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Roberto Miguel Acuña

Roberto Miguel Acuña

Roberto Miguel Acuña (born March 25, 1972 in Argentina) is a football (soccer) player from Paraguay that plays as a midfielder. At a young age he migrated to Paraguay where he played for Club Nacional. Because of his skills he decided to acquire the paraguayan citinzenship to play for the Paraguay National Team. He also played for Club Atlético Independiente and Boca Juniors of Argentina before playing in Europe, where he did for Real Zaragoza and Deportivo de la Coruña (where he currently is playing). His nickname is "Toro" (Bull) because of his strenght and dominating presence in the midfield. Acuña, Roberto Miguel

March 25

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). There are 281 days remaining.

Events

- 708 - Constantine is consecrated Pope.
- 1300 - Dante descends to the Inferno in The Divine Comedy
- 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.
- 1409 - The Council of Pisa opens.
- 1634 - The first settlers arrive in Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore).
- 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
- 1655 - Protestants take control of Maryland at the Battle of the Severn.
- 1802 - The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and United Kingdom.
- 1807 - The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1821 - Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.
- 1865 - The "Claywater Meteorite" explodes just before reaching ground level in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Fragments having a combined mass of 1.5 kg are recovered.
- 1865 - American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union in a bloody battle.
- 1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C..
- 1901 - At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, Mercedes wins its first racing victory.
- 1911 - In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
- 1918 - The Belarusian National Republic was established.
- 1924 - Greece proclaims itself a republic.
- 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- 1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.
- 1941 - Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.
- 1947 - A explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
- 1949 - The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
- 1955 - United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" as obscene.
- 1957 - The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).
- 1960 - In London, United Kingdom, Jacqueline Boyer wins the fifth Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi".
- 1965 - Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. complete successfully their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery.
- 1969 - During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
- 1971 - Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight of Pakistan Army against East Pakistani civilians.
- 1972 - In Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Vicky Leandros wins the seventeenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Après toi" (After you).
- 1975 - Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
- 1979 - The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1990 - In the Bronx, New York City, a fire at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87 people.
- 1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
- 1995 - Ward Cunningham opens the first wiki, the WikiWikiWeb.
- 1996 - An 81-day-long standoff between the antigovernment group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
- 1996 - The Labour Party is founded in Turkey.
- 1996 - The EU's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (BSE).
- 2004 - Air Holland files for bankruptcy in response to unproven allegations of marijuana abuse by their pilots.

Births

- 1252 - Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)
- 1297 - Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)
- 1345 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)
- 1347 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)
- 1404 (baptism) - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
- 1479 - Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1533)
- 1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
- 1541 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
- 1593 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
- 1643 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)
- 1661 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
- 1699 - Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (d. 1783)
- 1767 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (d. 1815)
- 1863 - Simon Flexner, pathologist (d. 1946)
- 1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (d. 1957)
- 1868 - William Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
- 1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (d. 1958)
- 1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)
- 1881 - Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (d. 1927)
- 1884 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (d. 1950)
- 1886 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
- 1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1906 - A.J.P. Taylor, British historian (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Helmut Käutner, German actor and film director (d. 1980)
- 1908 - David Lean, English film director (d. 1991)
- 1911 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)
- 1914 - Norman Borlaug, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1918 - Howard Cosell, American attorney, lecturer, and sports journalist (d. 1995)
- 1920 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (d. 1987)
- 1920 - Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner
- 1921 - Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
- 1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964)
- 1926 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Gene Shalit, American film critic
- 1928 - Jim Lovell, astronaut
- 1929 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Gloria Steinem, American author
- 1938 - Hoyt Axton, American musician and actor (d. 1999)
- 1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Anita Bryant, American entertainer and activist
- 1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer
- 1942 - Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
- 1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
- 1946 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
- 1946 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (d. 1991)
- 1947 - Sir Elton John, English musician
- 1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician and politician
- 1956 - Matthew Garber, British actor (d. 1977)
- 1960 - Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress
- 1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress
- 1964 - Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress
- 1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
- 1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian olympic committee
- 1966 - Tom Glavine, baseball player
- 1967 - Matthew Barney, American media artist
- 1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater
- 1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player
- 1971 - Cammi Granato, American hockey player
- 1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress
- 1976 - Juvenile, American rapper
- 1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
- 1976 - Gigi Leung, Hong Kong singer/actress.
- 1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver
- 1989 - Alyson Michalka, American actress

