Football in Buenos Aires

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Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has one of the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world (featuring at least 18 professional football teams), with many of its teams playing in the top tier Primera División. This has led to the development of several rivalries within the city, contested as "derbys" when the regular league schedule brings these teams together, such as the Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate  deemed one of the "50 sporting things you must do before you die" by The Observer . [1] Other major clubs include Vélez Sarsfield, Ferro Carril Oeste and Argentinos Juniors.

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Diego Maradona, born in Lanús Partido (county), outside of the city of Buenos Aires but in its metropolitan area, is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Maradona started his career with Argentinos Juniors, later playing for Boca Juniors, the Argentina national football team and others (most notably FC Barcelona in Spain and SSC Napoli in Italy). [2]

Professional Clubs

Teams
ClubLeagueVenueNeighbourhoodEstablished (team)
Argentinos Juniors Primera División Estadio Diego Armando Maradona
(26,000)
La Paternal 1904
Barracas Central Primera División Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia
(4,400)
Barracas 1904
Boca Juniors Primera División La Bombonera
(57,200)
La Boca 1905
Huracán Primera División Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó
(48,314)
Parque Patricios 1908
River Plate Primera División Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
(84,567) [3] [4]
Núñez/Belgrano 1901
San Lorenzo de Almagro Primera División Pedro Bidegain
(47,964)
Boedo 1908
Vélez Sarsfield Primera División José Amalfitani Stadium
(49,540)
Liniers 1910
All Boys Primera B Nacional Estadio Islas Malvinas
(21,500)
Floresta 1913
Atlanta Primera B Nacional Estadio Don León Kolbovski
(14,000)
Villa Crespo 1904
Defensores de Belgrano Primera B Nacional Juan Pasquale
(9,000)
Belgrano 1906
Deportivo Riestra Primera B Nacional Estadio Guillermo Laza
(3000)
Nueva Pompeya & Villa Soldati 1931
Ferro Carril Oeste Primera B Nacional Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
(24,442)
Caballito 1904
Nueva Chicago Primera B Nacional Estadio Nueva Chicago
(28,500)
Mataderos 1911
Club Comunicaciones Primera B Metropolitana Estadio Alfredo Ramos
(3,500)
Agronomía 1931
Sacachispas Primera B Metropolitana Beto Larrosa
(7,000)
Villa Soldati 1948
Deportivo Español Primera C Metropolitana Nueva España
(32,500)
Parque Avellaneda 1956
Excursionistas Primera C Metropolitana Excursionistas
(7,200)
Belgrano 1910
General Lamadrid Primera C Metropolitana Estadio Enrique Sexto
(3,500)
Villa Devoto 1950
Sportivo Barracas Primera D Metropolitana Barracas 1913

Honours

Buenos Aires derby

Stadiums

Locations of teams

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Locations of the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División teams within the city Buenos Aires (excluding metropolitan area).
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Locations of the 2017–18 Primera B Nacional teams within the city of Buenos Aires (excluding. metropolitan area).

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