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Boca Juniors is an Argentine football (soccer) club. Its
home base is the neighbourhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires,
and it hosts its home games at the Bombonera (chocolate box)
stadium on 805 Brandsen street. Boca has won 20 Argentine professional championships, five Copa Libertadores titles and three Intercontinental Cups. Boca Juniors is a fixture in the top 30 of the Club World Ranking maintained by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (http://www.iffhs.de/), and has reached the top position 5 times during coach Carlos Bianchi's tenure. As for 2004 it occupied the second position. The team On 3 April 1905, five Italian immigrants gathered in Solís park of La Boca. Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana, Juan and Teodoro Farenga founded Boca Juniors (the use of English language in team names was commonplace, as English railroad workers introduced football into Argentina). The original jersey color was pink, which was quickly abandoned for thin black and white vertical stripes. The legend has it that in 1907 Boca played against a team that shared the same colors, to decide who would get to keep them. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to arrive to the La Boca port. As the boat was from Sweden, the blue-and-gold was adopted. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe. Boca Juniors played in local leagues and the amateur second division until it was promoted to the top division in 1913, when it was expanded from six teams to 15. Boca was never relegated; it won six amateur championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1930) and, 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. The Crest The shape of the crest has remained unchanged throughout Boca's history. In 1955, laurel leaves where added to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary, and the colors were changed in order to resemble the jersey colors. Since 1970, a star is added for each Argentine title (top part, above the initials) and for each international title (bottom part). To the delight of fans, the crest was modified several times in recent years. The stadium Boca Juniors used several fields before it settled on the current grounds on Brandsen street. Construction work on the concrete structure started in 1938; during the erection of the stands, Boca played its home matches in the Ferrocarril Oeste field in Caballito until 1940. A third tray was added in 1953, and the La Bombonera name was born. One side remained mostly unbuilt until 1996, when it was upgraded with new balconies and VIP booths. Dársena Sud: 1908 - 1912. Wilde: 1914 - 1915. Brins y Sengüel: 1916 - 1924. Brandsen: from 1924. The Fans Boca Juniors is traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the more upscale support base of their cross-town rivals River Plate. Fans are known for valuing sacrifice, and to root for the team in good times and bad. This is also in contrast with the image of River Plate fans, who demand attractive play from their team. Boca claims to be the club of half plus one of Argentina's population; a recent survey placed its following at 39%. The Superclásico Being the two biggest and more important football clubs in Argentina, and due to the rivalry between them, the Boca-River Superclásico is considered one of the most thrilling derbies in the world. See: BBC news - on famous world derbies. The derby's statistics show Boca on top by by 64 to 59, with 52 ties. Nicknames Boca are known as los xeneizes (the Genoese) after the large number of Italian (especially Genoese) inmigrants who lived in La Boca in the early 20th century. The derogatory name bosteros (horse-shitters) is used mostly by rivals, but some fans hve taken to wear it with pride. It derives from the horse manure used in the brick factory that occupied the ground now used by the stadium. The fans call themselves la número 12 (player number 12) because of the influence they have on rival teams - especially in the La Bombonera, where the noise from the stands is loudly heard on the pitch. Boca fans also use the diminutive Boquita when referring to the club. |
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