All Boys
Encyclopedia
Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club
based in the Floresta
neighborhood of Buenos Aires
, Argentina
. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División
, the top division of Argentine football league system
.
, Boca Juniors
, River Plate
and Racing Club
had done before.
All Boys has been taking part of championships organised by Argentine Football Association
since 1937. In 1945 the team went down to second division for the first time, but next year All Boys won the Tercera de Ascenso
championship after defeating Justo José de Urquiza
2-1. That season All Boys played 24 matches and scored 91 goals.
In 1950 there was a restructuring in Argentine football that sent many teams to the lower division, alleging that those institutions had their stadiums in poor conditions to host the Primera División matches. One of those teams relegated was All Boys. The following year All Boys won its second championship with a victory over Tiro Federal which brought "The Albo" back to Primera.
In 1972 All Boys hired José Paladino as coach. Under his command, the squad won 11 consecutive games (which remains as record nowadays for lower categories), obtaining 29/30 points. Therefore, on October 14, 1972, All Boys became Primera B champion defeating Excursionistas
1-0 with a goal scored by Benítez.
Some notable players of that team were Valentín Sánchez (top scorer), José Romero (proclamed as "the best player of the team") and Ángel Mamberto. After promoting to Primera, All Boys remained eight years in that division, achieving its best position in the 1974Torneo Nacional
where finished 5th. All Boys also defeated Boca Juniors
, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Independiente and Racing. In 1980 was relegated to Primera B.
When the Argentine football system was restructured, All Boys could not qualify amongst the 8 teams to dispute the Primera B Nacional, being relegated to play in the Primera B Metropolitana
, which was one level lower.
For the 1992/3 season Mario Rizzi was hired as the team coach, and were incorporated some players such as Marcelo Blanco, Marcelo Yanino, Rubén Urquiza. The team made a great campaing, playing the decissive match against Defensores de Belgrano
at Ferro Carril Oeste
stadium, where 25,000 All Boys's supporters attended, which set a record of spectators for the lower categories in Argentine football. The Floresta team won its 4th championship, promoting to Primera B Nacional.
In 2001 the team was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again. For 2002/03 season the club hired Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
as coach. The team won 8 consecutive games and qualified to play the Torneo Reducido, which won but then lost promotion at the hands of El Porvenir
. For the 2007/08 season the club incorporated Ariel Zárate, Hernán Grana
and Gustavo Bartelt
among other players came from different clubs. Former player José Romero was designed as coach. On May 6, 2008, All Boys won a new championship after the match vs. Atlanta
, which "El Albo" won 2-0. This score also returned All Boys to Primera B Nacional.
3-0 in the "Gigante de Arroyito" after an 1-1 draw in Floresta, returning to Primera División after 30 years of being relegated to lower divisions. In 2010 Torneo Apertura, All Boys achieved victories over Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, amongst others, finishing in the 8th position.
division in 1937 and returned only after 3 years. "Albo" won that match 3-1 in Nueva Chicago's home, Mataderos
. From that time forward All Boys maintains the advantage in wins over Nueva Chicago, an advantage they have never lost. This rivalry has seen more than 90 official editions.
Another All Boys rival is Argentinos Juniors
, but this is due to the proximity of the respective neighborhoods since most of the time they have played in different categories. These two institutions clashed officially on more than 60 occasions.
.
In 1937, when professionalism started, All Boys had their new stadium in the city block formed by the streets, Segurola, Indio (current Elpidio Gonzalez), Sanabria and Miranda, where they played until 1959.
On November 10, 1959, Law 14.934 was enacted, by which the national government donated the land to All Boys, located on Av. Jonte, between the streets Chivilcoy and Mercedes.
In 1963 the Islas Malvinas Stadium
was inaugurated, in an encounter in front of Club Deportivo Riestra
, in which the host team won so blunt. Upon the inauguration of the stadium had two side galleries.
The stadium has been refurbished several times, the most important work was the construction of a second tier on Mercedes street side. By the late 1980s the Islas Malvinas Stadium
had a capacity of 12,000 spectators.
The stadium remained the same until mid-2004 when a group of people, linked to the All Boys club, managed to raise the necessary funds and build a cement platform on Miranda street, thus the capacity of the stadium was increased to 16,500.
In 2006 they dismantled the wooden planks by Chivilcoy street and on September 20 of that year they began construction of the new cement foundation. From January 2007 through July of that year a new set of stands was built. Finally the stadium's capacity increased to 18,000.
49 Seasons in Segunda División
17 Seasons in Tercera División
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
based in the Floresta
Floresta, Buenos Aires
Floresta is a neighbourhood located to the west of Buenos Aires.The district was named after a locomotive called La Floresta. The neighborhood developed following the arrival to the area of Argentina's first rail line, in 1857....
neighborhood of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
, the top division of Argentine football league system
Argentine football league system
The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...
