Superclásico

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. In fact, the term 'Clásico' originated in Argentina, particularly with this match up and it was later exported to other countries such as Spain and Mexico.[7] According to some statistics, they commandeer more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them.[8]

This article is about the Argentine football rivalry. For the 2011 Danish film, see SuperClásico. For the derby in Los Angeles, see SuperClasico. For other uses, see El Clásico (disambiguation).

Superclásico

Roberto Mouzo (Boca) and Ramón Díaz (River) during a 1981 Superclásico
Locale	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teams	Boca Juniors River Plate
First meeting	August 24, 1913 [1][2][3][4]
Latest meeting	22 October 2019 (Copa Libertadores) Boca Juniors 1–0 River Plate
Next meeting	unk.
Stadiums	La Bombonera (Boca Juniors) El Monumental (River Plate)
Statistics
Meetings total	248
Most wins	Boca Juniors (77) (only Primera División matches)[5]
Most player appearances	Reinaldo Merlo (42 matches)
All-time series	Boca Juniors: 89 Draw: 78 River Plate: 83
Largest victory	Boca Juniors 6–0 River Plate (December 23, 1928) River Plate 5–1 Boca Juniors (October 19, 1941)[6]

The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies.[9] In April 2004, the English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die", saying that "Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about",[10] in 2016 the British football magazine FourFourTwo considered it the "biggest derby in the world",[11] The Daily Telegraph ranked this match as the "biggest club rivalry in world football" in 2016,[12] and the Daily Mirror placed it number one in the top 50 football derbies in the world, above El Clásico between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F., in 2017.[13]

Origins and background

A Superclásico of 1931. River Plate still wore the striped jersey, then replaced by the diagonal sash design in 1932.

The palomita goal scored by Severino Varela in 1943 became legendary.

Angel Labruna dribbling in a 1950 match.

The two clubs Boca and River Plate both have origins in La Boca, the working class dockland area of Buenos Aires, with River being founded in 1901 and Boca in 1905. River, however, moved to the affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1925. Since then, Boca Juniors has been known as the club of Argentina's working class or the people's club, with many Boca fans coming from the local Italian immigrant community. Boca fans are actually known as "Xeneizes" ("Genoese").[14] By contrast, River Plate became known by the nickname, Los Millonarios (The Millionaires), with a supposedly upper-class support base.[9] Both clubs, however, have supporters from all social classes.[14]

The first official match was played on August 24, 1913, with River winning 2–1.[1][2][3][4]

The Superclásico is particularly noted for the passion of the fans, with what the BBC describe as "a sea of colourful flowing banners, screams and roars, chanting, dancing and never-ending fireworks".[9] Both sets of supporters sing passionate chants aimed at their rivals, often based on popular Argentine rock band tunes. Each stadium, Boca's La Bombonera and River's El Monumental are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. At times, the matches have been known to end in fights between the violent factions on both sides or with the police.[15]

Boca fans refer to River supporters as "gallinas" ("chickens") claiming the lack of guts of River players. Despite the fact that their club traces back its roots to La Boca, River fans refer to their Boca rivals as "los chanchitos" ("little pigs") because they claim their stadium, located in the less affluent La Boca area, smells most of the time,[9] as well as "bosteros" ("manure collectors"), a reference to the smell of a polluted river in La Boca.[14] Another infamous slur, coined in the late 1990s over remarks of Boca's forward Diego Latorre, is to brand Boca Juniors as "The Cabaret", due to the alleged aspiration of some players to steal the limelight.[16]

The rivalry between the two clubs can also affect players, particularly those who are transferred between the two clubs. Cataldo Spitale was the first to make the change, when he left Boca to sign for River in 1933. Oscar Ruggeri, who moved to River from Boca in 1985 said, "It's not easy I can tell you. One side looks on you as a traitor and the other doesn't really trust you. You need time to adapt and a lot of character to win people over." Some players have gone so far as to state that they would not play for the other club such as River's Uruguayan player Enzo Francescoli while Diego Maradona during his time playing for Argentinos Juniors, refused to even consider a move to El Monumental, stating that his dream was to play for Boca.[17]

Recently, on March 21 in the Clausura 2010 tournament, the two teams started playing in La Bombonera. In the ninth minute of play, the match was suspended because of heavy rainfall in Buenos Aires. The pitch was practically flooded, but in spite of this, referee Héctor Baldassi stated that the match could be played.[18] In the course of the match, the two teams were unable to keep possession because the ball became repeatedly bogged down. The match restarted on Thursday, March 25, 2010, and was played with two halves of 41 minutes.[18] This was the first Superclásico suspended in history.[19]

Puerta 12 tragedy

River Plate's player Luis Artime scoring a goal during a 1962 Superclásico, River won 3–1.

On June 23, 1968, in El Monumental, after a 0-0 match between the two teams, 71 fans were killed in a crush at gate 12, with 150 fans left injured. The disaster was the worst football related incident in the history of Argentine football and the majority of the dead were teenagers and young adults; the average age of the victims was 19. There are various claims as to what exactly happened that day. Some claim that the disaster happened after Boca Juniors fans threw burning River flags from the upper tiers of the stadium, causing a stampede of their own fans in the lower tier.[20]

Others claim that it happened after River fans arrived at the Boca section, causing the stampede of the visiting fans. Yet others claim that gate 12 was locked, or would not open at the time, and that the fans at the back did not hear the ones at the front telling them to stop coming in. William Kent, River's former president, claimed that the police were the culprits, as they began repressing Boca fans after they had thrown urine at them from the stands. Some witnesses claim that the turnstiles to the exit were blocked by a huge iron pole.[21]

After three years of investigation, a government inquiry found no one guilty, much to the disappointment of the families of the victims. Since the tragedy, the gates at El Monumental have been identified by letters instead of numbers.[22]

At the end of the 1968 season, the 68 football clubs in the Argentine Football Association collected 100,000 pesos for the families of the deceased.

From River's relegation to the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals

See also: 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals

Since the turn of the century, the rivalry intensified to different levels. A series of fierce meetings and violent events rekindled international attention to the derby.

Boca eliminated River in the 2000 Copa Libertadores and 2004 Copa Libertadores, winning the title in 2000, 2001 and 2003, and reaching the finals in 2004. Moreover, in June 2011, River was relegated for the first time in its history.

Since its promotion in 2012, River eliminated Boca in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, 2015 Copa Libertadores, 2017 Supercopa Argentina, 2018 Copa Libertadores, and the 2019 Copa Libertadores, lifting the trophy in almost all occasions, exception made of the Copa Libertadores 2019.

During the 2015 Copa Libertadores, River Plate players were attacked at half time by a Boca fan that spread pepper spray to the players at the beginning of the second half. The game was suspended and River were awarded the qualification. At the time of the attack, River was winning the series 1–0. In the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, the bus carrying Boca's players to the El Monumental was attacked by River fans who threw stones after the police withdrew from the zone. The game was suspended and despite Boca's requests to have River disqualified, the game was moved to Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. After drawing 2–2 at La Bombonera and losing its home field advantage, River famously won the game 3-1 (5-3 on aggregate). Through the series, Boca was always ahead until the extra time of the return leg. Given the rivalry and the stage, and the fact of having been played in Europe, the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals gathered unusual attention outside South America.

Statistics

Overall record

Only official matches are included. Updated to 10 October 2019.

Type	Competition	Games played	Boca wins	Draws	River wins	Boca goals	River goals
League	Primera División	210	77	64	69	288	270
	Total (league)	210	77	64	69	288	270
National cups
	Copa Competencia Jockey Club	3	0	1	2	3	6
	Copa Centenario de la AFA	2	0	1	1	0	1
	Copa Adrián Escobar	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Copa de Competencia Británica	1	1	0	0	2	0
	Supercopa Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	2
	Total (national cups)	8	1	3	4	5	9
CONMEBOL competitions
	Copa Libertadores	28	11	8	9	31	26
	Copa Sudamericana	2	0	1	1	0	1
	Supercopa Libertadores	2	0	2	0	1	1
	Total (CONMEBOL)	32	11	11	10	32	28
Total (official matches)		250	89	78	83	325	307

Primera División matches

Includes only matches in the Primera División since their first official game in 1913.

