Meet The Five Greats Of Argentine Football

Meet the five greats of Argentine football

Introduction

In this South American country, football is breathed in every corner, and every weekend when the teams go to the court, everything else stops. In this article we will tell you about the so -called five greats of Argentine football.

Developing

The only teams that could access this benefit are those that were called ‘the five greats of Argentine football. These are, in chronological order according to their year of Foundation: River Plate, Racing Club, Independiente, Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo de Almagro. We review each of them:

• River Plate

The River Plate Athletic Club was founded on May 25, 1901 in the Barrio de la Boca and its name derives from English to call the Río de la Plata. At the end of the 30s, he moved to the Nuñez neighborhood, where his stadium is located, known as El Monumental, who also houses matches of the Argentine National Team.

River is one of the most successful teams in the country and the world, it has 66 official titles, of which 36 are First Division Championships and 18 International Cups. His historical scorer is Angel Labruna and the most laureate coach Marcelo Gallardo.

• Racing Club

This team whose foundation date is March 25, 1903 is based in the city of Avellaneda, in Buenos Aires. Its stadium -inaugurated in 1950 -is the second largest in the country, with a capacity for 60,000 spectators.

The distinctive colors of Racing are celestial and white (such as the Argentine flag).

This is the third team with the number of titles, since it accumulates 37 trophies, of which 18 are First Division championships. It was the first football team formed only by born in the country and one of the four clubs in the world to win seven local league championships consecutively (honor that shares with the Olympique de Lyon, Bayern Munich and Juventus) of Juventus) ofA champion country.

• Independent

The Independent Athletic Club is also a native of the city of Avellaneda and was founded on January 1, 1905 by a group of young independentistas of the Maipú Club (hence the name). His stadium is the Liberator of America, with a capacity of more than 52,000 spectators.

Independent is known as ‘El Red’ for the color of his shirt, as well as the king of glasses for his 7 liberators of America. At the local level it has 25 titles, including 16 First Division tournaments.

• Boca Juniors

The Boca Juniors Athletic Club was founded in the Barrio de la Boca, on April 3, 1905 by a group of young children of Italian immigrants, specifically from Genoa (that is why they are called Xeneizes that Genoese means). The color of his shirt is blue and yellow, through the flag of a Swedish ship that passed through the port.

Boca has 33 First Division championships, 13 national glasses and 22 international titles (the second most winner behind Real Madrid). His stadium is known as La Bombonera and was inaugurated in 1940.

• San Lorenzo de Almagro

Of the five greats of Argentine football is the newest, although it was founded in April 1908 and its representative colors are blue and garnet. San Lorenzo has a total of 24 titles, of which 15 are first division championships. His rival is a hurricane, with whom he disputes the ‘classic Buenos Aires, from the Patricios Park neighborhood.

The San Lorenzo stadium is known as ‘The New Gasometer’ and was founded in 1993. Some of the idols of Barca are José Sanfilippo, Hector Scotta and Alberto Acosta. As for rivalries, the superclassic is starred by Boca and River, the second of greatest importance is that of Independiente and Racing. The oldest is the one played by River and Racing. For many years, other teams have tried to bring the nickname of big and join as a sixth most important club. Among them Students of La Plata, Hurricane (the classic of San Lorenzo), Newell’s Old Boys, Rosario Central and Vélez Sarsfield.

conclusion

The idea of calling these teams the greats of Argentine football? At that time the AFA (Argentine Soccer Association) had been created and the most popular teams pressed to obtain greater voice and vote in decisions. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of 1937 it was decided that those clubs with more than 15,000 partners, 20 years of consecutive participation and champions in at least two seasons would have three votes.