survey ended with a clear victory in the percentages in favor of Boca (58.8%) against River (41.2%).

Another condiment that is somewhat curious has to do with the strange event of consecrating himself champion and taking the popular Olympic lap in the terrain of the classic rival. And in that sense, both Boca and River have had their special episodes. In the particular case of Boca, the xeneize team has the particularity of having given 6 laps in the two grounds that River historically had: 1 in the Alvear and Tagle Stadium and 5 in the Monumental Stadium. Of these laps, two were against River (1931 at Alvear y Tagle and Nacional del '69 at Monumental), while of the rest, one was officiating at the Monumental (1944 against Racing Club) and the others three, after having chosen that court as "neutral ground" (Nacional del '70 against Rosario Central; Metropolitano del '76 against Unión de Santa Fe and again in the same Metropolitano del '76, on the following date, against Quilmes).

• The first confrontation of which records have occurred on 2 August 1908 in the court that the Xeneizes had in the South Sea of the port of La Boca. It is only known that the locals won 2-1, because the chronicles of the time gave no greater importance to that game than the "mad inlands" had introduced into the country through the port of Buenos Aires.

• They fought in three finals. In the 1976 National Championship at the Racing Club stadium, Boca Juniors won for 1 to 0, with a historic free shooting goal by Rubén José Suñé. By the Supercopa Argentina 2017, River beat Boca for 2 to 0 in the city of Mendoza. In the last antecedent, in the finals of the Copa Libertadores 2018, River won a global result of 5 to 3.

• They fought in seven international tournaments in the form of direct elimination: Supercopa Southamericana 1994, Copa Libertadores 2000, Copa Libertadores 2004, Copa Sudamericana 2014, Copa Libertadores 2015, Copa Libertadores 2018 and Copa Libertadores 2019. Boca Juniors eliminated River on three occasions: in the South American Supercopa 1994 and in the Freedoms of 2000 and 2004. River eliminated Boca on four occasions: in South America 2014, Libertadores 2015, at the Copa Libertadores 2018 Final, and in the semi-finals of the Libertadores 2019. In the Libertadores 2015 Boca Juniors was disqualified from the competition losing in the global, due to a failed security protocol, in which the players of the river Plate entity were attacked with pepper spray by the xeneize tribune. In total they faced 32 times by international competitions, Boca won 11, River won 10 and tied 11 times.

In the one-on-one calls, Boca won 7 times, River 13 times.

• The greatest score in the history of superclassics was awarded by Boca Juniors on December 23, 1928, when she scored for 6-0 River Plate. The match was suspended at 38 minutes of the second time, at the request of River players to the referendum.

• Throughout the story, Boca Juniors won almost all the official titles before River Plate: The Xeneize was champion of his first amateur tournament in 1919; River won it in 1920. The first professional tournament of Argentine football was won by Boca in 1931; River got it the following year. Boca was the first champion of the Argentine Cup in 1969; River won it in 2016. The same applies to the Supercopa Master Cup and the Nicolás Leoz Gold Cup, won by Boca in 1992 and 1993; while River was never able to win them. Boca Juniors raised his first Copa Libertadores de América in 1977; and River won it in 1986. Boca won its first Intercontinental Cup in 1978; River Plate just in 1986. Boca Juniors was a champion of the South American Super Cup in 1989; for his part, River got it in 1997. The first South American Cup won by Boca was in 2004; River won it in 2014. Boca also won his first South American Recoup in 1990; and River won it in 2015.

• On January 31, 2015, in a friendly match in the province of Mendoza, Boca Juniors gave River Plate a historic score of 5 to 0. This is the highest score in the history of superclassics in professionalism.

Statistical history of superclassics

To make this absolute history table, all the official and friendly matches recognized by AFA and Conmebol are taken into account, plus all the data collected from amateurism. When a match is defined by penalties, the final result of the 90 minutes (or 120 if there was overtime) of play is awarded, regardless of the final winner, and the goals converted in the definition are not added to the table of goals. Boca Juniors dominates the record, and surpasses River Plate by 11 games.

Updated as of March 20, 2022.

(*) The goals of the 1931 classic are not taken into account, a match that ended in a 1-1 suspension and which was finally won by Boca although the score was not specified; None of the 2 goals scored in the match were later added to AFA's balance sheets.

(**) The classic second leg of the 2015 Copa Libertadores round of 16, a match that was suspended at halftime when it was 0-0, is computed as a tie, since the article was applied 22 of the Conmebol regulations. River advanced to the next phase having won 1-0 in the first leg.

The other classics

The clashes between the so-called big clubs are called «classical». All matches played between these teams are classic. With the passage of time, some of these have become more relevant due to factors such as the origin of both teams, their geographical location, disputes over the number of international titles, rivalry between fans or because many times these matches defined championships, among other things. After the Superclásico, the other Boca Juniors classics are against Independiente, Racing and San Lorenzo (which complete the big 5). Next, the confrontations against the other three greats of Argentine soccer are detailed.

