Football in Buenos Aires

Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has one of the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world (featuring at least 18 professional football teams), with many of its teams playing in the top tier Primera División. This has led to the development of several rivalries within the city, contested as "derbys" when the regular league schedule brings these teams together, such as the Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate – deemed one of the "50 sporting things you must do before you die" by The Observer.^[1] Other major clubs include Vélez Sarsfield, Ferro Carril Oeste and Argentinos Juniors.

Diego Maradona, born in Lanús Partido (county), outside of the city of Buenos Aires but in its metropolitan area, is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Maradona started his career with Argentinos Juniors, later playing for Boca Juniors, the Argentina national football team and others (most notably FC Barcelona in Spain and SSC Napoli in Italy).^[2]

Professional Clubs

Teams
Club	League	Venue	Neighbourhood	Established (team)
Argentinos Juniors	Primera División	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona (26,000)	La Paternal	1904
Barracas Central	Primera División	Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia (4,400)	Barracas	1904
Boca Juniors	Primera División	La Bombonera (57,200)	La Boca	1905
Huracán	Primera División	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó (48,314)	Parque Patricios	1908
River Plate	Primera División	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (84,567)^[3]^[4]	Núñez/Belgrano	1901
San Lorenzo de Almagro	Primera División	Pedro Bidegain (47,964)	Boedo	1908
Vélez Sarsfield	Primera División	José Amalfitani Stadium (49,540)	Liniers	1910
All Boys	Primera B Nacional	Estadio Islas Malvinas (21,500)	Floresta	1913
Atlanta	Primera B Nacional	Estadio Don León Kolbovski (14,000)	Villa Crespo	1904
Defensores de Belgrano	Primera B Nacional	Juan Pasquale (9,000)	Belgrano	1906
Deportivo Riestra	Primera B Nacional	Estadio Guillermo Laza (3000)	Nueva Pompeya & Villa Soldati	1931
Ferro Carril Oeste	Primera B Nacional	Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry (24,442)	Caballito	1904
Nueva Chicago	Primera B Nacional	Estadio Nueva Chicago (28,500)	Mataderos	1911
Club Comunicaciones	Primera B Metropolitana	Estadio Alfredo Ramos (3,500)	Agronomía	1931
Sacachispas	Primera B Metropolitana	Beto Larrosa (7,000)	Villa Soldati	1948
Deportivo Español	Primera C Metropolitana	Nueva España (32,500)	Parque Avellaneda	1956
Excursionistas	Primera C Metropolitana	Excursionistas (7,200)	Belgrano	1910
General Lamadrid	Primera C Metropolitana	Estadio Enrique Sexto (3,500)	Villa Devoto	1950
Sportivo Barracas	Primera D Metropolitana		Barracas	1913