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Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional
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based in
La Boca La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''Barrios of Buenos Aires, barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Its location near the Port of Buenos Aires meant the neighbourhood became a melting pot of ...
, a neighbourhood of
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. The club is best known for its men's professional
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team which, since its promotion in
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, has always played in the
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. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by any Argentine club. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Primera División championships,Campeones de la Primera División
on AFA website
and 17 domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the
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for their successful tour of Europe in 1925. Internationally, Boca Juniors has won 22 major titles, with 18 organised by
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and the rest organised jointly by the
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and
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Associations. Consequently, Boca is ranked third in the world in terms of number of complete international titles, after
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(34) and Egyptian side
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(26). Boca Juniors' international achievements also include one
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, one Copa de Honor Cousenier, and two Copa Escobar-Gerona, organized jointly by AFA and AUF together. Their success usually has the Boca Juniors ranked among the
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's Club World Ranking Top 25, which they have reached the top position six times (mostly during the coaching tenure of Carlos Bianchi). Boca was named by the IFFHS as the top South American club of the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). It was designated by FIFA as the joint twelfth-best Club of the Century, in December 2000, occupying the same place as
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of England,
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of Italy, and Benfica of Portugal, among others. Boca Juniors has a fierce rivalry with River Plate, and matches between them are known as the
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. It is the most heated rivalry in Argentina and one of the biggest in the world, as the clubs are the two most popular in the country. Boca's home stadium is the Estadio Alberto J. Armando, better known colloquially as ''
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''. The youth academy has produced many Argentine internationals who have played or are playing for top European clubs, such as
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, Fernando Gago,
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, and
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. In addition to men's football, Boca Juniors has professional women's football and
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teams. Other (amateur) activities held in the club are:
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,
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, martial arts (
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. As of January 2023, Boca Juniors ranked first among the clubs with the most members in Argentina, with 315,879.


History

On 3 April 1905, a group of Italian boys (more specifically from
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) met in order to find a club. The house where the meeting was arranged was Esteban Baglietto's and the other four people who attended were Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana and brothers Juan Farenga and Teodoro Farenga . Other important founding members include Arturo Penney, Marcelino Vergara, Luis Cerezo, Adolfo Taggio, Giovanelli, Donato Abbatángelo, and Bertolini. In 1913, Boca was promoted to Primera División after some previous failed attempts. This was possible when the Argentine Association decided to increase the number of teams in the league from 6 to 15. In 1925, Boca made its first trip to Europe to play in
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,
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and
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. The squad played a total of 19 games, winning 15 of them. For that reason Boca was declared "Campeón de Honor" (Champion of Honour) by the Association. During successive years, Boca consolidated as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, with a huge number of fans not only in the country but worldwide.


Kit and badge

According to the club's official site, the original jersey colour was a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes, being then replaced by a light blue shirt and then another striped jersey before adopting the definitive blue and gold. Nevertheless, another version states that Boca Juniors' first jersey was pink, although it has been questioned by some journalists and historians who state that Boca, most probably, never wore a pink jersey, by pointing out the lack of any solid evidence and how this version stems from, and is only supported on, flawed testimonies. Legend has it that in 1906, Boca played Nottingham de Almagro. Both teams wore such similar shirts that the match was played to decide which team would get to keep it. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to sail into the port at La Boca. This proved to be a Swedish ship, therefore the yellow and blue of the Swedish flag were adopted as the new team colours. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe. Through Boca Juniors history, the club has worn some alternate "rare" models, such as the
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shirt in a match versus
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(whose uniform was also blue) in the
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. When Nike became official kit provider in 1996, the first model by the company introduced two thin white stripes surrounding the gold band, causing some controversy.Las camisetas más polémicas de Boca a lo largo de su historia
''Diario Popular'', 8 December 2013
The brand also introduced a silver jersey designed exclusively for the 1998 Copa Mercosur. For the 100th anniversary of the club, Nike launched commemorative editions of several models worn by the club since its foundation, including a version of the 1907 shirt with the diagonal sash, which was worn in two matches during the 2005 Torneo de Verano (Summer Championship). Other models were a black and white striped jersey (similar to
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) and a purple model, worn in the 2012 and 2013 "Torneos de Verano," respectively. Nevertheless, no shirt caused more controversy than the pink model released as the away jersey for the 2013–14 season, which was widely rejected by the fans. Because of that, the introduction of this model (to be initially worn v.
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) was delayed until the last fixture when Boca played Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP). As a replacement for the pink model, Nike designed a fluorescent yellow shirt launched that same season. In 2016, the club wore a black jersey for the first time in its history, originally launched as the third kit. Although the President of the club, Daniel Angelici, had stated that the black kit would never be worn, the kit debuted in a match v. Tigre, only four days after the announcement.
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is the club's current kit supplier since January 2020. The agreement (which will remain in force until 2029) was signed for US $10,069,000 plus 40% in royalties per year for the club.