• All official and friendly parties (local and international):

Updated as of February 26, 2022.

Leaders

Presidents

2019-2023 Board of Directors

The current authorities are:

• President: Jorge Ameal

• Vice-President 1.°: Juan Román Riquelme

• Vice-President 2.
• Secretary General: Ricardo Rosica
• Assistant Secretary General: Alejandro Veiga
• Treasurer: Carlos Montero
• Protesorero: Nahuel Faugas

Internal Pools

A total of 14 groups dispute the leadership of the club.

Club details

• First Division Season: 112 (all seasons, from team debut in 1913)
• Big deal.:
  • In national championships: 11-1 a Tigre, 7 June 1942.
  • In international tournaments: 7-0 a Bolívar de Bolivia, April 27 at the Copa Libertadores in 2007.
• Major welcome:
  • In national championships: 0-7 vs. San Isidro on 10/10/1915.
  • In international tournaments: 1-6 of the Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores of 1994.
• Best place in AFA official championships: 1.o (35 times)
• Worse in AFA official championships: 19.o (Final Tournament 2013)
• Increased number of matches won consecutively: 12 (Clausura 2006 - Opening 2006)
• Maximum scorer in club history: Martín Palermo (236 goals)
• Maximum scorer in a tournament: Domingo Tarasconi (39 goals, in 33 matches during the First Division 1923)
• Maximum scorer in international tournaments: Martín Palermo (43 goals)
• Maximum scorer in Copa Libertadores: Juan Román Riquelme (25 goals)
• Club with the biggest undefeated game record in the absolute history of Argentine football: 59 matches (between 1924 and 1927)
• Club with the biggest undefeated game record in the professional history of Argentine football: 40 matches (between the 15th date (5 May) of Clausura 1998 and the 16th date (2 June) of Clausura 1999)
• More contested parties: Roberto Mouzo (426 matches)
• Player with more titles: Sebastian Battaglia (17 titles)
• Less beaten archer: Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (824 minutes)
• South American club with more international titles in history (22 conquests).

Rankings

IFFHS Rankings

• World ranking of 21st Century clubs: 12.o.
• Continental ranking of clubs of the 21st century: 1st.
• Continental Ranking of clubs of the 20th century: 6th.

Conmebol Rankings

• Ranking of Clubs of Conmebol: 3o.

Organizational Chart

Squad 2023

Club Atlético Boca Juniors of the season 2023

Players			Technical equipment
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. End contract Eq. training International Archers 1 Argentina! 0BY Sergio Romero 36 years Venezia December 2024 Racing Club Absolute 12 Argentina! 0BY Leandro Brey 20 years The Andes December 2025 The Andes 13 Argentina! 0BY Javier García 36 years Racing Club December 2024 Inferiors Absolute Defense 2 Argentina! 1DEF Facundo Roncaglia 36 years Aris de Limassol December 2023 Inferiors Absolute 3 Argentina! 1DEF Agustín Sández 22 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors 4 Argentina! 1DEF Nicolas Figal 28 years Inter de Miami December 2024 Independent 6 Argentina! 1DEF Red Marcos 32 years Manchester United December 2023 Students of La Plata Absolute 15 Argentina! 1DEF Nicolás Valentini 21 years Aldosivi December 2023 Inferiors 17 Peru! 1DEF Luis Advíncula 32 years Rayo Vallecano December 2024 Juan Aurich Absolute 18 Colombia! 1DEF Frank Fabra 32 years Independent Medellín December 2025 Envigado Absolute 19 Argentina! 1DEF Valentine's day 18 years Inferiors December 2023 Inferiors Sub-17 25 Paraguay! 1DEF Bruno Valdez 30 years Club America December 2025 Sun of America Absolute 39 Argentina! 1DEF Gabriel Aranda 21 years Inferiors December 2025 Inferiors 57 Argentina! 1DEF Marcelo Weigandt 23 years Gimnasia de La Plata December 2024 Inferiors Sub-20 Campers 5 Argentina! 2MED Alan Varela 21 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors 8 Argentina! 2MED Guillermo Fernández 31 years Blue Cross December 2024 Inferiors 10 Paraguay! 2MED Óscar Romero 30 years San Lorenzo December 2023 Cerro Porteño Absolute 11 Argentina! 2MED Martin Payero 24 years Middlesbrough June 2023 Banfield 14 Argentina! 2MED Esteban Rolón 27 years Hurricane December 2025 Argentinos Juniors 20 Argentina! 2MED Juan Ramírez 29 years San Lorenzo December 2026 Argentinos Juniors 21 Argentina! 1DEF Ezequiel Fernández 20 years Tiger December 2023 Inferiors 23 Argentina! 2MED Diego González 35 years Racing Club December 2023 Lanús 31 Argentina! 2MED Brandon Cortés 21 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors 36 Argentina! 2MED Cristian Medina 20 years Inferiors December 2025 Inferiors Sub-17 Delanteros 7 Argentina! 3OF THE Exequiel Zeballos 20 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors Sub-20 9 Argentina! 3OF THE Darius Benedetto 32 years Olympique de Marseille December 2024 Arsenal Absolute 16 Uruguay! 3OF THE Miguel Merentiel 27 years Palmeiras December 2023 Peñarol 22 Colombia! 3OF THE Sebastián 26 years Sports Tolima December 2024 Sports Tolima Absolute 28 Argentina! 3OF THE Gonzalo Morales 19 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors 29 Armenia! 3OF THE Norberto Briasco 26 years Hurricane December 2025 Hurricane Absolute 33 Argentina! 3OF THE Nicolás Orsini 28 years Lanús December 2024 Federal Shooter Morteros 38 Argentina! 3OF THE Luis Vázquez 21 years Patronato December 2025 Patronato Sub-20 41 Argentina! 3OF THE Luca Langoni 20 years Inferiors December 2026 Inferiors -- Venezuela! 3OF THE Jan Hurtado 22 years Red Bull Bragantino December 2026 Deportivo Táchira Absolute			Coach(s) Hugo Ibarra Assistant coach(s) Leandro Gracián Roberto Pompei Physical Preparer(s) Alejandro Blasco Zacarías Gaggero Coach(s) of porters Fernando Gayoso Doctor(s) Rubén Argemi Lucas Logioco Other(s) Kinesiologo Leonardo Betchakian Legend Pos.: Position Nac.: Nationality of sport Captain Mission BY / ARQ: Guardameta DEF: Defense MED / VOL: Camper OF THE: Delantero Official web template