#	Date	Tournament		Stadium	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Goals (H)	Goals (A)
1	24 August 1913	1913	11	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Mayer (70)	García (23), Ameal Peryera (47)
2	25 October 1914	1914	13	Ferro C. Oeste	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
3	20 June 1915	1915	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Penney (15, 79)
4	10 December 1916	1916	21	Racing Club	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Risso (25), Chiappe (p. 75)	Reppeto (78)
5	24 June 1917	1917	09	Racing Club	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Taggino (24, 70)	Amores (30, 83)
6	18 September 1918	1918	16	Racing Club	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Brichetto (67)
7 [note 1]	27 July 1919	1919	04	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
8	4 December 1927	1927	33	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Cherro (6)
9	23 December 1928	1928	27	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	6–0	Tarasconi (3, 40), Kuko (30, 55), Cherro (66, 78)
10	4 May 1930	1930	07	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–2	Ganduglia (23, 80), Locassio (34)	Tarasconi (10, 59)
11	20 September 1931	1931	17	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Varallo (30)	Peucelle (16)
12	6 January 1932	1931	34	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–3		Alberino (20), Mutis (34), Varallo (42)
13	19 June 1932	1932	15	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Ferreyra (75)	Mariani (60)
14	30 October 1932	1932	32	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	B. Cáceres (27, 82)	Ferreyra (52)
15	2 July 1933	1933	17	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Nardini (21)	Luna (42)
16	19 November 1933	1933	34	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Ferreyra (3, 15, 82)	Cuello (o.g. 47)
17	17 June 1934	1934	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–1	Cusatti (15), Cherro (42), Sánchez (70, 73)	Ferreyra (66)
18	16 September 1934	1934	25	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Cherro (43)
19	4 November 1934	1934	32	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Varallo (17), B. Cáceres (56)
20	21 April 1935	1935	05	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Cherro (5)
21	1 September 1935	1935	22	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Rongo (21)	Varallo (11)
22	19 April 1936	CH 1936	03	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–3	Cherro (51), B. Cáceres (64)	Peucelle (10), Ferreyra (21, 38)
23	30 August 1936	CC 1936	03	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Rongo (20), Moreno (50)	A. González (18)
24	8 August 1937	1937	16	San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Gonzales (25), Cherro (76)	Rongo (70)
25	12 December 1937	1937	33	San Lorenzo	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–2	Deambrosi (12), Vaschetto (63), Ferreyra (72)	Fatecchi (o.g. 42), Careri (64)
26	10 April 1938	1938	02	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Careri (p. 15)	Vaschetto (63), Moreno (68)
27	4 September 1938	1938	19	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Rongo (17, 61)	Benítez (51, 74)
28	11 February 1939	1937 (FP)	TB	San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–5	Lizhterman (55, 56, 60)	Rongo (36, 40), Vaschetto (67, 80), Pedernera (82)
29	11 June 1939	1939	25	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Picaro (16), Varallo (35)
30	5 November 1939	1939	30	San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Varallo (14)	Blanco (17), Labruna (76)
31	30 June 1940	1940	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Rosell (7), Sarlanga (54), Alarcón (70)	D'Alessandro (16)
32	17 November 1940	1940	29	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Labruna (7)	Tenorio (50)
33	29 June 1941	1941	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Emeal (2), Valsecchi (80)	D'Alessandro (86)
34	19 October 1941	1941	29	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	5–1	Labruna (11), Moreno (39), Deambrosi (43, 56), Pedernera (75)	Boyé (89)
35	19 July 1942	1942	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	4–0	Deambrosi (21), Moreno (69), Labruna (46, 71)
36	8 November 1942	1942	28	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Gandulla (26, 44)	Pedernera (47, 81)
37	16 May 1943	1943	05	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Labruna (5, 75), Muñóz (10)	Varela (35)
38	26 September 1943	1943	20	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Varela (20, 48)	Loustau (12)
39	14 May 1944	1944	05	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Varela (16)	Pedernera (46)
40	3 September 1944	1944	20	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Varela (43)
41	29 July 1945	1945	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Loustau (55)
42	18 November 1945	1945	28	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–1	Corcuera (23), Boyé (35, 67), Sarlanga (88)	Ramos (25)
43	30 June 1946	1946	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	Loustau (32, 64)
44	27 October 1946	1946	25	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Sosa (61), Boyé (71)
45	27 April 1947	1947	03	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Boyé (52), Ricagni (88)
46	24 August 1947	1947	18	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Labruna (66), Reyes (68)	Ricagni (6)
47	1 August 1948	1948	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Sánchez (9)	Labruna (30), Reyes (60)
48	8 December 1948	1948	29	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Latanzio (59)	Garfagnoli (73)
49	31 July 1949	1949	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Labruna (50)
50	13 November 1949	1949	30	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Benitez (39), Busico (47)
51	11 June 1950	1950	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Barbeito (30)
52	12 October 1950	1950	27	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Campana (54)	Labruna (22), W. Gómez (25)
53	15 July 1951	1951	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Labruna (58)
54	1 November 1951	1951	31	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		W. Gómez (2), Vernazza (5, p. 65)
55	8 June 1952	1952	09	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Pérez (o.g. 16), González (p. 58)	Acosta (o.g. 44)
56	8 November 1952	1952	25	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Loustau (38), Gómez (42, 44)	Borello (84)
57	19 July 1953	1953	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–3	Mouriño (o.g. 11), Loustau (72)	Montaño (7), Navarro (83), Rolando (86)
58	1 November 1953	1953	27	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Marcarián (24)
59	18 July 1954	1954	13	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Prado (87)
60	31 October 1954	1954	28	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–0	Labruna (14, 49), W. Gómez (75)
61	17 August 1955	1955	14	Racing Club	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–4		Pizzuti (14) Navarro (28, 40), Cucchiaroni (81)
62	8 December 1955	1955	29	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Etcheverry (10)	Labruna (74), Zárate (75)
63	22 April 1956	1956	02	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Zárate (p. 23), Labruna (60)	Angelillo (41)
64	9 September 1956	1956	17	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Zubeldía (20), Senes (31)	Vernazza (35)
65	21 July 1957	1957	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Senes (39), Mansilla (74)	Menéndez (20), Bourgoing (58)
66	24 November 1957	1957	25	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	5–3	Menéndez (1), Zárate (16, 60, p. 70), Rodríguez (58)	Biaggio (8, 84), Rodríguez (21)
67	28 September 1958	1958	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	E. Onega (38), Menéndez (88)	Nardiello (10), Ambrois (56)
68	20 December 1958	1958	29	Huracán	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Mansilla (6), Rodríguez (69)	Nuín (38), Menéndez (66)
69	19 May 1959	1959	03	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	5–1	Nardiello (18), Yúdica (27, 46), Rodríguez (37), Mansilla (69)	Rodríguez (20)
70	6 September 1959	1959	18	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–3	Melón (20), Nuín (p. 28)	Yúdica (41), Rodríguez (57), Nardiello (65)
71	17 April 1960	1960	03	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Paulinho (p. 68)	Mansilla (38)
72	11 September 1960	1960	18	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Valentim (12, 66), Yúdica (57)	Menéndez (72)
73	6 August 1961	1961	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Moacir (22), Pepillo (83)	Benítez (11), Valentim (24)
74	12 November 1961	1961	27	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Valentim (26, 42, 85)	Delém (34)
75	26 August 1962	1962	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Artime (50, 52), Delem (53)	Valentim (25)
76	9 December 1962	1962	29	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Valentim (p. 14)
77	28 July 1963	1963	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Valentim (31, p. 75)
78	17 November 1963	1963	25	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Sanfilippo (13)
79	16 August 1964	1964	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
80	29 November 1964	1964	29	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Menéndez (66)	Artime (11)
81	4 July 1965	1965	15	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	Cubilla (82)	Moraes (75), Pianetti (77)
82	8 December 1965	1965	32	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Pianetti (49), Menéndez (87)	Artime (9)
83	3 April 1966	1966	05	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Alfredo Rojas (60)	Mas (34, 49), E. Onega (85)
84	21 August 1966	1966	24	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	Mas (10), D. Onega (80)
85	23 April 1967	1967 Met	08	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
86	8 July 1967	1967 Met	19	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Bayo (48)
87	26 November 1967	1967 Nac	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Novello (54)
88	7 April 1968	1968 Met	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Pardo (44)	Matosas (p. 67)
89	23 June 1968	1968 Met	17	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
90	27 October 1968	1968 Nac	08	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Alfredo Rojas (42), Pianetti (66, 79)	Mas (p. 89)
91	2 March 1969	1969 Met	02	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Cabrera (82)	Recio (2)
92	4 May 1969	1969 Met	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	D. Onega (3), Más (85)
93	3 July 1969	1969 Met	SF	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0 (t.s.)
94	14 December 1969	1969 Nac	17	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Mas (38), Marchetti (67)	Madurga (12, 35)
95	14 June 1970	1970 Met	15	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Suñé (p. 80)
96	27 September 1970	1970 Nac	04	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Mas (12, 27)	Pena (54)
97	14 November 1970	1970 Nac	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
98	10 March 1971	1971 Met	02	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Madurga (79)	J.J. López (14), Marchetti (45)
99	10 June 1971	1971 Met	21	Racing Club	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–3	J.J. López (11), Mas (15), D. Onega (77)	Tarabini (47), Angel Rojas (78, 87)
100	27 November 1971	1971 Nac	11	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Ponce (p. 24)	Martínez (21), J.J. López (51), Morete (76)
101	12 March 1972	1972 Met	03	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0-4		Ponce (18, 56), Curioni (55, 77)
102	18 June 1972	1972 Met	20	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Curioni (25), Potente (51)	Martínez (28), Scotta (61)
103	15 October 1972	1972 Nac	01	Vélez	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–5	Curioni (24), Ponce (42), Potente (45, 51)	Mastrángelo (1), Mas (9, 57), Morete (62, 90)
104	13 December 1972	1972 Nac	10	Vélez	River Plate **	Boca Juniors	3–2	Mastrángelo (32), Mouzo (o.g. 46), Morete (54)	Rogel (30), Curioni (74)
105	4 March 1973	1973 Met	01	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Alonso (p. 73), Mastrángelo (84)	Curioni (44)