Kit evolution

Uniforms worn by the team through its history: ;Notes


Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

;Notes


Badge

The club has had five different designs for its badge during its history, although its outline has remained unchanged through most of its history. The first known emblem dates from 1911, appearing on the club's letterhead papers. In October 1932, the club stated that one star would be added to the badge for each Primera División title won. Nevertheless, the stars would not appear until 1943, on a ''Report and Balance Sheet''. A version with laurel leaves appeared in a magazine in 1955 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club, although the club never used it officially. The emblem with the stars was announced in 1932, but it has regularly appeared on Boca Juniors uniforms since 1993.El escudo
on Boca Juniors website, retrieved 22 March 2019
In 1996, the Ronald Shakespear Studio introduced a new badge (with the horizontal band suppressed) as part of a visual identity for the club. The new Boca Juniors image also featured new typography and style. File:Boca escudo 1911.png, 1911–14 File:Boca escudo 1915.png, 1915–32 File:Boca jrs logo 1920.png, 1925–26 File:Boca jrs logo 1970.png, 1932–96 File:Boca juniors.png, 1996–present ;Notes


Stadium

Boca Juniors used several locations before settling on their current ground on Brandsen. Club's first ground was in ''Dársena Sur''''Cien años de multitud: El período amateur (1905–1930)'' by Horacio D. Rosatti – Ed. Galerna, 2008
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of the old Buenos Aires port (currently
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) but it was vacated in 1907 as it failed to meet the minimum league requirements. Boca Juniors then used three grounds in the ''Isla Demarchi'' area between 1908 and 1912."Breve historia de la isla Demarchi" on ''La Nación''
, 30 Ago 2012
In the first year in the Primera Division (1913) the club hadn't an own stadium and played the home games in the pitches of the other teams, likely in Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in Palermo (on Figueroa Alcorta y Dorrego), but also in Avellaneda (first official derby against the River). Between 1914 and 1915, the club moved away from La Boca for the second time in its history (beyond the 1913), moving to
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in the
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of the
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but a relatively poor season and poor attendances in 1915 forced the club to move back to La Boca. On 25 May 1916, Boca Juniors opened its new stadium at the intersection of Ministro Brin and Senguel streets, playing there until 1924 when the club moved to Brandsen and Del Crucero (Del Valle Iberlucea nowadays) streets, to build a new stadium there, which lasted until 1938 when the club decided to build a totally new venue, made of concrete grandstand instead of wood. Building of Boca Juniors' current stadium began in 1938, under the supervision of Engineer José L. Delpini. Boca played its home matches in
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's Estadio Ricardo Etcheverry in Caballito until it was completed on 25 May 1940. A third level was added in 1953, originating then its nickname ''
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'' ('The Chocolate Box'). The stand opposite the ''Casa Amarilla'' railway platforms remained mostly undeveloped until 1996, when it was upgraded with new balconies and quite expensive VIP boxes. Three sides of the Bombonera are thus made up of traditional sloping stadium stands, but the fourth side was built vertically, with several seating areas stacked one on top of the other, the only way that makes it stand into the club premises. La Bombonera is known for vibrating when Boca fans (La 12) jump in rhythm; in particular, the unique vertical side will sway slightly, leading to the phrase, "La Bombonera no tiembla. Late" (''The Bombonera does not tremble. It beats'') La Bombonera currently has a capacity of around 54,000. The club's popularity make tickets hard to come by, especially for the ''
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'' game against River Plate. There are further improvements planned for the stadium, including measures to ease crowd congestion, use of new technology and improved corporate facilities. Apart from the venues listed, Boca Juniors also played its home games at
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's stadium (in 1913, then located on Figueroa Alcorta Avenue) and Ferro Carril Oeste stadium (1938–40, while ''La Bombonera'' was under construction). In 2023 while running for the president's role of the club, Jorge Reale famously unveiled plans and designs of a new state-of-the-art roofed stadium that would house 112,000 spectators, 444 VIP boxes and 4,000 parking spaces. The plan was ceased in the following year after the incumbent president, Juan Roman Riquelme, a popular figure among fans due to his footballing heroics as a player, won the presidential election. ;Notes


Supporters


Fanbase

Boca Juniors is traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the supposedly more upper-class base of cross-town arch rival River Plate who moved to the more affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1923. Boca Juniors claims to be the club of "half plus one" (''la mitad más uno'') of Argentina's population. A 2006 survey placed its following at 40%,"Se cae un mito: la hinchada de Boca no suma la mitad más uno del país"
 – InfoBae

, ''Olé'', 6 February 2008
still the largest share. Nevertheless, they have the highest number of fans, as judged by percentage in their country. In 1975, a film (''La Raulito'') was made about the life of Mary Esher Duffau, known as La Raulito, a well-known Boca Juniors fan. She died at the age of 74 on 30 April 2008, the same day Boca Juniors played a Copa Libertadores match against Brazilian club,
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with the players and fans observing a minute's silence in her memory.


