Club Atlético Boca Juniors, or simply Boca Juniors, is a sports club headquartered in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, that competes in the Primera División (2023), the top division of the Argentine football league system. This unofficial Boca Juniors flag (Spanish: bandera no oficial de Boca Juniors) features the club's official logo on a blue background with a central yellow horizontal stripe derived from the team's iconic jersey design.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The Boca Juniors logo features a blue shield outlined in gold and filled with numerous golden stars, along with the initials "CABJ", which stand for "Club Atlético Boca Juniors." The stars symbolize the club's titles and achievements, and their number has increased over time to reflect Boca Juniors' growing list of honors (there are 70 stars in the logo of this flag). The blue and gold color scheme is traditionally associated with the club and is linked to a well-known story from its early history. According to club tradition, after losing the right to use their original colors in a match against a rival team, the founders decided to adopt the colors of the next ship entering the port of La Boca, which happened to be a Swedish vessel. As a result, the blue and yellow colors became the defining elements of the club's identity. Together, the stars, initials, and distinctive colors create one of the most recognizable emblems in world football. Overall, the logo represents Boca Juniors' heritage, success, and enduring connection to its roots in La Boca.
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| Team name: | Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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| Team nicknames: | Xeneize (I Genovesi), Azul y Oro (Blue and Gold), La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus One) |
| Team abbreviations: | Boca, CABJ |
| Founded: | 1905 |
| Location: | La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Ground: | La Bombonera |
| Capacity: | 54,000 |
| League: | Primera División |
| Team Colors: | Blue and Gold |
| Championships: | 35 |
| Second places: | 22 |
| Seasons in top division: | 113 |
| Mascot: | - |