• Argentinian teams are limited by AFA to have in their first division table a maximum of six foreign football players but only five signing party table.

Summer Pass Market 2023

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Expenses on tiles: $ 0

Altas
Pos.	Nac.	N.o	Player	Proceedings	Type	Cost
		12	Leandro Brey	Inferiors	Ascense	$
		25	Bruno Valdez	America	Free	$
		15	Nicolás Valentini	Aldosivi	End of loan	$
		21	Ezequiel Fernández	Tiger	End of loan	$
			Jan Hurtado	Red Bull Bragantino	Loan termination	$
Loans
Pos.	Nac.	N.o	Player	Proceedings	Till	Cargo
		16	Miguel Merentiel	Palmeiras	December 2023	$

Sales income: $ 1 300 000

Low
Pos.	Nac.	N.o	Player	Destination	Type	Cost
		5	Carlos Zambrano	Alliance Lima	End of contract	$
Loans
Pos.	Nac.	N.o	Player	Destination	Till	Cargo
		1	Agustín Rossi	Al-Nassr	June 2023	$ 1 300 000
		16	Aaron Molinas	Tiger	December 2023	$

Historical players

All-Time Goalscorers

Martin Palermo is the highest scorer in the history of Boca Juniors, with 236 goals.

In the history of the club (1905-2017)

Player	Seasons	Parties	Goles	Average
Martín Palermo	1997-2000; 2004-2011	404	236	0,58
Roberto Cherro	1926-1938	305	221	0.72
Francisco Varallo	1931-1939	222	194	0.87
Domingo Tarasconi	1922-1932	236	193	0.81
Jaime Sarlanga	1940-1948	220	128	0,58

Professionalism

Player	Seasons	Parties	Goles	Average
Martín Palermo	1997-2000; 2004-2011	404	236	0,58
Francisco Varallo	1931-1939	222	194	0.87
Jaime Sarlanga	1940-1948	220	128	0,58
Mario Boyé	1941-1949; 1955	228	123	0.53
Roberto Cherro	1931-1938	190	120	0.63

Source: Boca Juniors History

Greater presences

Roberto Mouzo is the one who played more games in Boca Juniors, with 426 meetings.

In the history of the club

Player	Seasons	Parties
Roberto Mouzo	1971-1984	426
Hugo Gatti	1976-1988	417
Silvio Marzolini	1960-1972	408
Martín Palermo	1997-2000; 2004-2011	404
Carlos Navarro Montoya	1988-1996	400
Juan Román Riquelme	1996-2002; 2007; 2008-2014	388
Antonio Rattín	1956-1970	382
Ernesto Lazzatti	1934-1947	379
Ruben Suñe	1967-1972; 1976-1980	377
Natalio Pescia	1942-1956	365

Source: Boca Juniors History

Players with the most titles

He was professional

Sebastian Battaglia, who emerged from the lower ones, is the most successful footballer of the club (17 titles).