Deaths

- 752 - Pope Stephen II
- 1005 - King Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle)
- 1223 - King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
- 1345 - Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)
- 1458 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
- 1558 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer
- 1603 - Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
- 1609 - Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
- 1620 - Johannes Nucius, German composer
- 1625 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- 1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
- 1736 - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
- 1738 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
- 1751 - King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
- 1801 - Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
- 1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
- 1914 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
- 1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
- 1951 - Eddie Collins, baseball player (b. 1887)
- 1957 - Max Ophüls, German-born director and writer (b. 1902)
- 1958 - Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)
- 1969 - Max Eastman, American writer (b. 1883)
- 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
- 1980 - Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
- 1980 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
- 1980 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
- 1988 - Robert Joffrey, dancer, teacher, and choreographer (b. 1930)
- 1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic leader (b. 1905)
- 1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1995 - James Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)
- 1995 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
- 1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., baseball manager (b. 1936)
- 2000 - Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2002 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

- The Annunciation - this date is nine months before Christmas Day.
- One of the four Irish Quarter days in the Irish calendar.
- Traditional date of the start of the new year in England and Wales, until the Calendar Act of 1752 (called Lady Day - see above).
- Maryland Day
- Greek Independence Day.
- Good Friday in 2005, 2016

External links

- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/25 BBC: On This Day]
- [http://www.tnl.net/when/3/25 Today in History: March 25] ---- March 24 - March 26 - February 25 - April 25 -- listing of all days ko:3월 25일 ms:25 Mac ja:3月25日 simple:March 25 th:25 มีนาคม

Paraguay

The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked nation in South America. It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. The name of the country means "water that goes to the ocean," derived from the Guarani words pará ("ocean"), gua ("to/from"), and y ("water"). The expression in Guarani often refers solely to Asunción, but in Spanish refers to the entire country.

History

Main article: History of Paraguay Europeans first arrived in the area in the early 16th century and the settlement of Asunción was founded in 1537, by the Spanish explorer Juan de Salazar. The city eventually became the center of a Spanish colonial province, as well as a primary site of the Jesuit missions and settlements in South America in the 18th century. Paraguay declared its independence by overthrowing the local Spanish authorities on May 15, 1811. In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865–1870), Paraguay lost two-thirds of its adult male population and 140,000 km² of its territory. It stagnated economically for the next half century. In the Chaco War of 1932 to 1935, invading Bolivian troops, trying to gain a port on the Paraguay river for their landlocked country, were expelled by the Paraguayan Armed Forces from most of the Chaco region. The Chaco had been claimed by both countries, but the settlements in the region were mostly Paraguayan. The 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner was overthrown in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, relatively free and regular presidential elections have been held since then. However, the democracy that exists in the country, while a great improvement on the 'stronato' is very limited. It is hampered by the widespread corruption and lack of any democratic political culture.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Paraguay Paraguay's highly centralised and often dictatorial government was fundamentally changed by the 1992 constitution, which provides for a division of powers. The president and vice president are elected on the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms, after which the president appoints a cabinet. The president functions as both head of state and head of government. The bicameral parliament, the Congress or Congreso, consists of an 80-member Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) and a 45-member Senate (Cámara de Senadores), elected concurrently with the president through a proportional representation system. Deputies are elected by department and senators nationwide on a list system, both for five-year terms. Each of Paraguay's 17 departments is headed by a popularly elected governor. Paraguay's highest court is the Supreme Court. The Senate and the president select its nine members on the basis of recommendations from a constitutionally created Magistrates Council. A Paraguayan peculiarity is its flag, which features a slightly different design on the reverse side than on the front. The three stripes on the flag (red, white, and blue) come from the French flag. The front side contains the National Seal of Paraguay and the reverse contains the words "Paz y Justicia"(Peace and Justice) along with a lion and a Phrygian Cap on a pole.

Departments

Main article: Departments of Paraguay Paraguay consists of 18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento):
- Alto Paraguay
- Alto Paraná
- Amambay
- Asunción
- Boquerón
- Caaguazú
- Caazapá
- Canindeyú
- Central
- Concepción
- Cordillera
- Guairá
- Itapúa
- Misiones
- Ñeembucú
- Paraguarí
- Presidente Hayes
- San Pedro The (Gran) Chaco features mostly low, marshy plains near the river and dry forest and thorny scrub further west. The highest point is the Cerro Pero (Cerro Tres Kandu) at 842 m. The southeastern border is formed by the Parana River, containing the impressive Itaipu dam it shares with Brazil. It is currently the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, generating nearly all of Paraguay's electricity. The local climate ranges from subtropical to temperate, with substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, though becoming semi-arid in the far west.

