Estadio Ministro Brin y Senguel

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]

Ministro Brin y Senguel
Official grandstand, c. 1919
AddressMinistro Brin and Senguel streets
LocationLa Boca, Buenos Aires
OwnerBoca Juniors
Seating typeHard
Capacity25,000
Field size105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened25 May 1916 [1]
Closed1925 (1925)
Demolished1926
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]

The stadium held a total of 25,000 spectators. It was one of two stadiums that hosted the 1925 South American Championship (currently, Copa América), the other being Sportivo Barracas.[2]

History
View of the stadium during a match of the 1925 South American Championship

The 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.[3]

The only Superclásico vs River Plate played at that venue was on July 27, 1919.[4] 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".[5][6]

On June 15, 1925, Boca Juniors played its last match in Ministro Brin and Senguel when the squad beat Sportivo Barracas 3–1 in the 1924 domestic championship.[7]

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.

Bibliography
  • David Goldblatt; World Soccer Yearbook; 2002 ISBN 0-7894-8943-0

Notes
  1. 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
  1. "La Bombonera" on Planeta Boca Juniors
  2. 1925. Argentina conquista su segundo Sudamericano, El Gráfico
  3. "El Club: Historia at Boca Juniors official website". Bocajuniors.com.ar. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. Boca Juniors 0 - River Plate 0 on Historia de Boca
  5. Dársena Sur on Viejos Estadios
  6. Argentina 1919 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  7. Argentina 1924 by Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF

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