Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy
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| Full name | Club Atlético Boca Juniors | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Xeneizes (Genoese), Azul y Oro (Blue and Gold), La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus One) | ||
| Founded | 1910 (Reserve teams) | ||
| Ground | Complejo Pedro Pompilio, La Boca, Buenos Aires | ||
| Capacity | 49,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jorge Amor Ameal | ||
| Manager | Sebastián Battaglia | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy are the reserve and youth academy teams of Boca Juniors. The reserve team is coached by former club player Sebastián Battaglia,[1] who debuted in February 2015.[2]
Boca Juniors is the most winning Torneo de Reserva championships with 21 titles won since the squad was established in 1910.[3] Boca Juniors reserve team plays in the "Primera División de Reserva", the reserve division of Primera División. Home matches are played at Complejo "Pedro Pompilio", sited in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
The Academy[]
Known as "The Boca Factory", Boca Juniors youth divisions contains teams from under-8 to under-20 level. They participate in Argentina's youth leagues organized by the Argentine Football Association. In 1996 Mauricio Macri (who had been elected president of the club one year later) stated that rather than buy players for huge money only to put too much expectation on them and watch them under-perform, they wanted to create their own stars. Therefore, Boca hired two very influential figures; one was Bernardo Griffa, a leading expert of youth in Argentina who had created a successful scouting network at Newell's Old Boys.[4] The second was Ramón Maddoni,[5] the king of 'baby football' (indoor six-a-side football for 5–12 year olds), who had a long career at Club Parque at the moment of being hired by Boca Juniors.[6][7]
Since then, Boca's academy has brought through, and also sold, more than 350 homegrown players from all age categories. From the list of the 350 players, more than 130 of the academy graduates would play around the world, including in Argentina, Spain, Italy, England and many others in places ranging from Germany and the Netherlands to China and Israel. More than 35 leagues contain players that were raised and developed by the Boca academy system. The players are taught the same formation (4–3–1–2) from early on to the first-team. This makes fitting into the first-team far easier for a young player. Boca's under-20 team were regular participants in the Under-20 Copa Libertadores and other international youth football tournaments.[8][9]
Scouting[]
The scouting system is comprehensive. There is a Boca Juniors scout in every small town and close to every village. Nearly all are ordinary people, such as teachers, butchers or policemen, and the head of the youth system, Jorge Griffa, regularly travel around Argentina when he took over and listened to the watching crowd, hiring the most appropriate as a scout for the area.
Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 19 August 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable graduates[]
1920s/50s[]
1960s[]
1970s/1980s[]
1990s[]
2000s[]
Elias Bazzi (1999-2002)[10]- Cristian Manuel Chavez (2004-2007)[11]
- Javier García (2005-2008)[12]
- Ricardo Noir (2005-2008)[13]
- Juan Forlín (2006-2007)[14]
- Josué Ayala (2006-2009)[15]
Sony Norde (2007-2011)[16]- Nicolas Colazo (2008-2011)[17]
Marcelo Cañete (2008-2010)[18]- Jonathan Fabbro
- Carlos Tevez
- Fernando Gago
- Éver Banega
- Nicolás Gaitán
- Facundo Roncaglia
- Lucas Viatri
- Luciano Becchio
- Neri Cardozo
- Leandro Díaz
- Luis Ibáñez
- Emiliano Insúa
- Fabián Monzón
- Pablo Mouche
- Leandro Aguirre
- Orlando Gaona Lugo
- Nicolás Colazo
2010s[]
2020s[]
Players gallery[]
Titles[]
- Copa Bullrich (2): 1918, 1934
- División Intermedia (2): 1922, 1923
- Torneo de Reserva de Primera División (21): 1918, 1919, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1937, 1940, 1955, 1956,
1962, 1967, 1968, 1991–92,[3] 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12
References[]
- ^ "Rolando Schiavi deja a Martín Palermo y vuelve a Boca para dirigir a la Reserva" Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Infobae, 9 Dec 2014
- ^ "El Flaco Schiavi debutó como DT de la reserva de Boca con una goleada", Cancha Llena, 14 Feb 2015
- ^ Jump up to: a b Argentina - List of Champions of Reserves of First Division Archived March 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine on RSSSF.com
- ^ "Griffa: maestro del fútbol y la vida", Clarín, 19 Jan 2015
- ^ "El Apache: Tévez"
- ^ Ramón Maddoni: Fabricante de cracks on Fútbol Formativo
- ^ "Ramón Maddoni, maestro en descubrir talentos futbolísticos", Cadena 3, 12 Sep 2014
- ^ "The Boca Factory"
- ^ "Champions of the U-20!" on Boca Juniors website, 13 Jun 2011
- ^ "Elías Bazzi :: Elías Ivan Bazzi ::".
- ^ "Cristian Chávez :: Cristian Manuel Chávez :: Jorge Wilstermann".
- ^ "Javier García :: Javier Hernán García :: Boca Juniors".
- ^ "Ricardo Noir :: Ricardo Daniel Noir Meyer :: Atlético Palmaflor".
- ^ "Juan Forlín :: Juan Daniel Forlín :: Llagostera".
- ^ "Josué Ayala :: Josué Daniel Ayala :: Rosario Central".
- ^ "Sony Nordé :: Sony Nordé :: Melaka United".
- ^ "Nicolás Colazo :: Nicolás Carlos Colazo :: Gimnasia".
- ^ "Marcelo Cañete :: Marcelo Cañete :: Universidad de Chile".
External links[]
- Boca Juniors
- Reserve team football in Argentina
- Football academies in South America