1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

Peñarol Boca Juniors 0 4
(On points, goals scored did not count)
First leg
Peñarol Boca Juniors 2 3
Date	21 December 1946
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Bianchi
Second leg
Boca Juniors Peñarol 6 3
Date	28 December 1946
Venue	San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Valentini
← 1945

The 1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona, also named Copa de Confraternidad Rioplatense, was the 4th (and last) edition of this cup competition organised jointly by the Argentine and Uruguayan football associations.^[1] The 1946 edition of the cup was the only edition out of the four editions in which the title was awarded to one club, rather than the two of the previous year or the none of 1941 and 1942.

Overview

Boca Juniors (Primera División Argentina runner-up) faced Peñarol (Uruguayan Primera División runner-up) in a two-legged series at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay and San Lorenzo Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Boca Juniors won both matches, winning 3–2 in Montevideo and 6–3 in Buenos Aires.^[2][3]

Boca Juniors forward Pío Corcuera was the top scorer of the series, with 4 goals.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Boca Juniors	1946 Primera División runner-up	1945
Peñarol	1946 Primera División runner-up	1941, 1942

Note

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Estadio Centenario (left) and San Lorenzo de Almagro Stadium, venues for the matches

Match details

First leg

1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona

21 December 1946

First leg

Peñarol	2–3	Boca Juniors
Vidal 25', 66'	Report	Corcuera 51', 55' Boyé 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: G. Bianchi

Peñarol

Boca Juniors

GK Flavio Pereyra DF Mario Lorenzo DF Sixto Possamai MF José Colturi  a' MF Obdulio Varela MF Luis Prais FW Julio C. Britos FW Raúl Schiaffino  b' FW Oscar Chirimini FW Juan A. Schiaffino FW Ernesto Vidal Substitutes: J.C. González  a' Rodolfo Piñeyro  b' Manager: Aníbal Tejada

GK Claudio Vacca DF José Marante DF Rodolfo Dezorzi MF Carlos Sosa MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera FW Jaime Sarlanga FW José A. Vázquez FW Gregorio Pin Substitutes: FW Juan Carlos Lorenzo Manager: Mario Fortunato

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Second leg

28 December 1946

Second leg

Boca Juniors	6–3	Peñarol
Boyé 15' Corcuera 18', 45' Pin 52', 71' Lorenzo 55'	Report	Vidal 48', 82' Schiaffino 73'

San Lorenzo Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: J. Alvarez

Boca Juniors

Peñarol

GK Claudio Vacca  69' DF José Marante DF Rodolfo Dezorzi MF Carlos Sosa MF Ernesto Lazzatti MF Natalio Pescia FW Mario Boyé FW Pío Corcuera  45' FW Jaime Sarlanga FW José A. Vázquez FW Gregorio Pin Substitutes: FW Juan Carlos Lorenzo  45' GK Nobel Biglieri  69' Manager: Mario Fortunato

GK Flavio Pereyra DF Mario Lorenzo DF Sixto Possamai MF J.C. González MF Obdulio Varela MF Luis Prais  a' FW Julio C. Britos  b' FW Raúl Schiaffino FW Oscar Chirimini  c' FW Juan A. Schiaffino FW Ernesto Vidal Substitutes: FW José Etchegoyen  a' FW Domingo Gelpi  b' Rodolfo Piñeyro  c' Manager: Aníbal Tejada

References

1. ^ Copa de Confraternidad Escobar-Gerona by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
2. ^ Copa Escobar-Gerona, match details by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
3. ^ Copa Confraternidad 1946 on Historia de Boca

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Boca Juniors matches

Domestic

Primera División

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National Cups

Copa Argentina 1969 2012 2015 2020 Supercopa Argentina 2012 2015 2017 2018 2022 Supercopa Internacional 2022 Copa de la Superliga 2019 Copa de la Liga Profesional 2020 2022 Copa Competencia Jockey Club 1919 1925 Copa Ibarguren 1919 1920 1923 1924 1940 1944 Copa de Honor MCBA 1920 Copa Estímulo 1926 Copa Gral. Pedro Ramírez 1945 Copa Competencia Británica 1944 1945 1946 Trofeo de Campeones 2020 2022

International

Worldwide	Intercontinental Cup 1977 2000 2001 2003 FIFA Club World Cup 2007 Copa Interamericana 1977 Copa Iberoamericana 1994
CONMEBOL	Copa Libertadores 1963 1977 1978 1979 2000 2001 2003 2004 2007 2012 2018 2023 Copa Sudamericana 2004 2005 Supercopa Libertadores 1989 1994 Recopa Sudamericana 1990 2004 2005 2006 2008 Copa Master 1992 Copa de Oro 1993
AFA / AUF	Tie Cup 1919 Copa Honor Cousenier 1920 Copa Aldao 1919 1920 1940 Copa Escobar-Gerona 1945 1946
Other matches	1964 Mohammed V Cup Final 2016 Antonio Puerta Trophy Maradona Cup (2021)

Reseve teams

U-20 Intercontinental Cup	2023
U-20 Copa Libertadores	2023 2024