Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has one of the highest concentration of football teams of any city in the world (featuring at least 18 professional football teams), with many of its teams playing in the top tier Primera División. This has led to the development of several rivalries within the city, contested as "derbys" when the regular league schedule brings these teams together, such as the Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Platedeemed one of the "50 sporting things you must do before you die" by The Observer.50 sporting things you must do before you die, The ObserverRoyal Madrid, 4 April 2004 Other major clubs include Vélez Sarsfield, Ferro Carril Oeste and Argentinos Juniors.
Diego Maradona, born in Lanús Partido (county), outside of the city of Buenos Aires but in its metropolitan area, is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time. Maradona started his career with Argentinos Juniors, later playing for Boca Juniors, the Argentina national football team and others (most notably FC Barcelona in Spain and SSC Napoli in Italy).Complete list here on the left
Professional Clubs
+ Teams Club League Venue Neighbourhood Established (team) Argentinos Juniors Primera División Estadio Diego Armando Maradona(26,000) La Paternal 1904 Barracas Central Primera División Estadio Claudio Chiqui Tapia(4,400) Barracas 1904 Boca Juniors Primera División La Bombonera(57,200) La Boca 1905 Huracán Primera División Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó(48,314) Parque Patricios 1908 River Plate Primera División Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti(84,567)Stadium information in the official websiteDiario Uno Núñez/Belgrano 1901 San Lorenzo de Almagro Primera División Pedro Bidegain(47,964) Boedo 1908 Vélez Sarsfield Primera División José Amalfitani Stadium(49,540) Liniers 1910 All Boys Primera B Nacional Estadio Islas Malvinas(21,500) Floresta 1913 Atlanta Primera B Nacional Estadio Don León Kolbovski(14,000) Villa Crespo 1904 Defensores de Belgrano Primera B Nacional Juan Pasquale(9,000) Belgrano 1906 Deportivo Riestra Primera B Nacional Estadio Guillermo Laza(3000) Nueva Pompeya & Villa Soldati 1931 Ferro Carril Oeste Primera B Nacional Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry(24,442) Caballito 1904 Nueva Chicago Primera B Nacional Estadio Nueva Chicago(28,500) Mataderos 1911 Club Comunicaciones Primera B Metropolitana Estadio Alfredo Ramos(3,500) Agronomía 1931 Sacachispas Primera B Metropolitana Beto Larrosa(7,000) Villa Soldati 1948 Deportivo Español Primera C Metropolitana Nueva España(32,500) Parque Avellaneda 1956 Excursionistas Primera C Metropolitana Excursionistas(7,200) Belgrano 1910 General Lamadrid Primera C Metropolitana Estadio Enrique Sexto(3,500) Villa Devoto 1950 Sportivo Barracas Primera D Metropolitana Barracas 1913
Honours Argentina football champion (68) River Plate(36) Boca Juniors(32)
Buenos Aires derby Superclásico: River Plate vs. Boca Juniors Porteño derby: Huracán vs. San Lorenzo Western derby: Ferro Carril Oeste vs. Vélez Sarsfield Barraqueño derby: Barracas Central vs. Sportivo Barracas Superclásico del Ascenso: All Boys vs. Nueva Chicago Clásico del Bajo: Defensores de Belgrano vs. Excursionistas Malevo Derby: Deportivo Riestra vs. Sacachispas Comu-Lama derby: Comunicaciones vs. General Lamadrid Argentinos Juniors vs. Atlanta All Boys vs. Atlanta Comunicaciones vs. Excursionistas
Stadiums Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti: Hosted the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final
Locations of teams
Attendances
The top-flight football league clubs from the city of Buenos Aires and their average home league attendance in 2025:
# Club Average 1 CA River Plate 84,782 2 CA Boca Juniors 52,478 3 San Lorenzo de Almagro 46,349 4 CA Huracán 30,275 5 CA Vélez Sarsfield 24,364 6 AA Argentinos Juniors 16,858 7 Deportivo Riestra 2,916 8 Barracas Central 510 Average per club 32,317
Source: League page on Wikipedia
See also Football in Argentina
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