Boca Alumni was an

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football team established in

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district of the city of

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. Boca Alumni participated in the

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tournaments from

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to 1931 when the team disaffiliated.Argentina Second Level 1931 at RSSSF

History

Boca Alumni was established on 1 September 1907 in a bar located in Garibaldi street of

. The founders took the name from the neighborhood where it was founded and the colors from legendary team

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, which remains nowadays as one of the most successful clubs of Argentina, with 22 titles won. The club had its first stadium in

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but then it moved to

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in 1917. Boca Alumni finally established its venue in the Mihanovich Shipping Company stadium, which was located in the Isla Maciel of

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district in

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. That stadium was placed very close to the coast of Riachuelo. In

the team promoted to Primera División that gave it the chance to play against "the other" team called 'Boca'. Both teams faced for the first time in a friendly match on 26 March 1922, where 4,000 spectators attended to the game that Boca Juniors won by 2–0. But Boca Alumni would defeat Boca Juniors 2–1 in their first official match, disputed on 19 November that same year. The squad remained in the top division of Argentine football until 1926 when both leagues,

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and official Asociación Argentina de Football (where Boca Alumni played) merged into one and therefore many teams were relegated to the second division.Argentina 1926 at RSSSF
Boca Alumni played in the second division (current

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) from the 1927 season where the team finished last with only 13 points in 34 games. Nevertheless, the team would make its best campaign in 1931, when finished 2nd along with

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and Progresista. Therefore Boca Alumni had to play a playoff in order to define what team would promote to Primera after Liberal Argentino. Finally it was All Boys which won the minitournament promoting to the top division. The match that Boca Alumni lost to Progresista by 2–1 (although it was suspended) was the last game that Boca Alumni played in official tournaments.

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* {{Argentine Primera División former clubs Association football clubs established in 1907 Defunct football clubs in Buenos Aires