106	27 June 1973	1973 Met	18	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	5–2	Guerini (p. 35), Curioni (58), Potente (63), Ponce (79), Bertolotti (87)	Ghiso (30), J.J. López (89)
107	11 November 1973	1973 Nac	09	Vélez	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Morete (81)
108	3 February 1974	1974 Met	01	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	5–2	García Cambón (2, 37, 66, 71), Ferrero (p. 46)	Ghiso (16), Wolff (p. 61)
109	31 March 1974	1974 Met	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Morete (3, 30, p. 68)	Potente (26)
110	25 August 1974	1974 Nac	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	García Cambón (32)
111	3 November 1974	1974 Nac	15	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Mastrángelo (76)	Potente (72)
112	17 April 1975	1975 Met	15	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Trobbiani (p. 43)	Morete (6), Alonso (23)
113	27 July 1975	1975 Met	34	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Potente (70)
114	21 September 1975	1975 Nac	01	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Sánchez (87)	González (29), Luque (85)
115	26 October 1975	1975 Nac	09	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	Más (68)	Sánchez (25), Alves (60)
116	18 February 1976	1976 Met	02	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
117	18 April 1976	1976 Met	13	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Perfumo (58)
118	25 July 1976	1976 Met	08	Huracán	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Felman (p. 78)	Coudannes (53)
119	26 September 1976	1976 Nac	03	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Mastrángelo (20)	Passarella (p. 35)
120	14 November 1976	1976 Nac	11	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Mastrángelo (46), Felman (75)
121	22 December 1976	1976 Nac	19	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Suñé (72)
122	14 August 1977	1977 Met	22	Huracán	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	González (32)	Veglio (22)
123	9 November 1977	1977 Met	45	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Pernía (3)	Passarella (p. 45), González (88)
124	12 July 1978	1978 Met	17	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Husillos (12)
125	15 October 1978	1978 Met	38	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Labruna (22)
126	23 September 1979	1979 Nac	04	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Passarella (p. 44)	Randazzo (13)
127	11 November 1979	1979 Nac	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Husillos (76)	J.J. López (10)
128	2 March 1980	1980 Met	04	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–5	Randazzo (23), Perotti (83)	R. Díaz (10, 78), Carrasco (46, 74), Ortiz (56)
129	15 June 1980	1980 Met	23	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Passarella (65), Luque (73)	Salinas (46)
130	21 September 1980	1980 Nac	03	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	R. Díaz (8), Ortíz (54)	Outes (24), Pernía (80)
131	2 November 1980	1980	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Perotti (83)
132	10 April 1981	1981 Met	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Brindisi (55, 60), Maradona (67)
133	5 July 1981	1981 Met	27	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Kempes (65)	Maradona (55)
134	27 September 1981	1981 Nac	03	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–3	Maradona (20), Gareca (82)	Kempes (64), Passarella (p. 68), García (80)
135	1 November 1981	1981 Nac	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	J.J. López (5), Vieta (55)	Maradona (45, p. 90)
136	7 March 1982	1982 Nac	05	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–5	Tevez (4)	Ruggeri (12), Gareca (30, 75), Córdoba (53, 56)
137	25 April 1982	1982 Nac	13	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
138	19 September 1982	1982 Met	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Mouzo (o.g. 42)	Gareca (56)
139	22 December 1982	1982 Met	31	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Vieta (67), Messina (85)
140	5 October 1983	1983 Met	05	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	Tapia (4)	Passucci (28), Stocco (85)
141	19 October 1983	1983 Met	24	Vélez	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Berta (55)
142	24 June 1984	1984 Met	13	River Plate [note 2]	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Krasouski (39)	Stafuza (o.g. 61)
143	11 November 1984	1984 Met	32	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	4–1	Alonso (55, 71), Francescoli (p. 74, p. 89)	Herrera (57)
144	27 October 1985	1985-86	17	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Montenegro (27)
145	6 April 1986	1985-86	36	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Alonso (31, 85)
146	2 November 1986	1986-87	17	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Comas (72)
147	13 April 1987	1986-87	36	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Alzamendi (16)	Rinaldi (62)
148	22 November 1987	1987-88	15	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–2	J. Da Silva (59), Corti (62), Palma (86)	Rinaldi (42, 51)
149	30 April 1988	1987-88	34	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Graciani (27, 67)	Alzamendi (14), Ruggeri (75)
150	18 September 1988	1988-89	02	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Perazzo (77), Graciani (85)
151	5 February 1989	1988-89	21	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0(3)–0(4)
152	19 July 1989	1988-89 (Lig)	6° Ph	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
153	24 July 1989	1988-89 (Lig)	6° Ph	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
154	27 July 1989	1988-89 (Lig)	6° Ph	Vélez	Boca Juniors	River Plate [note 3]	1–2	Marangoni (85)	Serrizuela (3), Centurión (57)
155	6 September 1989	1989-90	02	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Cuciuffo (53)
156	2 February 1990	1989-90	21	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Zamora (44)	Latorre (53)
157	23 September 1990	1990 Ap	06	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	J. Higuaín (27), R. Da Silva (62)
158	31 March 1991	1991 Cl	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Latorre (74)
159	10 November 1991	1991 Ap	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
160	3 May 1992	1992 Cl	11	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	S. Berti (35), H. Díaz (57)	Latorre (2, 75)
161	11 October 1992	1992 Ap	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	S. Martínez (48)
162	11 April 1993	1993 Cl	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		S. Martínez (8), A. Acosta (61)
163	17 October 1993	1993 Ap	06	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		A. Acosta (72)
164	30 April 1994	1994 Cl	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Ortega (59), Crespo (85)
165	11 December 1994	1994 Ap	18	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		Francescoli (p. 14), Ortega (24), Gallardo (p. 70)
166	18 June 1995	1995 Cl	18	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–4	Gamboa (o.g. 29), Francescoli (p. 89)	Saldaña (46), Márcico (48), Tchami (85), R. Da Silva (87)
167	26 November 1995	1995 Ap	16	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
168	14 July 1996	1996 Cl	16	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–1	J. Basualdo (43), Caniggia (50, 66, 75)	Amato (87)
169	29 September 1996	1996 Ap	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Pompei (5), Cedrés (p. 60), Guerra (90)	Salas (21), Sorín (72)
170	23 March 1997	1997 Cl	06	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–3	S. Berti (43), Villalba (77), C. Ayala (87)	Cedrés (5), S. Martínez (17, 29)
171	25 October 1997	1997 Ap	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	S. Berti (40)	Toresani (47), Palermo (67)
172	11 April 1998	1998 Cl	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Caniggia (56), Palermo (69), Arruabarrena (72)	Solari (36), Salas (90)
173	25 October 1998	1998 Ap	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
174	9 May 1999	1999 Cl	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Bermúdez (21), Palermo (55)	Netto (p. 52)
175	17 October 1999	1999 Ap	11	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	Aimar (37), Ángel (66)
176	14 May 2000	2000 Cl	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Gmo. B. Schelotto (39)	Cuevas (77)
177	15 October 2000	2000 Ap	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Saviola (59)	Palermo (14)
178	8 April 2001	2001 Cl	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Ibarra (66), Riquelme (71), Gmo. B. Schelotto (p. 82)
179	16 September 2001	2001 Ap	06	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Cambiasso (17)	Gaitán (83)
180	10 March 2002	2002 Cl	06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		Cambiasso (26), Coudet (41), R. Rojas (88)
181	27 October 2002	2002 Ap	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	Fuertes (52)	Delgado (42, 77)
182	1 June 2003	2003 Cl	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Gmo. B. Schelotto (64, 71)	D'Alessandro (11), Cavenaghi (38)
183	9 November 2003	2003 Ap	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Battaglia (37), Iarley (52)
184	16 May 2004	2004 Cl	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Cavenaghi (37)
185	7 November 2004	2004 Ap	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	G. Fernández (57), Cuevas (89)
186	22 May 2005	2005 Cl	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Gmo. B. Schelotto (13), Delgado (81)	L. González (46)
187	16 October 2005	2005 Ap	11	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
188	26 March 2006	2006 Cl	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Palermo (p. 89)	Farías (38)
189	8 October 2006	2006 Ap	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1	Higuaín (29, 53), Farías (67)	Palacio (31)
190	15 April 2007	2007 Cl	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Ledesma (1)	Rosales (49)
191	7 October 2007	2007 Ap	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	Falcao (23), Ortega (p. 31)
192	4 May 2008	2008 Cl	13	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Battaglia (14)
193	19 October 2008	2008 Ap	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Viatri (60)
194	19 April 2009	2009 Cl	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Palermo (58)	Gallardo (68)
195	25 October 2009	2009 Ap	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Gallardo (29)	Palermo (63)
196	25 March 2010	2010 Cl	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Medel (24, 59)
197	16 November 2010	2010 Ap	14	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Maidana (53)
198	15 May 2011	2011 Cl	14	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	J. P. Carrizo (o.g. 28), Palermo (31)
199	28 October 2012	2012 Inicial	12	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Ponzio (1), Mora (70)	Silva (p. 75), Erviti (90+1)
200	5 May 2013	2013 Final	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Silva (38)	Lanzini (43)
201	6 October 2013	2013 Inicial	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Gigliotti (23)
202	30 March 2014	2014 Final	10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Riquelme (67)	Lanzini (57), R. Funes Mori (85)
203	5 October 2014	2014 (T)	10	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–1	Pezzella (78)	Magallán (22)
204	3 May 2015	2015	11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Pavón (84), Pérez (86)
205	13 September 2015	2015	24	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–1		Lodeiro (18)
206	6 March 2016	2016 (T)	6	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
207	24 April 2016	2016 (T)	12	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
208	4 December 2016	2016–17	13	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–4	Driussi (33), Alario (39)	W. Bou (13), Tevez (61, 80), Centurión (90+3)
209	14 May 2017	2016–17	24	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Gago (45+2)	Martínez (14) Alario (23), Driussi (90)
210	5 November 2017	2017–18 Superliga	8	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–2	Ponzio (67)	Cardona (41), Nandez (71)
211	23 September 2018	2018–19 Superliga	6	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Martínez (15), Scocco (69)
212	1 September 2019	2019–20 Superliga	5	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0

