Boca Juniors Quiz
No club in world football sounds like Boca Juniors. La Bombonera does not applaud, it shakes — and this free Boca quiz is built for the people who know why.
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Which No. 10 became Boca's modern idol, winning the Copa Libertadores with them in 2000, 2001 and 2007?
WhyBetween his two Boca eras he spent five years in Spain, and he was named South American Footballer of the Year in 2001. -
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In which city are Boca Juniors based?
WhyTheir home sits in a working-class dockside barrio in the south of Argentina's capital, close to the mouth of the Riachuelo. -
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In 2002 Boca sold their iconic No. 10 playmaker to which European club?
WhyHe struggled under Louis van Gaal, who called him a 'political signing', and was later loaned on to Villarreal. -
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Boca won the 2003 Intercontinental Cup on penalties against which European champions?
WhyThe Italians missed three of their four spot-kicks in Yokohama after the game had finished 1-1 following extra time. -
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Which player is the most decorated in Boca Juniors' history, with 17 titles?
WhyThe defensive midfielder collected silverware across two spells between 1998 and 2013, and later managed the club. -
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Which striker is Boca Juniors' all-time leading scorer, with 236 goals?
WhyHe scored both goals in the 2000 Intercontinental Cup final and passed Roberto Cherro's long-standing club mark of 221. -
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Which Colombian goalkeeper won the Copa Libertadores with Boca in both 2000 and 2001?
WhyHe spent 1997 to 2001 at the club, making 118 appearances, and was picked in the South American team of the year in 2000 and 2001. -
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Which goalkeeper, nicknamed 'El Pato', won three Copa Libertadores titles with Boca between 2000 and 2003?
WhyHe was at the club from 1996 to 2006 before joining Getafe, where he won the Zamora Trophy as La Liga's best goalkeeper. -
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Boca Juniors are the only club to have won back-to-back Copa Sudamericana titles — in which two consecutive years?
WhyThey came through a two-legged final against a Bolivian side in the first, then won a shootout against Mexican opposition in the second. -
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Which Mexican club did Boca beat on penalties to retain the Copa Libertadores in 2001?
WhyThe Mexican side were invited guests in the South American competition and lost the shootout 3-1 after the tie finished level. -
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Boca have won which South American super-cup a record four times, in 1990, 2005, 2006 and 2008?
WhyThe one-off tie pits the continent's two main club champions against each other; no club has lifted it more often than Boca. -
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Boca won the 2000 Copa Libertadores final on penalties against which Brazilian club?
WhyThe tie finished 2-2 at La Bombonera and goalless at the Morumbí; Boca then converted four spot-kicks in the shootout. -
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In January 2005 Boca sold their young star — the reigning South American Footballer of the Year — to which Brazilian club in a then-record deal for South American football?
WhyThe buyers, then bankrolled by the MSI investment fund, paid a reported $22 million and won the Brasileirão that season. -
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Between 1998 and 1999 Boca set an Argentine record by going unbeaten in how many consecutive domestic matches?
WhyThe streak ran from the 1998 Clausura into the 1999 Clausura and broke a mark of 39 held by Racing Club since the 1960s. -
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Boca beat which Brazilian club 5-1 on aggregate in the 2003 Copa Libertadores final?
WhyA rematch of the 1963 decider: Boca won 2-0 at home and 3-1 at the Morumbí to seal a fifth continental crown. -
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Which Brazilian club did Boca beat 5-0 on aggregate in the 2007 Copa Libertadores final?
WhyBoca won 3-0 at La Bombonera and 2-0 in Porto Alegre; it remains their most recent Copa Libertadores title. -
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Which Boca player was the joint-top scorer of the 2003 Copa Libertadores, with nine goals?
WhyHe shared the golden boot with Brazil's Ricardo Oliveira and scored in both legs of the final. -
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Which Boca midfielder was sold to a Spanish giant for around €20 million in a move that took effect in January 2007?