Club membership

Boca Juniors usually play their league games in front of capacity crowds. The club's popularity make tickets hard to come by, especially for the ''
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'' game against River Plate. As of early 2023 Boca has a 314,000 member base, which ranks second only to
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worldwide, and it is first in
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and also first in
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.


Nicknames

Boca fans are known as ''Los Xeneizes'' (the Genoese) after the Genoese immigrants who founded the team and lived in La Boca in the early 20th century. Many rival fans in Argentina refer to the Boca Juniors' fans as ''Los Bosteros'' (the manure handlers), originating from the horse manure used in the brick factory which occupied the ground where ''La Bombonera'' stands. Originally an insult used by rivals, Boca fans are now proud of it. Reflecting the team's colors, Boca's shirt is also called ''la azul y oro'' (the blue and gold).


La Doce

There is also a society which dedicates all of its activities to supporting the team known as ''la número 12'' or ''
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'' (player number ''doce'' or 12, meaning " the 12th player"). The origin of the group dates back to 1925, when the Boca Juniors fanatic "Toto" Caffarena accompanied the team during a tournament in Europe in 1925. From then on, he was considered the "twelfth player", hence the name "La doce". The naming of "La 12" (the twelfth player), by which Boca Juniors' fans became known, dates back to the year 1925, during the European tour they made that year. At that time, the team was accompanied by a Boca fan called Victoriano Caffarena, who belonged to a wealthy family and funded part of the tour. During that tour he helped the team in everything, thus establishing a strong relationship with the players, so they named him "Player No. 12". When they returned to Argentina, Caffarena was as well known as the players themselves. Nowadays, this nickname is used primarily to name their group of supporters, known as "La 12".


Ultras & illegal activities

Some Boca fans run
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organizations similar to other "
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" gangs associated with football clubs in Argentina but in the name of "La doce". Their illegal activities include assault, drug sales and trafficking, extortion, and murder. They finance its activities by selling parking, reselling club tickets, and extorting commissions from the sale of players, plus the club for transportation to domestic and international events as well as their means of financing their activities. If their demands are not met, they threaten violence at home matches or to take down club officials.


International

''Peñas'' (fan clubs) exist in a number of Argentine cities and abroad in countries such as Russia,
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, Spain,
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and Japan. Boca Juniors are particularly popular in
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, because of the club's success in the early 2000s at the Intercontinental Cup held in Japan. Elsewhere internationally, fans are drawn to Boca by the club's international titles and by the success of Boca players who went on to play in
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such as Hugo Ibarra, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Cagna, Enzo Ferrero, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Nicolás Burdisso, Fernando Gago,
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,
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,
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, Juan Román Riquelme and
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. Boca has fans throughout Latin America and also in parts of the United States where there has been Latin immigration. In July 2007, after the club had toured pre-season, it was reported that the club was considering the possibility of creating a ''Boca Juniors USA'' team to compete in
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.


Rivalries

Boca Juniors has a long-standing, heated rivalry with River Plate known as the
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, known worldwide as one of world football's fiercest and most important rivalries in Argentina and the world. The Superclásico is mostly noted for the fan passion, simultaneous jumping of the fans and fan songs (often based on popular Argentine rock band tunes) against their rivals, games have been ocassionaly been marred by riots between the hardest supporters of both sides or against the police. Out of their 338 previous meetings, Boca have won 126, River have won 107 and there have been 105 draws. Boca Juniors and River Plate have played 259 official games all time against each other, with Boca winning 91, River winning 85 and 83 draws. The intensity of the rivalry has not stopped players from playing for both clubs, most notably José Manuel Moreno, Hugo Orlando Gatti, Alberto Tarantini,
Oscar Ruggeri Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional association football, footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed ''El Cabezón'' ("The Big-head One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with ...
,
Julio Olarticoechea Julio Jorge Olarticoechea (born 18 October 1958) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented Argentina at the 1986 and the 1990 World Cups, winning the former edition of the tournament. Ol ...
, Carlos Tapia,
Gabriel Batistuta Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Archangel Gabriel, A ...
and
Claudio Caniggia Claudio Paul Caniggia (; born 9 January 1967) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of bot ...
. The English newspaper ''
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'' put the Superclásico (played at La Bombonera) at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die".


