Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ aˈtletiko ˈβoka ˈʝunjoɾs]) is professional football club in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. They play their home games at La Bombonera.
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| Full name | Club Atlético Boca Juniors | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Xeneizes (Genoese) Azul y Oro (Blue and Gold) La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus One) | |||
| Founded | 3 April 1905 | |||
| Ground | La Bombonera La Boca, Buenos Aires (capacity: 54,000) | |||
| Chairman | Jorge Amor Ameal | |||
| Manager | Miguel Ángel Russo | |||
| League | Superliga Argentina | |||
| 2020–21 | 1st (Champion) | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Boca Juniors and River Plate have an intense rivalry, and matches between them are sometimes very heated. Matches between them are known as the Superclásico, and both teams are from Buenos Aires.
Current squad
Honours
International
- Club World Cup (3): 1977, 2000, 2003
- Copa Libertadores (6): 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007
- Copa Sudamericana (2): 2004, 2005
- Recopa Sudamericana (4): 1990, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1989
- Copa de Oro (1): 1993
- Copa Master de Supercopa (1): 1992
- Tie Cup (1): 1919
- Copa de Honor Cousenier (1) : 1920
- Copa de Confraternidad Escobar-Gerona (2): 1945, 1946
National
League
- Primera División (34): 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1931 LAF, 1934 LAF, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969 Nacional, 1970 Nacional, 1976 Metropolitano, 1976 Nacional, 1981 Metropolitano, 1992 Apertura, 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
National cups
- Supercopa Argentina (1): 2018
- Copa Diego Armando Maradona (1): 2020
- Copa Argentina (3): 1969, 2012, 2015
- Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (2): 1919, 1925
- Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren (5): 1919, 1923, 1924, 1940, 1944
- Copa Estímulo (1): 1926
- Copa de Competencia Británica George VI (1): 1946
Boca Juniors Media
- PrimerasCamisetasBoca.jpg
The first three jersey models used by the team in the 1900s, exhibited at the Boca Juniors Museum
Some jerseys worn in the 1990s–2000s also in exhibition
Official grandstand of Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel, where Boca Juniors played from 1916 to 1924
Boca Juniors supporters during a night Copa Libertadores game v. Pumas
Martín Palermo, Boca Juniors' all-time top goalscorer
Roberto Mouzo, Boca Juniors' most capped player
Armenian stamp honoring the club's 3 Intercontinental Cup titles
Related pages
References
- ↑ El Plantel - Primera divisiónClub Atlético Boca Juniors. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ "Boca Juniors squad". Soccerway. 21 April 2017. https://int.soccerway.com/teams/argentina/boca-juniors/95/squad/. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