I was amateur

Américo Tesoriere (alias "La Gloria"), one of the most laureated football players in the amateur era. Legendary archer of Argentine football.

Players who only played for Boca Juniors

Antonio Ubaldo Rattin played for Boca between 1956 and 1970, performing his football career at the club Xeneize. It was considered by the fans and by the journalism of the time as "the soul of Boca".

• In these two lists the players who stayed in Boca from the beginning to their retirement, without leaving the club.

He was professional

Player	Seasons	Parties	Goles	Titles
Natalio Pescia	1942-1956	365	9	7
Antonio Rattín	1956-1970	382	28	5

I was amateur

Player	Seasons	Parties	Goles	Titles
Esteban Baglietto	1905	5	0	0
Alfredo Scarpati	1905	2	0	0
Santiago Sana	1905	4	1	0
Luis Cerezo	1906-1916	85	1	0
Enrique Brichetto	1917-1921	69	19	6
José Alfredo López	1918-1921	94	5	6

Coaches

Thanks to the neighbors of La Boca to Carlos Bianchi, the most successful technician in the history of Boca Juniors (9 total titles).

Juan Carlos Lorenzo, first world champion with Boca Juniors (5 titles in total).

Alfredo Di Stéfano (right) as a Boca technician. Double champion in 1969, according to many, the most visible team in history.

Technical Staff

• Coach: Hugo Benjamín Ibarra
• Field assistants: Roberto Pompei and Leandro Gracián
• Physical Preparedness: Christian Aquinas
• Archer Coach: Fernando Gayoso
• Doctors: Dr. Rubén Argemi and Dr. Lucas Logioco
• Kinesiologists: Lic. Leonardo Betchakian

Featured Trainers

Coach	Success	Titles
Mario Fortunato	Last amateur champion in 1930 First champion of professionalism 1931 Champion for the first time in the history of Boca de Primera Division 1934 and 1935	4
Alfredo Garasini	First Division champion. Secondly leaving its historic rival River Plate on both occasions. First Division Champion 1943 First Division Champion 1944	2
Ernesto Lazzatti	First Division Champion 1954	1
Alfredo Di Stéfano	National Champion 1969 Champion of the first edition of the Argentina Cup 1969	2
Juan Carlos Lorenzo	First Copa Libertadores de América champion consecutively and Intercontinental for the first time in Boca history. Metropolitan Champion 1976 National Champion 1976 Champion Copa Libertadores 1977 Champion Copa Libertadores 1978 Intercontinental Cup Champion 1977 Copa Libertadores 1979	5
Oscar Washington Tabárez	Supercopa Junior Champion 1992 First Division Champion 1992-93	2
Carlos Bianchi	Local, American and Intercontinental Champion. He is currently the most successful coach in the history of Argentine football. Tournament Champion Opening 1998 Closing Tournament 1999. Secondly leaving his historic rival River Plate. Champion Copa Libertadores 2000 Opening Tournament 2000. Secondly leaving his historic rival River Plate. Intercontinental Cup Champion 2000 Champion Copa Libertadores 2001 Champion Copa Libertadores 2003 Tournament Champion Opening 2003 Intercontinental Cup Champion 2003 Copa Libertadores Cup Champion 2004	9
Alfio Basile	Tournament Champion Opening 2005 South American Recopa Champion 2005 Closing Tournament Champion 2006 South American Cup Champion 2005 South American Recopa Champion 2006	5
Miguel Angel Russo	Copa Libertadores 2007 Champion Club World Champion 2007 First Division Champion 2019-20. Overcoming its historic rival River Plate on the last date. Diego Armando Maradona Cup Champion Argentina Cup Champion 2019-20	4
Carlos Ischia	Tournament Champion Opening 2008 South American Recopa Champion 2008	2
Julio César Falcioni	Undefeated Tournament Champion 2011 Less successful in the history of short tournaments and record 12 points of advantage to the second. Argentina Cup Champion 2011-12 Copa Libertadores 2012 Champion	2
Rodolfo Arruabarrena	Argentina Cup Champion 2014-15 First Division Champion 2015	2
Guillermo Barros Schelotto	First Division champion, seasons 2016-17 (leaving second to River Plate) and 2017-18 First Argentine champion of First Division with the format Superliga Argentina, season 2017-18 Copa Libertadores 2018 Champion	2
Sebastian Battaglia	Argentina Cup Champion 2019-20 2022 League Cup Champion First Division Champion 2022	3
Hugo Ibarra	First Division Champion 2022	1

Notes

• Miguel Ángel Russo shares title of Copa Argentina 2019-20 with Sebastián Battaglia.
• Sebastián Battaglia shares First Division Championship title 2022 with Hugo Ibarra.