Players


Current squad


Other players under contract


Out on loan


Reserves and Academy

''For the reserve and academy squads, see Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy''


Records


Most goals

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Most appearances

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Notable players

:This section lists players who have appeared in least 100 matches or scored at least 35 goals for the club.


1905–1930s

* Máximo Pieralini (1909–18) * Francisco Taggino (1910–15) *
Pedro Calomino Bleo Pedro Fournol, mostly known as Pedro Calomino (also nicknamed ''Calumín'') (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1950) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Calomino spent nearly all of his career in Boca Juniors, having also pl ...
(1911–13; 1915–24) * Enrique Bertolini (1912–23) * Alfredo Elli (1916–28) * Alfredo Garasini (1916–28) * Américo Tesoriere (1916–27) * Pablo Bozzo (1918–23) * Mario Busso (1918–27) * Antonio Cerroti (1920–29) * Ramón Muttis (1923–32) * Ludovico Bidoglio (1922–31) * Ángel Médici (1922–31) * Domingo Tarasconi (1922–32) * Roberto Cherro (1926–35) * Mario Evaristo (1926–31) * Estaban Kuko (1926–33) * Gerardo Moreyras (1927–33) * Donato Penella (1928–32) * Antonio Alberino (1929–34) * Pedro Arico Suárez (1929–42)


1930s–1970s

*
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(1931–39) * Delfín Benítez Cáceres (1932–38) * Juan Yustrich (1932–37) * José Manuel Marante (1934–38; 1940–50) *
Ernesto Lazzatti Ernesto Lazzatti (25 September 1915 – 30 December 1988) was an Argentine football midfielder and sports journalist. As a player, he won 10 titles with Boca Juniors, the only Argentine team where he played. Lazzatti's position on the field was ...
(1934–47) * Víctor Valussi (1935–36; 1938–45) *
Juan Alberto Estrada Juan Alberto Estrada (28 October 1912 – 28 May 1985) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who won two Copa América championships with the Argentina national team and two league titles with Boca Juniors. Playing career Club Estrada began his ...
(1938–43) *
Claudio Vacca Claudio Vacca (October 24, 1915 – January 28, 1995) was an Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career at Boca Juniors during 12 years and winning 6 titles.Segundo Gregorio Ibáñez (1939–42) * Jaime Sarlanga (1940–48) *
Mario Boyé Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé Auterio (30 July 1922 – 21 July 1992) was an Argentine footballer. A powerful winger or striker, he played for Boca Juniors, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán in Argentina, Genoa in Italy and Millonarios in C ...
(1941–49; 1955) * Pío Corcuera (1941–48) * Carlos Sosa (1941–51) * Natalio Pescia (1942–56) * Severino Varela (1943–45) * Obdulio Diano (1944–53) * Rodolfo Dezorzi (1945–48) * Héctor Raúl Otero (1948–56) * Marcos Busico (1949–54) * Herminio Antonio González (1949–54; 1956–59) * Juan Carlos Colman (1950–57) * José Borello (1951–58) * Federico Roberto Edwards (1951–59) * Juan Francisco Lombardo (1952–60) * Eliseo Mouriño (1953–60) * Julio Musimessi (1953–59) * Antonio Rattín (1956–70) * Juan José Rodríguez (1956–62; 1964) * Osvaldo Nardiello (1958–62) * Ernesto Grillo (1960–66) * Silvio Marzolini (1960–72) * Antonio Roma (1960–72) * Heleno de Freitas (1948–49) * Paulo Valentim (1960–64) * Almir Pernambuquinho (1961–62) *
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(1961–65) * Alberto Mario González (1962–68) * Norberto Menéndez (1962–67) * José María Silvero (1962–66) * Carmelo Simeone (1962–67) * Ángel Clemente Rojas (1963–71) * Alcides Silveira (1963–68) * Óscar Pianetti (1964–71) * Alfredo Rojas (1964–68) * Norberto Madurga (1966–71) * Nicolás Novello (1966–72; 1974) * Armando Ovide (1966–76) * Ramón Héctor Ponce (1966–74) * Miguel Nicolau (1967–72; 1974–75) * Rubén Omar Sánchez (1967–75) * Rubén Suñé (1967–72; 1976–80) * Julio Meléndez (1968–72) * Roberto Rogel (1968–75) * Jorge Coch (1969–71; 1980) * Orlando José Medina (1969–72) * Rubén Peracca (1969–73)


