1908 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

Boca Juniors
1908 season
President	Pablo Giúdice
Manager	(none)
Stadium	Isla Demarchi
Primera B	1st. of Group C, eliminated in semifinal
Top goalscorer	Rafael Pratts (21)
Biggest win	Boca Jrs. 7–0 Bernal ; (10 May)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1907 1909 →

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	ARG	Juan A. De los Santos
—	DF	URU	Luis Cerezo
—	DF	ARG	Esteban Marcolino
—	DF	ARG	Máximo Pieralini
—	FW	ARG	Pedro Moltedo
—	MF	ARG	Juan Priano
—	MF	ARG	Emilio Bonatti
—	MF	ARG	Alberto J. Penney
—	MF	ARG	Manuel Feijóo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Guillermo Ryan
—	MF	ARG	Marcelino Vergara
—	FW	ARG	Juan M. Eloiso
—	FW	ARG	Arturo P. Penney
—	FW	ESP	Rafael Pratts
—	FW	ARG	José M. Farenga
—	FW	ARG	P. Chinoli
—	FW	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

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

3 May 1908 1	Belgrano A.C. II	1-3	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
		Report	Pratts Eloíso	Stadium: Belgrano (Virrey del Pino y Superí)

10 May 1908 2	Boca Juniors	7–0	Bernal	Buenos Aires
	Pratts Penney Eloíso	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

17 May 1908 3	Continental II	1–1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
		Report	Pratts	Stadium: Continental

24 May 1908 4	Bernal	1–5	Boca Juniors	Bernal
		Report	Pratts Farenga Moltedo	Stadium: Bernal Stadium

31 May 1908 5	Boca Juniors	1–0	La Plata	Buenos Aires
	Pratts	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

7 June 1908 6	Villa Ballester	1–2	Boca Juniors	Villa Ballester
		Report	Pratts Farenga	Stadium: Roca y Victoria

28 June 1908 7	Boca Juniors	1–0	Belgrano A.C. II	Buenos Aires
	Moltedo	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

9 July 1908 8	Boca Juniors	3–1	Continental II	Buenos Aires
	Pratts Penney	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

12 July 1908 9	Boca Juniors	w–o ^{[note 1]}	Royal
		Report

19 July 1908 10	San Isidro II	0–1	Boca Juniors	San Isidro
		Report	Bonfatti	Stadium: 25 de Mayo y R. Sánez Peña

26 July 1908 11	Boca Juniors	2–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	Buenos Aires
	A.J. Penney A.P. Penney	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

30 August 1908 12	La Plata	2–2	Boca Juniors	La Plata
	Bavio Carús	Report	Pratts	Stadium: Hipódromo de La Plata

13 September 1908 13	Boca Juniors	4–0	San Isidro II	Buenos Aires
	Pratts Cerezo	Report		Stadium: Isla Demarchi

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.

25 October 1908 15	Boca Juniors	w–o ^{[note 1]}	Royal
		Report

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	Boca Juniors ^{[note 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	Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA)	17	13	8	1	4	30	11
6	San Isidro II	13	12	6	1	5	24	16
7	Belgrano A.C. II	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

^ ^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

6 December 1908

Semifinal

Boca Juniors	0–1	Racing Club
	Report	Frers 2'

Estadio G.E.B.A., Buenos Aires

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.

14 June First stage	Estudiantil Porteño	1–2	Boca Juniors	Ramos Mejía
	Negri 30'	Report	Priano 15' Pratts 73'	Stadium: Estudiantil Porteño Referee: Castro

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]

12 Jan Liga Albión	San Telmo	0–0	Boca Juniors	Villa Ballester
		Report		Stadium: Villa Ballester

5 Apr	Ferro Carril Oeste	0–4	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
		Report	Pratts Penney Farenga	Stadium: Ferro C. Oeste

12 Apr Liga Albión	San Telmo	1–4	Boca Juniors	Villa Ballester
	?	Report	?	Stadium: Villa Ballester Referee: Giacomelli

2 Aug	Boca Juniors	2–1	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Pratts	Report	?	Stadium: Dársena Sur

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ARG	Juan De los Santos	14	0	14	0
	DF	URU	Luis Cerezo	14	1	14	1
	DF	ARG	Marcelino Vergara	13	0	13	0
	MF	ARG	Alberto Juan Penney	13	1	13	1
	MF	ARG	Juan Priano	14	0	14	0
	MF	ARG	Guillermo Ryan	13	0	13	0
	FW	ARG	Juan Manuel Eloiso	13	2	13	2
	FW	ARG	Pedro Moltedo	14	2	14	2
	FW	ARG	Arturo Penney	13	3	13	3
	FW	ARG	Jose M. Cayetano Farenga	13	2	13	2
	FW	ESP	Rafael Pratts	12	21	12	21
	MF	ARG	Emilio Bonatti	3	1	3	1
	FW	ARG	P. Chinoli	1	1	1	1
	FW	ARG	Alfredo Canevaro	1	0	1	0
	MF	ARG	Manuel Feijóo	1	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Esteban Marcolino	1	0	1	0
	DF	ARG	Máximo Pieralini	1	0	1	0

Source: https://www.historiadeboca.com.ar/segunda-division-1908/1908/1017.html

References

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

[reserv-9] "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.

[ber-11] Club Atlético Bernal, wore white and purple horizontal hoops shirt.^[9]

[conti-12] Club Atlético Continental was a team established by former Atlanta players. Its shirt was vertical striped green and black

[ball-14] Club Sportivo Villa Ballester, currently disaffiliated but still active as a social club in Villa Ballester.^[10]

[lpfc-17] 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]

[royal-19] 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.

[res-1] 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

[lanac-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

[10] "Campaña de Bernal en 1908" by José Carluccio, 12 May 2020

[13] "Campaña de Villa Ballester en 1908" by José Carluccio on his blogsite, 11 Jun 2020

[15] Historia on Estudiantes LP website

[16] La Plata Fútbol Club, un capricho que no llegó a hacerse realidad on La Capital, 8 May 2017

[cihf-18] "1908: El contexto de un año histórico" by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the CIHF blogsite, 24 Mar 2009

[20] Universal 1-2 Boca Juniors match details

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