Boca to offer Úbeda the chance to stay on as manager in 2026 | OneFootball

Boca is experiencing its best moment in recent years, and the sense of calm that permeates Boca Predio is attributed not only to good results, but also to Claudio Úbeda. After the death of Miguel Ángel Russo, Úbeda went from assistant to head coach and led the club to qualify for the next Libertadores and to the top of Group A in the Torneo Clausura. For this reason, the management led by Juan Román Riquelme is already seriously considering Sifón for 2026.

The plan is to wait until the team finishes its participation in 2025 and only then, without rushing and with the calm dictated by the schedule, Román will sit down with the coaching staff to confirm them for the future. As things stand today, both parties agree on two points: there is no urgency, and they want to continue with this process next year.

Currently, Úbeda is working at Boca under the contract the club signed with Russo last June. That contract is valid until the middle of next year and, due to formal matters regarding changes in roles and the possibility of adding another assistant to the coaching staff, it is likely that a new agreement will be signed for all of 2026 with Sifón at the helm.

The match against Tigre will be the end of the regular phase, but optimism reigns at Boca regarding the team’s performance in the playoffs. The latest performances, growing confidence, team spirit, and good results have generated a lot of expectation, and of course, it will be important for Úbeda to rise to the occasion.

Sifón joined Russo’s coaching staff during the Arab experience, when he was in charge of Al-Nassr in the 2021/22 season. Since then, he worked as his assistant, and in Colombia, they added Juvenal Rodríguez, who is now an assistant at Boca.

Although in Russo’s final days Úbeda was already responsible for running training sessions and even sat alone on the bench for several matches, after his death he managed four games: a 1-2 loss to Belgrano and then three consecutive wins: 3-1 against Barracas, 2-1 against Estudiantes, and 2-0 against River.

Beyond the results and the improvement in performance, the squad’s opinion is very important for Riquelme’s decision. Leandro Paredes himself dared to compare Úbeda to Lionel Scaloni and admitted that, in private, they were very happy with his leadership. “He’s leading a group, a group of people as well, because he’s very close to the players. We have a relationship similar to the one with Lionel (Scaloni), and hopefully the results will be similar to what we achieved with the national team,” emphasized the xeneize captain.

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