Big Five (Argentine football)

In Argentine football, the Big Five (Spanish: Cinco Grandes) refers to the traditional top five clubs: Boca Juniors, Independiente, Racing, River Plate and San Lorenzo.

Boca Juniors, Independiente, Racing, River Plate, and San Lorenzo were the only five clubs who qualified for the threefold vote.

[1][2] The decision brought controversy, with some journalists giving their opinions, such as reads below: The main five clubs rule football now.

"Since a while ago, the big five, joined as a block..."In August 1941, the book Historia de los 5 Grandes del Fútbol Argentino, written by anonymous sports journalists, stated "...this was written with no commercial purposes, fulfilling the purpose of bringing unbiased and accurate data to million football supporters, so they can be avoid wrong judgement, constituting a serious testimony of immediate reference to put and end to heated discussions that frequently happens".

The term is currently used as jargon within Argentine football, rather than with an actual definition and no defined order; sympathizers of other strong teams propose the idea of a Sixth Big.