.
The beginning
The name "All Boys" reflected the youthfulness of its founders, and followed the Argentine tradition of naming football clubs in English, such as Newell's Old BoysNewell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario. The club was founded on November 3, 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell, one of the pioneers of Argentine football...
, Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
, River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
and Racing Club
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...
had done before.
All Boys has been taking part of championships organised by Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...
since 1937. In 1945 the team went down to second division for the first time, but next year All Boys won the Tercera de Ascenso
Primera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
championship after defeating Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...
2-1. That season All Boys played 24 matches and scored 91 goals.
In 1950 there was a restructuring in Argentine football that sent many teams to the lower division, alleging that those institutions had their stadiums in poor conditions to host the Primera División matches. One of those teams relegated was All Boys. The following year All Boys won its second championship with a victory over Tiro Federal which brought "The Albo" back to Primera.
The first run on Primera División
Excursionistas
Club Atlético Excursionistas is a football team based in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires in Argentina...
1-0 with a goal scored by Benítez.
Some notable players of that team were Valentín Sánchez (top scorer), José Romero (proclamed as "the best player of the team") and Ángel Mamberto. After promoting to Primera, All Boys remained eight years in that division, achieving its best position in the 1974Torneo Nacional
Nacional championship
The Nacional championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1985. The Nacional formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the second half of the year, the Metropolitano took place in the first half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...
where finished 5th. All Boys also defeated Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Independiente and Racing. In 1980 was relegated to Primera B.
When the Argentine football system was restructured, All Boys could not qualify amongst the 8 teams to dispute the Primera B Nacional, being relegated to play in the Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
, which was one level lower.
For the 1992/3 season Mario Rizzi was hired as the team coach, and were incorporated some players such as Marcelo Blanco, Marcelo Yanino, Rubén Urquiza. The team made a great campaing, playing the decissive match against Defensores de Belgrano
Defensores de Belgrano
Defensores de Belgrano is a sports club from the Nuñez neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. the football team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association....
at Ferro Carril Oeste
Ferro Carril Oeste
Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or Ferro, is a sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club was founded on July 28, 1904 by 95 railway workers from the Buenos Aires Western Railway...
stadium, where 25,000 All Boys's supporters attended, which set a record of spectators for the lower categories in Argentine football. The Floresta team won its 4th championship, promoting to Primera B Nacional.
In 2001 the team was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again. For 2002/03 season the club hired Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Ricardo Caruso Lombardi
Ricardo Daniel Caruso Lombardi is a football coach. He is currently manager for the Argentine side Quilmes Atlético Club.-Playing career:Lombardi started his playing career with Argentinos Juniors in 1981...
as coach. The team won 8 consecutive games and qualified to play the Torneo Reducido, which won but then lost promotion at the hands of El Porvenir
Club El Porvenir
Club El Porvenir is an Argentine football club, located in the Gerli neighborhood, which is part of the district of Lanús Partido in the Gran Buenos Aires....
. For the 2007/08 season the club incorporated Ariel Zárate, Hernán Grana
Hernán Grana
Hernán Gustavo Grana is an Argentine football defender who plays for Belgrano on loan from Lanús.-Career:Grana began his playing career in 2003 in the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football with Platense...
and Gustavo Bartelt
Gustavo Bartelt
Gustavo Javier Bartelt is an Argentine footballer who plays for All Boys.-Career:Bartelt started playing for All Boys in 1993. He then played for Lanús, Roma, Aston Villa , Rayo, Gimnasia La Plata, Talleres and Gimnasia de Jujuy.While at Roma, both Bartelt and Cafu were accused of using false...
among other players came from different clubs. Former player José Romero was designed as coach. On May 6, 2008, All Boys won a new championship after the match vs. Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta
Club Atlético Atlanta is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. Nicknamed Los Bohemios , its football team won the 2010/11 Primera B Metropolitana championship and promoted to the Primera B Nacional for the 2011/12 season.-History:The club was founded on October the 12th, 1904 in Buenos...
, which "El Albo" won 2-0. This score also returned All Boys to Primera B Nacional.
Return to Primera
During the 2009/10 season, All Boys qualified to play the Promoción in order to dispute a place in Primera División. All Boys defeated Rosario CentralRosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....
3-0 in the "Gigante de Arroyito" after an 1-1 draw in Floresta, returning to Primera División after 30 years of being relegated to lower divisions. In 2010 Torneo Apertura, All Boys achieved victories over Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, amongst others, finishing in the 8th position.
