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Superclásico is 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.
The Avellaneda derby (clásico de Avellaneda), contested between Independiente and Racing, is the second most important rivalry in Argentine football.Both teams are from the city of Avellaneda (that is located into the Greater Buenos Aires) but have many fans throughout the country, being the third (Racing) and fourth (Independiente) most popular clubs in Argentina, accounting for more than 9% ...
The historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division and are champions of AFA tournaments were paired and directly assigned to Group 1. The teams in Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 were seeded according to their historical performance and division, with the teams in Group 2 also divided into pairs of historical rivals.
The 2024 Argentine Primera División - Liga Profesional (officially the Torneo Betano 2024 for sponsorship reasons) [2] was the 134th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The league season began on 10 May and ended on 16 December 2024.
The 2024 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Argentine football. In addition to the domestic league , Boca Juniors participated in this season's editions of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, the Copa Argentina, and the 2024 Copa Sudamericana .
In October 2022, the AFA determined that the postponed 2020 edition would be held on 1 March 2023. As Boca Juniors won both the 2019–20 Primera División and the 2020 Copa LPF, River Plate and Banfield (the runners-up in those competitions) played a semi-final on 22 February 2023 [8] to determine who would play Boca Juniors in the final. [9] [10]
The 64 qualified teams were divided in four groups. Teams were seeded by their historical performance and division. Champions of AFA tournaments playing in Argentine Primera División were allocated to Group A. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. C; B vs. D. Some combinations were avoided for security reasons. [6]
Boca Juniors' supporters displaying their flags at La Bombonera (north side), 2009. Boca Juniors is traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the supposedly more upper-class base of cross-town arch rival River Plate [76] who moved to the more affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1923.