WhyThe deep-lying playmaker was billed as the next Fernando Redondo, and returned to Boca in 2013. -
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Which coach masterminded Boca's golden era, winning the Copa Libertadores in 2000, 2001 and 2003?
WhyNicknamed 'El Virrey', he had already won the 1994 edition with Vélez Sarsfield and is the only coach to lift the trophy four times. -
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Which Spanish club did Boca sell midfielder Éver Banega to in January 2008?
WhyThe teenager moved to Spain in a big-money deal and only later became a three-time Europa League winner with Sevilla. -
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Boca's 2019-20 Argentine league title was clinched on the final matchday under which returning coach?
WhyHe had won the 2007 Copa Libertadores in his first spell; Boca overhauled the leaders on the last day in March 2020, days before the pandemic halted Argentine football. -
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The second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final — an all-Argentine affair — was relocated abroad to which stadium?
WhyCONMEBOL moved the game to Madrid in December 2018 after Boca's team bus was attacked before the original date. -
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Which centre-back did Boca sell to Roma in 2000 for around €20 million?
WhyNicknamed 'Il Muro' in Italy, he went on to spend nine seasons at Inter after leaving the Giallorossi. -
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Which Boca Juniors club president of the 1990s and 2000s later became President of Argentina?
WhyHe ran the club through its most successful decade before entering politics, becoming the capital's mayor in 2007 and taking national office in 2015. -
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Which manager led Boca Juniors to back-to-back Argentine league titles in 2016-17 and 2017-18?
WhyKnown as 'El Mellizo', he had won four Copa Libertadores as a Boca player and was named MLS MVP with Columbus Crew in 2008. -
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Which Boca player equalised in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final, a game Boca went on to lose 4-2?
WhyHe struck within a minute of the opener in Yokohama; Pablo Ledesma added a late consolation and Kaká took the Golden Ball. -
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Which forward emerged at Boca in the early 2000s before playing for West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City?
WhyHe was named South American Footballer of the Year three years running from 2003, and returned to Boca twice more, in 2015 and 2018. -
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Which Argentine legend returned to Boca Juniors in 1995 and finished his playing career there?
WhyAfter a spell at Newell's Old Boys and a 15-month doping ban, he played on at La Bombonera until 1997 — a second stint following his first in 1981-82. -
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Who scored Boca's goal in the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final in Madrid?
WhyHe put Boca ahead just before half-time, but the game was level after 90 minutes and two extra-time goals turned the tie. -
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Boca Juniors contest the Superclásico, Argentine football's fiercest derby, against which club?
WhyBoth clubs began life around the dockside barrio of La Boca before the rivals moved north to Núñez; the fixture routinely tops lists of the world's most intense derbies. -
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Boca Juniors beat which European giant 2-1 in Tokyo to win the 2000 Intercontinental Cup?
WhyRoberto Carlos pulled a goal back for the reigning European champions, but Boca had already struck twice inside the opening six minutes. -
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Which Mexican club did Boca beat on penalties in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana final?
WhyBoth legs finished 1-1 and Boca took the shootout 4-3 to hold on to the trophy. -
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What are Boca Juniors' traditional home colours?
WhyThe horizontal band across a dark shirt is one of football's most recognisable kits, and the club has worn a version of it since the early 1900s. -
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Boca Juniors won the Copa Libertadores four times in which decade?
WhyUnder two different coaches Boca reached five continental finals in that ten-year span and won four of them. -
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Which coach led Boca to an unbeaten Apertura title in 2011?
WhyBoca went through all 19 matches of that tournament without defeat and conceded only six goals along the way. -
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Which Colombian club beat Boca on penalties in the 2004 Copa Libertadores final?
WhyThe side from Manizales won the shootout after a goalless first leg and a 1-1 draw in Colombia, denying Boca back-to-back titles.
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About Boca Juniors
It runs the whole modern arc: the Carlos Bianchi era that produced four Copa Libertadores in eight seasons, Juan Román Riquelme as the last great enganche, the 2000 and 2003 Intercontinental Cups against Real Madrid and Milan, and the Superclásico rivalry that stops a country.