Notes

1. Some historians do not include this match due to the championship was annulled, prior the creation of dissident Asociación Amateurs de Football, with River Plate being one of the teams that joined the new league (while Boca Juniors remained in the official body). As a result, the Superclásico would not be played until 1927 after both, official and dissident associations, merged.
2. River Plate knocked out Boca Juniors of 1985 Copa Libertadores
3. Boca Juniors played as the home team at River Plate stadium

Head-to-head statistics in Primera División

Boca Juniors Wins	77
Draws	65
River Plate Wins	70
Total	212

Copa Libertadores

These are only matches in the Copa Libertadores, club name in bold indicate win. The score is given at full-time, in the goals columns the goal scorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

#	Date	Tournament		Stadium	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Goals (H)	Goals (A)
1	10 February 1966	First Round	R. 1	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Sarnari (33), Bayo (40)	Rojas (60)
2	24 March 1966		R. 10	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Rojas (46, 51)
3	14 April 1966	Second Round	R. 2	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–2	Sarnari (60), Silvero (o.g. 76)	Madurga (5), Rojas (8)
4	4 May 1966		R. 6	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Rojas (72)
5	17 February 1970	First Round	R. 1	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–3	Gennoni (28)	Villagra (16), Coch (79, 90)
6	19 March 1970		R. 6	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Rojas (15), Savoy (40)	Onega (78)
7	16 April 1970	Second Round	R. 2	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Onega (34)
8	30 April 1970		R. 4	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Rojas (81)	Onega (65)
9	9 March 1977	First Round	R. 1	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Mouzo (87)
10	18 May 1977		R. 6	Huracán	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
11	19 September 1978	Semifinal	R. 1	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
12	17 October 1978		R. 4	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Mastrángelo (64), Salinas (77)
13	5 August 1982	First Round	R. 2	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
14	30 September 1982		R. 6	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Bulleri (66)
15	9 July 1986	First Round	R. 1	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Graciani (p. 34)	Alfaro (44)
16	20 August 1986		R. 6	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Alzamendi (62)
17	27 February 1991	First Round	R. 1	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–3	Latorre (28, 87), Giunta (56), Marchesini (71)	Borrelli (9, p. 31), Zapata (11)
18	20 March 1991		R. 4	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–2		Batistuta (p. 24, 88)
19	17 May 2000	Quarterfinal	1st Leg	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–1	Ángel (15), Saviola (47)	Riquelme (29)
20	24 May 2000		2nd Leg	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Delgado (59), Riquelme (p. 84), Palermo (90+4)
21	10 June 2004	Semifinal	1st Leg	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Schiavi (28)
22	17 June 2004		2nd Leg	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2 (4)–1 (5) [note 1]	L. González (50), Nasuti (90+4)	Tevez (88)
23	7 May 2015	Round of 16	1st Leg	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Sánchez (p. 81)
24	14 May 2015		2nd Leg	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0-0 FFT [note 2]
25	11 November 2018	Final	1st Leg	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Ábila (34), Benedetto (45+1)	Pratto (35), Izquierdoz (OG) (61)
26	9 December 2018		2nd Leg	Real Madrid C.F. Santiago Bernabéu Stadium[note 3]	River Plate	Boca Juniors	3–1 (a.e.t)	Pratto (68), Quintero (109), G. Martínez (120+2)	Benedetto (44)
27	1 October 2019	Semifinal	1st Leg	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	2–0	Borré (p. 6), Fernández (69)
28	22 October 2019		2nd Leg	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Hurtado (79)

Notes

1. Boca Juniors won the 1st Leg match (1-0), River Plate won the 2nd Leg (2-1) forcing the match to be decided in a penalty shoot out that was ultimately won by Boca Juniors 5-4.
2. Game ruled forfeit by CONMEBOL Article 22 after it was suspended at 0-0 at half-time because of an attack on River Plate players in the tunnel with tear gas as they came out for the second half in Estadio Alberto J. Armando. CONMEBOL disqualified Boca Juniors from the tournament, with severe future CONMEBOL sanctions. River Plate ultimately won their third Libertadores Title.
3. Because of an attack by River Plate fans towards the Boca Juniors bus at River Plate's home ground, injuring players on 24 November 2018, CONMEBOL moved the match to Madrid, Spain, at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, home of Real Madrid C.F., on 9 December 2018. The venue change was for both security and convenience for the winner, which will play in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup on 12 December.