Geography

temperate Main article: Geography of Paraguay See also: List of cities in Paraguay

Economy

Main article: Economy of Paraguay Paraguay has a market economy marked by a large informal sector. The informal sector features both re-export of imported consumer goods to neighbouring countries as well as the activities of thousands of microenterprises and urban street vendors. Because of the importance of the informal sector, accurate economic measures are difficult to obtain. A large percentage of the population derive their living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. Paraguay's economy is very dependent on Brazil, its neighbour in the east. Most of the country's imports come through the Brazilian port of Paranaguá by highway, on trucks. Ciudad del Este is the third largest free-tax commerce zone of the world, only behind Hong Kong and Miami. The country holds the impressive Itaipu dam which used to be the largest concrete structure, the largest dam and the largest power plant of the world. Itaipu's energy supplies about 20% of the current Brazilian needs and is the most important export good of Paraguay. The selling of cheaper goods is another important source of revenue and it is still a common habit in Brazil to go to Paraguay and buy electronics, like TV sets and sound systems there. About 60% of the country's GDP comes from commerce with Brazil. Nearly all the rest comes from commerce with Argentina with which the country shares another major power plant: Yaciretá. The formal economy grew by an average of about 3% annually in 1995-1997, but its GDP declined slightly in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Despite difficulties arising from political instability, corruption, slow structural reforms, high internal and external debts and deficient infrastructure; it is believed that the factor that most contributed to the stagnation of Paraguayan economy was the devaluation of the Brazilian currency, the Real, in 1998; which caused Paraguayan shops to lose their attractiveness (as prices there are mostly dollarised). Since 1991 Paraguay has been a member of the free trade bloc MERCOSUR.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Paraguay Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in Latin America. About 95% of the people are mestizos of mixed Spanish and Guarani Indian descent. Little trace is left of the original Guarani culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population. About 75% of all Paraguayans can speak Spanish. Guarani and Spanish are official languages. Germans, Japanese, Koreans, ethnic Chinese, Arabs, Brazilians, and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay and they have to an extent retained their respective languages. Paraguay's population is distributed unevenly throughout the country. The vast majority of the people live in the eastern region, most within 160 kilometers of Asunción, the capital and largest city. The Chaco, which accounts for about 60% of the territory, is home to less than 2% of the population. The country is predominantly Roman Catholic, with some Mennonite and other Protestant minorities.

Culture

- Guarani mythology
- Guaraní language
- List of Paraguayans
- Music of Paraguay

Miscellaneous topics

- Communications in Paraguay
- Foreign relations of Paraguay
- Military of Paraguay
- Public holidays in Paraguay
- Reporters without borders World-wide press freedom index 2005: Rank 69 out of 167 countries
- Transportation in Paraguay

External links

- [http://www.colegiosaofrancisco.com.br/novo/historia/brasil/paraguai_menu.html Guerra do Paraguai] - [http://www.colegiosaofrancisco.com.br/historia_geral.html História Geral]
- [http://www.paraguaygobierno.gov.py/ Portal del Gobierno Electrónico] - Official governmental portal
- [http://dmoz.org/Regional/South_America/Paraguay/ Open Directory Project - paraguay] directory category
- [http://www.thowra.com/paraguay.html Living in Paraguay] A point of view: Asuncion and Paraguay
- [http://www.meucat.com/album.html Paraguay de Antes] Old pictures and postcards from Paraguay
- [http://laca.com.au/telelatina/chipas.html Recipes for Chipas], a cheese and cornmeal bread Category:South American countries Category:Landlocked countries zh-min-nan:Paraguay ko:파라과이 ms:Paraguay ja:パラグアイ simple:Paraguay fiu-vro:Paraguay

Club Nacional

Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904.

