The Superclasico in numbers



The Superclasico

Superclásico is the name used to describe the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. According to some statistics, they commandeer more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them, with Boca claiming 40% and River 32%.
The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies. In April 2004, the English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die", saying that "Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about."

The Classic Match

Next week Boca Juniors and River Plate are going to play The Classic  Match of Argentina.
Angel Cappa, the DT of River is prepearing his team, as Claudio Borghi's team is practicing.

AFA (Argentina Football Association)

AFA (Argentina Football Association)

The Argentine Association Football League (in English) was founded on February 21 1893 (thus it is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe), to be later renamed Argentine Football Association in 1903, and translated into Asociación Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Association) in 1912.
The parallel Federación Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Federation), founded in 1912, joined the Asociación Argentina de Football, as well as did the 1919 founded Asociacion Amateurs de Football (Amateur Football Association) in 1926.
In 1926 it was again renamed to Asociación Amateur de Argentina de Football (Argentine Amateur Football Association), but with the professionalization of the sport in 1931 it was named Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales (Amateur and Professional Football Association). The first round of the first professional championship was on May 31 1931.
The Liga Argentina de Football (Argentine Football League), founded in 1931 merged with the Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales on November 3, 1934, into what is still today the Asociación de Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association).

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller playing surface and mainly played indoors. Its name is derived from the Portuguese "futebol de salão" and the Spanish "fútbol de salón" (colloquially fútbol sala), which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football". During the sport's second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the name fútbol de salón was used. Since then, all other names have been officially and internationally changed to futsal.

Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of them is the goalkeeper .Only five players (including the goalkeeper) are allowed on the field). Unlimited substitutes per team are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by lines; walls or boards are not used. Futsal is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regular football. The rules create an emphasis on improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces.

Suspension of date 13

DATE 13 IS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THE EX PRESIDENT NESTOR KIRCHNER

Qualifying pyramid of football of the argentine league

Scorers

First Division Teams 2010

  1- All Boys

  2- Argentinos Juniors

  3- Arsenal

  4- Banfield

  5- Boca Juniors

  6- Colón

  7- Estudiantes de la Plata

  8- Gimnasia y Esgrima de la Plata

  9- Godoy Cruz

10- Huracán

11- Independiente

12- Lanús

13- Newell's Old Boys

14- Olimpo

15- Quilmes

16- Racing Club

17- River Plate

18- San Lorenzo de Almagro

19- Tigre

20- Vélez Sarsfield

Football

Football

     Football is the most popular sport in Argentina, it has more registered players than any other sport (2,658,811 total players, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered. There are 3,377 clubs and 37,161 officials) and it is the most popular recreational sport played from childhood into old age. The percentage of Argentines that declare allegiance to an Argentine football club is about 90%.

Football was introduced to Argentina in the latter half of the 19th century by the British inmigrants in Buenos Aires. The first Argentine league was contested in 1891, making it one of the oldest leagues outside Great Britain. The Argentine Football Asociation (AFA) was formed in 1893 and is the eighth oldest in the world.

     Argentina is one of the eight countries to have won the football World Cup having done so in 1978 and 1986. They have also won the continental tournament Copa America on fourteen occasions. At youth level the Argentina Olympic football team has won two Gold Medals (2004 and 2008) and the Argentina Under-20 team has won a record six FIFA U-20 World Cups. At club level Argentine teams have won the most Intercontinental Cups (9) and the most Copa Libertadores (21).

     In Women's Fotball there has been a national women's league in Argentine since 1991, the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino. Argentina women's team qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2007.

     Argentina were world champions in football for the visually impaired in 1998.

     In Futsal Argentina were FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup champions in 1994, they also compete in the FIFA code of Futsal, where they finished 3rd in the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup, they won the FIFA Futsal Copa América in 2003.

     Argentina also compete in the Beach Football World Cup, their best finish was 3rd in 2001.

Wikipedia - La enciclopedia libre.

The Big Teams

1- River Plate - 33 Championships

2- Boca Juniors - 23 Championships

3- Independiente - 14 Championships

4- San Lorenzo - 10 Championships

5- Racing - 7 Championships

Date 13

Date 13

Friday  29.10.10

Olimpo            -       Huracán

Estudiantes    -       Lanús

Saturday  30.10.10

Gimnasia              -         Quilmes

San Lorenzo        -         Independiente

Godoy Cruz         -          Newell´s

Banfield               -          Vélez

Sunday  31.10.10

Colón                 -               Tigre

Boca                  -               Argentinos

Racing                -               Arsenal

All boys              -               River


IS SUSPENDED 
THE NEW DATE 13 IS:




Friday  05.10.10

Olimpo            -       Huracán    19.10

Estudiantes    -       Lanús       21.20


Saturday  06.10.10


Gimnasia              -           Quilmes            14.10

Godoy Cruz         -             Newell´s           16.20

Racing               -               Arsenal        18.30

Boca                  -               Argentinos    20.30

Sunday  07.10.10

San Lorenzo        -         Independiente     14.00

All boys              -               River               16.00

Colón                 -               Tigre                18.10

Banfield               -          Vélez                   20.20

Positions

Positions:

                                      PTOS.      PJ

  1. Estudiantes              27          12

  2. Vélez                         24          12

  3. Arsenal                     23          12

  4. Newell's                    21          12

  5. Godoy Cruz              20          12

  6. Banfield                   18           12

  7. River                        18          12

  8. San Lorenzo            18          12

  9. Lanús                       18          12

10. Racing                      17          12

11. Boca                         17          12

12. Colón                        16          12

13. All Boys                    15          12

14. Tigre                         15          12

15. Argentinos               13         12

16. Huracán                    13         12

17. Independiente         10          12

18. Olimpo                        9           12

19. Gimnasia                    6          12

20. Quilmes                      6           12

Some Pictures

Date 12

Friday  24.10.10                                                          


Arsenal   1 - 3    Godoy Cruz
Vélez       0 - 0    Estudiantes


Saturday  23.10.10


Argentinos  1 - 0     All Boys
River            1 - 1     Racing
Quilmes       0 - 2     Banfield
Lanús           1 - 2     Colón


Sunday  24.10.10


Huracán                    3 - 0     San Lorenzo
Independiente         0 - 0     Boca
Tigre                          3 - 2     Olimpo
Newell's                    1 - 0     Gimnasia