Boca Juniors (women)

Boca Juniors Femenino is the women's football team of Argentine sports club Boca Juniors. Established in 1990,^[1] it has been the leading force in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino since the late 1990s, having won 28 editions of the competition, including a ten-years streak winning both the Apertura and Clausura championships.^[2] Former men's squad player Juan Román Riquelme is in charge of the section since the beginning of 2020.^[3]

Boca Juniors Women

Full name	Club Atlético Boca Juniors
Nickname(s)	Gladiadoras
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Ground	Pedro Pompilio Complex, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chairman	Juan Román Riquelme
Manager	Florencia Quiñones
League	Campeonato Femenino
2024 Clausura	3rd
Website	bocajuniors.com.ar/femenino
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Boca Juniors has made eight appearances in the Copa Libertadores Femenina from 2010 to 2023, reaching 3rd place in 2010^[4] and in 2022 Boca became the first Argentine team to reach the final of the competition,^[5][6] finishing in second place.^[7]

During 2015 Boca Juniors played the inaugural Supercopa Argentina de Fútbol Femenino and on the final defeated San Lorenzo 2–1 to become the 1st Supercopa Argentina champions.^[8]

History

The women's football section of Boca Juniors was created in 1990.^[1] One year later, with the establishment of a league, Boca Juniors began to participate in official competitions.^[9][1] In the first edition, Boca finished 2nd to champion River Plate. The first Primera División title was won in 1992.^[1]

The team did not win another title until 1998, but this started a successful era that reached its peak from 2003 to 2008 where Boca Juniors won a record-10 consecutive championships,^[2] becoming a leading force of the competition. In 2010, Boca Juniors played their first Copa Libertadores Femenina ever, where the team finished 3rd. (of 10), having reached the semifinal where the squad was beat by Brazilian Santos. Andrea Ojeda was the topscorer of the team with 5 goals.^[1]

Boca Juniors starting line-up that won the first professional era title (24 title overall), in a final against River Plate.

When women's football became professional in Argentina in 2019,^[10] 21 Boca Juniors players signed their first contracts in August.^[1] Another landmark in Boca Juniors women's was on 19 March 2019, when the team played a match at La Bombonera for the first time, following a club's initiative to commemorate the International Women's Day. The match was held in the round 5th of the 2019 championship, with Boca easily defeating Lanús 5–0.^[11] The historic first goal was scored by Yamila Rodríguez.^[12]

On 19 January 2021, Boca won their 24th. Primera División title (and the first in professional era) after easily beating arch-rival River Plate 7–0. Coached by Christian Meloni, the starting line-up was: Laurina Oliveros; Julieta Cruz, Florencia Quiñones, Noelia Espíndola, Eliana Stábile; Lorena Benítez, Clarisa Huber, Fabiana Vallejos; Carolina Troncoso, Andrea Ojeda, Yamila Rodríguez. The goals were scored by Huber, Rodríguez, Benítez, Vallejos (2), Ojeda (2).^[13]

In 2022, Boca reached the final of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, but were defeated 4–1 by Palmeiras.^[14]

Rivalries

Boca, like their men's team, also has a rivalry with River Plate and their matches are known as the Superclásico femenino del fútbol Argentino [es].^[15] Since 1991 the Superclásico has been played a total of 70 times, with Boca winning 41, River 14 and 15 draws.^[16]

Players

For a list of all former and current Boca Juniors players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Boca Juniors (women) footballers.

Andrea Ojeda, Boca Juniors top goal scorer with over 500 goals.

Current squad

As of 7 February 2025 ^[17]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Laurina Oliveros (captain) 2 DF  ARG Maylen Guerra 3 DF  ARG Gabriela Barrios 4 DF  ARG Julieta Cruz 5 FW  USA Emily Ormson 6 DF  ARG Eliana Stábile 7 FW  ARG Carolina Troncoso 8 FW  ARG Agustina Arias 9 FW  ARG Andrea Ojeda 10 MF  ARG Camila Gómez Ares 11 FW  ARG Kishi Núñez 12 GK  ARG Priscila Siben 13 MF  ARG Rocío Lozada 14 FW  ARG Brisa Priori 15 DF  URU Camila Baccaro 16 MF  ARG Eugenia Flores