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Which No. 10 became Boca's modern idol, winning the Copa Libertadores with them in 2000, 2001 and 2007?
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Juan Román Riquelme. Between his two Boca eras he spent five years in Spain, and he was named South American Footballer of the Year in 2001.
In which city are Boca Juniors based?
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Buenos Aires. Their home sits in a working-class dockside barrio in the south of Argentina's capital, close to the mouth of the Riachuelo.
In 2002 Boca sold their iconic No. 10 playmaker to which European club?
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Barcelona. He struggled under Louis van Gaal, who called him a 'political signing', and was later loaned on to Villarreal.
Boca won the 2003 Intercontinental Cup on penalties against which European champions?
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AC Milan. The Italians missed three of their four spot-kicks in Yokohama after the game had finished 1-1 following extra time.
Which player is the most decorated in Boca Juniors' history, with 17 titles?
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Sebastián Battaglia. The defensive midfielder collected silverware across two spells between 1998 and 2013, and later managed the club.
Which striker is Boca Juniors' all-time leading scorer, with 236 goals?
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Martín Palermo. He scored both goals in the 2000 Intercontinental Cup final and passed Roberto Cherro's long-standing club mark of 221.
Which Colombian goalkeeper won the Copa Libertadores with Boca in both 2000 and 2001?
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Óscar Córdoba. He spent 1997 to 2001 at the club, making 118 appearances, and was picked in the South American team of the year in 2000 and 2001.
Which goalkeeper, nicknamed 'El Pato', won three Copa Libertadores titles with Boca between 2000 and 2003?
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Roberto Abbondanzieri. He was at the club from 1996 to 2006 before joining Getafe, where he won the Zamora Trophy as La Liga's best goalkeeper.
Boca Juniors are the only club to have won back-to-back Copa Sudamericana titles — in which two consecutive years?
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2004 and 2005. They came through a two-legged final against a Bolivian side in the first, then won a shootout against Mexican opposition in the second.
Which Mexican club did Boca beat on penalties to retain the Copa Libertadores in 2001?
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Cruz Azul. The Mexican side were invited guests in the South American competition and lost the shootout 3-1 after the tie finished level.
Boca have won which South American super-cup a record four times, in 1990, 2005, 2006 and 2008?
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Recopa Sudamericana. The one-off tie pits the continent's two main club champions against each other; no club has lifted it more often than Boca.
Boca won the 2000 Copa Libertadores final on penalties against which Brazilian club?
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Palmeiras. The tie finished 2-2 at La Bombonera and goalless at the Morumbí; Boca then converted four spot-kicks in the shootout.
In January 2005 Boca sold their young star — the reigning South American Footballer of the Year — to which Brazilian club in a then-record deal for South American football?
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Corinthians. The buyers, then bankrolled by the MSI investment fund, paid a reported $22 million and won the Brasileirão that season.
Between 1998 and 1999 Boca set an Argentine record by going unbeaten in how many consecutive domestic matches?
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40. The streak ran from the 1998 Clausura into the 1999 Clausura and broke a mark of 39 held by Racing Club since the 1960s.
Boca beat which Brazilian club 5-1 on aggregate in the 2003 Copa Libertadores final?
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Santos. A rematch of the 1963 decider: Boca won 2-0 at home and 3-1 at the Morumbí to seal a fifth continental crown.
Which Brazilian club did Boca beat 5-0 on aggregate in the 2007 Copa Libertadores final?
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Grêmio. Boca won 3-0 at La Bombonera and 2-0 in Porto Alegre; it remains their most recent Copa Libertadores title.
Which Boca player was the joint-top scorer of the 2003 Copa Libertadores, with nine goals?
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Marcelo Delgado. He shared the golden boot with Brazil's Ricardo Oliveira and scored in both legs of the final.
Which Boca midfielder was sold to a Spanish giant for around €20 million in a move that took effect in January 2007?