Head-to-head statistics in the Copa Libertadores

Boca Juniors Wins	11
Draws	8
River Plate Wins	9
Total	28

Other international cups

These are only matches in other international cups. The club name in bold indicates a win. The score is given at full-time, in the goals columns the goal scorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

#	Date	Tournament	Round	Stadium	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Goals (H)	Goals (A)
1	6 October 1994	Supercopa Sudamericana	Quarterfinal	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0
2	13 October 1994			Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (5)–1 (4)	L. Carranza (6)	Francescoli (48)
3	20 November 2014	Copa Sudamericana	Semifinal	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
4	27 November 2014			River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0	Pisculichi (16)

Head-to-head statistics in other international cups

Boca Juniors Wins	0
Draws	3
River Plate Wins	1
Total	4

National cups

These are only matches in national cup competitions. The club name in bold indicates a win. The score is given at full-time, in the goals columns the goal scorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

#	Date	Cup	Stadium	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Goals (H)	Goals (A)
1	2 May 1915	Competencia Jockey Club	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1 (e.t.)	Roldán (37)	C. García (40)
2	9 May 1915		GEBA	River Plate	Boca Juniors	4–2	Chiappe (p. 15), Simmons (25), Penney (50), C. García (65)	E. Bertolini (5), Ochoa (30)
3	30 August 1918	Competencia Jockey Club	Racing Club	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Laiolo (17)
4	1 December 1942	Adrián Escobar	River Plate	River Plate	Boca Juniors	0–0 (3–2)
5	15 August 1946	Competencia Británica	San Lorenzo	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Corcuera (20), G. Pin (57)
6	3 July 1993	Centenario	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
7	11 July 1993		Vélez Sarsfield	River Plate	Boca Juniors	1–0 (e.t.)	Silvani (116)
8	14 March 2018	Supercopa Argentina	Malvinas Argentinas	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Martínez (p. 18), Scocco (70)

• (e.t.) = Extra Time

Head-to-head statistics in national cups

Boca Juniors Wins	1
Draws	3
River Plate Wins	4
Total	8

Friendly matches

This is a list of Friendly matches. The club name in bold indicates a win. The score is given at full-time, in the goals columns the goal scorer and time when goal was scored is noted.

