History

Monday, January 07, 2008

Boca Juniors was founded on Monday 3rd April,1905, when five young boys who lived in La Boca neighbourhood got together at Solís Square with the intention of founding a football club. Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana and brothers, Juan and Teodoro Farenga could never have imagined that they were to be responsible for creating one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the world.

The name of the club was taken from the neighbourhood but the word "Juniors" was added to give it an English tone and make the name sound more prestige, a measure taken to counteract the difficult social problems that had developed in the area at that time.

During the early years, Boca Juniors wore many different shirts until the well-known classic blue and yellow combination was finally adopted.

Boca Juniors achieved great success in amateur competitions, wining 7 titles in total. These were the Championships in 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930 and the Honour Cup in 1925. In professional competitions, the Xeneize club won the following Championships: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964 and 1965, as well as the Argentina Cup and National in 1969. The National championship was won again in 1970 and 1976, the Metropolitan in 1976 and 1981; Apertura Championship in 1992, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005; and the Clausura Championship in 1991, 1992 and 1998. In 1991 Boca won the local Clausura, but lost the season uniting final against Newell's Old Boys de Rosario.

The Club also achieved great success in international competitions. Boca won the Copa Libertadores six times (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007), the Intercontinental Cup three times (1977, 2000 and 2003), one Supercopa (1989), three South American Cups (2004 and 2005), three South American Cup Winners' Cup (1990, 2005 and 2006), one Master Cup (1992) and one Nicolás Leoz Golden Cup (1993).

Throughout almost one hundred years of history many players have come through the ranks to become legends within the club. Players such as Francisco Varallo, Mario Boyé, Angel Clemente Rojas, Antonio Roma, Alfredo Rojas, Antonio Rattín, Vicente Pernía, Hugo Gatti, Silvio Marzolini, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Martín Palermo and Juan Román Riquelme will never be forgotten by the Boca faithful or the football fans all over the World.

Find out more about Boca Juniors history in the documentary; Inside Boca Juniors: click here