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The 1925 European tour was a highlight in the History of Boca Juniors where the club toured Europe to play a series of friendly matches, becoming the first Argentine team to play there. Boca Juniors played a total of 19 matches, 13 in Spain, 5 in Germany, and 1 in France, winning 15, with 3 losses and 1 draw. The squad scored 40 goals and received 16, with an effectiveness of 78,95%.〔''La Vida Color de Boca'', published by ''La Nación Deportiva'', Buenos Aires, 2005〕 The delegation included executive representatives such as vicepresident Adelio Cariboni and secretary Vicente Decap. The roster was Américo Tesoriere, Ludovico Bidoglio, Ramón Muttis, Segundo Médici, Alfredo Elli, Mario Busso, Domingo Tarasconi, Antonio Cerrotti, Dante Pertini, Carmelo Pozzo, Carlos Antraygues and Alfredo Garasini. Some players from other clubes were also added to the team specially for the tour, they were Manuel Seoane (El Porvenir), Cesáreo Onzari (Huracán), Luis Vaccaro (Argentinos Juniors), Octavio Díaz (Rosario Central) and Roberto Cochrane (Tiro Federal). Tarasconi and Elli were designed as managers. Manuel Seonae was the topscorer of the tour, with 12 goals in 16 games played. Because of the successful result, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) crowned Boca Juniors as "Champion of Honor".〔(Gira de 1925 ) on Historia de Boca〕 ==Background== Inspired on the recognition gained by the Uruguay national team in the 1924 Olympic Games after the squad won the tournament, the Argentine Association planned to send the Argentina national team to tour on Europe. Nevertheless, the proyect was not carried out so the Boca Juniors executives offered to send club's team to replace the Argentine side. The request was accepted by the AFA and Boca followed in the footsteps of Uruguayan team Nacional, that had toured Europe few months before.〔("Boca Juniors: a noventa años de la conquista de Europa" ), La Izquierda Diario, 4 Feb 2015〕〔"Nacional: 100 Años de Gloria", ''El Gráfico'' Extra edition n° 158, May 1999〕 The tour was organised by three representative of Spanish immigrants in Argentina, Zapater, Isasmendi and Ibáñez, becoming the first entrepreneurs in Argentine football. It is also believed that the original idea of a tour came from Natalio Botana, director of ''Crítica'', the main newspaper by then.〔("Cuando Boca se hizo Boca" ), ''Clarín'', 3 Apr 2013〕 The club had to paid A$ 10 per each player as expenses.〔("El día que Boca conoció el viejo mundo" ), Universidad del CEMA〕 Finally, on February 4, 1925, the team departed to Europe boarding the ''De la Carrera'' vessel, with a large number of fans (about 10,000)〔 saying goodbye to the players at the port. In Montevideo the delegation transhipped to a steamboat, the ''Formosa'', which took 22 days to arrive in Vigo, Spain. The delegation was accompanied by a Boca Juniors fan named Victoriano Caffarena, who not only financed part of the tour, but helped the players as an occasional masseur and kit manager. Caffarana was recognised as ''the n° 12 player'' (the nickname was given by Tesoriere and Cerrotti),〔("El Jugador Nº 12 en la gira de 1925" ), Diario Uno, 14 Aug 2014〕 a denomination that would be later applied to every Boca Juniors supporters.〔〔("El jugador número 12" by Fabio Dana and Cristian Infanzón ), Olé, 26 Nov 2002〕〔(Toto Caffarena: la historia ), Conexión 2000, Dec 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1925 Boca Juniors tour to Europe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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