Honours of Prizes

In bold current competitions.

National tournaments (51)

(*) Unofficial Honorary Title for the list of winners.

International tournaments (18)

Organized by FIFA and CONMEBOL
International competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Intercontinental Cup / FIFA World Cup (3/2)	1977, 2000, 2003.	2001, 2007.
Copa Libertadores de América (6/5)	1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007.	1963, 1979, 2004, 2012, 2018. (shared record)
South American Cup (2/0)	2004, 2005. (shared record)
South American Recoup (4/1)	1990, 2005, 2006, 2008. (Récord)	2004.
South American Super Cup (1/1)	1989.	1994.
Supercopa Master Cup (1/0)	1992. (shared record)
Gold Cup Nicholas Leoz (1/0)	1993. (shared record)
Inter-American Cup (0/1)		1978.
Ibero-American Cup (0/1)		1994. (Récord)

River Plate Tournaments (4)

Organized by AFA and AUF
International competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Escobar-Gerona Confraternity Cup (2/0)	1945, 1946. (Récord)
Cup Tie Competition (1/0)	1919.
Copa de Honor Cousenier (1/0)	1920.

Statistics in international competitions

• Team with more international finals contested: Boca Juniors is the South American club that most times has played an end of international competitions, with a total of 29 finals.
• Maximum scored in South American competitions at home: 22/03/2000: Boca Juniors 6-1 Blooming in the Copa Libertadores. 11/03/2015: Boca Juniors 5-0 Zamora in Copa Libertadores.
• Maximum scored in South American competitions outside the house: 17/03/2015: Zamora 1-5 Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores.
• Increased number of consecutive participations in the Copa Libertadores: 6 (2000-2005), (2018-2023)
• Consequential victories in the Copa Libertadores: 7 (2003).
• South American strip of consecutive matches marking at least a goal: 13 consecutive games of the Copa Libertadores.

• Summary of international competitions

In bold current competitions.

Awards

• The Best South American Club of the 21st Century for the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) in 2011
• The most legendary club in the history of America and the Eighth most legendary in the world for the German magazine Kicker (2014)
• The most emblematic football club in the world for the English magazine FourFourTwo (2015)
• IFFHS Trophy to the Third World Club (1): 2000
• IFFHS Trophy to the Second World Club (1): 2004
• IFFHS Trophy to the Third World Club (1): 2012
• FIFA Trophy to the Best Latin Club of the First Decade of the 21st Century 2000-2010 (1): 2012
• IFFHS Trophy to the Best South American Club of the 1st Decade of the 21st Century (1): 2011
• IFFHS Trophy to the 21st Century South American Best Club: (2012-present)
• Best World Team in May 2000
• Best World Team in June 2003
• Best World Team in March 2004
• Best World Team in May 2007
• Best World Team in May 2012
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of February 2001
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of March 2001
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of April 2001
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of June 2001
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of May 2004
• Trophy IFFHS Al Leader of the World Club Ranking of January 2005

Acknowledgments

The most winning club on the continent

Boca Juniors is part of the select group of top international title winners on each continent. It is made up of Boca together with Independiente (18 titles, representing America), together with Real Madrid from Europe (30 titles); Al-Ahly from Africa (24 titles); Auckland City of Oceania (10 titles); and Al-Hilal from Asia (8 titles).

Al-Ahly in Africa Boca Juniors y Independientes en América Al-Hilal in Asia Real Madrid in Europe Auckland City in Oceania

Ranking of Conmebol clubs

With 6445 total points, Boca Juniors led the 2017 Conmebol ranking, based on three factors: the performance of the last 10 years, the historical coefficient in the competitions, and the local championships.

Source: Conmebol

The best club in South America in the first decade of the 21st century (2001-2010)

The IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) is an organization that produces rankings from 1991 to the present. Boca Juniors has been recognized as the best club in South America in the first decade of the XXI century (2001-2010).

Position	Club	Points
1.o	Boca Juniors	2095.0
2.	São Paulo	1939,0
3.o	River Plate	1692,0
4.o	Cruzeiro	1622.0
5.o	Santos	1567.0
6.o	International	1469.0
7.	National	1459.5
8.	San Lorenzo	1442.0
9.	Students (LP)	1370.0
10.	Vélez Sarsfield	1367.0

Source: IFFHS

The most legendary soccer club in America

In 2014, the prestigious German magazine Kicker made a ranking of the most legendary clubs in the world. The Xeneize institution was ranked eighth, being the only one from the continent to be part of the top ten list.