1970s–1990s

* Hugo Curioni (1970–73) * Enzo Ferrero (1971–75) * Roberto Mouzo (1971–84) * Osvaldo Potente (1971–75; 1979–80) *
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(1973–83) * Vicente Pernía (1973–81) * Alberto Tarantini (1973–77) * Marcelo Trobbiani (1973–76; 1981–82) * Carlos García Cambón (1974–77) * Abel Alves (1975–83) * Darío Felman (1975–78) * Hugo Gatti (1976–88) * Ernesto Mastrangelo (1976–81) * Jorge Ribolzi (1976–78, 1980–81) * Francisco Sá (1976–81) * José María Suárez (1976–82) * Carlos Veglio (1976–78; 1980) * Mario Zanabria (1976–80) * Hugo Alves (1977–84) * Hugo Perotti (1977–82; 1982–84) * Carlos Córdoba (1978–84) *
Ricardo Gareca Ricardo Alberto Gareca Nardi (; born 10 February 1958), nicknamed ''el Tigre'' and ''el Flaco'' ("Tiger " and "Slim"), is an Argentine football manager and former player. He was recently the manager of the Chile national team. During his play ...
(1978–80; 1982–84) *
Oscar Ruggeri Oscar Alfredo Ruggeri (born 26 January 1962) is an Argentine former professional association football, footballer who played as centre-back. Nicknamed ''El Cabezón'' ("The Big-head One"), Ruggeri achieved success at the international level with ...
(1980–84) * Ariel Krasouski (1981–85; 1986–88) *
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(1981–82; 1995–97) * Roberto Passucci (1981–86) * Fabián Carrizo (1983–90; 1994–96) * Ivar Stafuza (1983–91) * Luis Abramovich (1985–92) * Alfredo Graciani (1985–91; 1993–94) * Enrique Hrabina (1985–91) * Carlos Daniel Tapia (1985–94) * Jorge Comas (1986–89) * José Luis Cuciuffo (1987–90) * Diego Latorre (1987–92; 1996–98) * José Luis Villarreal (1987–93) * Carlos Navarro Montoya (1988–96) * Walter Pico (1988–92; 1994–96) * Juan Simón (1988–94) * Diego Soñora (1988–95) * Blas Giunta (1989–93; 1995–97) * Víctor Hugo Marchesini (1989–93) * Carlos Moya (1989–94)


1990s–2000s

* Luis Carranza (1992–95) * Carlos Mac Allister (1992–96) * Alberto Márcico (1992–95) * Sergio Martínez (1992–97) * Rodolfo Arruabarrena (1993–00) * Néstor Fabbri (1994–98) * Claudio Paul Caniggia (1995–98) * Diego Cagna (1995–98; 2003–05) * Juan Román Riquelme (1995–02; 2007–14) * Aníbal Matellán (1996–01; 2004–05) * Roberto Abbondanzieri (1997–06; 2009–10) * Guillermo Barros Schelotto (1997–07) * José Basualdo (1997; 1998–00) * Jorge Bermúdez (1997–02) * Óscar Córdoba (1997–01) * Martín Palermo (1997–00; 2004–11) *
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(1997–00) * Cristian Traverso (1997–02; 2004–05) * Antonio Barijho (1998–02; 2003–04) * Mauricio Serna (1998–02) * Hugo Ibarra (1998–01; 2002–03; 2007–10) * Sebastián Battaglia (1998–03; 2005–13) * Nicolás Burdisso (1999–04)


2000s–

Source: *
Marcelo Delgado Marcelo Alejandro Delgado (born 24 March 1973) is an Argentine former professional footballer, best known for his nickname "Chelo". He usually played as a deep-lying forward. He was capped for Argentina and played at the 1996 Olympic Games and ...
(2000–03; 2005–06) * José María Calvo (2000–06; 2008–11) * Clemente Rodríguez (2001–04; 2007; 2010–13) * Rolando Schiavi (2001–05; 2011–12) *
Carlos Tevez Carlos Alberto Tevez (; né Martínez; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. A dynamic forward (association football), forward in his prime, Tevez ...
(2001–04; 2015–16; 2018–21) * Raúl Alfredo Cascini (2002–05) * Pablo Ledesma (2003–08; 2012–14) * Fabián Vargas (2003–06; 2007–09) * Neri Cardozo (2004–08) * Fernando Gago (2004–07; 2013–18) * Claudio Morel Rodríguez (2004–10) * Cristian Chávez (2005–13) * Daniel Díaz (2005–07; 2013–16) * Rodrigo Palacio (2005–09) * Pablo Mouche (2006–12) * Facundo Roncaglia (2007–12; 2022–23) * Lucas Viatri (2007–14) * Nicolás Colazo (2008–16) * Cristian Erbes (2009–16) * Gary Medel (2009–2011; 2024–25) * Juan Manuel Insaurralde (2010–12; 2016–18) * Juan Manuel Sánchez Miño (2010–14) * Walter Erviti (2011–13) * Agustín Orion (2011–16) * Guillermo Fernández (2012–15; 2020; 2022–24) *
Cristian Pavón Cristian David Pavon (born 21 January 1996) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio. Club career Talleres Pavon played for Talleres de Córdoba's youth setu ...
(2014–22) * Pablo Pérez (2015–18) * Darío Benedetto (2016–19; 2022–24) * Frank Fabra (2016–) * Leonardo Jara (2016–21) * Agustín Rossi (2017–23) *
Ramón Ábila Ramón Darío Ábila (born 14 October 1989) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, forward for Club Atlético Huracán, Huracán. He is commonly known by the Argentine ...
(2018–22) * Julio Buffarini (2018–21) * Carlos Izquierdoz (2018–22) * Sebastián Villa (2018–23) * Jorman Campuzano (2019–) * Cristian Medina (2020–24) * Alan Varela (2020–23) * Luis Advíncula (2021–) *
Marcos Rojo Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo (born 20 March 1990) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Boca Juniors, where he is Captain (association football), captain. Rojo ...
(2021–) * Nicolás Figal (2022–) * Miguel Merentiel (2023–) * Exequiel Zeballos (2020–)


