Xeneizesthe Genoese, after the Italian immigrants who founded the club
In Aussie and Kiwi terms
Collingwood. The biggest, the loudest, the one everybody has an opinion about, and proud of its working-class roots.
- Home
- La Boca, Buenos Aires
- Ground
- La Bombonera (the Chocolate Box)
- Founded
- 1905
- Colours
- Blue and gold
- Great rival
- River Plate (the Superclásico)
Three things to know
- The blue and gold came off a ship. The story goes that the club agreed to take the colours of the next boat into port, and it was flying a Swedish flag.
- Fans say La Bombonera does not shake, it beats. One side is a near-vertical wall of stands, and it moves when the hinchada (the supporters) jump together.
- Boca claims to be supported by "half plus one" of Argentina.