"La Bombonera"
On 3 April 1905, five Italian immigrants gathered in the Plaza Solís, located in the heart of the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Those were Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana, and the brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga which founded Boca Juniors. The club got the name CA Boca Juniors after the local place. The word "Juniors" vas added only to give it an English flavor and prestige to the team from the south of Buenos Aires.
Boca Juniors played in local leagues and the amateur second division until being promoted to the first division in 1913, when the division was expanded from six teams to 15. Boca were never relegated; they won six amateur championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1930). With the introduction of professionalism in Argentina, Boca won the first title in 1931. Except a relatively weak 90´s with only one leauge title the club has been dominating Argentinean football, permanently challenged by the rival CA River Plate. The meetings with River Plate are called El Clásico.
The original jersey colour was pink, which was quickly abandoned for thin black-and-white vertical stripes. The legend says, that in 1906 Boca played with another team that used these colors. Then they decided who would get to keep them. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to subsequently sailed into the port at La Boca. As the boat was from Sweden, yellow and blue were adopted as the new team colours. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe.
First Match: May 6, 1905. vs. Mariano Moreno.
First international match: December 8, 1907. vs. Universal (Montevideo, Uruguay)
First professional match: May 31, 1931 vs. Chacarita Juniors.Name of the Stadium: Alberto J. Armando
Address: Brandsen 805, Capital Federal
Inauguration date: May 25th., 1940
Approximate capacity: 57.395 spectators
Constructor: Ingeniero José L. Delpini
How to get there - Buses: 10-20-22-24-25-29-33-39-46-53-54-64-70-74-86-93-102-129-130-152-159-168-186Sections: Boxes, Floor seats and General admission stands.
Access Gates
Brandsen street : gates 1-2-3-3 bis-4-5-5 bis-6
Iberlucea street : gates 7-7 bis-8-9-9 bis-10-10 bis-11-11 bis-12-13-14
Within the club (having come in from Aristóbulo del Valle or Espora streets ): 17-18-19-20-21-22Box office hours are contingent on the game being played. The ticket windows are on Wenceslao Villafañe street (Annex to the CASA AMARILLA sports complex).
The stadium has facilities for disabled persons in wheelchairs and their escorts (Platea L). They access the stadium using the elevator at the stadium’s gate 18th.
Parking
The stadium offers parking facilities to the members of the club and holders of season tickets. Access to this facility is on Espora street (to parking lot 1 and 2) or on the corner of Aristóbulo del Valle and Irala (to parking lot 3).Services
The stadium features a coffee and pastry shop, a bar, and facilites offered by concessionaires.