FIFA World Cup participants

List of players that were called up for a
FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
while playing for Boca Juniors. In brackets, the tournament played: * Roberto Cherro (1930) * Mario Evaristo (1930) * Ramón Muttis (1930) *
Arico Suárez Pedro Bonifacio Suárez Pérez, commonly known as Arico Suárez or Pedro Suárez (5 June 1908, in Gran Canaria, Spain – 18 April 1979, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), was a Spain, Spanish-Argentina, Argentine Association football, football Midfie ...
(1930) * Juan Francisco Lombardo (1958) * Julio Musimessi (1958) * Federico Edwards (1958) * Eliseo Mouriño (1958) * Alberto Mario González (1962, 1966) * Silvio Marzolini (1962, 1966) * Antonio Rattín (1962, 1966) * Antonio Roma (1962, 1966) * Alfredo Rojas (1966) * Carmelo Simeone (1966) *
Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona Franco (30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional association football, football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two ...
(1982) *
Julio Olarticoechea Julio Jorge Olarticoechea (born 18 October 1958) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented Argentina at the 1986 and the 1990 World Cups, winning the former edition of the tournament. Ol ...
(1986) * Carlos Tapia (1986) * Juan Simon (1990) * Alejandro Mancuso (1994) * Jorge Bermúdez (1998) * Óscar Córdoba (1998) * Mauricio Serna (1998) * Roberto Abbondanzieri (2006) * Rodrigo Palacio (2006) * Juan Roman Riquelme (2006) * Gary Medel (2010) * Claudio Morel Rodríguez (2010) * Martín Palermo (2010) * Fernando Gago (2014) * Agustín Orión (2014) * Wílmar Barrios (2018) * Nahitan Nandez (2018) *
Cristian Pavón Cristian David Pavon (born 21 January 1996) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio. Club career Talleres Pavon played for Talleres de Córdoba's youth setu ...
(2018)


Coaches

The first Boca Juniors coach recorded is
Mario Fortunato Mario Francisco Fortunato (1904 – 10 January 1970) was an Argentine football player and manager. Fortunato won three championships as a player with Boca Juniors and went on to lead the club to four Primera División and two domestic cups as ma ...
, who had been player before becoming coach of the team. Fortunato led Boca to win a total of five titles (4 league in
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...
,
1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
,
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
and
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
) and one
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( Copa de Competencia Británica in 1946). He had three tenures on the club, coaching Boca Juniors in 1930–1936, 1946 and 1956. Carlos Bianchi is the most successful coach in Boca Juniors' history, having won nine titles, including
Apertura The ' () and ' () tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is ...
s in 1998, 2000 and 2003, the 1999 Clausura, the Copa Libertadores in
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
,
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
and
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
, and the Intercontinental Cup in
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
and
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
.
Juan Carlos Lorenzo Juan Carlos "Toto" Lorenzo (; 27 October 1922 – 14 November 2001) was an Argentine football player and coach. He became an icon for Boca Juniors fans after he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles. Biography In his teens, ...
(1976–79, 1987), ''El Toto'', won five titles with the team, including the
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in
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
and
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
, the Intercontinental Cup in
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
, and the Metropolitano and Nacional in 1976. Alfio Basile also won 5 titles along with Mario Fortunato and ''Toto'' Lorenzo. With Basile, Boca won two domestic titles, 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura and three international ( 2005 Copa Sudamericana,
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
and 2006 Recopa Sudamericana), all of them won within two years.


