Club Atlético Boca Juniors, more commonly referred to as simply Boca Juniors, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the Argentine Primera División. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by any Argentine club. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Primera División championships, and 17 domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the Argentine Football Association for their successful tour of Europe in 1925.
Club Atlético River Plate, commonly known as River Plate, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. River's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, is the largest in South America. River had the highest average home attendance of any association football club in the world in 2023 with 84,567. With more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, River is one of the largest sports clubs by membership.
Juan Román Riquelme is an Argentine former professional footballer and current president of Boca Juniors, the club where he spent the majority of his playing career. He is considered by various journalists, players and coaches as one of the greatest playmakers of all time.
Martín Palermo is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the manager of Olimpia.
Julio César Cáceres López is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Hugo Benjamín "Negro" Ibarra, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a right back. He last managed Boca Juniors.
Sebastián Alejandro Battaglia is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of San Miguel.
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a defender.
Daniel Alberto "Cata" Díaz is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a central defender.
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo is an Argentine football manager and former professional player who is the current head coach of River Plate. During his playing career, Gallardo was an attacking midfielder and playmaker. He was regarded for his vision, technique, class, dribbling and especially his defence-splitting passing.
José Daniel Ponce is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder; he was part of the Estudiantes de La Plata team that won two back-to-back championships in 1982 and 1983.
Raúl Alfredo Cascini is a former Argentine football midfielder. His first club was Platense and has also played for Estudiantes de La Plata, Independiente and Boca Juniors. After retiring, Cascini worked as a pundit for Fox Sports in Argentina.
Jonatan Ramón Maidana is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Cristián Fernando Muñoz is an Argentine-born Chilean former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. He is best known for his spells at Colo-Colo and Huachipato. Muñoz was nicknamed El Tigre for his skills.
Fernando Daniel Pandolfi is a former Argentine football striker who played most of his career for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield. He was part of the successful team that won several trophies during the mid-1990s, including the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.
Jonathan Fabbro is an Argentine-born Paraguayan convicted felon and a former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In 2019, he was sentenced to fourteen years in jail for abuse of children.
Miguel Ángel Merentiel Serrano is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors and the Uruguay national team.
Marcelo Alexis "Chelo" Weigandt is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, on loan from Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.
The 2002–03 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 73rd consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.
Marco Antonio Bahamonde Nilian is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Argentina. He has been one of the few Chilean players who have were with Boca Juniors.
