All Boys

All Boys

Full name	Club Atlético All Boys
Nickname(s)	El Albo, Los Albos
Founded	15 March 1913
Ground	Islas Malvinas Stadium, Floresta Buenos Aires, Argentina (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Horacio Roberto Bugallo
Manager	José Santos Romero
League	Argentine Primera División
2011 Clausura	12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético All Boys is a sports club based in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays at the Primera División, the top division of Argentine football league system.

History

The beginning

The name "All Boys" reflected the youthfulness of its founders, and followed the Argentine tradition of naming football clubs in English, such as Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors, River Plate and Racing Club had done before.

All Boys has been taking part of championships organised by Argentine Football Association since 1937. In 1945 the team went down to second division for the first time, but next year All Boys won the Tercera de Ascenso championship after defeating Justo José de Urquiza 2-1. That season All Boys played 24 matches and scored 91 goals.

In 1950 there was a restructuring in Argentine football that sent many teams to the lower division, alleging that those institutions had their stadiums in poor conditions to host the Primera División matches. One of those teams relegated was All Boys. The following year All Boys won its second championship with a victory over Tiro Federal which brought "The Albo" back to Primera.

The first run on Primera División

The 1972 team that won promotion to Primera División that year.

In 1972 All Boys hired José Paladino as coach. Under his command, the squad won 11 consecutive games (which remains as record nowadays for lower categories), obtaining 29/30 points. Therefore, on October 14, 1972, All Boys became Primera B champion defeating Excursionistas 1-0 with a goal scored by Benítez.

Some notable players of that team were Valentín Sánchez (top scorer), José Romero (proclamed as "the best player of the team") and Ángel Mamberto. After promoting to Primera, All Boys remained eight years in that division, achieving its best position in the 1974Torneo Nacional where finished 5th. All Boys also defeated Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo, Independiente and Racing. In 1980 was relegated to Primera B.

When the Argentine football system was restructured, All Boys could not qualify amongst the 8 teams to dispute the Primera B Nacional, being relegated to play in the Primera B Metropolitana, which was one level lower.

For the 1992/3 season Mario Rizzi was hired as the team coach, and were incorporated some players such as Marcelo Blanco, Marcelo Yanino, Rubén Urquiza. The team made a great campaing, playing the decissive match against Defensores de Belgrano at Ferro Carril Oeste stadium, where 25,000 All Boys's supporters attended, which set a record of spectators for the lower categories in Argentine football. The Floresta team won its 4th championship, promoting to Primera B Nacional.

In 2001 the team was relegated to Primera B Metropolitana again. For 2002/03 season the club hired Ricardo Caruso Lombardi as coach. The team won 8 consecutive games and qualified to play the Torneo Reducido, which won but then lost promotion at the hands of El Porvenir. For the 2007/08 season the club incorporated Ariel Zárate, Hernán Grana and Gustavo Bartelt among other players came from different clubs. Former player José Romero was designed as coach. On May 6, 2008, All Boys won a new championship after the match vs. Atlanta, which "El Albo" won 2-0. This score also returned All Boys to Primera B Nacional.

Return to Primera

During the 2009/10 season, All Boys qualified to play the Promoción in order to dispute a place in Primera División. All Boys defeated Rosario Central 3-0 in the "Gigante de Arroyito" after an 1-1 draw in Floresta, returning to Primera División after 30 years of being relegated to lower divisions. In 2010 Torneo Apertura, All Boys achieved victories over Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, River Plate, amongst others, finishing in the 8th position.

Classic Rivals

All Boys's classic rival historically has been Nueva Chicago. This rivalry is considered by many to be one of the most attractive outside of the First Division rivalries. It was born when these two teams played their first professional championship in 1937. This first match ended in a 4-4 draw. The second game had to wait until 1941, because the Torito (Nueva Chicago's nickname) had fallen to Primera C division in 1937 and returned only after 3 years. "Albo" won that match 3-1 in Nueva Chicago's home, Mataderos. From that time forward All Boys maintains the advantage in wins over Nueva Chicago, an advantage they have never lost. This rivalry has seen more than 90 official editions.

Another All Boys rival is Argentinos Juniors, but this is due to the proximity of the respective neighborhoods since most of the time they have played in different categories. These two institutions clashed officially on more than 60 occasions.

