1908 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors 1908 football season
Boca Juniors
1908 season
PresidentPablo Giúdice [1]
Manager(none)
StadiumIsla Demarchi
Primera B1st. of Group C, eliminated in semifinal
Top goalscorerRafael Pratts (21)
Biggest winBoca Jrs. 7–0 Bernal
(10 May)
Home colours
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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Argentina ARG Juan A. De los Santos
— DF Uruguay URU Luis Cerezo
— DF Argentina ARG Esteban Marcolino
— DF Argentina ARG Máximo Pieralini
— FW Argentina ARG Pedro Moltedo
— MF Argentina ARG Juan Priano
— MF Argentina ARG Emilio Bonatti
— MF Argentina ARG Alberto J. Penney
— MF Argentina ARG Manuel Feijóo
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Argentina ARG Guillermo Ryan
— MF Argentina ARG Marcelino Vergara
— FW Argentina ARG Juan M. Eloiso
— FW Argentina ARG Arturo P. Penney
— FW Spain ESP Rafael Pratts
— FW Argentina ARG José M. Farenga
— FW Argentina ARG P. Chinoli
— FW Argentina ARG Alfredo Canevaro

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Club Atlético Bernal, wore white and purple horizontal hoops shirt.[9]
  3. ^ Club Atlético Continental was a team established by former Atlanta players. Its shirt was vertical striped green and black
  4. ^ Club Sportivo Villa Ballester, currently disaffiliated but still active as a social club in Villa Ballester.[10]
  5. ^ 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

Belgrano A.C. II v Boca Juniors
3 May 1908 1 Belgrano A.C. II 1-3 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts
Eloíso 		Stadium: Belgrano (Virrey del Pino y Superí)
Boca Juniors v Bernal
10 May 1908 2 Boca Juniors 7–0 Bernal Buenos Aires
Pratts
Penney
Eloíso 		Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
Continental II v Boca Juniors
17 May 1908 3 Continental II 1–1 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts Stadium: Continental
Bernal v Boca Juniors
24 May 1908 4 Bernal 1–5 Boca Juniors Bernal
Report Pratts
Farenga
Moltedo 		Stadium: Bernal Stadium
Boca Juniors v La Plata
31 May 1908 5 Boca Juniors 1–0 La Plata Buenos Aires
Pratts Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
Villa Ballester v Boca Juniors
7 June 1908 6 Villa Ballester 1–2 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
Report Pratts
Farenga 		Stadium: Roca y Victoria
Boca Juniors v Belgrano A.C. II
28 June 1908 7 Boca Juniors 1–0 Belgrano A.C. II Buenos Aires
Moltedo Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
Boca Juniors v Continental II
9 July 1908 8 Boca Juniors 3–1 Continental II Buenos Aires
Pratts
Penney 		Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
Boca Juniors v Royal
12 July 1908 9 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Royal
Report
San Isidro II v Boca Juniors
19 July 1908 10 San Isidro II 0–1 Boca Juniors San Isidro
Report Bonfatti Stadium: 25 de Mayo y R. Sánez Peña
Boca Juniors v Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)
26 July 1908 11 Boca Juniors 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) Buenos Aires
A.J. Penney
A.P. Penney 		Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
La Plata v Boca Juniors
30 August 1908 12 La Plata 2–2 Boca Juniors La Plata
Bavio
Carús 		Report Pratts Stadium: Hipódromo de La Plata
Boca Juniors v San Isidro II
13 September 1908 13 Boca Juniors 4–0 San Isidro II Buenos Aires
Pratts
Cerezo 		Report Stadium: Isla Demarchi
Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) v Boca Juniors
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.
Boca Juniors v Royal
25 October 1908 15 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Royal
Report
Boca Juniors v Villa Ballester
1 November 1908 16 Boca Juniors w–o [note 1] Villa Ballester
Report

Group C standings

Pos. Team Pts. Pl. W D L Gf Ga
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
  1. ^ a b c d Qualified for the semifinals. After Royal withdrew the competition and Villa Ballester players did not attended the match, Boca was awarded the points (6 in total) on the three matches that weren't played.