Classic Rivals
All Boys's classic rival historically has been Nueva Chicago. This rivalry is considered by many to be one of the most attractive outside of the First Division rivalries. It was born when these two teams played their first professional championship in 1937. This first match ended in a 4-4 draw. The second game had to wait until 1941, because the Torito (Nueva Chicago's nickname) had fallen to Primera CPrimera C Metropolitana
The Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
division in 1937 and returned only after 3 years. "Albo" won that match 3-1 in Nueva Chicago's home, Mataderos
Mataderos
Mataderos is a barrio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, belonging to the 9th comuna .Located in the west end of the city, its name stem from the livestock market and slaughterhouses ....
. From that time forward All Boys maintains the advantage in wins over Nueva Chicago, an advantage they have never lost. This rivalry has seen more than 90 official editions.
Another All Boys rival is Argentinos Juniors
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...
, but this is due to the proximity of the respective neighborhoods since most of the time they have played in different categories. These two institutions clashed officially on more than 60 occasions.
Stadium
Leopoldo Rigoli gave the property between the streets Gaona Ave., Segurola, Morón and Sanabria. They built a roofed podium and five rooms for the players. In 1924 they settled in at Segurola Street No 1351 and opened its new stadium to play a friendly match against TemperleyTemperley
Temperley is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the south of Lomas de Zamora Partido. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.- History:...
.
In 1937, when professionalism started, All Boys had their new stadium in the city block formed by the streets, Segurola, Indio (current Elpidio Gonzalez), Sanabria and Miranda, where they played until 1959.
On November 10, 1959, Law 14.934 was enacted, by which the national government donated the land to All Boys, located on Av. Jonte, between the streets Chivilcoy and Mercedes.
In 1963 the Islas Malvinas Stadium
Islas Malvinas Stadium
Islas Malvinas Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home ground for All Boys of the Argentine Primera División. The stadium holds 25,000 spectators....
was inaugurated, in an encounter in front of Club Deportivo Riestra
Club Deportivo Riestra
Club Deportivo Riestra is an Argentine football club, from Flores in Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in the regionalised 5th level of Argentine football Primera D Metropolitana.-External links:* *...
, in which the host team won so blunt. Upon the inauguration of the stadium had two side galleries.
The stadium has been refurbished several times, the most important work was the construction of a second tier on Mercedes street side. By the late 1980s the Islas Malvinas Stadium
Islas Malvinas Stadium
Islas Malvinas Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home ground for All Boys of the Argentine Primera División. The stadium holds 25,000 spectators....
had a capacity of 12,000 spectators.
The stadium remained the same until mid-2004 when a group of people, linked to the All Boys club, managed to raise the necessary funds and build a cement platform on Miranda street, thus the capacity of the stadium was increased to 16,500.
In 2006 they dismantled the wooden planks by Chivilcoy street and on September 20 of that year they began construction of the new cement foundation. From January 2007 through July of that year a new set of stands was built. Finally the stadium's capacity increased to 18,000.
Titles
- Primera BPrimera B MetropolitanaPrimera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
- Winners (3): 1972, 1992–93, 2007–08
- Primera CPrimera C MetropolitanaThe Primera C is one of the two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level four is the Torneo Argentino B....
- Winners (2): 1946, 1950
Seasons
10 Seasons at Primera DivisiónPrimera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
49 Seasons in Segunda División
Primera B Nacional Argentina
Primera B Nacional is the second most important category of Argentine football organized by the Argentine Football Association.It is played by teams from all over the country...
17 Seasons in Tercera División
Primera B Metropolitana
Primera B Metropolitana is one of two leagues that form the regionalized third level of the Argentine football league system. The other league at level three is the Torneo Argentino A....
Primera statistics
| Season | Position | Number of teams | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 MET | 16th | 17 | LEAGUE | |
| 1973 NAC | 14th | 15 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1974 MET | 5th | 9 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1974 NAC | 8th | 9 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1975 MET | 18th | 20 | LEAGUE | |
| 1975 NAC | 5th | 8 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1976 MET | 11th | 11 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1976 NAC | 9th | 9 | Group C | Round 1 |
| 1977 MET | 19th | 23 | LEAGUE | |
| 1977 NAC | 8th | 8 | Group D | Roind 1 |
| 1978 MET | 17th | 21 | LEAGUE | |
| 1978 NAC | 7th | 8 | Group A | Round 1 |
| 1979 MET | 8th | 10 | Group B | Round 1 |
| 1979 NAC | 5th | 7 | Group C | Round 1 |
| 1980 MET | 18th | 19 | LEAGUE | Relegated |
| 2010 AP | 8th | 20 | LEAGUE | |
| 2011 CL | 12th | 20 | LEAGUE | |
| 2011 AP | 20 | LEAGUE | ||
| 2012 CL | 20 | LEAGUE | ||