#	Date	Tournament	Stadium	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Goals (H)	Goals (A)
1	2 August 1908	Friendly	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Unknown	Unknown
2	15 December 1912	Friendly	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Unknown	Unknown
3	11 January 1936	Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–3	Providente (5), Varallo (51), Garibaldi (77)	Castillo (12), Rongo (34, 51)
4	12 October 1937	Friendly	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Gareri (10), González (35, 68)	Moreno (2), Pedernera (16)
5	12 February 1938	Torneo Internacional Nocturno Rioplatense	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Mesa (57), González (60), Sabio (88)	Rongo (5)
6	20 January 1940	Torneo Triangular I	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Mingo (1), Valsecchi (40, 70)	D’Alessandro (36), Labruna (84)
7	24 March 1940	Torneo Triangular II	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Gandulla (8)	Labruna (19), Peucelle (57)
8	6 February 1941	Torneo Triangular I	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Gandulla (9, 47), Sarlanga (73)	Deambrosi (11, 37)
9	12 February 1941	Torneo Triangular II	Chacarita Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Gandulla (5, 49)	D’Alessandro (24), Deambrosi (43)
10	17 January 1942	Torneo Triangular I	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Rosell (3), Alarcón (7, 36)	Rivero (78), Deambrosi (82)
11	28 January 1942	Torneo Triangular II	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		Sánchez (62), D’Alessandro (72), Deambrosini (82)
12	7 February 1942	Torneo Cuadrangular de Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Corcuera (8), Rosell (20), Gelpi (60)
13	7 April 1946	Friendly	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Labruna (60)
14	17 August 1948	Friendly	San Lorenzo de Almagro	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–5	Geronis (64)	Di Stéfano (27, 36), Moreno (42), de Rossi (70), Labruna (80)
15	18 March 1951	Friendly	Huracán	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–5	Martínez (22), Campana (28), Pentrelli (48), Borello (54)	Gómez (20), Muñóz (42), Ferrari (47), Labruna (p. 62, 65)
16	29 December 1955	Hexagonal Internacional	Centenario (Montevideo, URUGUAY)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	5–2	Etcheverry (6), Boyé (33, p. 56, 63, 69)	Gómez (5), Menéndez (12)
17	30 December 1958	Torneo Cuadrangular	Belgrano (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Nardiello (37)	Menéndez (18), De Bourgoing (p. 20)
18	10 January 1961	Octogonal de Verano	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Grillo (52)	Sarnari (49)
19	4 June 1961	Friendly	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Almir (32), Valentim (34)	Delem (28), Pepillo (51)
20	19 April 1964	Copa Jorge Newbery	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–0	Silveira (10), Valentim (26, p. 29), González (49)
21	22 April 1964	Friendly	Talleres (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
22	16 July 1964	Copa Iberoamericana	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Ferreira (7)	Artime (18, 81), Matosas (51)
23	22 August 1968	Copa Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
24	1 August 1970	Copa Ciudad de Rosario	Newell's Old Boys	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2 (1)–2 (2)	Cabrera (62), Suñé (82)	Laraignee (7), Morete (42)
25	23 January 1974	Copa de Oro de MDP	Gral. San Martín (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
26	16 April 1974	Torneo Jardín de la República	Atlético Tucumán	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Letanú (90)	Morete (13, 26)
27	4 June 1974	Torneo Madre de las Ciudades	Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Ferrero (63), Ponce (80)
28	15 June 1974	Copa Tacita de Plata	Gimnasia y Esgrima (Jujuy)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Marchetti (56), Morete (70)
29	20 June 1974	Copa Ciudad de Santa Fé	Colón de Santa Fé	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Mastrángelo (65)
30	23 June 1974	Trofeo Liga del Sur	Olimpo (Bahía Blanca)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
31	30 June 1974	Friendly	Cipolletti (Río Negro)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		López (65)
32	10 February 1975	Copa de Oro de MDP	Gral. San Martín (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Potente (14), Tarantini (60)	Alonso (20), Más (36)
33	12 February 1977	Copa de Oro de MDP	Gral. San Martín (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
34	25 February 1978	Copa de Oro de MDP	Gral. San Martín (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Mouzo (p. 52)	Alonso (p. 66)
35	27 February 1978	Copa Ciudad de Montevideo	Centenario (Montevideo, URUGUAY)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Alonso (p. 8, 61)
36	21 February 1979	Torneo de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Galletti (78)
37	21 March 1979	Copa de los Grandes	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Salinas (18), Zanabria (55), Robles (57)	R. Díaz (83)
38	3 June 1979	Copa Torneo de Campeones	River Plate	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Galletti (35)
39	6 February 1980	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Bordón (34)	Alonso (11)
40	16 July 1980	Friendly	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Ribolzi (p. 48)	R. Díaz (34)
41	6 February 1982	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		R. Díaz (15)
42	26 February 1983	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Krasouski (1), Berta (59)	Nieto (33)
43	1 February 1984	Copa Ciudad de Montevideo	Centenario (Montevideo, URUGUAY)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Gareca (37), Porté (82)
44	16 February 1984	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Gareca (p. 42, 46, 67)
45	26 February 1985	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–3	Giachello (11), Passucci (p. 56)	Gallego (13), H. Enrique (32) Amuchástegui (48)
46	20 December 1985	Copa Diario La Capital	Rosario Central	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1(3)–1(4)	Brown (p. 64)	Morresi (71)
47	11 January 1986	Copa de Oro de MDP 1º Edition	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Fornés (32)	Karabín (77)
48	11 February 1986	Copa de Oro de MDP 2º Edition	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Gorosito (83)
49	27 March 1986	Copa Cuadrangular de Grandes	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1(5)–1(4)	Graciani (41)	Francescoli (p. 51)
50	28 January 1987	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–3	Rinaldi (23), Comas (67), Hrabina (90)	Hernández (p. 45), Funes, (62), Alzamendi (64)
51	11 February 1987	Copa Municipal1st Legd Gral. Pueyrredón	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Graciani (87)	Abramovich (o.g. 24), Erbín (75), Caniggia (76)
52	26 February 1987	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	Comas (38, 62)	Gorosito (49), Hernández (81)
53	27 January 1988	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Graciani (48)
54	23 February 1988	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Comas (43), Melgar (51)	Alzamendi (p. 50)
55	20 January 1990	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
56	19 February 1990	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Serrizuela (32)
57	26 January 1991	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Tapia (15, 85)	Higuaín (35)
58	16 February 1991	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Batistuta (p. 6, 59)
59	22 January 1992	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Cabañas (49), Apud (60)	Zapata (71)
60	17 February 1992	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata / Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	J. L. Villarreal (44)
61	23 January 1993	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–2	A. Acosta (28, 61)	R. Díaz (47), Ortega (83)
62	27 January 1993	Copa Desafío	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	A. Acosta (64)
63	10 February 1993	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Cabañas (76)	Cáceres (35)
64	13 February 1993	Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	Martínez (22)	R. Díaz (14, 54)
65	26 January 1994	Copa Desafío	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Mancuso (43), Márcico (53)	Villalba (76)
66	19 February 1994	Copa de Oro de Mendoza	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Márcico (72)
67	23 February 1994	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–1	Mac Allister (13), Da Silva (54), A. Acosta (88)	Rivarola (84)
68	28 January 1995	Copa Desafío	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Amato (13), Berti (85)
69	15 February 1995	Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0 (2)–0 (4)
70	3 July 1995	Copa Brahma	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Saldaña (58), Márcico (p. 67)	Rivarola (p. 47)
71	27 January 1996	Copa Desafío	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Rivarola (p. 62)
72	15 February 1996	Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Francescoli (14)
73	30 January 1997	Copa Desafío	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–1	Rambert (p. 3, 39), Altamirano (o.g. 42), Cedrés (p. 88)	Escudero (56)
74	16 February 1997	Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (3)–1 (5)	Cagna (64)	Astrada (53)
75	24 January 1998	Copa Desafío	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0 (4)–0 (3)
76	10 February 1998	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0 (4)–0 (2)
77	27 January 1999	Copa Desafío	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Gvo. Barros Schelotto (27), Basualdo (69)	Saviola (38)
78	10 March 1999	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–0	Palermo (14, 52, 83)
79	14 January 2000	Copa Ciudad de Córdoba	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		Cardetti (15), Ángel (50), C. Ledesma (85)
80	29 January 2000	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	F. Navas (8), A. Moreno (90)
81	9 February 2000	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	A. Moreno (p. 28), Battaglia (34)	Ángel (14)
82	21 January 2001	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Barijho (64)
83	25 January 2001	Copa Ciudad de Córdoba	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Riquelme (27), C. Rodríguez (61)	Cardetti (73)
84	6 February 2001	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	E. Herrera (10)
85	23 January 2002	Copa Desafío	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (4)–1 (5)	Riquelme (3)	Fonseca (90+1)
86	26 January 2002	Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata / Copa Revancha	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	4–0 *	Carreño (4, 58), O. Pérez (13), Delgado (19)
87	30 January 2002	Copa Ciudad de Córdoba	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Cavenaghi (46)
88	15 June 2002	Friendly	Orange Bowl (Miami, EE.UU.)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–2	N. Burdisso (8)	Lequi (90), Raponi (90+2)
89	19 January 2003	Pentagonal de Verano	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	E. González (37)
90	25 January 2003	Copa Desafío	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0 (5)–0 (4)
91	7 February 2003	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3 (5)–3 (3)	Caneo (17), A. Moreno (19), César González (89)	Cuevas (6, 47), Coudet (28)
92	24 January 2004	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Montenegro (44)
93	4 February 2004	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Caneo (40)	Ludueña (35), Sand (42), Montenegro (81)
94	22 January 2005	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–0
95	30 January 2005	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Palacio (7), P. Ledesma (75)
96	14 January 2006	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	3–2	Palacio (42, 48), D. Díaz (73)	Montenegro (58), L. Fernández (90+2)
97	17 January 2006	Copa Desafío	Padre Ernesto Martearena (Salta)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–3		Santana (10), Montenegro (70), Oberman (83)
98	20 January 2007	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Falcao (49), D. Galván (65)
99	1 February 2007	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (5)–1 (6)	Palermo (40)	Ferrari (59)
100	26 January 2008	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Battaglia (19), Palermo (55)
101	2 February 2008	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–3	Paletta (16), Palermo (p. 50)	Falcao (24), Abreu (32), Ortega (p. 41)
102	24 January 2009	Pentagonal de Verano	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–1	Dátolo (44, p. 85)	Cabral (35)
103	1 February 2009	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Mouche (45), Roncaglia (76)
104	20 January 2010	Copa Desafío	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–3	Palermo (30)	Rodrigo Rojas (3), Rogelio Funes Mori (55), Villalva (64)
105	24 January 2010	Copa Revancha	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (1)–1 (3)	Viatri (31)	Bou (52)
106	22 January 2011	Copa Luis B. Nofal (1st Leg)	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2–0	Colazo (10), Palermo (32)
107	2 February 2011	Copa Luis B. Nofal (Revancha)	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Palermo (25)	Pavone (7)
108	25 January 2012	Copa Luis B. Nofal (1st Leg)	Centenario (Resistencia, Chaco)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	2-0	Blandi (6, 78)
109	29 January 2012	Copa Luis B. Nofal (Revancha)	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1-0	Mouche (29)
110	19 January 2013	Copa Centenario Liga Marplatense de Fútbol	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0-2		R. Mora (68, 73)
111	29 January 2013	Copa Luis B. Nofal	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0 (5)-0 (4)
112	2 February 2013	Copa BBVA Banco Francés	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1-2	Erviti (5)	R. Mora (27), Trezeguet (78)
113	18 January 2014	Copa de Oro de MDP	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–1	Sánchez Miño (19)	J. Maidana (41)
114	25 January 2014	Copa BBVA Banco Francés (1º Edition)	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0-2		Lanzini (6), Menseguéz (41)
115	1 February 2014	Copa Luis B. Nofal	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1-2	D. Díaz (26)	Mercado (9), T. Gutiérrez (61)
116	31 May 2014	Copa BBVA Banco Francés (2º Edition)	Azteca (México D.F., MEXICO)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1 (2)-1 (4)	Riaño (70)	D. Villalva (36)
117	24 January 2015	Copa Luis B. Nofal	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	Cristaldo (17)
118	30 January 2015	Copa Luis B. Nofal	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	5–0	Cristaldo (14), Palacios (21), Chavez (30), Calleri (81), Betancur (84)
119	10 October 2015	Copa BBVA Banco Francés (3º Edition)	Mario A. Kempes (Córdoba)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		L. González (6)
120	23 January 2016	Copa Luis B. Nofal	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Pisculichi (p. 18)
121	30 January 2016	Copa Luis B. Nofal	Malvinas Argentinas (Mendoza)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		R. Mora (p. 80)
122	29 January 2017	Copa BBVA Banco Francés	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–2		Driussi (p. 63), Mina (69)
123	2 September 2017	Copa BBVA Banco Francés (5º Edition)	San Juan del Bicentenario (San Juan)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	1–0	O. Benítez (69)
124	21 January 2018	Copa Luis B. Nofal	José María Minella (Mar del Plata)	Boca Juniors	River Plate	0–1		Santos Borré (40)

(*) Game was suspended 15 minutes into the second half.

