Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel was a football stadium in La Boca district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the home ground of Club Atlético Boca Juniors until the club moved to Brandsen and Del Crucero (current Del Valle Iberlucea) streets in 1924.[1]
| Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel | |
 Official grandstand, c. 1919 | |
 | |
| Address | Ministro Brin and Senguel streets |
|---|---|
| Location | La Boca, Buenos Aires |
| Owner | Boca Juniors |
| Operator | Boca Juniors |
| Seating type | Hard |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 25 May 1916 [1] |
| Closed | 1924 |
| Demolished | 1925 |
| Tenants | |
| Boca Juniors (1916–24) | |
Giving the stadiums the names of the streets where they were located in was a common practise in those times. It was owned by club Boca Juniors when the club returned to La Boca in 1916. The club used the stadium until 1924, when it moved to a new venue on Brandsen and Del Crucero (currently Del Valle Iberlucea) streets.[1]
History
editThe stadium was inaugurated on May 25, 1916, when Boca Juniors played a friendly match vs. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires.[note 1] That match was not only the first game in that venue but the return of Boca Juniors to the neighborhood that had seen its birth in 1905.[2]
The only Superclásico vs River Plate played at that venue was on July 27, 1919.[3] The match (ended 0–0) would be later annulled by the Association due to the schism that caused the creation of dissident body "Asociación Amateurs de Football".[4][5]
On June 15, 1924, Boca Juniors played its last match in Ministro Brin and Senguel when the squad beat Sportivo Barracas 3–1 in the 1924 domestic championship.[6]
With Ministro Brin and Senguel as home venue, Boca Juniors won four league, 2 national cups and two international cups, a total of 8 titles.
Other events
editThe first recorded women's football match in Argentina was played on 13 October 1923 at Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel. Teams were named Argentinas and Cosmopolitas and 6,000 spectators attended. Argentinas won 4–3.[7] Chronicles of the match were published by newspapers La Vanguardia and Crítica.[8]
Bibliography
edit- David Goldblatt; World Soccer Yearbook; 2002 ISBN 0-7894-8943-0
Notes
edit- ^ Gimansia y Esgrima (mostly known for its acronym "GEBA" had a football team playing in the Argentine Primera División. The club disaffiliated from the Argentine Association in 1920.
References
edit- ^ a b c "La Bombonera" on Planeta Boca Juniors
- ^ "El Club: Historia at Boca Juniors official website". Bocajuniors.com.ar. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Boca Juniors 0 - River Plate 0 on Historia de Boca
- ^ Dársena Sur on Viejos Estadios
- ^ Argentina 1919 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
- ^ Argentina 1924 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
- ^ Un libro para repensar el fútbol femenino by Angel Berlanga on Página/12, 10 November 2019
- ^ ¡Qué jugadora! Un siglo de fútbol femenino en la Argentina by Ayelén Pujol – Editorial Ariel, June 2019 – ISBN 9789873804939
