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All Boys
Full nameClub Atlético All Boys
Nickname(s)Albo
Founded15 March 1913; 111 years ago (1913-03-15)
GroundEstadio Islas Malvinas, Floresta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Capacity21,500
ChairmanNicolás Cambiasso
CoachNorberto Paparatto
LeaguePrimera Nacional
2023Primera Nacional Zone A, 15th
WebsiteClub website

Club Atlético All Boys (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ˈol ˈβojs]) is an Argentine sports club based in Floresta, Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

Other sports and activities practiced at the club are basketball, chess, futsal, handball, kick boxing, roller skating, taekwondo, freestyle wrestling, jiu-jitsu and sipalki.[1]

History[edit]

On 15 March 1913, the club was founded by a group of friends.[2] 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 Boys, Boca Juniors, River Plate and Racing Club had done before.

All Boys team of 1914, the year the club started to play officially

In 1914 All Boys registered to Argentine Football Association and began to play at "División Intermedia" (current Second Division), where they earned qualification to play the Copa Competencia. The team promoted to Primera División in 1922, making its debut in the top division on 11 March 1923 with a 1–0 loss against Temperley. The first official goal in Primera was scored in a 1–1 draw against Porteño. The "Albo" won its first game in Primera in the 3rd fixture, with a 3–1 victory against Progresista.

In 1931 All Boys returned to Primera División

All Boys disaffiliated from the Association in 1926 but the team returned to Segunda División one year later when both associations merged into one. In 1931, All Boys was promoted a second time, remaining in Primera until 1934 when the Amateur Association joined Professional league and all its teams were relegated.

In 1945 the team went down to the second division for the first time, but in the following 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.

All Boys team of 1972, that won the second division championship and got promotion to Primera

In 1972 All Boys hired José Paladino as coach. Under his command, the squad won 11 consecutive games (which remains a record for lower categories), obtaining 29/30 points. Therefore, on 14 October 1972, All Boys became Primera B champion by defeating Excursionistas 1–0 with a goal scored by Benítez.

Some notable players of that team were Valentín Sánchez (top scorer), José Romero (proclaimed as "the best player of the team") and Ángel Mamberto. After promotion to the Primera, All Boys remained eight years in that division, until 1980 when the club was relegated to Primera B.

In the 1982 season, the club was almost relegated to the third division, the Primera C Metropolitana (fourth div. today), after finishing last in the league table, but won the relegation playoff on penalties against Talleres (RE).[3] When the Argentine football system was restructured in 1986 with the addition of the Primera B Nacional, which would become the new second division, All Boys could not qualify amongst the top 8 teams to play the new second division, and as a result was relegated to the Primera B Metropolitana, which became the third division.

In the 1989–90 season, All Boys was very close to achieving promotion back into the second division, but lost the playoff final against Deportivo Laferrere.[4]

For the 1992–93 season Mario Rizzi was hired as the team coach, and he incorporated some players such as Marcelo Blanco, Marcelo Yanino, and Rubén Urquiza. With the help of these transfers, the team made a great campaign and earned promotion to Primera B Nacional. The decisive match was a 2–1 away victory against Defensores de Belgrano, where 25,000 All Boys' supporters attended, which set a new spectator record for the lower categories in Argentine football. This victory gave the club the league title, which also directly promoted it into Primera B Nacional without having to go through the play-offs.[5]

At the end of the 2000–01 season the team was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again. For the 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 was won by the club, but then lost promotion at the hands of El Porvenir due to a sporting advantage, after having drawn on aggregate. For the 2007–08 season the club incorporated Ariel Zárate, Hernán Grana and Gustavo Bartelt, among other players from different clubs. Former player José Romero was designated as coach. On 6 May 2008, All Boys won another league championship after the 2–0 victory vs Atlanta, which returned "El Albo" to Primera B Nacional.

