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Boca Juniors
On 3 April 1905, five Italian immigrants gathered in the Plaza Solís, located in the heart of the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. These people were: Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana, and brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga and they founded Boca Juniors (the use of English language in team names was commonplace, as British railroad workers had originally introduced football into Argentina).
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is one of the most popular Argentinean sports clubs. Its home base is the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, and it hosts its home games at the Bombonera stadium at 805 Brandsen Street.
Boca holds the international record of 16 international titles (one more than Real Madrid, A.C. Milan and Independiente), including five Copa Libertadores and three Intercontinental Cup. The club has also won 22 Argentinean professional championships.
Boca Juniors finished in joint 12th place in the list of the FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century. As of the latest ranking (May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2006) they occupied eighteenth place.
Important Facts
Boca Juniors won six amateur championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1930). With the introduction of professionalism in Argentina, Boca won the first title in 1931.
First Match: May 6, 1905. vs. Mariano Moreno.
First international match: December 8, 1907. vs. Universal (Montevideo, Uruguay)
First professional match: May 31, 1931 vs. Chacarita Juniors.
La Bombonera
Boca Juniors used several fields before settling on the current grounds on Brandsen Street. Boca played their home matches in the Ferrocarril Oeste field in Caballito until 1940. A third level was added in 1953, and the nickname La Bombonera ('The Chocolate Box') was born.
Squad (as Feb 10, 2008)
Goalkeepers |
Strikers/Forwards |
1
25
- |
Mauricio Ariel Caranta
Pablo Migliore
Javier Hernán García |
7
9
14
17
|
Pablo Mouche
Martín Palermo
Rodrigo Palacio
Mauro Boselli
|
Defenders |
Midfielders |
3
4
6
13
18
20
29
- |
Claudio Morel
Hugo Ibarra
Julio Cesás Cáceres
Facundo Roncaglia
Fabián Monzón
Jonathan Maidana
Gabriel Paletta
Carlos Fondacaro |
5
8
10
11
15
16
19
21
22
23
27
32
34 |
Sebastián Battaglia
Pablo Ledesma
Juan Román Riquelme
Leandro Gracián
Alvaro González
Lucas Castromán
Neri Cardozo
Cristian Chávez
Fabián Andrés Vargas
Jesús Dátolo
Nicolás Santiago Bertolo
Nicolás Osvaldo Gaitán
Exequiel Benavídez |
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