Position	Club
1.o	Real Madrid
2.	Bayern de Munich
3.o	Manchester United
4.o	Liverpool
5.o	Barcelona
6.o	Milan
7.	Juventus
8.	Boca Juniors
9.	Hamburg
10.	Borussia Mönchengladbach

Support clubs and subsidiaries

It is the Argentine club with the largest number of supporters clubs in the country: 269. It has official supporters clubs and affiliates in 21 of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic, as well as in various countries of America such as Brazil, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Mexico, USA and Canada. In addition, it has clubs in different parts of the world (19), such as Spain, Italy, Israel and Japan.

Lower Divisions

Other sports

In its beginnings, Boca was just a soccer club, but in 1923 the decision was made to add new disciplines. The first sports were boxing, ball, bocce and basketball. Currently, the club competes in the National Basketball League and in the Argentine Volleyball League, a competition in which it obtained third place in 2007.

In addition, amateur sports are practiced such as:

• Football beach
• Aerobic gymnastics
• Artistic gymnastics
• rhythmic gymnastics
• Weights
• Judo
• Taekwondo
• Karate
• Fight
• Athleticism
• Chess
• Balonmano
• Rugby
• Marathon

Also, between 2005 and 2007, Boca Juniors lent its name and support to sponsor a motorsport team, in the Top Race category, in its new TRV6 division. The cars were painted with the colors and insignia of the auriazul institution, although the club had never officially created a motorsport commission. The drivers who had the honor of defending the colors of the Ribera institution were Guillermo Ortelli (who competed from 2005 to 2006 with a Chevrolet Vectra), Ernesto Bessone (who competed only in 2005 with a Ford Mondeo) and Sebastián Porto (which was introduced in 2007, first with Ortelli's Vectra and then with a Mercedes-Benz C-Class). Along with Boca, their classic Argentine soccer rivals were also present, such as River Plate, Racing Club, San Lorenzo de Almagro and Independiente de Avellaneda. In 2005, Ortelli, with the Boca Juniors car, established himself as the first official TRV6 champion, while in 2008, despite having withdrawn support for the team and by regulation, Sebastián Porto chose "12" as his identification number., number that characterizes the fans of Boca Juniors. It has also been the only football club, team and institution in the world to have appeared in the Dakar Rally.

Basketball

Thanks to the dedication that the club gave to the National League, basketball became the second most important sport for the club. In addition, it is currently the 3rd most winning club in the National League, and the Argentine club that has won the South American Club Championship the most (3), along with Ferro Carril Oeste.

In 1996, the Luis Conde Stadium, known as "La Bombonerita", was inaugurated in the neighborhood of La Boca, where the blue and gold team would have their home guaranteed. A year later, Boca won the League for the first time National. The squad for that 1996/97 season included players of absolute relevance, such as Byron Wilson (USA), Jerome Mincy (Puerto Rico), Sebastián Festa and Ariel Bernardini. The coach was Julio Lamas, and in the final series the xeneize team beat Independiente, from General Pico, La Pampa, 4-1.

After seven years of drought, in the 2003/04 season came the second victory in the National League, this time with Sergio Santos Hernández as coach, after beating Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 4-2 in the final series. Paolo Quinteros, Byron Wilson, Martín Leiva, Sebastián Tato Rodríguez and Juan Sartorelli were some of the figures on the Boca Juniors squad.

The third National League title became possible in the 2006/07 season. Boca, led by Gabriel Picatto -since the second phase- surprised and beat Ben Hur de Rafaela (3-2) in the quarterfinals, Libertad de Sunchales (3-2) in the semifinals and Peñarol de Mar del Plata (4- 2) in the decisive series. The standard-bearers in this xeneize award were power forward Leonardo Gutiérrez, forward Gustavo Oroná, point guards Raymundo Legaria and Luis Cequeira and Cuban intern (ex-NBA) Lázaro Borrell.

In addition, Boca was champion in the first five editions of the Copa Argentina, a tournament established in 2002 and organized, like the League, by the Association of Clubs. To enrich its national record, Boca won, also led by Sergio Hernández, the 2004 Top 4 Tournament by defeating Ben Hur.

In the international context, Boca was the winner three times (2004, 2005 and 2006) of the South American Championship of Champion Clubs. This tournament has been played since 1946 between the champions of the different basketball leagues in South America.

In mid-2009, Boca Juniors went through a series of financial difficulties that forced the institution to drastically reduce the budget allocated annually to the development of basketball activity in the club. As a result of these drawbacks, the club came very close to losing their place in the national league. However, the board of directors manages to sign an agreement with the airline Aerochaco that allows it to obtain the necessary money to maintain the position, and to finance the activity of the professional team. In addition, it signed an agreement with the president of Club Atlético Sarmiento de Resistencia (Chaco), Jorge Capitanich, through which the team would move its headquarters to the basketball stadium of the Chaco institution, in addition to changing the name of the Boca Juniors team to Aerochaco Boca.