Honors

- Liga Paraguaya: 1909, 1911, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1946

Famous Players

- Arsenio Erico
- Heriberto Herrera
- Edgar "La Araña" Denis
- Roberto Miguel Acuña

External link

- [http://www.nacionalquerido.com/ Club Nacional de Paraguay Official Site] Nacional

Paraguay national football team

The Paraguay national football team is the national team of Paraguay and is controlled by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.The Paraguay national football team has reached the second round of the World Cup on three occasions (in 1986, 1998 and 2002) but has never advanced beyond that stage. Paraguay's only major tournament victories have come in the Copa América, in which they triumphed in 1953 and 1979. They also won a silver medal in the football tournament at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, being defeated 1-0 by Argentina in the final. It was the first Olympic medal Paraguay ever won in any sport. Paraguay's current squad is more well-known for its defensive skill than its ability to score goals, with players such as Denis Caniza and captain Carlos Gamarra being amongst its most prominent members. However, the future of this strategy looks questionable due to the recent international retirement of defenders Francisco Arce and Celso Ayala, and that of world-famous goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. Several key players are now in the latter stages of their career, so Paraguay will be looking to harness talent amongst the younger generation if they are to maintain the increase in status they have achieved over the past decade. There is optimism that this can occur, as Paraguay's under-19 side won the Milk Cup in both 2002 and 2003.

World Cup record

- 1930 - Round 1
- 1934 - Did not enter
- 1938 - Did not enter
- 1950 - Round 1
- 1954 - Did not qualify
- 1958 - Round 1
- 1962 to 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Round 2
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Round 2
- 2002 - Round 2
- 2006 - Qualified

Copa América record

Most Paraguay caps

Top Paraguay goalscorers

Famous Players

- Francisco Arce
- Celso Ayala
- José Saturnino Cardozo
- José Luis Chilavert
- Arsenio Erico
- Roberto Fernández
- Carlos Gamarra
- Aurelio González
- Juan Bautista Villalba

External links

- [http://www.apf.org.py/ Official site of the Paraguayan Football Association]
- [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/para-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1919-2004]
- [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/para-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
- [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/par.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup]
- [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/par_squads.html Planet World Cup archive of squads in the World Cup]
- [http://www.planetworldcup.com/NATIONS/par_qualify.html Planet World Cup archive of results in the World Cup qualifiers] Category:Football in Paraguay

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine football (soccer) club. Its home base is the neighbourhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and it hosts its home games at the Bombonera (chocolate box) stadium at 805 Brandsen Street. Boca has won 20 Argentine professional championships, five Copa Libertadores titles and three Intercontinental Cups. Boca Juniors is a fixture in the top 30 of the Club World Ranking maintained by the [http://www.iffhs.de/ International Federation of Football History & Statistics], and has reached the top position of the monthly ranking 6 times (mostly during coach Carlos Bianchi's tenure). As of the last release (June 1, 2004 to May 31, 2005) it occupied the eighth position.

History

The team

On 3 April 1905, five Italian immigrants gathered in the Plaza Solís, located in the heart of the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Esteban Baglietto, Alfredo Scarpatti, Santiago Sana, and brothers Juan and Teodoro Farenga founded Boca Juniors (the use of English language in team names was commonplace, as English railroad workers introduced football into Argentina). The original jersey color was pink, which was quickly abandoned for thin black-and-white vertical stripes. The legend has it that in 1907 Boca played another team that used these colors, to decide who would get to keep them. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to arrive to the La Boca port. As the boat was from Sweden, the blue-and-gold was adopted. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe. Boca Juniors played in local leagues and the amateur second division until it was promoted to the top division in 1913, when it was expanded from six teams to 15. Boca was never relegated; it won six amateur championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1930). With the introduction of professionalism in Argentina, Boca won the first title in 1931.
- First Match: May 6, 1905. vs. Mariano Moreno.
- First international match: December 8, 1907. vs. Universal (Montevideo, Uruguay)
- First professional match: May 31, 1931 vs. Chacarita Juniors.

The Crest

Chacarita Juniors The shape of the crest has remained unchanged throughout Boca's history. In 1955, laurel leaves were added to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary, and the colors were changed in order to resemble the jersey colors. Since 1970, it is changed to have a star for each Argentine title (top part, above the initials) and for each international title (bottom part) and a new star is added to the corresponding section whenever Boca obtains a title. To the delight of fans, the crest had to be modified several times in recent years.

