1908 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 1908 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the squad's debuting season in Primera B (then named "Segunda División"), the 2nd. level of Argentine league system. After winning some friendly tournaments, the executives of the club decided to affiliate it to the Argentine Football Association. As there was no promotion and relegation system by then, Boca Juniors registered to the second level to play official competitions for the first time in the history of the club.

Boca Juniors
1908 season
PresidentPablo Giúdice [1]
Manager(none)
StadiumIsla Demarchi
Primera B1st. of Group C, eliminated in semifinal
Top goalscorerRafael Pratts (21)
Biggest winBoca Jrs. 7–0 Bernal
(10 May)
← 1907
1909 →

Boca Juniors' debut in official tournaments was on May 3, 1908, when the squad defeated Belgrano A.C. II by 3–1 in the stadium of Virrey del Pino and Superí of Belgrano neighborhood. Boca Juniors starting line-up for that historic match was: Juan de los Santos; Marcelino Vergara, Luis Cerezo; Guillermo Ryan, Alberto Penney, Juan Priano; Arturo Penney, Manuel Eloiso, Rafael Pratts, Pedro Moltedo, José María Farenga. Boca Juniors' goals were scored by Pratts (2) and Eloiso. Gibraltar-born Rafael Pratts also became the first player to score a goal for Boca Juniors in official matches.[2][3] The squad finished in first place (among eight teams) and qualified for the next stage, the semifinal, where Boca was defeated by Racing Club 1–0.[4]

The team played in a field located at southwest of Buenos Aires, near the Isla Demarchi and Puerto Madero.[1][5] Although Boca finished 1st. in the regular season with 29 points in 16 matches played, the team did not promote to Primera División so the squad lost to Racing Club de Avellaneda at playoffs.[6] Then Racing lost to River Plate the final.[7][8]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ARG Juan A. De los Santos
DF   URU Luis Cerezo
DF   ARG Esteban Marcolino
DF   ARG Máximo Pieralini
FW   ARG Pedro Moltedo
MF   ARG Juan Priano
MF   ARG Emilio Bonatti
MF   ARG Alberto J. Penney
MF   ARG Manuel Feijóo
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ARG Guillermo Ryan
MF   ARG Marcelino Vergara
FW   ARG Juan M. Eloiso
FW   ARG Arturo P. Penney
FW   ESP Rafael Pratts
FW   ARG José M. Farenga
FW   ARG P. Chinoli
FW   ARG Alfredo Canevaro

Championship format and teams

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The Segunda División championship was contested by 36 teams divided into four groups of nine teams each. Boca played in Group C with San Isidro II[note 1], Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA), Belgrano A.C. II, Bernal,[note 2] Continental II [note 3], Royal, Villa Ballester,[note 4] and La Plata F.C.[note 5].[13]

Notes

  1. ^ "II" indicates reserve team so the senior squad was already playing in Primera División. Contesting second or lower division tournaments with reserve players was a common practise in those years.
  2. ^ Club Atlético Bernal, wore white and purple horizontal hoops shirt.[9]
  3. ^ Club Atlético Continental was a team established by former Atlanta players. Its shirt was vertical striped green and black
  4. ^ Club Sportivo Villa Ballester, currently disaffiliated but still active as a social club in Villa Ballester.[10]
  5. ^ Established in 1902, LPFC was Estudiantes' first official rival in March 1908.[11] Not to be confused with reborn La Plata Fútbol Club, founded in 2000 by then Mayor of La Plata, Julio Alak.[12]

Matches

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= Won; = Drew; = Lost

Segunda División

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Group C

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3 May 1908 1 Belgrano A.C. II 1-3 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts   
Eloíso  
Stadium: Belgrano (Virrey del Pino y Superí)
10 May 1908 2 Boca Juniors 7–0 Bernal Buenos Aires
Pratts      
Penney  
Eloíso  
Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
17 May 1908 3 Continental II 1–1 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts   Stadium: Continental
24 May 1908 4 Bernal 1–5 Boca Juniors Bernal
Report Pratts    
Farenga  
Moltedo  
Stadium: Bernal Stadium
31 May 1908 5 Boca Juniors 1–0 La Plata Buenos Aires
Pratts   Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
7 June 1908 6 Villa Ballester 1–2 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
Report Pratts  
Farenga  
Stadium: Roca y Victoria
28 June 1908 7 Boca Juniors 1–0 Belgrano A.C. II Buenos Aires
Moltedo   Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
9 July 1908 8 Boca Juniors 3–1 Continental II Buenos Aires
Pratts   
Penney  
Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
12 July 1908 9 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Royal
Report
19 July 1908 10 San Isidro II 0–1 Boca Juniors San Isidro
Report Bonfatti   Stadium: 25 de Mayo y R. Sánez Peña
26 July 1908 11 Boca Juniors 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) Buenos Aires
A.J. Penney  
A.P. Penney  
Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
30 August 1908 12 La Plata 2–2 Boca Juniors La Plata
Bavio  
Carús  
Report Pratts    Stadium: Hipódromo de La Plata
13 September 1908 13 Boca Juniors 4–0 San Isidro II Buenos Aires
Pratts    
Cerezo  
Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
11 October 1908 14 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) 2–2 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Capellini  
Lacove  
Report Pratts  
Chinoli  
Stadium: Estadio G.E.B.A.
25 October 1908 15 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Royal
Report
1 November 1908 16 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Villa Ballester
Report