Current coaching staff

, - , Head coach , , Miguel Ángel Russo , - , Assistant coach , , Claudio Úbeda , - , Assistant coach , , Juvenal Rodríguez , - , Fitness coach , , Adrián Gerónimo , - , Fitness coach , , Cristian Aquino , - , Goalkeeping coach , , Cristián Muñoz , - , Team doctor , , Lucas Logioco , - , Kinesiologist , , Leonardo Betchakian , -


Institutional


Executive board

Juan Román Riquelme is the current President of Boca Juniors since December 2023, when he was elected over Andrés Ibarra, getting more than 65% of the votes (a record of 46,400 members went to the club to vote). Jorge Amor Ameal (which was president 2019–23) was elected vice-president of the club.


Staff

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Honours


Senior titles

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1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off th ...
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1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...
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1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
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1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...
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1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...
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1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
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1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
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1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
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1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
, 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 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20,
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
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Other titles

;Independent leagues * Liga Central de Football: 1906 * Copa Barone: 1908 ;Friendly * Copa La Reacción: 1909 * Copa Riachuelo: 1910 * Copa Consejo Deliberante: 1922 * Copa Cervecería del Norte: 1926 * Copa Standart: 1926 * Copa Banco Comercial: 1927 * Copa Intendencia de Tandil: 1927 * Triangular Nocturno: 1940 * Copa Jorge IV: 1945 * Gobernación de Mendoza: 1954 * Trofeo "Joyería Grossi": 1954 * Torneo de Buenos Aires: 1962 * Torneo Triangular Buenos Aires: 1963 * Torneo Cuadrangular de Montevideo: 1963 * Mohammed V Trophy:
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* Copa 60th Anniversary Boca Juniors: 1965 * Trofeo Ciudad de San Sebastián (Spain): 1966 * Copa Rio de la Plata: 1970 * Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid (Spain): 1975 * Cuadrangular de los Grandes: 1985 * Trofeo Naranja: 1985 * Trofeo Isla de Tenerife: 1993 * Vodafone Cup (England): 2004 * Copa 100 Años de Atilio García (Uruguay): 2014 * Antonio Puerta Trophy (Spain):
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* Maradona Cup:
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Reserve and Youth titles

''For the reserve and academy honours, see Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy'' ;Notes


Facts

National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Primera División championships, and 17 domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the
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for their successful tour of Europe in 1925. Internationally, Boca Juniors has won 22 major titles, with 18 organised by
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and the rest organised jointly by the
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and
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Associations. Consequently, Boca is ranked third in the world in terms of number of complete international titles, after
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(35) and Egyptian side
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(26). Boca Juniors' international achievements also include one
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, one Copa de Honor Cousenier, and two Copa Escobar-Gerona, organized jointly by AFA and AUF together. Their success usually has the Boca Juniors ranked among the
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's Club World Ranking Top 25, which they have reached the top position six times (mostly during the coaching tenure of Carlos Bianchi). Boca was named by the IFFHS as the top South American club of the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). It was designated by FIFA as the joint twelfth-best Club of the Century, in December 2000, occupying the same place as
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of England,
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of Italy, and Benfica of Portugal, among others.


Records

* Seasons in Primera División: 111 ( never relegated since the team's debut in
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). * Largest win: ** Domestic: 11–1 to Tigre, on 7 June 1942. ** International: 7–0 to Bolívar on 26 April 2007 at
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* Worst defeat: ** Domestic: 0–7 v San Isidro on 10 October 1915. ** International: 1–6 v Palmeiras at 1994 Copa Libertadores * Worst position in official domestic tournaments: 19th. at 2013 Torneo Final * All-time topscorer: Martín Palermo (236 goals) * Topscorer in a single tournament: Domingo Tarasconi (40 goals in 33 games during 1923 Primera División) * Topscorer at international tournaments: Martín Palermo (43 goals) * Topscorer at
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: Román Riquelme (25 goals) * Most games unbeaten in domestic tournaments: 40 matches (from 15th fixture of Clausura 1998 to 16th fixture of 1999 Clausura) * Most capped player: Roberto Mouzo (426 matches) * Player with most titles won: Sebastián Battaglia (17 titles) * Goalkeeper with minute-record scoreless goal: Esteban Andrada (864' with no goals allowed) * Tied for 4th club in the world with most international cups won (18)


Football development


Reserves and academy

The reserve and youth academy football teams of the club, currently coached by former club player Rolando Schiavi, who debuted in February 2015. Boca Juniors is the most winning Torneo de Reserva championships with 21 titles won since it was established in 1910. Notable youth academy alumni and Argentine players include Américo Tesoriere, Natalio Pescia,
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, Antonio Rattín, Ángel Clemente Rojas, Roberto Mouzo,
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, Diego Latorre,
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,
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,
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, Nicolás Burdisso,
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, Sebastián Battaglia and Fernando Gago, among others.


