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.

Boca Juniors

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Full name	Club Atlético Boca Juniors
Nickname(s)	Xeneizes (Genoese) Azul y Oro (Blue and Gold) La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus One)
Founded	3 April 1905 (1905-04-03)
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

As of 15 February 2021

No. Position Player 1 GK Esteban Andrada 2 DF Lisandro López 3 DF Emmanuel Mas 4 DF Julio Buffarini 5 DF Carlos Zambrano 6 DF Marcos Rojo 7 FW Cristian Pavón 8 MF Edwin Cardona (on loan from Tijuana) 9 FW Ramón Ábila 10 FW Carlos Tevez (captain) 11 MF Eduardo Salvio 13 GK Javier García 14 MF Nicolás Capaldo 16 MF Aaron Molinas 17 GK Agustín Rossi 18 DF Frank Fabra 19 FW Mauro Zárate

No. Position Player 20 MF Gonzalo Maroni 21 MF Jorman Campuzano 22 FW Sebastián Villa 23 MF Diego González 24 DF Carlos Izquierdoz 25 MF Agustín Almendra 27 FW Franco Soldano (on loan from Olympiacos) 28 GK Manuel Roffo 29 DF Leonardo Jara 30 FW Exequiel Zeballos 33 MF Alan Varela 34 FW Agustín Obando 35 DF Renzo Giampaoli 36 MF Cristian Medina 37 DF Agustín Sández 38 FW Luis Vázquez

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

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

• Museo de la Pasión Boquense en enero de 2024 - BugWarp 01.jpg

  Some jerseys worn in the 1990s–2000s also in exhibition

• Tribuna oficial viejo estadio boca.jpg

  Official grandstand of Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel, where Boca Juniors played from 1916 to 1924

• Boca Juniors vs. Pumas.jpg

  Boca Juniors supporters during a night Copa Libertadores game v. Pumas

• Martin Palermo.jpg

  Martín Palermo, Boca Juniors' all-time top goalscorer

• Mouzo en boca.jpg

  Roberto Mouzo, Boca Juniors' most capped player

• Stamp of Armenia - 2016 - Colnect 748338 - Intercontinental Football Cup Winners Boca Juniors.jpeg

  Armenian stamp honoring the club's 3 Intercontinental Cup titles

Related pages

• List of Argentine football teams