"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. According to the club's official site, the original jersey colour was a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes, being then replaced by a light blue shirt and then another striped jersey before adopting the"
"of 2018, 17 single eliminations between Boca Juniors and River Plate had been played. River holds the upper hand, with 12 wins over Boca. Note ""List of 100 players who have played for Boca Juniors and River Plate"" Superclásico Superclásico is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of ""clásico"" to mean derby, with the prefix ""super"" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. According to some statistics, they commandeer more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between"
"Superclásico Superclásico is the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of ""clásico"" to mean derby, with the prefix ""super"" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. According to some statistics, they commandeer more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them. The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies. In April 2004, the English newspaper ""The Observer"" put the Superclásico at the top of their list of ""50 sporting things you must"
"Football rivalries in Argentina There are a number of major football rivalries in Argentina. The Superclásico (""Superderby"") is the most important football rivalry in Argentina, and the most important local derby. It is contested between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of ""clásico"" to mean derby and the prefix super is used because Boca Juniors and River Plate are the two most popular and successful teams in Argentine football commanding more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them. The Superderby is known worldwide as one of world football's fiercest and"
"police. The English newspaper ""The Observer"" put the Superclásico (played at La Bombonera) at the top of their list of 50 sporting things you must do before you die. The two clubs both have origins in the poor riverside area of Buenos Aires known as La Boca. River however moved to the more affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1923. Boca Juniors and River Plate have played 338 games all time against each other, with Boca winning 126, River winning 107 and 105 draws. In the First Division Professional Era the two clubs have played"
"2017 Supercopa Argentina The 2017 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 6th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. The match was played at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza on 14 March 2018. Boca Juniors and River Plate qualified after winning the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División tournament and the 2016–17 Copa Argentina, respectively. It was the second time in history and first since 1976 that the two most important Argentine clubs face each other in a final match. River Plate defeated Boca Juniors 2–0 to"
"regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the supposedly more upper-class base of cross-town arch rival Club Atlético River Plate. Boca Juniors claims to be the club of ""half plus one"" (""la mitad más uno"") of Argentina's population, but a 2006 survey placed its following at 40%, still the largest share. They have the highest number of fans, as judged by percentage in their country. The Boca-River ""Superclásico"" rivalry is one of the most thrilling derbies in the world. Out of their 338 previous meetings, Boca have won 126, River have won 107 and there have"
"of Buenos Aires in Boca Juniors and River Plate against each other in the final for the first time. The first leg was held at Boca Juniors' home pitch, La Bombonera, on 11 November 2018, ending in a 2-2 draw with no away goal rule applied. During the planned second leg on 24 November 2018, scheduled for El Monumental, the home pitch of River Plate, numerous River Plate fans threw glass bottles and fired missiles at the Boca Juniors team bus headed to the stadium, injuring numerous players as a result. CONMEBOL postponed the match and moved the second leg"
"World Ranking Top 25, which they have reached the top position six times (mostly during the coaching tenure of Carlos Bianchi). Boca was named by the IFFHS as the top South American club of the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010). Boca Juniors is also known to be one of the most popular football clubs in Argentina, along with River Plate. Boca has always had a fierce rivalry with River Plate, as both clubs were established in La Boca. Matches between them are known as the Superclásico, and are one of the most heated rivalries in Argentina and the"
"its teams playing in the major league. The best-known rivalry is the one between Boca Juniors and River Plate, the match is better known as Superclásico. Watching a match between these two teams was deemed one of the ""50 sporting things you must do before you die"" by ""The Observer"". Other major clubs include San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club Atlético Huracán, Vélez Sársfield, Chacarita Juniors, Club Ferro Carril Oeste, Nueva Chicago and Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors. Diego Maradona, born in Lanús Partido (county) south of Buenos Aires, is widely hailed as one of the greatest football players of all time."
"This is Gallardo's third national title with River Plate. At the end of 2018, River Plate once more beat their historic rivals Boca Juniors in the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals. It was the first time two Argentine teams faced each other in a Libertadores final and the last final of the competition played with a two-legged home and away format, in spite of the second match being played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium due to River fans attacking Boca Juniors' players at the surroudings of the Monumental Stadium on the day the second leg match was supposed to be played"
"win their first Supercopa Argentina title. </div> 2017 Supercopa Argentina The 2017 Supercopa Argentina Final was the 6th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. The match was played at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza on 14 March 2018. Boca Juniors and River Plate qualified after winning the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División tournament and the 2016–17 Copa Argentina, respectively. It was the second time in history and first since 1976 that the two most important Argentine clubs face each other in a final match."
