Boca Juniors`s History And Glory

Boca Juniors was born on Monday april 3rd,1905, when five young boys who lived in La Boca neighbourhood (Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana and brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga) got together at Solís Square with the intention to found a football club. Without even imagining it, this group of italian inmigrants wrote the first pages of the rich history of Argentina’s most popular football club. The name of the club was taken from that of the neighbourhood but the word "Juniors" was added to give it an english tone and enhance it with more prestige, in order to counteract the “difficult neighbourhood” fame La Boca had gained at that time. During its first years, Boca Juniors wore different shirts that were changed constantly until the well-known classic blue and yellow one was adopted.The first shirt was pink, followed by a vertically striped black and white one until 1907, when both yellow and blue colors were adopted. These colors were taken from the swedish flag on a boat which was moored in the port during those daysBoca Juniors shows a great track record in amateur competitions, wining 7 titles. 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1930 Championships and the Honour Cup in 1925.In the Profesional League, the xeneize club won the following championships: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, Argentina Cup and National in 1969, National in 1970, Metropolitan and National in 1976, Metropolitan in 1981, Apertura '92, Apertura '98, Clausura '99, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003 and Apertura 2005. * Boca won local Clausura '91, but lost the season uniting final against Newell's Old Boys de Rosario.Another glorious chapter in the club’s history is that of the international achievements. Boca won the Libertadores Cup five times (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001 and 2003), the Intercontinental Cup three times (1977, 2000 and 2003), one Supercopa (1989), three Southamerican Cups (2004 and 2005), three Southamerican Recopa (1990, 2005 and 2006), one Master Cup (1992) and one Nicolás Leoz Golden Cup (1993).Throughout almost one hundred years of history many players wore the blue and gold shirt and ended up as absolute idols in the institution, 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.


Nationals:
Amateur: 1919/1920/1923/1924/1926/1930
Copa de Honor en 1925.
Professional:1931/1934/1935/1940/1943/1944/1954/1962/1964/1965
Copa Argentina y Nacional 1969
Nacional 1970
Metropolitano y Nacional 1976
Metropolitano 1981
Apertura 1992
Apertura 1998
Clausura 1999
Apertura 2000
Apertura 2003
Apertura 2005
Clausura 2006


Internationals:
Libertadores Cup 1977/1978/2000/2001/ 2003
Intercontinental Cup 1977 /2000/2003
Supercopa 1989
Southamerican Cup 2004/2005
Southamerican Recopa 1990/2005/ 2006
Master Cup 1992
Nicolás Leoz Golden Cup 1993

* Boca won local Clausura '91, but lost the season uniting final against Newell's Old Boys de Rosario.