The stadium

Boca Juniors used several fields before it settled on the current grounds on Brandsen Street. Construction work on the concrete structure started in 1938; during the erection of the stands, Boca played its home matches in the Ferrocarril Oeste field in Caballito until 1940. A third level was added in 1953, and the La Bombonera name was born. The side opposite the Casa Amarilla railway platforms remained mostly unbuilt until 1996, when it was upgraded with new balconies and VIP booths.
- Dársena Sud: 1908 - 1912
- Wilde: 1914 - 1915
- Brins y Sengüel: 1916 - 1924
- Brandsen: from 1924

The Fans

Boca Juniors is traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the more upscale support base of cross-town rivals River Plate. Fans are known for valuing sacrifice, and to root for the team in good times and bad. (River Plate fans are known for demanding attractive play from their team.) As of August 2005, the club has about 61,000 card-carrying members. Registrations are currently halted because of the limited stadium capacity. Boca claims to be the club of half plus one of Argentina's population; a 2003 survey placed its following at 39%. [http://nuevamayoria.com/ES/INVESTIGACIONES/sociedad/040913.html (Centro de Estudios Nueva Mayoría)]

El Superclásico

River Plate Being the two biggest football clubs in Argentina, and due to the rivalry between them, the Boca-River Superclásico is considered one of the most thrilling derbies in the world. See: [http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/football/features/newsid_2297000/2297495.stm BBC news - on famous world derbies.] The derby's statistics show Boca slightly ahead with 107 victories, 52 ties, and 92 losses against River. A few hours after each Boca win, street signs cover Buenos Aires, at fans' own expense, "ribbing" the losing side with humorous remarks. This has become part of Buenos Aires lore ever since a Boca winning streak in the 1990s.

Nicknames

Boca are known as los xeneizes (the Genoese) after the large number of Italian (especially Genoese) immigrants who lived in La Boca in the early 20th century. The word "xeneize" is Genoese dialect for the standard-Italian word "genovesi," which means "Genoese." The name bosteros (horse-shitters) originates from the horse manure used in the brick factory that occupied the ground where the Bombonera stands. Originally an insult used by rivals, Boca fans have taken to wearing it with pride. Boca fans also use the diminutive Boquita when referring to the club. Following the team colors, Boca is also called la azul y oro (the blue-and-gold). The fans call themselves la número 12 or la 12 (player number 12, "the 12th man") because of the influence they have on rival teams - especially in home games, where their cheering is loudly heard on the pitch.

International

Peñas (fan clubs) exist in many Argentine cities, and abroad, in countries such as Spain, Israel and Japan. Boca has fans throughout Latin America, especially in Colombia and Peru, which are the home country of many top players. All over the world, fans were drawn to Boca by its international titles, and by the successes of Boca players who went on to play in European football such as Maradona, Batistuta, and Riquelme.

Institutional

Executive Board 2004-2007
- President: Mauricio Macri
- 1st Vice-president: Pedro Pompilio
- 2nd Vice-president: Gregorio Diego Zidar
- 3rd Vice-president: José Anunciado Cirillo
- Secretary: Luis Bartolomé Buzio

Other Sports

The Boca Juniors basketball team has won the Argentine league twice (1996~97, 2003~04), the Argentine Cup (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), the Argentine Top 4 (2004), and the South American Club Championship (2004, 2005). It also reached the 2005 finals (losing to Ben Hur). Boca Juniors has a professional volleyball team that won the Metropolitan chapionship in 1991, 1992 and 1996, and achieved the second place in the 1996/97 A1 season. Because of a lack of sponsors, the team was dismantled but it was rebuilt through the coaching of former player Marcelo Gigante playing in the second division, returning to the first division A1 in 2005. Starting 2005, the Argentine Turismo Carretera stock-car competition league spun off the Top Race V6 category, in which teams are sponsored by football teams. Veteran race pilots Ortelli and Bessone and former Boca player Vicente Pernía drive for the Boca team, which took both first and second place in the maiden race. Women Football Titles 8: 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000 (unbeaten), 2001 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura, and 2004 Apertura. In Futsal, Boca has won 4 Championships: 1991, 1992, Clausura 1997, and Apertura 1998. Boca representatives also compete in other disciplines such as judo, karate, taekwondo, and weight lifting.

Boca TV

Boca Juniors was the fifth football club in the world to have its own TV signal. Boca TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, featuring sports programs and talk shows.

