Foundation

On 3 April 1905, five Italian immigrants gathered in the Plaza Solís, located in the heart of the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires.^[6] Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpati, Santiago Sana, and brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga founded Boca Juniors, the use of English language in team names was commonplace, as British railway workers had originally introduced association football into Argentina.^[7]

Boca Juniors played in local leagues and the amateur second division until being promoted to the first division in 1913, when the division was expanded from six teams to 15.^[8] Boca were never relegated; they won six amateur championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1930).^[9] With the introduction of professionalism in Argentina, Boca won the first title in 1931.^[10]

• First Match: April 21, 1905. vs. Mariano Moreno.
• First international match: December 8, 1907. vs. Universal (Montevideo, Uruguay)
• First professional match: May 31, 1931 vs. Chacarita Juniors.