Head-to-head statistics in Friendlies matches

Boca Juniors Wins	45
Draws	36
River Plate Wins	41
Total	122

Single eliminations between the two rivals

As of 2018, 18 single eliminations between Boca Juniors and River Plate had been played, three of them tournament's finals. River holds the upper hand, with 13 wins over Boca.[23]

• 1) 1915 Copa Competencia: Boca 1 - River 1 / River 4 - Boca 2. Winners: River.[nb 1]
• 2) 1918 Copa Competencia: River 1 - Boca 0. Winners: River.[nb 2]
• 3) 1937 Primera Division: River 5 - Boca 3 (Match to decide the middle-season's first place) Winners: River.[nb 3]
• 4) 1942 Copa Adrián Escobar: River 0 - Boca 0. (Semifinal) Winners: River (Led Boca 3-2 in corner kicks).
• 5) 1946 Copa Britanica: Boca 2 - River 0. (Semifinal) Winners: Boca.[nb 3]
• 6) 1969 Metropolitano: River 0 - Boca 0. (Semifinal) Winners: River by goal average.[nb 4]
• 7) 1972 Nacional: River 3 - Boca 2 (Semifinal) Winners: River.[nb 5][nb 6]
• 8) 1976 Nacional: Boca 1 - River 0 (Final). Winners: Boca.[nb 4]
• 9) Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 1988/1989: River 0 - Boca 0 / Boca 0 - River 0 / Boca 1 - River 2. (Requalifying final) Winners: River.[nb 5][nb 7]
• 10) 1993 Copa Centenario: Boca 0 - River 0 / River 1 - Boca 0. Winners: River.[nb 8]
• 11) 1994 Supercopa Libertadores: River 0 - Boca 0 / Boca 1 - River 1. Winners: Boca by penalty kicks (5-4).
• 12) 2000 Copa Libertadores: River 2 - Boca 1 / Boca 3 - River 0. Winners: Boca.
• 13) 2004 Copa Libertadores: Boca 1 - River 0 / River 2 - Boca 1. (Semifinal) Winners: Boca by penalty kicks (5-4).
• 14) 2014 Copa Sudamericana: Boca 0 - River 0 / River 1 - Boca 0. (Semifinal) Winners: River.
• 15) 2015 Copa Libertadores: River 1 - Boca 0 / Boca 0 - River 0: second leg discontinued at half-time because a pepper-spray attack on several River players by Boca fans. Boca were eventually disqualified by CONMEBOL. Winners: River.[24]
• 16) 2017 Supercopa Argentina: Boca 0 - River 2 (Final) Winners: River.[nb 9]
• 17) 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals: Boca 2 - River 2 / River 3 - Boca 1 (Finals) Winners: River.[nb 10]
• 18) 2019 Copa Libertadores: River 2 - Boca 0 / Boca 1- River 0 (Semifinals) Winners: River.

Note

1. Second leg played at GEBA
2. Played at Racing Club Stadium
3. Played at Estadio Gasometro
4. Played at Juan Domingo Peron Stadium
5. River knocked out Boca of the next Libertadores Cup
6. Played at José Amalfitani Stadium
7. Third match played at José Amalfitani Stadium
8. Second leg played at José Amalfitani Stadium
9. Played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
10. Second leg played at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid

Match records

Largest margin of victory (4+ goals)[25] Date Home team Score Away team December 23, 1928 Boca Juniors 6–0 River Plate October 19, 1941 River Plate 5–1 Boca Juniors July 19, 1942 River Plate 4–0 Boca Juniors August 17, 1955 River Plate 0–4 Boca Juniors May 19, 1959 Boca Juniors 5–1 River Plate March 7, 1982 River Plate 1–5 Boca Juniors

Highest scoring matches (7+ goals)[25] Date Home team Score Away team October 15, 1972 River Plate 5–4 Boca Juniors November 24, 1957 River Plate 5–3 Boca Juniors June 27, 1973 Boca Juniors 5–2 River Plate February 3, 1974 Boca Juniors 5–2 River Plate March 2, 1980 Boca Juniors 2–5 River Plate February 27, 1991 Boca Juniors 4–3 River Plate

Player records

Top five appearances[25] Player Club Games Reinaldo Merlo River Plate 42 Hugo Gatti Boca/River 38 Silvio Marzolini Boca Juniors 37 Ángel Labruna River Plate 35 Roberto Mouzo Boca Juniors 35

Top five goalscorers[25] Player Club Goals Ángel Labruna River Plate 16 Oscar Más River Plate 12 Paulo Valentim Boca Juniors 10 Carlos Manuel Morete River Plate 9 Martín Palermo Boca Juniors 9 Bernabé Ferreyra River Plate 8

Players who have played for both clubs

List of 100 players who have played for Boca Juniors and River Plate

Donato Abbatángelo Antonio Ameal Pereyra Severiano Álvarez Gabriel Amato Agustín Angotti Abel Balbo Juan C. Barberis Eduardo Bargas Carlos Barisio Gabriel Batistuta Sergio Berti Nicolás Bertolo Camilo Bonelli Claudio Cabrera Julio César Cáceres Fernando Cáceres Eugenio Cacopardo Zoilo Canavery Claudio Caniggia Gabriel Cedrés Ramón Centurión Francisco Aníbal Cibeyra Victorio Cocco Pablo Agustín Comelles Hugo Coscia Rubén da Silva Alberto De Zorzi Roque Ditro Jorge Diz Alfredo Elli Pablo Erbín Jonathan Fabbro Casildo Fallatti Jorge Hugo Fernández

Ramón Ferreiro Luciano Figueroa Anempodisto García Demóstenes Gaete Rubén Horacio Galletti Fernando Gamboa Antonio Ganduglia Alfredo Garasini Ricardo Gareca Hugo Gatti Rubén Darío Gómez Rafael Hernández Jorge Higuaín Néstor Isella Ramón Lamique Agustín Lanata Miguel Ángel Loayza Juan Francisco Lombardo Carlos López Juan José López José Luis Luna Jonathan Maidana Alfredo Martín Joaquín Martínez Jorge Daniel Martínez Ernesto Mastrángelo Milton Melgar Jesús Méndez Norberto Menéndez Pedro Moltedo José Manuel Moreno Carlos Manuel Morete Juan José Negri Julio Olarticoechea

Vicente Oñate Alberto Juan Penney Osvaldo Pérez Dante Pertini Juan José Pizzuti Lucas Pratto Sebastián Rambert Carlos Randazzo Gerardo Reinoso Jorge Rinaldi Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Alfredo Rojas Iseo Fausto Rosello Oscar Ruggeri Francisco Sá Carlos Horacio Salinas Juan Amador Sánchez Daniel Silguero Luis Solans Cataldo Spitale Ricardo Stagi Francisco Taggino Fabio Talarico Carlos Daniel Tapia Alberto Tarantini Julio César Toresani Víctor Trossero Juan Vairo José Luis Villarreal Nelson Vivas Hugo Zarich Ricardo Zatelli Bruno Urribarri

Players who played for one club in youth career and for rival club in senior career

• Carlos Peucelle (youth career Boca Juniors, senior career River Plate)
• Ernesto Grillo (youth career River Plate, senior career Boca Juniors)
• Mariano Pavone (youth career Boca Juniors, senior career River Plate)
• Milan Borjan (youth career Boca Juniors, senior career River Plate)
• Nicolás Sánchez (youth career Boca Juniors, senior career River Plate)
• Matías Marchesini (youth career River Plate and Boca Juniors, senior career Boca Juniors)

Coaches who worked at both clubs

• Renato Cesarini (also was a player of River Plate)
• Ferenc Plattkó
• José D'Amico
• Vladislao Cap (also was a player of River Plate)
• Néstor Rossi (also was a player of River Plate)
• Alfredo Di Stéfano (also was a player of River Plate)
• Ángel Cappa (assistant coach at Boca Juniors, manager at River Plate)
• José Varacka (also was a player of River Plate)
• Juan Carlos Lorenzo (also was a player of Boca Juniors)
• Héctor Veira
• César Luis Menotti (also was a player of Boca Juniors)