Football Titles

Amateur

First Division: 7 :1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, Copa de Honor 1925, 1926, 1930

Professional

First Division: 21 :1931, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, Copa Argentina and Nacional 1969, Nacional 1970, Metropolitano and Nacional 1976, Metropolitano 1981, Apertura 1992, Apertura 1998, Clausura 1999, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2003 Copa Libertadores: 5 :1977, 1978 (Undefeated), 2000, 2001, 2003 Intercontinental Cup: 3 :1977, 2000, 2003 Other International Cups: 6 :Supercopa 1989, Recopa 1990, Copa Masters 1992, Copa de Oro 1993, Copa Sudamericana 2004, Recopa 2005

Records

- 40 consecutive Argentine-league matches unbeaten. (Argentine record) From 5 May 1998 to 2 June 1999, with 29 victories and 11 ties.

Famous Players

Legend:
- (GK) goalkeeper
- (br) Brazilian
- (co) Colombian
- (mx) Mexican
- (pr) Peruvian

Before 1970

Peru
- Américo Tesorieri (GK) (1916~27)
- Roberto Cherro (1926~35)
- Francisco Varallo (1931~39) (Boca's top scorer ever with 181 goals)
- Natalio Agustín Pescia (1933~42)
- Ernesto Lazzatti (1934~47)
- Jaime Sarlanga (1940~48)
- Mario Emilio Heriberto Boyé (1941~49)
- Antonio Rattín (1956~70)
- Paulo Valentim (br) (1960~64)
- José Sanfilippo (1963)
- Silvio Marzolini (1960~72)
- Antonio Roma (1960~72) (GK)
- Alfredo El Tanque Rojas (1964~68)
- Angel Clemente Rojitas Rojas (1963~71)
- Norberto Rubén Madurga (1965~71)
- Julio Guillermo Meléndez Calderón (pr) (1968~72)
- Ramón Héctor Ponce (1966~74)

1970s and 1980s

- Enzo Ferrero (1971~75)
- Rubén Suñé (1969~72, 1976~80)
- Alberto César Tarantini (1973~77)
- Darío Luis Felman (1975~78)
- Mario Nicasio Zanabria (1976~80)
- Osvaldo Potente (1971~75, 1979~80)
- Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani (1973~76, 1981~82)
- Vicente Tano Pernía (1973~81)
- Jorge José Chino Benítez (1973~83)
- Roberto Mouzo (1972~84)
- Ernesto Enrique Héber Mastrángelo (1976~81)
- Ricardo Alberto Gareca (1978~80, 1982~84.)
- Diego Armando Maradona (1981~82, 1995~97)
- Miguel Ángel Brindisi (1981~82)
- Hugo Orlando Gatti (1976~89) (GK) (Argentine records: 26 penalties stopped, oldest player at age 44)
- Claudio Oscar Marangoni (1988~90)

1990s

- Juan Ernesto Simón (1988~94)
- Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya (1988~96) (GK) (co) (record of 180 straight matches played)
- Gabriel Omar Batistuta (1990)
- Alberto José Márcico (1992~95)
- Blas Armando Giunta (1989~94)
- Cristian (Kily) González (1995~96)
- Nelson David Vivas (1994~97)
- Juan Sebastián Verón (1996)
- Claudio Paul Caniggia (1995~98)
- Nolberto Solano (pr) (1997~98)
- Walter Adrián Samuel (1997~2000)
- Óscar Eduardo Córdoba Arce (1997~2001) (GK) (co)
- Juan Román Riquelme (1996~2002)
- Mauricio Alberto Chicho Serna Valencia (co) (1998~2002)

2000s

- Nicolás Andrés Burdisso (1999~2003)
- Carlos Alberto Tévez (2001~04)

Current Stars

- Martín Palermo (1997~2000, 2004~) (100 goals with Boca in first division)
- Guillermo Barros Schelotto (1997~) (Boca records: 11 titles, 21 international goals)
- Roberto "El Pato" Abbondanzieri (1997~) (GK) (Boca records: 11 titles)

Coaches

Boca's two most successful coaches were Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1976~79, 1987), and Carlos Bianchi (1998-2001, 2003~04). Toto Lorenzo won five titles with the team, including the Libertadores Cup in 1977 and 1978, the Intercontinental Cup in 1977, and the Metropolitano and Nacional in 1976. Bianchi won eight, including Aperturas in 1998 and 2000, the 1999 Clausura, the Libertadores Cup in 2000, 2001, and 2003, and the Intercontinental Cup in 2000 and 2003.

Current Squad

As of 19 September 2005 (Players ordered by number. These positions are generic and do not contemplate players that play multiple positions or more specific positions.)