All Boys Anthem
Composed by Guillermo Meres and Carlos Acuña.
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At the end of the 2009–10 Primera B Nacional season, All Boys finished 4th and qualified to play the promotion playoff in order to gain a place in Primera División. After a 1–1 tie in Floresta, All Boys surprised everyone when thrashing Rosario Central by 3–0 in the second leg played at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito.[6][2] Therefore, the club returned to the top division of Argentine football after 30 years of playing in lower divisions.[7] In the 2010 Apertura, All Boys had a decent season and finished 8th in the league table, while achieving victories over "big clubs" like Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, amongst others.

All Boys had their best first division campaign in the 2012 Clausura, when it finished third in the league table, 5 points behind champion Arsenal de Sarandí. The club had the best defensive record as well, only conceding 13 goals. Notable victories included beating Independiente 3–0 at Estadio Libertadores de América and Boca Juniors 3–1 at home with a hat-trick from Emmanuel Perea.[8]

In May 2014 the club was relegated to the Primera B Nacional. In 2018, it was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana, the third division. It gained promotion back into the B Nacional a year later.[9]

Rivalries[edit]

All Boys' most well-known rivalry is that with Nueva Chicago, called the "Superclasico del Ascenso".[10] 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 match in 1919, which ended in a victory for Nueva Chicago. All Boys won the first match against their rival in 1924, with a 2–1 victory. The next game had to wait until 1941, because the Torito (Nueva Chicago's nickname) had fallen to Primera C 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 matches.[11]

All Boys' original rival is Argentinos Juniors, due to the proximity of their respective neighborhoods but since most of the time they have played in different categories, the rivalry isn't as intense as with Nueva Chicago. These two institutions clashed officially on more than 60 occasions.

All Boys also has a fierce rivalry with Atlanta. Both neighborhoods are relatively close to each other and it was a pretty common fixture as both clubs would find themselves in the same league for many years.[12] The first official match played between them was in 1914, with All Boys winning 2–1. It is commonly said that the rivalry was also born because of Atlanta's neighborhood, Villa Crespo, having a substantial Jewish population and many Atlanta fans belong to this collectivity, even to this day, while Floresta in turn, had more people of Arab ethnicity, and even though the latter doesn't seem to be true nowadays, All Boys fans do display flags with the crescent moon and star.

A relatively new rivalry is that with Vélez Sarsfield. While both clubs are relatively close in distance to each other, they have rarely faced each other as Vélez has played mostly in Primera División while All Boys has played in lower tiers for most of their history, making it a distant and minor rivalry for many years. It wasn't until when All Boys won promotion to the Primera División in 2010 that the rivalry was finally ignited, and in the last few years, violence between fans of both clubs has been a common occurrence at matches.[13]

Crests[edit]

The first crest was used from 1913 to 1919 and had "AB" overlapping each other inside a circle. The second crest was used numerous times: first from 1922 to 1930, then from 1937 to 1947, 1958–60, and for the last time in 1973. In this crest, the letters were made larger to fit a circular margin, and were placed side-by-side instead of overlapping.

The club's third crest had four letters in it, "C.A.A.B", referencing to its new Spanish prefix, "Club Atletico" instead of suffix "Athletic Club". It was used from 1944 to 1960, and again from 1982 to 1989, and for a last time from 1994 to 2002.

In 1967, the club began to use the crest it has today. The club used this crest for that year and didn't reuse it until 1989. It was used for the second time from 1989 to 1994, and then from 2002 until today.[14]

Stadium[edit]

Main article: Estadio Islas Malvinas

The construction of the first stadium of the club began when Leopoldo Rigoli gave the property located between Gaona, Segurola, Morón, and Sanabria streets to All Boys. The club built a roofed podium and five rooms for the players. In 1924 they settled in at Segurola Avenue and opened its new stadium to play a friendly match against Temperley.

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.

In 1959, the national government donated the land, located on Av. Alvarez Jonte between the streets Chivilcoy and Mercedes, to the club. Construction on the new stadium began that year, and on 28 September 1963 the stadium was officially inaugurated, in an match against Deportivo Riestra, which All Boys won convincingly.

