Club Atlético Boca Juniors is a professional football club based in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 1905 by young Italian immigrants, and one of the most successful and widely supported clubs in South American football, having won numerous Argentine league titles and multiple Copa Libertadores continental championships. Playing in blue shirts with a yellow horizontal band, chosen according to club legend from the flag of a Swedish ship docked in the port, the club plays at La Bombonera stadium and maintains one of the fiercest rivalries in world football with River Plate, known as the Superclasico, while counting Diego Maradona among its most celebrated former players.
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Founded Year Stadium Capacity Boca Juniors
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Maradona's boyhood and career-defining club, where he broke through before his moves to Europe.
El Superclasico, the defining rivalry of Argentine football and one of the most intense derbies in world sport.
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Club Atlético Boca Juniors (CABJ) (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ aˈtletiko ˈβoka ˈʝunjoɾs]) is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
History section, founding
On 3 April 1905, a group of boys, who were the sons of Italian immigrants (more specifically from Genoa), met in order to find a club.
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57,200
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Boca Juniors
Alejandro Lanari (Wikipedia)
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he was signed as a reserve goalkeeper for Boca Juniors, where he retired in 1998 at the age of 38.
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