External links

- [http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/ Boca Juniors] (in Spanish and English)
- [http://www.bocampeonweb.com.ar/ Bocampeon Website] (in Spanish, Portuguese and English)
- [http://www.informexeneize.com.ar/biografias.htm Informe Xeneize - Biografies]
- [http://www.argentinesoccer.com Argentine Soccer]
- [http://www.rsssf.com/ The Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation]
- [http://www.iffhs.de/ International Federation of Football History and Statistics]
- [http://www.boca.tv/ Boca TV] Club's official TV channel
- [http://www.agrupacionnuevoboca.com.ar/ Agrupación Nuevo Boca]
- [http://www.estoesboca.com.ar/ Esto es Boca]
- [http://www.lamitadmas1.com.ar/ La Mitad Más Uno] (Half Plus One) Category:Argentine football clubs Category:Argentine basketball clubs Category:Sport in Buenos Aires ko:보카 주니어스 ja:ボカ・ジュニアーズ

Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragón. Founded on March 18, 1932, it currently plays in the Primera División. They play in white with blue shorts. The home stadium is the La Romareda that seats 35,000 spectators.

History

Originally formed out of two rival teams, Iberia SC and Real Zaragoza CD. By the 1930s, the team was making headway in the leagues, but the Civil War put a brake on a lot of the progress made. On September 8, 1957 the team left their original stadium (the Torrero) for the La Romareda. It was not until the 1960s that Zaragoza would see their first successes, in the Copa del Rey. Fans of the side had to wait until the 1980s to experience another victory in the cup competition. Real Zaragoza have played the majority of their history, a total of 45 seasons, in the Primera División. Being more of a specialist cup side, they have not managed to win the league, although they have come second on one occasion. In the 2001-02 season they were unfortunately relegated from the Primera for the first time in 25 years; however, they earned promotion back to the Primera the following season.

Honours or Trophies

- King's Cup:6
- 1964, 1966, 1986, 1994, 2001 and 2004
- UEFA Cup:1
- 1964
- Cup Winners' Cup:1
- 1995

Current Squad 2005/06

The numbers are established according to the official website:[http://www.realzaragoza.com www.realzaragoza.com] and [http://www.lfp.es www.lfp.es] As of September 1 2005
Squad changes during 2005/06 season
In:
- Celades - Signed From Real Madrid
- Ewerthon - Signed From Borussia Dortmund
- Sergio Garcia - Signed From FC Barcelona
- Cesar - Signed From Real Madrid
- Corona - Return From Polideportivo Ejido
- Valbuena - Return From Albacete Balompie
- Diego Milito - On Loan From Genoa 1986 Out
- Piti - On Loan To Ciudad de Murcia
- Jorge Pina - On Loan To Malaga B
- Dorado - On Loan To UE Lleida
- Javi Moreno - Transferred To Cordoba CF
- Iban Espadas - Transferred To Ciudad de Murcia
- Galletti - Transferred To Atletico de Madrid
- David Pirri - Transferred To Albacete Balompie
- Soriano - Transferred To UD Almeria
- Villa - Transferred To Valencia CF
- Granero - Transferred To Xerez CD
- Luis Garcia - Transferred To Getafe CF
- Drulic - Transferred To Lokeren (Belgium)
- Ruben Falcón - Transferred To Villanueva CF
- Lainez - Retired
Famous Players

- Roberto Acuña
- Xavi Aguado
- Santiago Aragón
- Saturnino Arrúa
- Alberto Belsué
- Andreas Brehme
- Cafu
- Andoni Cedrún
- José Luis Chilavert
- Dani García
- Juan Eduardo Esnaider
- Kily Gonzalez
- Juanmi
- Carlos Lapetra
- Gustavo López
- Savo Milosevic
- Fernando Morientes
- Murillo
- Marcelino
- Nayim
- Felipe Santiago Ocampos
- Paco Jémez
- Miguel Pardeza
- Gustavo Poyet
- Frank Rijkaard
- Francisco Santamaría
- Juan Seminario
- Juan Antonio Señor
- Rubén Sosa
- Jorge Valdano
- Juan Manuel Villa
- José Luis Violeta
Famous Coaches

- Luis Costa
- Victor Fernandez
External links

- [http://www.realzaragoza.com/ Real Zaragoza Official Website] Category:Spanish football clubs ja:レアル・サラゴサ

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