Group C standings

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Pos. Team Pts. Pl. W D L Gf Ga
1 29 16 13 3 0 34 10
2
La Plata
23 16 10 3 3 25 14
3
Continental II
18 16 8 2 6 15 9
4
Villa Ballester
18 14 8 2 4 31 17
5 17 13 8 1 4 30 11
6 13 12 6 1 5 24 16
7 10 13 5 0 8 10 25
8
Bernal
4 16 2 0 14 8 65
9
Royal
0 16 0 0 16 0 11
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Qualified for the semifinals. After Royal withdrew the competition and Villa Ballester players did not attended the match, Boca was awarded the points (6 in total) on the three matches that weren't played.

Promotion playoff

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Semifinal
Boca Juniors0–1Racing Club
Report Frers   2'
Referee: Campbell

Suspended on 86'

Copa Bullrich

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Copa Bullrich was a domestic cup contested by teams in Segunda División. It was played under a single-elimination format. Boca Juniors was eliminated on the second round.

14 June First stage Estudiantil Porteño 1–2 Boca Juniors Ramos Mejía
Negri   30' Report Priano   15'
Pratts   73'
Stadium: Estudiantil Porteño
Referee: Castro
5 July Second stage Boca Juniors 0–5 Atlanta Buenos Aires
Report Rodrìguez   2', 89'
Prandone   7'
Piaggio   53'
Bellinzona   65'
Stadium: Ferro C. Oeste
Referee: Buchanan

Friendly matches

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The match v Uruguayan club Universal became the first match played by Boca Juniors outside Argentina.[14]

12 Jan Liga Albión San Telmo 0–0 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
Report Stadium: Villa Ballester
5 Apr Ferro Carril Oeste 0–4 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts   
Penney  
Farenga  
Stadium: Ferro C. Oeste
12 Apr Liga Albión San Telmo 1–4 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
? Report ? Stadium: Villa Ballester
Referee: Giacomelli
2 Aug Boca Juniors 2–1 River Plate Buenos Aires
Pratts    Report ? Stadium: Dársena Sur
18 Oct Universal 1–2 Boca Juniors Montevideo
Report Pratts  
A.J. Penney  
Stadium: Parque Salvio

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Segunda División
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ARG Juan De los Santos 14 0 14 0
DF   URU Luis Cerezo 14 1 14 1
DF   ARG Marcelino Vergara 13 0 13 0
MF   ARG Alberto Juan Penney 13 1 13 1
MF   ARG Juan Priano 14 0 14 0
MF   ARG Guillermo Ryan 13 0 13 0
FW   ARG Juan Manuel Eloiso 13 2 13 2
FW   ARG Pedro Moltedo 14 2 14 2
FW   ARG Arturo Penney 13 3 13 3
FW   ARG Jose M. Cayetano Farenga 13 2 13 2
FW   ESP Rafael Pratts 12 21 12 21
MF   ARG Emilio Bonatti 3 1 3 1
FW   ARG P. Chinoli 1 1 1 1
FW   ARG Alfredo Canevaro 1 0 1 0
MF   ARG Manuel Feijóo 1 0 1 0
DF   ARG Esteban Marcolino 1 0 1 0
DF   ARG Máximo Pieralini 1 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Segunda División 1908 on Historia de Boca
  2. ^ El Boca de Gibraltar by Mariano Mancuso on Revista Un Caño (archived)
  3. ^ El Boca del Peñón by Pablo Bomarito on El Gráfico, 8 Nov 2020
  4. ^ El debut oficial de Boca: la génesis de una gran historia by Oscar Barnade, Clarín, 3 May 2017
  5. ^ "Breve historia de la isla Demarchi" on La Nación Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, 30 Ago 2012
  6. ^ Triunfo y final polémico on El Intransigente,
  7. ^ "Racing Club - Temporada 1908" on Derrota Digna blogsite, 18 Dec 2014
  8. ^ Argentina: Second level champions on the RSSSF
  9. ^ "Campaña de Bernal en 1908" by José Carluccio, 12 May 2020
  10. ^ "Campaña de Villa Ballester en 1908" by José Carluccio on his blogsite, 11 Jun 2020
  11. ^ Historia on Estudiantes LP website
  12. ^ La Plata Fútbol Club, un capricho que no llegó a hacerse realidad on La Capital, 8 May 2017
  13. ^ "1908: El contexto de un año histórico" by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the CIHF blogsite, 24 Mar 2009
  14. ^ Universal 1-2 Boca Juniors match details