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ARG Lola Ruffini 18 FW  ARG Brisa Campos 19 DF  ARG Yohana Masagli 20 FW  ARG Celeste Dos Santos 21 MF  ARG Julieta Martínez 22 GK  ARG Joaquina Rodríguez Palma 23 MF  ARG Delfina Silvestri 24 DF  ARG Belén Pokoracki 26 MF  ARG Lorena Benítez 27 MF  ARG Violeta Álvarez 28 FW  ARG Yazmín Benítez 29 MF  JPN Yuria Sasaki 31 DF  ARG Costanza Pacheco 32 MF  USA Sarah Mirr 33 DF  URU Araceli Pereyra

2024 Copa Libertadores Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Laurina Oliveros 3 DF  ARG Gabriela Barrios 4 DF  ARG Julieta Cruz 5 MF  ARG Vanina Preininger 6 DF  ARG Eliana Stábile 7 FW  ARG Carolina Troncoso 8 FW  ARG Agustina Arias 9 FW  ARG Andrea Ojeda 11 FW  ARG Kishi Núñez 13 FW  ARG Estefanía Palomar

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ARG Brisa Priori 15 DF  URU Camila Baccaro 16 MF  ARG Eugenia Flores 17 FW  ARG Mariana Gaitán 19 DF  ARG Yohana Masagli 20 FW  ARG Celeste Dos Santos 21 MF  ARG Julieta Martínez 22 GK  ARG Joaquina Rodríguez Palma 26 MF  ARG Lorena Benítez 29 MF  JPN Yuria Sasaki

Reserves

As of 25 August 2024 ^[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Victoria Anahí Quiroga 2 DF  ARG Aneley Guttlein (captain) 3 DF  ARG Luzmila Giménez 4 DF  ARG Ludmila Figueroa 5 MF  ARG Ludmila Pérez Gómez 7 FW  ARG Martina Iraola 9 FW  ARG Johana Benítez 10 MF  ARG Morena Rozales 11 FW  ARG Mía Pavón 12 GK  ARG Valentina Torres 13 DF  ARG Ludmila Silva

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ARG Alma Benedetti 16 MF  ARG Sofía Cóceres 17 MF  ARG Abril Mereles 18 DF  ARG Anyelen Ferreira 19 MF  ARG Pamela Gómez 20 MF  ARG Martina Schmidt 21 FW  ARG Luana Fernandez 22 DF  ARG Bianca Acosta 23 DF  ARG Daniela Fernández 24 FW  ARG Guadalupe Maggiora 30 MF  ARG Tiara Paz

Notable players

FIFA World Cup participants

List of players that were called up for a FIFA Women's World Cup while playing for Boca Juniors. In brackets, the tournament played:

• Karina Alvariza (2003)
• Nancy Díaz (2003)
• Yanina Gaitán (2003)
• Marisa Gerez (2003)
• Rosana Gómez (2003, 2007)
• Mariela Ricotti (2003)
• Elizabeth Villanueva (2003)
• Celeste Barbitta (2007)
• Carmen Brusca (2007)
• Valeria Cotelo (2007)
• Romina Ferro (2007)
• Natalia Gatti (2007)
• Eva González (2007)
• Clarisa Huber (2007)
• Andrea Ojeda (2007)
• Fabiana Vallejos (2007)
• Lorena Benítez (2019)
• Eliana Stábile (2019)
• Julieta Cruz (2023)
• Miriam Mayorga (2023)

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Current head coach Florencia Quiñones in 2023 winning her first title as a manager with Boca Juniors, having previously won three as a player with Boca.

Position	Staff
Head coach	Florencia Quiñones
Assistant coach	Ludmila Manicler
Assistant coach	Pablo Jerez
Goalkeeping coach	Maximiliano Scapparoni
Fitness coach	Alejandro Kunic
Team doctor	José Barbier
Kinesiologist	Nancy Cieplak
Kinesiologist	Carlos Archero

Last updated: 22 July 2023
Source: Boca Juniors Fútbol Femenino

Manager history

As of 30 March 2024.^[19]

• Maria Ines Cisneros (1991)
• Eduardo Saturnini (1992)
• Rubén Suñé (1993–94)
• José Borello (1995)
• Miguel Ángel Bordón (1996)
• Raul Rodriguez Seoane (1997–2001)
• Carlos Stigliano (2002)
• Gerardo (Toti) Ríos (2002–05)
• Daniel Distefano (2006–10)
• Marcela Lesich (2010–15)
• Christian Meloni (2016–21)
• Esteban Pizzi (2021)
• Jorge Martínez (2022)
• Florencia Quiñones (2023–)

Winning managers

Marcela Lesich, Boca Juniors winningest coach with 7 titles, Lesich also won another 8 titles with the club as a player.^[20]

