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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 days
Boca 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 six times (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007), 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.
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