1908 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season
1908 season | ||
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President | Pablo Giúdice [1] | |
Manager | (none) | |
Stadium | Isla Demarchi | |
Primera B | 1st. of Group C, eliminated in semifinal | |
Top goalscorer | Rafael Pratts (21) | |
Biggest win | Boca Jrs. 7–0 Bernal (10 May) | |
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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' 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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Championship format and teams
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Club Atlético Bernal, wore white and purple horizontal hoops shirt.[9]
- ^ Club Atlético Continental was a team established by former Atlanta players. Its shirt was vertical striped green and black
- ^ Club Sportivo Villa Ballester, currently disaffiliated but still active as a social club in Villa Ballester.[10]
- ^ 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
= Won; = Drew; = Lost
Segunda División
Group C
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 |
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 |
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. |
Group C standings
Pos. | Team | Pts. | Pl. | W | D | L | Gf | Ga |
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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
Promotion playoff
Suspended on 86'
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Copa Bullrich
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 ![]() |
Report | Priano ![]() Pratts ![]() |
Stadium: Estudiantil Porteño Referee: Castro |
5 July Second stage | Boca Juniors | 0–5 | Atlanta | Buenos Aires |
Report | Rodrìguez ![]() Prandone ![]() Piaggio ![]() Bellinzona ![]() |
Stadium: Ferro C. Oeste Referee: Buchanan |
Friendly matches
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
Players statistics
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Segunda División | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Juan De los Santos | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Luis Cerezo | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() |
Marcelino Vergara | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Alberto Juan Penney | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() |
Juan Priano | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Guillermo Ryan | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Juan Manuel Eloiso | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Pedro Moltedo | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Arturo Penney | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() |
Jose M. Cayetano Farenga | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() |
Rafael Pratts | 12 | 21 | 12 | 21 | |
MF | ![]() |
Emilio Bonatti | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
P. Chinoli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
Alfredo Canevaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Manuel Feijóo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Esteban Marcolino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Máximo Pieralini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b Segunda División 1908 on Historia de Boca
- ^ El Boca de Gibraltar by Mariano Mancuso on Revista Un Caño (archived)
- ^ El Boca del Peñón by Pablo Bomarito on El Gráfico, 8 Nov 2020
- ^ El debut oficial de Boca: la génesis de una gran historia by Oscar Barnade, Clarín, 3 May 2017
- ^ "Breve historia de la isla Demarchi" on La Nación Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, 30 Ago 2012
- ^ Triunfo y final polémico on El Intransigente,
- ^ "Racing Club - Temporada 1908" on Derrota Digna blogsite, 18 Dec 2014
- ^ Argentina: Second level champions on the RSSSF
- ^ "Campaña de Bernal en 1908" by José Carluccio, 12 May 2020
- ^ "Campaña de Villa Ballester en 1908" by José Carluccio on his blogsite, 11 Jun 2020
- ^ Historia on Estudiantes LP website
- ^ La Plata Fútbol Club, un capricho que no llegó a hacerse realidad on La Capital, 8 May 2017
- ^ "1908: El contexto de un año histórico" by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the CIHF blogsite, 24 Mar 2009
- ^ Universal 1-2 Boca Juniors match details