In the 2009/10 season of the National League, they achieved an important fourth place, after being eliminated in the semifinals against Peñarol de Mar del Plata, exceeding expectations prior to the start of the tournament. The start of the following season was marked by a strong controversy, since according to some sources, the board of directors had considered selling the place that the team holds in the national league, due to the high economic costs involved in maintaining a professional team of first level in a discipline that historically had not enjoyed relevant importance, as it did with football.

Boca had a bad start to the season, quickly falling to the bottom of the competition. The team found no answers and wandered in the lower zone of the table, to finally finish in 17th place, with 13 games won and 17 lost. This forced the club to play a best-of-5-match tie to avoid relegation to the second category of the league against the Argentino de Junín club, last place in the regular season. Finally, Boca won the series 3-0 and, in this way, will maintain its place in the avant-garde league of Argentine basketball.

Summary of basketball titles

Nationals

• National Basketball League (3): 1996-97, 2003-04 and 2006-07.
• Argentina Cup (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Top 4 Tournament (1): 2004

International

• South American Champions Club Championship (3): 2004, 2005, 2006

Women's Soccer

Futsal

Volleyball

Social Area

TV Mouth

Boca Juniors Channel Logo.

Boca Juniors transmits and broadcasts all its content through Boca TV. Since 2003 the club has had this sign.

In its beginnings it was a television channel of the Argentine company Pramer. Its programming was oriented to soccer and the Boca Juniors club with matches and interviews. It closed its broadcasts in mid-2004 on Cablevisión and in November on Multicanal due to viewer fatigue and low ratings.

In 2015 the channel was refounded by a group of members and fans of Club Atlético Boca Juniors, but only as an online multimedia site.

Bloated

Pictures of Boca Juniors swollen

Boca is one of the clubs with the largest number of supporters in the world, along with Flamengo, Chivas de Guadalajara, América de México, Corinthians, and surpassing Juventus FC, AC Milan, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Manchester United In addition, based on the percentage that it accounts for in Argentina (between 40.4% and 46.8% according to different surveys), there is no team in the world that covers such a large portion of its country with its fans.

It is the sports institution with the most members in Argentina, with 206,078 members in 2018. This has led the followers of Boca, and even the institution itself, to proclaim itself as "half plus one". Its relevance extends beyond the continent, as it is considered one of the most influential clubs worldwide.

In a macro survey of the newspaper Marca, the song “Boca, mi bueno amigo” sung by the xeneizes fans, was chosen as the most spectacular song in sports worldwide.

Nicknames

Image used by the club in which most fans are claimed.

The qualification of the 12 «The player number twelve» that won the partiality of Boca Juniors dates from 1925, on the occasion of the European tour that he made that year. On that occasion, the team was accompanied by a fan from Boca, Victoriano Caffarena, belonging to a wealthy family, which financed part of the tour. During the same Caffarena he helped the team in everything: he acted as coach, delegate and masseur, establishing such a degree of relationship with the players that they named them "Player Number 12". Upon returning to Argentina, Caffarena was as well known as the players themselves. Since then, and already received from a notary, Caffarena dedicated the rest of his life to supporting Boca, creating the neighborhood group Friends of the Republic of La Boca.

Referring to the Boca fans as a whole, the terminology of "Player No. 12" for the Boca fans became popular when the journalist from the Crítica newspaper, Pablo Rojas Paz, better known as "El negro de la tribuna" In one of his usual chronicles from the 1930s, he said that "the fans are Boca's No. 12 player." Numerous footballers have stated that the Boca Juniors fans are unmatched, that they always stand out, and that they feel like a twelfth player. Already in the 1960s, the club, under the presidency of Alberto J. Armando, officially designated him as "Player Number 12". In 2003 Boca Juniors brought 10,000 people as part of the Intercontinental Cup played in Japan, a record difficult to match.

The 12th in José Amalfitani Stadium before fighting a match against Rosario Central

Currently, this nickname is used mainly to name its brava bar, known as La 12. The nickname "xeneizes", which is given to both the club and its supporters, is due to the fact that the team's fans, in their first years ago, was made up mostly of Italian immigrants who settled in La Boca at the beginning of the XX century.

Due to the large Genoese colony that lived in this neighborhood, the name Xeneize began to be used to name everything related to the club. This word is a deformation of "zenéize", a word belonging to the language of the Liguria region, in its Genoese variant, which translated means, precisely, Genoese. Despite this, the club's leadership made the term official with x. Starting in the late 1990s, the inscription Xeneizes was included on the bottom of the back of some shirt designs.

In 2005, for the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Club Atlético Boca Juniors, this term was used to represent an advertising campaign where the word Centenario was transformed into Xentenario.

Popularity

Brandsen 758, property opposite La Bombonera, 2004.