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Fernando Gago. The deep-lying playmaker was billed as the next Fernando Redondo, and returned to Boca in 2013.
Which coach masterminded Boca's golden era, winning the Copa Libertadores in 2000, 2001 and 2003?
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Carlos Bianchi. Nicknamed 'El Virrey', he had already won the 1994 edition with Vélez Sarsfield and is the only coach to lift the trophy four times.
Which Spanish club did Boca sell midfielder Éver Banega to in January 2008?
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Valencia. The teenager moved to Spain in a big-money deal and only later became a three-time Europa League winner with Sevilla.
Boca's 2019-20 Argentine league title was clinched on the final matchday under which returning coach?
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Miguel Ángel Russo. He had won the 2007 Copa Libertadores in his first spell; Boca overhauled the leaders on the last day in March 2020, days before the pandemic halted Argentine football.
The second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final — an all-Argentine affair — was relocated abroad to which stadium?
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Santiago Bernabéu. CONMEBOL moved the game to Madrid in December 2018 after Boca's team bus was attacked before the original date.
Which centre-back did Boca sell to Roma in 2000 for around €20 million?
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Walter Samuel. Nicknamed 'Il Muro' in Italy, he went on to spend nine seasons at Inter after leaving the Giallorossi.
Which Boca Juniors club president of the 1990s and 2000s later became President of Argentina?
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Mauricio Macri. He ran the club through its most successful decade before entering politics, becoming the capital's mayor in 2007 and taking national office in 2015.
Which manager led Boca Juniors to back-to-back Argentine league titles in 2016-17 and 2017-18?
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Known as 'El Mellizo', he had won four Copa Libertadores as a Boca player and was named MLS MVP with Columbus Crew in 2008.
Which Boca player equalised in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup final, a game Boca went on to lose 4-2?
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Rodrigo Palacio. He struck within a minute of the opener in Yokohama; Pablo Ledesma added a late consolation and Kaká took the Golden Ball.
Which forward emerged at Boca in the early 2000s before playing for West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City?
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Carlos Tevez. He was named South American Footballer of the Year three years running from 2003, and returned to Boca twice more, in 2015 and 2018.
Which Argentine legend returned to Boca Juniors in 1995 and finished his playing career there?
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Diego Maradona. After a spell at Newell's Old Boys and a 15-month doping ban, he played on at La Bombonera until 1997 — a second stint following his first in 1981-82.
Who scored Boca's goal in the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final in Madrid?
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Darío Benedetto. He put Boca ahead just before half-time, but the game was level after 90 minutes and two extra-time goals turned the tie.
Boca Juniors contest the Superclásico, Argentine football's fiercest derby, against which club?
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River Plate. Both clubs began life around the dockside barrio of La Boca before the rivals moved north to Núñez; the fixture routinely tops lists of the world's most intense derbies.
Boca Juniors beat which European giant 2-1 in Tokyo to win the 2000 Intercontinental Cup?
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Real Madrid. Roberto Carlos pulled a goal back for the reigning European champions, but Boca had already struck twice inside the opening six minutes.
Which Mexican club did Boca beat on penalties in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana final?
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Pumas UNAM. Both legs finished 1-1 and Boca took the shootout 4-3 to hold on to the trophy.
What are Boca Juniors' traditional home colours?
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Blue with a yellow band. The horizontal band across a dark shirt is one of football's most recognisable kits, and the club has worn a version of it since the early 1900s.
Boca Juniors won the Copa Libertadores four times in which decade?
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The 2000s. Under two different coaches Boca reached five continental finals in that ten-year span and won four of them.
Which coach led Boca to an unbeaten Apertura title in 2011?
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Julio César Falcioni. Boca went through all 19 matches of that tournament without defeat and conceded only six goals along the way.
Which Colombian club beat Boca on penalties in the 2004 Copa Libertadores final?
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Once Caldas. The side from Manizales won the shootout after a goalless first leg and a 1-1 draw in Colombia, denying Boca back-to-back titles.
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