At a time of booming for football in Argentina and advancing the influence of immigrants in the ports of Buenos Aires, Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana and brothers Theodore and Juan Antonio Farenga gathered one afternoon on April 3 to give the origin of Boca Juniors.According to the official history of the club, the meeting was at Baglietto’s house and continued outdoors , on a bench in Plaza Solís, where he set the name that combines the neighborhood of La Boca with the Juniors to give it an English touch, fashionable at the time (River Plate, Racing Club, among other examples). On April 21, 1905, mariano Moreno was given the first match of the club “xeneize”, where he beat Mariano Moreno 4-0. A black and white striped T-shirt was the first to be used but it was not the final one, until it came time to designate the colors that emerged from a ship docked on the Riachuelo with the Swedish flag.
The founders of Boca Juniors, in 1905. Photo: Boca Juniors
It took 17 years for Boca to settle in its emblematic location between Brandsen, Del Valle Iberlucea, Aristóbulo Del Valle and the tracks of the Sud Railway where La Bombonera was founded, which would end up being one of the most recognized football works in the world, completed and presented on May 25, 1940.Throughout history Boca was forged based on popular support from an immigrant ward and lower class, which gave him an identity he has to this day. Thus, he won the heart of much of the country and became the club with the most fans along with River Plate, as well as being the top winners.
Boca debuted at La Bombonera on May 25, 1940. Photo: Boca Juniors
In total, the “Xeneize” has 70 official titles won (18 national and 22 international), being also the second club with the highest number of Copa Libertadores, with six, in addition to being three times world champion, in a record for Argentina and shared with Nacional and Peñarol of Uruguay.116 years meets Boca, which in addition to its glorious harvest of titles was the home of huge figures of Argentine world football , where Diego Armando Maradona, Juan Román Riquelme, Martín Palermo, Angel Clemente Rojas, Silvio Marzolini, Antonio Rattín, Mario Boyé, Blas Giunta, Roberto Suñé, Frncisco Varallo stand out, among others, with a story that extends and continues with the command of Carlos Tévez.
