Boca discover their opponents for the 2026 Torneo Apertura and Clausura | OneFootball

The Professional Football League conducted the draw for the 2026 Apertura and Clausura Tournaments, defining who will be Boca's rivals in these competitions. The Xeneize will be part of Zone A in both competitions of the year.

In the interzonal matches, Boca will face River and Racing. Therefore, they will play against all their classic rivals during the year. The home and away venues will be switched from one tournament to the other.

Zone A

Zone B

The criteria used for the draw

Considerations and criteria already used in the 2025 season; that is, nothing that hasn't been applied before. The zones are formed by draw, therefore, "chance" can define similar (or not) teams in the zones compared to 2025.

The draw is conducted by pairs, not by individual clubs. That is, if the pair is made up of "Team 1" and "Team 2" and the draw results in Team 1 being placed in Zone A, Team 2 will be placed in the corresponding Zone B.

Criteria for forming pairs:1) CLASSIC teams: e.g., Boca – River.

The 2026 tournaments

Formats

Number of matches

14 matches against teams from the same zone1 Interzonal against a Classic Team, according to the criteria of the "general considerations"

Requests from Security Agencies for the:-Formation of the zones.-Homogeneous distribution of teams (and their consequent number of matches) in the same jurisdiction.

Requests from TV networks:-Homogeneous distribution of Classics throughout the competition, to enhance the product's appeal during the entire Tournament.-To schedule "one Classic per date" to distribute the most attractive matches over the maximum number of weekends.-Not to schedule Classics in the early dates.

Requests for stadiums for other purposes, duly requested, with sufficient notice and framed within the AFA and LPF Regulations.

Requests from CLUBS (at the request of their MEMBERS and FANS):-Maintain the "order of home games" for the CLASSICS with respect to the previous season; that is, if, for example, Team 1 was the visitor in the 2025 Clausura Tournament, it must be "home" in the 2026 Apertura Tournament.-That the Classic match NOT be scheduled on a "midweek" date, but rather on the dates scheduled for weekends.

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