Stadium

Leopoldo Rigoli gave the property between the streets Gaona Ave., Segurola, Morón and Sanabria. They built a roofed podium and five rooms for the players. In 1924 they settled in at Segurola Street No 1351 and opened its new stadium to play a friendly match against Temperley.

In 1937, when professionalism started, All Boys had their new stadium in the city block formed by the streets, Segurola, Indio (current Elpidio Gonzalez), Sanabria and Miranda, where they played until 1959.

On November 10, 1959, Law 14.934 was enacted, by which the national government donated the land to All Boys, located on Av. Jonte, between the streets Chivilcoy and Mercedes.

In 1963 the Islas Malvinas Stadium was inaugurated, in an encounter in front of Club Deportivo Riestra, in which the host team won so blunt. Upon the inauguration of the stadium had two side galleries.

The stadium has been refurbished several times, the most important work was the construction of a second tier on Mercedes street side. By the late 1980s the Islas Malvinas Stadium had a capacity of 12,000 spectators.

The stadium remained the same until mid-2004 when a group of people, linked to the All Boys club, managed to raise the necessary funds and build a cement platform on Miranda street, thus the capacity of the stadium was increased to 16,500.

In 2006 they dismantled the wooden planks by Chivilcoy street and on September 20 of that year they began construction of the new cement foundation. From January 2007 through July of that year a new set of stands was built. Finally the stadium's capacity increased to 18,000.

Titles

The 1950 team that won the Primera C championship that season.

• Primera B
  • Winners (3): 1972, 1992–93, 2007–08

• Primera C
  • Winners (2): 1946, 1950

Seasons

10 Seasons at Primera División 49 Seasons in Segunda División 17 Seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

Current squad of Club Atlético All Boys as of August 7, 2011 (edit)
Sources: Argentine Soccer

No. Position Player 1  ARG GK Nicolás Cambiasso 3  ARG DF Armando Panzeri 4  ARG DF Cristian Vella 6  ARG DF Carlos Soto 7  ARG FW Agustín Torassa 8  ARG MF Fernando Sánchez 9  ARG FW Mauro Matos 11  ARG MF Emmanuel Perea 13  ARG GK Bernardo Leyenda 14  ARG FW Carlos Salom 15  ARG MF Darío Stefanatto 16  ARG MF Patricio Pérez 17  ARG MF Martín Zapata

No. Position Player 18  ARG FW Juan Carlos Ferreyra 20  ARG DF Matías Rudler 21  FRA FW Hugo Bargas 22  URU MF Juan Pablo Rodríguez 23  ARG DF Maximiliano Coronel 25  ARG DF Eduardo Domínguez 26  ARG DF Christian Varela 27  ARG GK Lucas di Grazia 28  ARG DF Mauricio Prol 30  ARG DF Francisco Martínez 31  ARG FW Enry Rui 32  ARG MF Matías Pérez García 33  ARG DF Facundo Quiroga

Manager: José Santos Romero

Former players

Main category: All Boys footballers

Former managers

Main category: All Boys managers

Primera statistics

Season	Position	Number of teams	Group
1973 MET	16th	17	LEAGUE
1973 NAC	14th	15	Group A	Round 1
1974 MET	5th	9	Group A	Round 1
1974 NAC	8th	9	Group A	Round 1
1975 MET	18th	20	LEAGUE
1975 NAC	5th	8	Group A	Round 1
1976 MET	11th	11	Group A	Round 1
1976 NAC	9th	9	Group C	Round 1
1977 MET	19th	23	LEAGUE
1977 NAC	8th	8	Group D	Roind 1
1978 MET	17th	21	LEAGUE
1978 NAC	7th	8	Group A	Round 1
1979 MET	8th	10	Group B	Round 1
1979 NAC	5th	7	Group C	Round 1
1980 MET	18th	19	LEAGUE	Relegated
2010 AP	8th	20	LEAGUE
2011 CL	12th	20	LEAGUE
2011 AP		20	LEAGUE
2012 CL		20	LEAGUE

See also

• Argentine football league system
• List of football clubs in Argentina

External links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• All Boys de Primera (Spanish)
• All Boys Locura (Spanish)