In 1905, five teenagers founded Boca Juniors on a park bench in Argentina
Five teenage immigrants sitting on a park bench in 1905 transformed Argentine sports forever by founding Boca Juniors, now one of the most successful football clubs in the world.
In April 1905, a group of Italian teenagers met at Plaza Solís in Buenos Aires to form their own football team. They named it Boca Juniors after their neighborhood, but they struggled to pick a permanent identity until a ship from Sweden arrived at the local docks.
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