The Xeneize and the Academy have a rivalry with over 110 years of history and in heads-up the advantage is for the Ribera club.
to race And Mouth They star in one of the oldest classics of Argentine football. With official clashes dating back to 1908, due to their geographical proximity and being two of the most successful clubs in the early years of the 20th century, both clubs developed a rivalry that is now over 110 years old.
Throughout history, Xeneize and the Academy have faced each other more than 200 times, whether in local championships, national cups and international competitions.
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GENERAL HISTORY (OFFICIAL MATCHES ONLY)
From the first confrontation between the two, on December 6, 1908 at the GEBA stadium, to date, Boca and Racing have met 212 times and Xeneize has an important advantage of 22 games.
The last game in all competitions was a 3-1 victory for the Ribera team in La Bombonera, for the Professional League Tournament 2023.
RECORD FOR LOCAL TOURNAMENTS
Most of the clashes between Boca and Racing naturally took place in the championship, with the peculiarity that the first four games for the Second Division were in 1908, 1909 and 1910. In total, both clubs played 13 games in the amateur era, with a big advantage for the Academy, and 173 in Professionalism, where Xeneize reigns. Total, the difference is in favor of all of La Ribera 25 matches.
The most recent precedent is the 3-1 blue and gold of the 2023 Professional League tournament in La Bombonera.
RECORD BY NATIONAL CUP
As two of the top three winning clubs in domestic cup history, Boca and Racing have a long history of clashing in several national competitions. In total, the advantage is for Racing, with seven games.
The latest precedent is Avellaneda’s team’s 2-1 victory in the 2022 International Super Cup, in Abu Dhabi.
RECORD BY INTERNATIONAL CUPS
Boca and Racing met five times in tournaments organized by CONMEBOL: they met three times in the Libertadores (in 1989 they played three games to break the tie for first place in their group) and twice in the Super Cup. The advantage is largely in favor of Xeneize, who has four games ahead of him and only fell once.
The last game between the two was in the quarter-finals of the 2020 Copa Libertadores: after Racing’s 1-0 victory in the first leg, Xeneize won 2-0 in the rematch in La Bombonera and qualified for the semi-finals. Three years later, they meet again in the same instance of the tournament.
INSTANT CROSS ELIMINATION
Between national and international cups, Boca and Racing played 15 direct elimination matches, one or two matches: 13 for AFA competitions and the remaining two for CONMEBOL tournaments. Four of these were finals and the Academy has a 3-1 advantage: in addition to victories in the Champions Trophy and the 2022 International Super Cup, it had won the 1945 British Competition Cup 4-1 a few decades earlier, while Xeneize’s only victory was in the 2012 Argentine Cup final, 2–1.
Overall, Racing leads through eight wins (in series) to Boca’s seven, but the Ribera team was victorious on the two occasions where they played two matches.
Avellaneda’s team won crosses in the 1914, 1919 and 1933 Competition cups, the 1945 British Competition, Adrián Escobar 1946 and the 2021 Professional League, the 2022 Champions Trophy and the 2022 International Super Cup.
The Ribera team meanwhile won the 1918 Competition, 1944 British Competition, 1945 Republic, Argentina 2012, 2022 Professional League cups and the two qualifiers in international competitions: Super Cup 1989 and Libertadores 2020.
HISTORY IN KINDLY
Besides competitions for points, Boca and Racing have a very long history of unofficial meetings, which started in 1909. Both clubs have not seen each other in an honor game for at least seven years: the last was on January 20, 2016 and it was a 4 -2 victory for the Academy in Mar del Plata.
The advantage in favor of the Ribera team in this section is 6 games.
GENERAL HISTORY (OFFICIALS + FRIENDLY)
If all matches between Boca and Racing are taken into account since that meeting in 1908 and up to the present, regardless of whether they were for points or not, the advantage in favor of Xeneize is 28 games.
Source: Goal