page_title: Boca Juniors
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Boca Juniors / History
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the first photo ever taken to Boca Juniors, in 1906, after the squad won the Copa Reformista. Boca wore a white jersey with vertical stripes (black or blue stripes is still discussed). The players are: from left to right: (up) Juan Brichetto -linesman and President of the club twice-, José Teodoro Farenga, Pedro Moltedo, Alberto Juan Penney, Marcelino Vergara y Santiago Basigaluppi. (middle) Germán Grande, Arturo Patricio Penney and Juan Prieno. (down) Juan Antonio Farenga, Juan De Los Santos and Luis Cerezo. Guillermo Ryan did not appeared. Español: Primera foto tomada al equipo de Boca Juniors, en 1906, cuando acababa de ganar la Copa Reformista. Boca está utilizando su primera camiseta estable: fondo blanco con rayas verticales (no está confirmado si eran azules o negras). En la foto están: De izquierda a derecha: (Arriba) Juan Brichetto -linesman y 2 veces presidente de Boca-, José Teodoro Farenga, Pedro Moltedo, Alberto Juan Penney, Marcelino Vergara y Santiago Basigaluppi. (Medio) Germán Grande, Arturo Patricio Penney y Juan Prieno. (Abajo) Juan Antonio Farenga, Juan De Los Santos y Luis Cerezo. Falta Guillermo Ryan.
context_page_description: Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
  Boca Juniors is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the Argentine Primera División, becoming the most successful team of Argentina in number of official titles, with 69 won to date. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 34 Primera División championships, and 13 domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the Argentine Football Association for their successful tour of Europe in 1925.
  Internationally, Boca Juniors has won a total of 22 international titles, with 18 organised by CONMEBOL and the rest organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations. Consequently, Boca is ranked third in the world in terms of number of complete international titles, after Real Madrid and Egyptian side Al Ahly. Boca Juniors' international achievements also include Tie Cup, Copa de Honor Cousenier, and Copa Escobar-Gerona, organized jointly by AFA and AUF together.
context_section_description: On 3 April 1905, a group of Greek and Italian boys (more specifically from Genoa) met in order to find a club. The house where the meeting was arranged was Esteban Baglietto's and the other four people who attended were Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana and brothers Ioannis (Juan) and Theodoros (Teodoro) Farengas from Chios and Konstantinos Karoulias from Samos.
  Other important founders members include Arturo Penney, Marcelino Vergara, Luis Cerezo, Adolfo Taggio, Giovanelli, Donato Abbatángelo, Bertolini.
  In 1913, Boca obtained the promotion to Primera División that the team had wanted for many years. This was possible when the Asociación Argentina de Fútbol decided to increase the number of teams in the league from 6 to 15.
  In 1925, Boca made its first trip to Europe to play in Spain, Germany and France. The squad played a total of 19 games, winning 15 of them. For that reason Boca was declared "Campeón de Honor" (Champion of Honour) for the 1925 season by the Association.
  During successive years, Boca consolidated as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, with a huge number of fans not only in Argentina but worldwide. The club is one of the most successful teams in Argentine football, having won 34 Primera División titles, second only to River Plate with 36. In South American and international club football, Boca Juniors have won 18 titles, the same as A.C. Milan; Boca also won four international official titles (played between teams from the Argentine and Uruguayan Association), although not recognized by FIFA yet.
  Those honors include 1919 Tie Cup, 1920 Copa de Honor Cousenier and 1945 and 1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona.
caption: The first recorded photo of Boca Juniors taken in 1906, after winning the Copa Reformista.
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