Played for one club and coached the rival club

• Rogelio Domínguez (River Plate as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• Adolfo Pedernera (River Plate as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• Miguel Ángel López (River Plate as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• Claudio Borghi (River Plate as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• José Manuel Moreno (River Plate and Boca Juniors as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• Francisco Sá (River Plate and Boca Juniors as player, Boca Juniors as coach)
• J.J. López (River Plate and Boca Juniors as player, River Plate as coach)

River's greatest moments

• August 24, 1913: River won the first official Superclásico 3–1.
• October 19, 1941: The River team of the 1940s known as "La Máquina" beat Boca 5–1, their biggest win over Boca, on their way to the Argentine championship.
• July 19, 1942: River won 4–0, equaling their biggest win over Boca.
• November 8, 1942: River came back from 2–0 down to a 2–2 draw, clinching the championship of that year in the home of their archrivals for first time in history.
• December 8, 1955: River won the second championship at La Bombonera after a 2–1 victory over Boca.
• February 10, 1966: River won 2–1 at El Monumental in a match for the 1966 Copa Libertadores, in the first ever meeting of the clubs in international competitions.
• October 15, 1972: River came back from 4–2 down to win 5–4 in the highest scoring Superclásico in history.
• November 9, 1977: River came back from 1–0 down in La Bombonera to win 2–1 with a last minute goal from a 40 meters dash of Pedro Alexis González, securing River's top position in the 1977 Metropolitano championship, which they won in the next round.
• April 6, 1986: In a game remembered for being played with an orange ball, River won 2–0 at La Bombonera right after winning the 1985–86 championship.
• July 27, 1989: River won 2–1 the re-qualifying final of the 1989 Liguilla pre-Libertadores preventing Boca's qualification for Copa Libertadores 1990.
• July 18, 1993: River won 1–0 in José Amalfitani Stadium, with a Walter Silvani's golden goal, to eliminate Boca from the Copa Centenario, a tournament that was to commemorate AFA's 100 years since its foundation. It was the first and only Superclásico decided with a golden goal.
• December 11, 1994: River won 3–0 at La Bombonera, securing the 1994 Apertura.
• March 23, 1997: River came back from 3–0 at El Monumental to draw 3–3 costing Boca a famous win.
• March 10, 2002: River won 3–0 at La Bombonera on their way to win the 2002 Clausura.
• May 16, 2004: River won 1–0 a decisive match at La Bombonera with a goal from Fernando Cavenaghi, paving the way to win the 2004 Clausura.
• October 8, 2006: River defeated Boca 3–1 at El Monumental, breaking Boca's 22 match record without defeats.
• October 7, 2007: River won 2–0 at home to prevent Boca from going top of the table and damaged their chances of winning the 2007 Apertura.
• March 31, 2014: River defeated Boca 2–1 at La Bombonera with a goal from defender Ramiro Funes Mori after 10 years without winning at Boca's stadium. Later they clinched the Final 2014 championship.
• November 27, 2014: River defeated Boca 1–0 at El Monumental in the second leg of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana semifinals with a goal from Leonardo Pisculichi. The game was also memorable for the fact that goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero saved a penalty in the opening minutes of the game. River won 1-0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals for the first time since 2003. Boca were knocked out from an international competition by River for the first time in 28 years.
• May 7, 2015: River defeated Boca 1–0 at El Monumental in the first leg of the 2015 Copa Libertadores round of 16 with a goal from Carlos Sánchez from the penalty spot. In the second leg, the game was abandoned at half-time after River players were attacked with pepper spray by Boca fans, with the score still 0–0. The match was terminated and Boca were disqualified from the tournament. River would go on to win the cup for the first time since 1996 and for the third time in club history.
• March 14, 2018: River took revenge of the 1976 defeat in the Nacional championship final by beating Boca 2-0 to win the 2017 Supercopa Argentina in the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza. The match was the second ever final between the two adversaries.
• December 9, 2018: After drawing 2–2 at La Bombonera in the first leg of 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, the second leg was postponed due to River fans throwing stones at the Boca bus, injuring several players. CONMEBOL controversially decided to play the second leg at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, as Boca refused to play the second leg and River defended their right to play it at home. In Madrid, River would come back to win 3–1 in extra time in the first ever meeting between the two in an international competition final and Copa Libertadores finals.

Boca's greatest moments

• August 2, 1908: Boca won the first Superclásico ever 4–1.
• December 23, 1928: Boca defeated River 6–0, the biggest win in Superclásico history, with two goals from Domingo Tarasconi, Roberto Cherro and Esteban Kuko.
• May 19, 1959: After 18 years Boca avenged their 5–1 defeat by River with a 5–1 win at La Bombonera with two goals from Jose Yudica.
• December 9, 1962: Boca defeated River 1–0 at La Bombonera to secure the top position of 1962 championship, which they won in the next round. This match is remembered for Boca's fans, because Antonio Roma stopped a penalty kick shoot by Delem, in the last minutes of it.
• December 14, 1969: Despite River's recovery from a 0–2 down, Boca won the national championship in the home of their arch-rivals after a 2–2 drawn.
• February 3, 1974: Carlos García Cambón scored four goals on his Boca debut in a 5–2 win, the most goals scored by a single player in the Superclásico. It was also Boca's second successive 5–2 win.
• December 22, 1976: Boca won the first ever final between the two clubs 1–0 to claim the 1976 Nacional.[26]
• April 10, 1981: Boca won 3–0 on their way to winning the 1981 Metropolitano championship, with a famous goal of Maradona against Ubaldo Matildo Fillol.
• March 7, 1982: Boca won 5–1 at El Monumental, in the 1982 Nacional championship, the biggest away win in the history of the Superclásico. Due to a contractual conflict, River played the match with youth players.
• February 27, 1991: Boca came back from 3–1 down to win 4–3 in the highest scoring Superclásico in Libertadores Cup history.
• March 31, 1991: Boca won its fifth consecutive derby of the year 1–0 at La Bombonera.
• July 14, 1996: Claudio Caniggia scored a hat-trick to help Boca win 4–1 at La Bombonera, barely a month after River won the Copa Libertadores.
• September 29, 1996: Boca won 3–2 at La Bombonera, with a neck goal from Hugo Romeo Guerra
• May 24, 2000: Having lost the first leg of the 2000 Copa Libertadores quarter-final 2–1 at El Monumental, Boca won 3–0 at home to progress to the semi-final and later go on to win the competition and the Intercontinental Cup. Boca's third goal was scored by substitute Martín Palermo after a six-month injury.
• November 9, 2003: Boca, then champions of Copa Libertadores 2003 won 2–0 at El Monumental with goals scored by Brazilian striker Iarley and Sebastián Battaglia in their way to win the Apertura 2003.
• June 17, 2004: Having won the first leg of the 2004 Copa Libertadores semi-final 1–0 at La Bombonera, Boca went to El Monumental, where River scored first. With just five minutes left Carlos Tevez scored to level the score 1–1 and so give Boca a 2–1 aggregate lead. However, a last-minute goal by Cristián Nasuti for River took the match to penalties. Boca then won the penalty shootout 5–4.
• May 4, 2008: Boca won 1–0 at La Bombonera with goal by Sebastián Battaglia.
• October 18, 2008: Ten-man Boca won 1–0 at El Monumental on their way to winning the 2008 Apertura.
• January 31, 2015: At a friendly match in Mendoza, Boca won 5-0 and three River Plate players were red carded, being it the biggest win in the professional football era of the Superclásico.
• December 11, 2016: Boca came back from 2-1 down in the half-time to win 4–2 at El Monumental with two goals scored by returning idol Carlos Tevez.

Honours

Official titles

Boca Juniors	Competition	River Plate
Domestic
34	League titles	36
13	National cups	12
47	Total	48
International
—	FIFA	—
3	UEFA / CONMEBOL	1
15	CONMEBOL	11
4	AFA / AUF	6
22	Total	18
Overall
69	Total	66

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External links

• El Superclásico.com
• Superclásico at footballderbies.com
• RSSSF Superclásico
• (in Spanish) ESPN Deportes statistics
• (in Spanish) Boca-River in FIFA Magazine
• (in English) Super-classic! An inside look at one of the game's most wild rivalries