Boca Culture in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA MAY 27: Boca Juniors soccer team cheerleaders are seen as they prepare to perform during the match between Boca Junior and Godoy Cruz at La Bombonera stadium, on May 27, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Club Atletico Boca Juniors is an Argentine football team based in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. They currently play in the Argentine First Division. The club was founded on April 3, 1905 by five Italian immigrants. Boca Juniors is the most successful football team in Argentina and one of the most successful in the world, having won 51 official titles at the national and international level. Boca's last official title obtained is the 2011 Apertura tournament. Internationally, the team has won eighteen international titles, a record shared with A.C Milan from Italy. Their international trophy haul includes six "Copa Libertadores" four "Recopa Sudamericana", three world club titles (International Cups), two "Copa Sudamericana" one "Copa Oro" one "Supercopa Sudamericana", and one "Supercopa Master" Boca Juniors is also one of only eight teams to have won CONMEBOL's treble. Their success usually has Boca ranked among the IFFHS's (International Federation of Football History & Statistics) Club World Ranking Top 25, which they have reached the top position six times. Boca was also named by the IFFHS as the top South American club of the 1st decade of the 21st century (20012010). (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)