"the following years, River Plate consolidated its place as one of the most popular teams of Argentina, and the 20th century brought much success. The clubs record of 28 official tournaments saw them dubbed ""El Campeón del Siglo"" (The Champions of the Century). River Plate and Boca Juniors are the two largest football clubs in Argentina, with more than half the country's football fans supporting the clubs. Due to the rivalry between them, the Boca Juniors vs River Plate ""Superclásico"" local derby match was listed by the BBC as one of the most famous derbies in the world. It was"
"Statistics placed River Plate in the 9th place in a ranking that included the best teams of the world during the 1990s and 2000s. River was the South American club with the best position in the table. The club was officially founded in 1901 and took its name from the common English name for the Río de la Plata. River has a fierce rivalry with Boca Juniors. Matches between them are known as ""Superclásico"", and the two teams' rivalry is amongst the most heated in the sport, due to their local and global popularity. River's home stadium is Estadio Monumental"
"of the Buenos Aires Province). The term is currently used as a jargon within Argentine football, rather than with an actual definition; and sympathizers of other teams propose the idea of a ""Sixth Big"". The group has no defined order either. There are two derbies among the Big Five: the Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate, considered one of the biggest and most important derbies in the world, and the Avellaneda derby between Independiente and Racing Club, the second-most important of the country. San Lorenzo de Almagro's derby is with Huracán, which is not popularly considered among the Big"
"Clásico de Fútbol The Clásico de Fútbol is a series of games between Puerto Rico FC (NASL) and the Puerto Rico national football team with both teams are based in Puerto Rico. The term ""Clásico"" is commonly used to refer to other rivalries in Spanish-speaking countries, most prominently, the Spanish Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, or the Argentine Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate. As part of the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend celebration, Puerto Rico FC will travel to New York City to meet the Puerto Rico National Team in a friendly match. This match is part"
"and SSC Napoli in Italy). Football in Buenos Aires Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has several of Argentina's most significant football clubs, and the city is home to many football clubs. Football is a passion for Argentines. Buenos Aires has the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world (featuring no fewer than 24 professional football teams), with many of its teams playing in the major league. The best-known rivalry is the one between Boca Juniors and River Plate, the"
"2018 Copa Libertadores The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ""Copa Libertadores""), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The ""New York Times"" reported that the last game was referred to as the ""Final to End All Finals"" and the biggest game in Argentine sport history but the last game of the Finals was postponed and moved due to violence against the Boca Juniors team. River Plate defeated Boca Juniors in the finals by an aggregate score of 5–3 to win their fourth tournament title. As champions,"
"the Six Nations or Tri Nations competition reached the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup, and gave renewed momentum propelling Argentina towards joining one of those competitions. During their World Cup run, the normally football-crazed Argentines embraced the ""Pumas"" so much that ""El Superclásico"", the Buenos Aires football derby between Boca Juniors and River Plate, was rescheduled so that it would not conflict with the Pumas' quarter-final match. As the only major Spanish language country in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Pumas also had considerable support from rugby fans in Spain, Uruguay, and other Latin American countries during their"
"Football in Buenos Aires Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has several of Argentina's most significant football clubs, and the city is home to many football clubs. Football is a passion for Argentines. Buenos Aires has the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world (featuring no fewer than 24 professional football teams), with many of its teams playing in the major league. The best-known rivalry is the one between Boca Juniors and River Plate, the match is better known as"
"Antonio Vespucio Liberti, known simply as ""El Monumental"", which is located in the Belgrano district, the largest stadium in the country. Apart from football, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as athletics, basque pelota, bowls, chess, basketball, handball, cestoball, gymnastics, field hockey, karate, roller hockey, roller skating, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, waterpolo and eSports. River Plate was founded on 25 May 1901, close to the La Boca neighborhood (later the home of fierce rivals Boca Juniors). The institution was formed after the merger of two clubs, ""Santa Rosa"" and ""La Rosales"", with Leopoldo Bard being elected as"
"Juniors has had a long-standing rivalry with River Plate. The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of world football's fiercest and most important rivalries. It is particularly noted for the passion of the fans, the stands of both teams feature fireworks, coloured confetti, flags and rolls of paper. Both sets of supporters sing passionate songs (often based on popular Argentine rock band tunes) against their rivals, and the stadiums are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. Sometimes the games have been known to end in riots between the hardest supporters of both sides or against the"
