Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy

Boca Juniors
Full nameClub Atlético Boca Juniors
Nickname(s)Xeneizes (Genoese), Azul y Oro (Blue and Gold), La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus One)
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
(Reserve teams)
GroundCentro de Entrenamiento Boca Juniors, Ezeiza
Capacity1,000
ChairmanJorge Amor Ameal
ManagerSilvio Rudman[1]
Websitehttps://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/futbol/noticias-futbol-reserva

Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy are the reserve and youth academy teams of Boca Juniors. Boca Juniors reserve team plays in the "Primera División de Reserva", the reserve division of Primera División. Home matches are played at the "Boca Juniors Training Center", inaugurated in 2017 and sited in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires. The Boca Juniors reserves are the team with the most Torneo de Reserva championships with 20 titles,[2] since the squad was established in 1910.[3]

Some of the most notable players from the youth divisions include Américo Tesoriere, Pedro Calomino, Alfredo Garasini, Ernesto Lazzatti, Natalio Pescia, Mario Boyé, Antonio Rattín, Ángel Clemente Rojas (regarded by many supporters as the greatest idol in club's history), Alberto Tarantini, Roberto Mouzo, Oscar Ruggeri, Diego Latorre, Fernando Gago, Carlos Tevez, and Leandro Paredes. On the other side, Sebastián Battaglia is the most winning player in club's history with 19 titles won (17 as player and 2 as manager).

According to the International Centre for Sports Studies, Boca Juniors is the club which trained the largest number of professional players worldwide, having trained 78 footballers. The statistic took 285 clubs from 15 different leagues.[4]

  1. ^ "El DT del Boca Sub-20 campeón de la Intercontinental ROMPIÓ el silencio: "Formamos..." - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (2 November 2022). "La tabla del ranking de títulos de la Reserva, con Boca como líder". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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  4. ^ Boca Juniors es el mayor formador de jugadores sobre 286 clubes de 15 ligas profesionales analizadas por CIES by Marcelo Gantman on Bigdatasports