A day like today of 1905, the Boca Juniors Athletic Club was formally founded in the southern part of the Federal Capital. The details.
Boca turns 120 years
Mouth He is partying. This Thursday, the Ribera Club meets 120 years of history. It all started April 3, 1905when a group of young people from the neighborhood of The mouth He decided to create a football club.
How was Boca Juniors founded in 1905?
The group of young people, of foreign offspring, mainly of Italian immigrants, met in the Plaza Solís. They were Juan and Teodoro Farenga, Santiago Sana, Alfredo Scarpatti and Esteban Bagliettowho wanted to create a social club to carry out reactive activities, especially the football that was the new boom of the time. That day, without knowing, they were giving rise to one of the most important institutions of world football.
The first meeting attempt at the house of Baglietto failed by the number of interested parties, which led them to move to the house of the Farenga Finally, there was formalized the creation of the club and Santiago Sana He was elected as the first president.
Before signing the minutes, the name of the institution was discussed, with options such as “Children of Italy” and “Defensores de la Boca”, but finally it was chosen “Boca Juniors“, adding the word in English to give it a distinctive touch.
It should be noted that the first official party of Mouth It was with a black and black cane t -shirt. However, the design did not convince and sought something different.
The origin of blue and yellow in the mouth shirt
The current colors were not chosen at the time of the Foundation. It was in 1907 When President JUan Rafael Brichetto He proposed blue and yellow as the definitive tones of the club. The most widespread story argues that inspiration arose from a ship of Swedish origin (from Sweden) that docked in the port of Buenos Airesthe Drugtning Sophia, whose flag had these colors.
The first “blue and gold” design presented a yellow strip diagonally (yes, to the River), but in 1913 The iconic horizontal format was modified that lasts until today. Before this choice, Mouth He had used t -shirts in different tones, like one with black stripes and a completely light blue.
According to the official club site, Mouth won 74 titles officers throughout their 120 yearswhere the most stand out the Six liberating glasses and three intercontinental.
Source: Ambito
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