Originally the stadium had only two stands on the side, but now there are stands on all sides. The stadium has a capacity of 21,500.

Current squad[edit]

Current squad of All Boys as of 6 June 2022 (edit)
Sources: Official website

No. Position Player
 ARG GK Javier Bustillos
 ARG GK Andrés Desábato
 ARG GK Alessandro López
 ARG DF Facundo Butti
 ARG DF Lucas Ferrari
 ARG DF Lucas Kreiman
 ARG DF Cristian Marcial
 ARG DF Leandro Martínez
 ARG DF Lucas Míguez
 ARG DF Tomás Oneto
 ARG DF Marcos Sánchez
 ARG DF Ignacio Vázquez
 ARG MF Nicolás Barrientos
 ARG MF Fernando Barrientos
No. Position Player
 ARG MF Fernando Brandán
 ARG MF Lucas Cuevas
 ARG MF Facundo González
 ARG MF Lautaro Guzmán
 ARG MF Matías Muñoz
 ARG MF Lucas Patanelli
 URU MF Hugo Soria
 ARG FW Octavio Bianchi
 ARG FW Martín Comachi
 ARG FW Miqueas González
 ARG FW Marco Iacobellis
 ARG FW Agustín Morales
 ARG FW Matías Persia
 ARG FW Hernán Rapp

Manager: Annibal Biggeri


Former players[edit]

Main category: All Boys footballers

Former managers[edit]

Main category: All Boys managers

Statistics in Primera División[edit]

Season Final Pos. Teams Format
1923 AAF 10 23 League
1924 AAF 4 22 League
1925 AAF 16 23 League
1926 AAF – 18 League [a]
1932 5 17 League [b]
1933 7 20 League [b]
1934 16 23 League [b]
1973 Met 16 17 League
1973 Nac 14 15 Group
1974 Met 5 9 Group
1974 Nac 8 9 Group
1975 Met 18 20 League
1975 Nac 5 8 Group
1976 Met 11 11 Group
1976 Nac 9 9 Group
1977 Met 19 23 League
1977 Nac 8 8 Group
1978 Met 17 21 League
1978 Nac 7 8 Group
1979 Met 8 10 Group
1979 Nac 5 7 Group
1980 Met 18 19 League [c]
2010 Ap 8 20 League
2011 Cl 12 20 League
2011 Ap 16 20 League
2012 Cl 5 20 League
2012 I 12 20 League
2013 F 16 20 League
2013 I 16 22 League
2014 F 20 15 League [c]

Honours[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ All matches played by the team were annulled. All Boys was relegated to the second division.[15]
  2. ^ a b c Remaining amateur league after the football became professional in Argentina. This league lasted until 1934 when it merged with professional league and all its teams were relegated.[16]
  3. ^ a b Relegated at the end of the season.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Deportes". CA All Boys (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Historia" (in Spanish). CA All Boys. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Argentina Second Level 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Argentina Third Level 1989/90". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Argentina Third Level 1992/93". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ Argentina second level 2010 at RSSSF
  7. ^ "All Boys sorprendió a Central y vuelve a Primera después de 30 años". Laprensa.com. 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ "A cinco años de la mejor campaña de All Boys en Primera División". C.A. All Boys (in European Spanish). 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Resumen de la historia de All Boys". Club Atletico All Boys (in European Spanish). 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020.
  10. ^ "El superclásico del Ascenso". Ole.com (in Spanish). 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ "All Boys vs Nueva Chicago: La historia del superclásico del ascenso". C.A. All Boys. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017.
  12. ^ "All Boys, Atlanta y un rico historial". C.A. All Boys (in European Spanish). 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Se suspendió el partido entre Vélez y All Boys por incidentes en las tribunas". La Nación (in Spanish). 9 June 2013. ISSN 0325-0946.
  14. ^ "Historia de la insigna de All Boys". C.A. All Boys. 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021.
  15. ^ Argentina 1926 at RSSSF
  16. ^ Argentina 1934 (Amateur) at RSSSF

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