Showing posts with label Boca Juniors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boca Juniors. Show all posts

4.11.17

El pez volador



Yustrich is at the top- Jaime Lema (San Lorenzo de Almagro) below.


Juan Yustrich was Boca's first choice goalkeeper from 1932-37, winning league titles in 1934 and 1935. He represented Argentina once (in 1940).



25.9.16

Alejandro Mena


Alejandro Mena played in Boca Juniors' title winning teams in 1930 (Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football Primera División) and 1931 (Liga Argentina de Football - Primera División).


9.7.16

Domingos da Guia


skillful and authoritative defender,  Domingada has the distinction of having won major honours in 3 countries. Beginning his career at Bangu as a 17 year old he later joined Vasco da Gama. Having won the Uruguayan Championship with Nacional in 1933, he returned to Vasco, who won the 1934 (LCF) Campeonato Carioca. 1935 saw  Domingos helping Boca Juniors to the Argentinian championship. 
Domingos returned to Brazil in 1936 and had spells with Flamengo and Corinthians before returning to Bangu. His career lasted until 1950. 
He was capped 30 times for Brazil, his debut coming in 1931.



7.2.16

Winter Break?


There won't be any new posts on Before The D for about 2 weeks. Enjoy your football...

30.10.15

Bologna & Torino- South American Tour, 1929


Just 3 weeks after the decisive play off match that closed the 1928-29 Italian season, champions Bologna and runners up Torino were in South America on tour. The 2 squads sailed together from Genoa on the Conte Rosso.
The 2 sides had shared 205 goals during the domestic league season, Torino's Trio of Wonders (Rossetti, Libonatti and Baloncieri) scoring 89 between them. 
Following such an arduous season it is perhaps unsurprising that neither side was spectacular on tour. In fact one Torino historian went as far as to describe the excursion as a 'celebratory holiday'. 
 Bologna bolstered their ranks with guests:


Bologna- Gianni, Monzeglio, Gasperi, Genovesi, Baldi, Pitto, Martelli, Schiavio, Busini , Muzzioli (Bologna); Compiani, Tansini (Milan); Dugoni (Modena) Ferrari,  Banchero (Alessandria), Magnozzi (Livorno) , Costantino ( Bari).

I don't know the composition of the Torino squad, but among the tourists was  Roma's Rudolfo Volk, a future Capocannoniere.
Torino's Libonatti faced both his former club (Newell's Old Boys) and his former national team (Argentina).

25.07.29
Carioca Select
3
1
Bologna
28.07.29
Paulista Select
6
4
Bologna
30. 07.29
Corinthians
6
1
Bologna
10.08.29
Uruguay
0
1
Bologna
15.08.29
Argentina
3
1
Bologna
18.08.29
Argentina B
0
0
Bologna
21.08.29
Newell's Old Boys
2
1
Bologna
24.08.29
Huracan
2
1
Bologna
25.08.29
Argentina del Sud
1
Bologna
27.08.29
Boca Juniors
1
0
Bologna
30.08.29
Estudiantes de La Plata
3
3
Bologna
01.09.29
Santa Fè
3
0
Bologna
08.09.29
Palestra Italia
4
4
Bologna
10.09.29
Carioca Select
1
3
Bologna
14.09.29
Paulista Select
3
1
Bologna

P
W
D
L
F
A
15
3
3
9
23
38


28.07.29
Argentina
1
0
Torino
03.08.29
Argentina B
1
1
Torino
04.08.29
Argentina
4
1
Torino
08.08.29
Estudiantes de La Plata
5
0
Torino
10.08.29
Independiente
1
2
Torino
15.08.29
Rosario League
2
4
Torino
18.08.29
Newell's Old Boys
2
0
Torino
25.08.29
Uruguay
5
1
Torino
31.08.29
Peñarol
1
1
Torino
07.09.29
Carioca Select
6
0
Torino
10.09.29
Carioca Select
2
1
Torino
13.09.29
Palestra Italia
0
0
Torino
14.09.29
Paulista Select
6
1
Torino


P
W
D
L
F
A
13
2
3
8
12
36



3.10.15

Copa Ricardo Aldao

Copa Aldao trophy.jpg
As we have seen , the tradition of trans Platense football dates back to 1889, and Argentine and Uruguayan teams had been playing each other since Albion crossed the river to play Retiro and Belgrano in 1896.

During the first quarter of the 20th century there was something of a mania for copas contested by leading teams from the 2 republics. 
The Copa Ricardo Aldao (also known as the Copa Rio de la Plata and the Campeonato Rioplatense) was established by Dr. Ricardo Camilo Aldao, president of Federación Argentina de Football (1912-1914) and Asociación Argentina de Football  (1918-1919). He was also the president of the Buenos Aires club Gimnasia y Esgrima.
The initial edition of the Cup was due to take place in 1913. Federación Argentina de Football champions Estudiantes took on Liga Uruguaya winners River Plate. Or did they? According to Argentinian historian Miguel Bionda (author of Historia del Fútbol Platense) Estudiantes won 4-1 (in a match played at Montevideo on 17.05.14). Contemporary newspaper reports state that  the game was either abandoned or not played at all due to torrential rainfall. It is speculated that Snr.Bionda has misattributed the result of one of three friendlies played between Estudiantes and River Plate in 1913.