Name	Titles	Details
Marcela Lesich	7	2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Inicial, 2015 Supercopa Argentina
Daniel Distefano	6	2006 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura
Toti Rios	5	2003 Apertura, 2004 Clausura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2005 Apertura
Raul Rodriguez Seoane	4	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Apertura
Florencia Quiñones	4	2023, 2023 Copa de la Liga, 2023 Copa Federal, 2024 Apertura
Esteban Pizzi	2	2021 Clausura, 2021 Súper Final
Eduardo Saturnini	1	1992
Carlos Stigliano	1	2002 Clausura
Christian Meloni	1	2020
Jorge Martínez	1	2022

• Sources:^[19]

Competitive record

Copa Libertadores

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place     Tournament played fully or partially on home soil  

Copa Libertadores record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2010	Third place match	3rd	6	3	2	1	21	8
2011	Group stage	8th	3	1	0	2	6	6
2012	Group stage	5th	3	2	1	0	7	4
2013	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	5	6
2014	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	7	7
2015	Did not qualify
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	13	4
2021	Did not qualify
2022	Final	2nd	6	3	2	1	12	10
2023	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	6	7
2024	Third place match	3rd	6	2	2	1	6	2
Total	Runners-up	9/16	37	18	9	10	83	54

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Copa Libertadores matches
Season	Round	Opponent	Result	Scorers	Position
2010	Group B	Florida	4–1	Gatti 2, Brusca, Gómez	2 / 5
		Universidad Iquitos	12–1	Ojeda 4, Gatti 2, Huber 2, Barbitta, Gerez, Gómez, Santana
		Universidad Asunción	2–2	Brusca, Ojeda
		Everton	1–1	Gerez
	Semifinals	Santos	0–2		SF
	Third place match	Deportivo Quito	2–1	Cotelo, González	3rd place
2011	Group C	Formas Íntimas	2–3	Potassa, Santana	3 / 4
		São José	0–1
		Liga Quito	4–2	Ojeda 2, Brusca, Potassa
2012	Group B	Caracas	2–1	Manicler, Ojeda	2 / 4
		Nacional	4–2	Gómez, Jaimes, Manicler, Oviedo
		São José	1–1	González
2013	Group C	Foz Cataratas	3–1	Brusca, Oviedo, Potassa	3 / 4
		Estudiantes de Guárico	1–2	Potassa
		Formas Íntimas	1–3	Ospina (o.g.)
2014	Group A	Mundo Futuro	2–1	Ojeda, Oviedo	2 / 4
		São José	1–5	Kippes
		Real Maracaná	4–1	Oviedo 2, Stábile 2
2020	Group B	Santiago Morning	1–1	Quiñones	1 / 4
		Deportivo Trópico	10–1	Rodríguez 3, Vallejos 3, Huber, Ojeda, Palomar, Troncoso
		Kindermann/Avaí	1–0	Rodríguez
	Quarter-finals	América	1–2	Palomar	QF
2022	Group B	Defensor Sporting	2–0	Gómez Ares, Ojeda	1 / 4
		Ñañas	4–2	Gómez Ares 2, Córdoba (o.g.), Rodríguez
		Ferroviária	2–2	Rodríguez 2
	Quarter-finals	Corinthians	2–1	Núñez, Palomar	QF
	Semifinals	Deportivo Cali	1–1 (3–0 p)	Palomar, Espíndola (pen.), Palomar (pen.), Sachs (pen.)	SF
	Final	Palmeiras	1–4	Priori	2nd place
2023	Group D	América	1–1	Priori	3 / 4
		Nacional	5–1	Gómez Ares 2, Núñez (pen.), Polich, Troncoso
		Internacional	0–5
2024	Group A	Corinthians	0–0		2 / 4
		Libertad	1–0	Palomar
		ADIFFEM	3–1	Arias 2, Núñez
	Quarter-finals	Santos	0–0 (4–2 p)	Sasaki (pen.), Flores (pen.), Núñez (pen.), Cruz (pen.)	QF
	Semifinals	Corinthians	0–1		SF
	Third place match	Dragonas IDV	2–0	Núñez, Preininger	3rd place

Honours

Titles

Type	Competition	Titles	Winning years
National (League)	Primera División A	28[21]	1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Clausura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Inicial, 2020, 2021 Clausura, 2022, 2023, 2024 Apertura
National (Cups)	Supercopa Argentina	1	2015[22]
	Súper Final	1	2021[23]
	Copa de la Liga	1	2023[24]
	Copa Federal	1(s)	2023[25]

Keys

•   Record
• ^(s) Shared record