Women's football

The Boca Juniors women's football team plays in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino and have won the championship a record 27 times of which 10 were in succession from the 2003 Apertura to the 2008 Clausura. Though the club has not yet won any international competition, it secured the third place at the 2010 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, and in the 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina finished in second place.


Other sports sections

In addition to men's football, Boca Juniors has a professional
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section. Other (amateur) activities held in the club are:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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,
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, martial arts (
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,
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, and
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),
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,
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,
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, and
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.


Basketball

The Boca Juniors basketball team, established in 1929, won several Argentine championships organised by now-defunct bodies "Asociación de Básquetbol de Buenos Aires" and "Federación Argentina de Básquetbol". Since the
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was created in 1985, Boca Juniors has won the LNB league title three times (1996–97, 2003–04, 2006–07, and 2023-24), five
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(2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006), one Torneo Top 4 (in 2004) and one Supercopa de La Liga (in 2024). At international level, Boca Juniors won three South American Club Championships in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Their home arena is the Estadio Luis Conde, better known as ''La Bombonerita'' (small ''Bombonera'').


Field hockey

In September 2022, Boca Juniors announced the club would open a
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section for men and women. In May 2023, the club inaugurated a hockey field, with '' Las Leonas'' all-time top scorer Vanina Oneto as part of the project. Oneto was appointed manager of Boca Juniors Hockey.


Futsal

Boca Juniors men's compete in Primera División de Futsal, the top division of the futsal league system and organised by AFA. The club is the 2nd most winning team (after Club Pinocho) of Primera División, with 13 titles. One of those came in 2017 when they defeated
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in the finals. The men's team won those thirteen league championship in 1992, 1993, 1997 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2017, 2020–21. Boca also has a women's futsal team which plays in the Campeonato de Futsal Femenino, they won the inaugural tournament in 2004 and won it again in 2014.


Volleyball

Boca Juniors has a men's professional volleyball team that won the Metropolitan championship in 1991, 1992 and 1996, and achieved the second place in the 1996–97 A1 season. Because of a lack of sponsors, the team was disbanded, but later it was reincorporated through the coaching of former Boca player Marcelo Gigante; after playing in the second division, it returned to the A1 league in 2005. In August 2015 it was announced that Boca Juniors's volleyball team would not participate in the Liga Argentina de Voleibol – Serie A1 from 2016. The decision was personally taken by Boca Juniors chairman, Daniel Angelici. The club alleged that taking part in a professional league resulted in a hugh commercial deficit so Boca Juniors declined to participate, although the volleyball department had reached an agreement with several sponsors which would put the money to cover the costs (about A$ 3 million). On 1 August 2023, it was announced that Boca Juniors after almost 8 years, will once again play in the Liga Argentina de Voleibol – Serie A1. Boca has a women's volleyball team that plays in the Liga Femenina de Voleibol Argentino and it has won the tournament a record 8 times (2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023).


Miscellaneous

Boca representatives compete in other disciplines such as judo,
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,
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,
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, weight lifting and gymnastics, amongst others.


Merchandising

Boca Juniors has expanded its activity beyond sport, providing its fans with a number of other products and services. In 2003, it became the fifth football club in the world to open its own TV channel. Boca TV broadcast 24 hours a day, featuring sports programs and talk shows. The channel was closed in 2005 due to low audience, returning in 2015 as a website. In 2005, a funerary company started to produce a line of coffins available for dead fans. The club also opened a "Boca Juniors" exclusive section of 3,000
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in the Parque Iraola Cemetery of La Plata Partido in 2006. Also in 2006, Boca expanded its business launching its own fleet of taxis operating in Buenos Aires, as well as its own brand of wine, called "Vino Boca Juniors". In 2012 Boca Juniors opened in Buenos Aires its first thematic hotel not only in Argentina but worldwide. The hotel was designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott. All the rooms were decorated with the colours of the club, apart from photos and paintings of notable players in the history of the club. There is an Argentine steakhouse in Queens, NYC which is a Boca Juniors theme restaurant.


Sponsorships

In racing, Argentine
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stock-car competition league spun off the
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category, in which teams were sponsored by football teams. Veteran race pilots Guillermo Ortelli and Ernesto Bessone and former Boca player Vicente Pernía drove for the "Boca Juniors" team; Ortelli finally won the first Top Race V6 championship with his car painted in Boca Juniors colors.Ortelli festejó su título con los colores de Boca
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See also

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References


External links

*
Boca Juniors results and statistics
at
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Historia de Boca Juniors


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