Boca Juniors in international football
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Boca Juniors is an Argentine professional football club based in Buenos Aires. The club first participated in a South American competition in 1919. The first international cup they took part in was the Copa Aldao in which they participated as champions of Argentina. The club competed in AFA/AUF cups from 1919 to 1946 and since entering the Copa Libertadores, in 1963, the club has competed in every CONMEBOL-organized competition, except the Copa CONMEBOL, Intercontinental Champions' Supercup, Suruga Bank Championship, Copa Merconorte, Copa Master de CONMEBOL and Copa Ganadores de Copa, most of them extinct.
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Club | Boca Juniors |
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Most appearances | Roberto Abbondanzieri (100) |
Top scorer | Martín Palermo (43) |
First entry | 1963 Copa Libertadores |
Latest entry | 2022 Copa Libertadores |
Titles | |
Intercontinental Cup | |
Copa Libertadores | |
Copa Sudamericana | |
Recopa Sudamericana | |
Supercopa Libertadores | 1 |
Copa de Oro | 1 |
Supercopa Masters | 1 |
Internationally, Boca Juniors has won a total of 22 international titles,[1][2][3] with 18 organised by CONMEBOL[4] and the rest organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations. Besides, the club is the second most successful team in the Copa Libertadores with 6 titles in 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007, only behind CA Independiente. The club has also won the Recopa Sudamericana four times, in 1990, 2005, 2006 and 2008; and the Copa Sudamericana two times in 2004 and 2005, which is more than any other club for both trophies. Also, Boca won the Intercontinental Cup three times, in 1977, 2000 and 2003.
Behind Real Madrid (32) and Al-Ahly (25),[5] Boca Juniors is the third most successful club in the world in terms of number of international titles (22).[2]