Unlike other teams, there are Boca fans in most of the world. Generally, the supporters of each team belong mainly to the city in which the club is based, on the other hand, the "fans" of Boca Juniors extends indifferently throughout the country and has traditionally defined itself as "Half plus one", although the surveys and studies carried out on the degree of adhesion registered by the different Argentine teams, indicate that the followers of Boca do not exceed half. However, various surveys place Boca Juniors as the most popular soccer club in the country, and as the Club with the highest percentage of fans in their country, accounting for Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Italy, England, Portugal, France, Netherlands and Japan. Their details are listed below:

A detailed report from Consultora Equis corresponding to 2003-2006, established that 90.3% of the total population of the country over 18 years of age is a supporter of a soccer team, and that 40.4 of them % is from Boca Juniors, 32.6% from River, being very relegated in third place Independiente with 5.5%. The detail by area of residence records the following:

The study by Consultora Equis also confirms a traditional assumption, regarding the fact that the supporters of Boca Juniors are concentrated in greater numbers in the sectors of workers and lower classes, than in the upper classes.

The survey of the National System of Cultural Consumption, organized in 2006 by the Secretary of Media of the Nation, shows that Boca and River have 73% of the fans. The survey took 3051 cases from all over the country.

The "Fans and Soccer" survey carried out nationwide in March 2006 by the consulting firm TNS Gallup for Rexona, reflects a series of more than significant results on the passion and sentiment of all soccer fans. The numbers were overwhelming, since almost 7 out of 10 Argentines were passionate about soccer, the most popular sport in Argentina and in the world. The results were the following:

When asked "which fans support their team the most?", the following results emerged: The one from Boca was chosen by 52% of Argentines as the fan that most encouraged. The rest of the teams are quite far behind: River 13%, Racing 9%, Independiente 2% and San Lorenzo and Vélez Sarfield with 1%. The national team also appears with 9%. Perhaps the most curious fact in the survey is reflected here: Boca fans chose their own fans with 76%, as the most encouraging, and those of River chose theirs with 40%.

• In older surveys, the magazines "Viva" (from Clarín) and "El Gráfico" also placed Boca Juniors at the top, but with a very narrow difference. The first is 1995 and gives 27.3% for the Xeneizes against 25.8% of River Plate. The second, carried out in 1998 by the consulting firm Entrepreneur for "El Gráfico", concludes with 31.2% for Boca and 30% for River.

Number of supporters according to El Gran DT

El Gran DT is a contest organized by Diario Clarín, in which the reader builds a team with various Argentine soccer players, earning points based on the scores with which the newspaper qualifies their performances in the matches of each date of the respective championship. One of the steps to register in the contest is to fill out a form with the personal data of the participant, such as the name, surname, ID and also the football club of which he is a supporter. In this way, a database of 2,005,590 people who participated in the Great DT 2009 was created, who at the same time are supporters of different soccer clubs throughout the country. The result showed that the so-called Big Five lead the ranking of number of sympathizers, confirming in some way what the collections and surveys carried out on the subject reflected. Likewise, it was demonstrated once again that Boca Juniors is the club with the majority of fans in Argentina.

National census of TyC Sports fans

The Argentine sports television channel TyC Sports carried out a census through its website to find out which team had the largest number of fans. Approximately 250,000 fans participated and the results were as follows:

Famous fans in the sports world

Diego Maradona, the most famous boca Juniors fan in the world.

Several footballers and sports legends have publicly shown their sympathy for the Xeneize, such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín Del Potro, Diego Armando Maradona, Pelé, Zico, Ronaldo, Gabriel Batistuta, Thierry Henry, Éric Cantona, Roberto Baggio, Ronaldinho, Sergio Ramos, Gennaro Gattuso, Marco Materazzi, Robert Pirès, Francesco Totti, Antoine Griezmann, Edinson Cavani, Dani Alves, Felipe Melo, Christian Vieri, Daniele De Rossi, André-Pierre Gignac, Sinisa Mihajlovic, between others.

Tickets sold

In the history of Professionalism

In an investigation carried out by the San Lorenzo Press Department and published by Diario Olé, it was shown that the following five teams are the ones that sold the most tickets in the history of the First Division of Argentine soccer, since the beginning of the professionalism, in 1931, until May 14, 2006, the date on which the Clausura Tournament ended.

The sale of tickets does not count the entrance to the stadium of the members of each club, because, due to their condition, they generally enter for free or by paying a pass that is not added to the final amount of tickets made by the AFA. By having more members, clubs are, in turn, less likely to sell tickets on match day. The capacity of the stadium is another determining factor, because the team with the greatest availability of seats will have the possibility of offering more seats to the public.

In short tournaments (Opening and Closing)

It is the team that sold the most tickets since the implementation of the short tournaments. The report expresses the collections from 1991 to 2004.