Promotion playoff

Semifinal
Boca Juniors0–1Racing Club
Report Frers 2'
Referee: Campbell

Suspended on 86'

Team details
Boca Juniors
Racing Club

GK Juan De los Santos
DF Marcelino Vergara
DF Luis Cerezo
MF Guillermo Ryan
MF Alberto J. Penney
MF Juan Priano
FW Arturo P. Penney
FW Pedro Moltado
FW Rafael Pratts
FW Juan M. Eloíso
FW José M. Farenga
GK Alfredo Lamoure
DF Juan Seminario
DF Alberto Mignaburu
DF Pedro Viazzi
DF Juan Ohaco
MF Emilio Firpo
MF Ignacio Oyarzábal
MF Alberto Ohaco
FW Modesto Alvear
FW Pablo Frers
FW Germán Winne

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.

Estudiantil Porteño v Boca Juniors
14 June First stage Estudiantil Porteño 1–2 Boca Juniors Ramos Mejía
Negri 30' Report Priano 15'
Pratts 73'		 Stadium: Estudiantil Porteño
Referee: Castro
Boca Juniors v Atlanta
5 July Second stage Boca Juniors 0–5 Atlanta Buenos Aires
Report Rodrìguez 2', 89'
Prandone 7'
Piaggio 53'
Bellinzona 65'		 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]

San Telmo v Boca Juniors
12 Jan Liga Albión San Telmo 0–0 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
Report Stadium: Villa Ballester
Ferro Carril Oeste v Boca Juniors
5 Apr Ferro Carril Oeste 0–4 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Pratts
Penney
Farenga 		Stadium: Ferro C. Oeste
San Telmo v Boca Juniors
12 Apr Liga Albión San Telmo 1–4 Boca Juniors Villa Ballester
? Report ? Stadium: Villa Ballester
Referee: Giacomelli
Boca Juniors v River Plate
2 Aug Boca Juniors 2–1 River Plate Buenos Aires
Pratts Report ? Stadium: Dársena Sur
Universal v Boca Juniors
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
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Argentina ARG Juan De los Santos 14 0 14 0
DF Uruguay URU Luis Cerezo 14 1 14 1
DF Argentina ARG Marcelino Vergara 13 0 13 0
MF Argentina ARG Alberto Juan Penney 13 1 13 1
MF Argentina ARG Juan Priano 14 0 14 0
MF Argentina ARG Guillermo Ryan 13 0 13 0
FW Argentina ARG Juan Manuel Eloiso 13 2 13 2
FW Argentina ARG Pedro Moltedo 14 2 14 2
FW Argentina ARG Arturo Penney 13 3 13 3
FW Argentina ARG Jose M. Cayetano Farenga 13 2 13 2
FW Spain ESP Rafael Pratts 12 21 12 21
MF Argentina ARG Emilio Bonatti 3 1 3 1
FW Argentina ARG P. Chinoli 1 1 1 1
FW Argentina ARG Alfredo Canevaro 1 0 1 0
MF Argentina ARG Manuel Feijóo 1 0 1 0
DF Argentina ARG Esteban Marcolino 1 0 1 0
DF Argentina ARG Máximo Pieralini 1 0 1 0
  • Source: https://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/segunda-division-1908/1908/1017.html

References

  1. ^ a b Segunda División 1908 on Historia de Boca
  2. ^ El Boca de Gibraltar by Mariano Mancuso on Revista Un Caño (archived)
  3. ^ El Boca del Peñón by Pablo Bomarito on El Gráfico, 8 Nov 2020
  4. ^ El debut oficial de Boca: la génesis de una gran historia by Oscar Barnade, Clarín, 3 May 2017
  5. ^ "Breve historia de la isla Demarchi" on La Nación Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, 30 Ago 2012
  6. ^ Triunfo y final polémico on El Intransigente,
  7. ^ "Racing Club - Temporada 1908" on Derrota Digna blogsite, 18 Dec 2014
  8. ^ Argentina: Second level champions on the RSSSF
  9. ^ "Campaña de Bernal en 1908" by José Carluccio, 12 May 2020
  10. ^ "Campaña de Villa Ballester en 1908" by José Carluccio on his blogsite, 11 Jun 2020
  11. ^ Historia on Estudiantes LP website
  12. ^ La Plata Fútbol Club, un capricho que no llegó a hacerse realidad on La Capital, 8 May 2017
  13. ^ "1908: El contexto de un año histórico" by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the CIHF blogsite, 24 Mar 2009
  14. ^ Universal 1-2 Boca Juniors match details
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