The cup was definitely contested in 1916. On December 3rd at Buenos Aires Nacional defeated Racing Club de Avellaneda 2-1. Both clubs enjoyed a period of considerable dominance in domestic football. Racing won seven consecutive championships from 1913 to 1919.
In 1917 the same two sides drew 2-2 in Montevideo. The trophy was awarded to Racing Club as they were the visitors. 




In 1918 Racing Club defended the trophy successfully on home soil, defeating Peñarol 2-1.
1919 saw a home town victory for Nacional, defeating Boca Juniors 3-0. The same clubs met again on the opposite side of the River Plate in 1920. Nacional again emerged victorious, by 2-1.

The competition then became somewhat sporadic.
San Lorenzo de Almagro travelled to Montevideo and defeated Rampla Jniors (1-0) in 1927.
In 1928 Peñarol won the trophy with a 3-0 win over Huracan at Buenos Aires.



The competition was revivied in the 1930s. Club Athletico River Plate of Buenos Aires enjoying successive wins over Peñarol in 1936 and 1937.

21.11.14

Boca Juniors in Europe-1925




In 1925 Boca Juniors undertook a 3 month tour of Europe, focusing on Spain but also taking in games in Germany and France.
They forfeited the majority of the 1925 domestic season in order to do so, competing in just 7 games on their return, in which they were unbeaten.


This is the squad of players that participated in the tour:


Américo Tesoriere *
Ludovico Bidoglio*
Ramón Muttis*
Segundo Médici*
Alfredo Elli*
 Mario Busso
Domingo Tarasconi *
Antonio Cerrotti*
Dante Pertini*
Carmelo Pozzo
Carlos Antraygues
Alfredo Garasini*

Guest players:
Manuel Seoane  (El Porvenir)*
Cesáreo Onzari (Huracán)*
Luis Vaccaro (Argentinos Juniors)*
Octavio Díaz (Rosario Central)*
Roberto Cochrane (Tiro Federal de Rosario)*

* Argentina internationals.

The hosting teams in Spain routinely deployed guest players or took the form of 'combined teams'. This has led to discrepancies in how the teams were named in reports.

Spain
05.03.25
Real Club Celta de Vigo
1
3
Boca Juniors
Vigo



08.03.25
Galicia
3
1
Boca Juniors
Vigo

Combined Celta, Eiriña and Racing Club de Ferrol


12.03.25
Deportivo La Coruña
0
3
Boca Juniors
La Coruña



15.03.25
Deportivo La Coruña
0
1
Boca Juniors
La Coruña

In these games Deportivo  also featured players from Racing and Real Unión Club de Irún


19.03.25
Atlético Madrid
1
2
Boca Juniors
Estadio Metropolitano

Athletic Bilbao and Real Unión Club de Irún provided guests.


22.03.25
Real Madrid
0
1
Boca Juniors
Estadio de Chamartín



29.03.25
Sociedad Gimnástica de San Sebastián
0
1
Boca Juniors
Estadio Metropolitano

Featuring players from Arenas, Real Madrid


02.04.25
Real Unión Club de Irún
4
0
Boca Juniors
San Mamés, Bilbao



05.04.25
Athletic Bilbao
4
2
Boca Juniors
San Mamés, Bilbao

Featuring players from Arenas, Real Osasuna


19.04.25
Real Osasuna
0
1
Boca Juniors
Pamplona

Featuring players from Arenas Athletic Bilbao


26.04.25
Real Deportivo Espanyol
0
1
Boca Juniors
Estadio de Sarriá, Barcelona



01.05.25
Real Deportivo Espanyol
0
3
Boca Juniors
Estadio de Sarriá, Barcelona

Featuring players from Sanz


03.05.25
Catalunya
0
2
Boca Juniors
Estadio de Sarriá, Barcelona



Germany
09.05.25
Bayern Munich
1
1
Boca Juniors
Grunwalder, Munich






16.05.25
Berlin Combined
0
3
Boca Juniors
Berlin






21.05.25
SpVgg 1899 Leipzig
0
7
Boca Juniors
Leipzig






24.05.25
Frankfurt Combined
0
2
Boca Juniors
Municipal, Frankfurt






27.05.25
Eintracht Frankfurt
0
2
Boca Juniors
Municipal, Frankfurt






France
07.06.25
Paris Combined
2
4
Boca Juniors
Parc des Princes

Olympique & Sp. Française







P
W
D
L
F
A
19
15
1
3
40
16


Seoane
Manuel Seoane was the leading scorer with  12 goals (from 16 games)
Cerroti got 10 and Tarasconi 7.
 For an interesting study of the tour in the context of Argentine national identity see