"and the third time that the two clubs have met in a cup final, after the 1976 Primera División final and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina. Their most recent meeting in the competition was in the 2015 Copa Libertadores round of 16, where Boca Juniors were disqualified and the tie awarded to River Plate, after River Plate players were attacked with pepper spray by Boca Juniors fans when the squad returned to the field following halftime of the second leg. ""Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away)."" The final was planned"
"with the following rules: This was the first time the Superclásico derby matches between Boca Juniors and River Plate were played in the Copa Sudamericana. The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner. ""River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate."" 2014 Copa Sudamericana The 2014 Copa Sudamericana (officially the 2014 Copa Total Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the"
"Superclásico. Watching a match between these two teams was deemed one of the ""50 sporting things you must do before you die"" by ""The Observer"". Other major clubs include San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club Atlético Huracán, Vélez Sársfield, Chacarita Juniors, Club Ferro Carril Oeste, Nueva Chicago and Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors. Diego Maradona, born in Lanús Partido (county) south of Buenos Aires, is widely hailed as one of the greatest football players of all time. Maradona started his career with Argentinos Juniors, later playing for Boca Juniors, the Argentina national football team and others (most notably FC Barcelona in Spain"
"between Boca Juniors and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata was also played in River Plate. In 1930, Yugoslavia became the first European national side that played at the venue, facing the Argentine side on August 3. The club expanded their facilities around the stadium. Other sports include tennis, basketball and volleyball courts and a swimming pool. In 1936 the club installed a lighting system in the stadium, supported on six metallic towers. Nevertheless, the increase of popularity of football in Argentina forced River Plate to build a new stadium with higher capacity. The last game played there was on"
"Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Núñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and named after the British English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. Although many sports are practiced at the club, River is best known for its professional football team, which has won Argentina's Primera División championship a record of 40 times, including its latest title, 2014 Final. Domestic achievements also include 11 National cups, with the 2017 Supercopa Argentina as the most recent. which places River Plate as the most winning team of domestic competitions"
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"Superclásico. Lisandro Magallán Lisandro Magallán (born 27 September 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Boca Juniors, as a central defender. He also played for the Argentina football team at the 2016 Summer Olympics Born in La Plata, Magallán made his senior debut for Gimnasia La Plata on 10 August 2010. In April 2012, he was reported to have been scouted by English club Manchester City. On July 26, 2012 Boca Juniors paid $1.4 million for 80% of the rights to Magallán's services. In October 2014, Magallán scored his first goal for Boca Juniors against River Plate in"
"scoring the only goal in favor for Boca Juniors of the Superclasico in the 2nd Leg of The Final, Benedetto made a Clownish-Face to the River Plate's defender, in which River Plate fanatics will continue to make Boca Juniors memes over losing the Most Important Match of their Entire Rivalry. Minutes later, Benedetto was injured and substituted by Ramón Ábila and the encounter ended River Plate winning with the score of 3-1. On 27 August 2017, Benedetto received his first senior call-up by coach Jorge Sampaoli for Argentina's 2018 World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Venezuela. He made his"
"Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain (a neutral venue) on 9 December 2018. This was the last final to take place over two legs, as starting from 2019 the final will be played as a single match at a venue chosen in advance. Due to the intense rivalry between Boca and River, the match was referred to as the ""Superfinal"". The second leg was originally to be hosted by River Plate at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 24 November 2018. However, due to safety concerns resulting from the attack on the bus of Boca Juniors prior"
"games, taking the lead at the end of Round 5. On May 4, 2003, during Round 11, Velez Sarsfield got a home win against leaders Boca Juniors and after three more consecutive wins, regained the top position in the league. On June 1, during Round 14, Boca Juniors and River Plate confronted each other in the Superclásico at Boca Juniors stadium. The game ended 2-2 and allowed Velez, who won their match, to be the sole leaders of the league. However, an unexpected home loss to Olimpo on Round 15, made Velez lose the first position as Boca and River"
"California Clásico The California Clasico is the name given to the soccer rivalry between the LA Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes. This Major League Soccer rivalry reached its zenith from 2001 to 2005, during which time the Earthquakes and the Galaxy combined to win four MLS Cup titles. The term ""Clasico"" is commonly used to refer to other rivalries in Spanish-speaking countries, most prominently, the Spanish Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, or the Argentine Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Los Angeles and San Jose is considered to be one of the most historical rivalries in American"