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Sport Huancayo

Club Sport Huancayo, more commonly known as Sport Huancayo, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Huancayo, Junín. It was founded in 2007 by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar. The club has been playing in the Peruvian Primera División, the top tier of the Peruvian football league system, since 2009, having gained promotion from winning the 2008 Copa Perú. Sport Huancayo plays their home games at Estadio Huancayo, which can seat 20,000 spectators.

Sport Huancayo
Full nameClub Sport Huancayo
Nickname(s)Rojo Matador
FoundedFebruary 7, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02-07)
GroundEstadio Huancayo
Capacity20,000
ChairmanRaúl Rojas
ManagerFranco Navarro
LeagueLiga 1
2024Liga 1, 11th of 18
Websitehttp://sporthuancayo.blogspot.com/

History

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Founding

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On February 7, 2007, Huancaína Sport Club was founded by the initiative of a beer company led by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar, which purchased the playing rights of Club Escuela de Fútbol Huancayo, who was at that time playing in the Liga Distrital de El Tambo. In 2008, the club changed its name to Sport Huancayo to better identify themselves with the city of Huancayo, where the club is based in.[1]

Copa Perú

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Sport Huancayo participated in the Copa Perú, after being promoted from the Liga Distrital de El Tambo and Liga Departamental de Junín in 2008.

In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club got promoted to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football, for the first time as Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage.[2] It was also the first and only time the club won a national title.

Professional era

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In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and qualified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the successful coach Cristóbal Cubilla. Sport Huancayo got eliminated in the Second Stage of the Copa Sudamericana by Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and qualified to its first Copa Libertadores for the 2012 season. In the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Arsenal de Sarandí in the First Stage.[3][4] In the Peruvian tournament the club finished in sixth position, in this way, they managed to qualify for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. In 2014, the club was saved from relegation after beating Caimanes 1-0 in the relegation play-off.[5]

In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team.[6] In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America.[7] Since 2016, the club qualified for every Copa Sudamericana edition up until 2021. In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC. In the newly created,2019 Copa Bicentenario, Sport Huancayo reached the final and lost to Atlético Grau on penalties. Their best result in the Sudamericana was in 2020, where they reached the Round of 16. In the 2022 season the club placed fourth in the league and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for second time. They got eliminated by Club Nacional of Paraguay in the qualifying stage.

Kit and crest

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The teams home colours primarily consisted of red and orange shirt and shorts with socks usually being the same colour. It's away colours are mostly green. The club also has a third kit, which is white and gold.

The current club badge is a lion with the club name above. It was changed from the old badge in 2023, which was a crest with two lions facing each other and Huancayo above. The club mascot is a lion.

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    2007–2023

Stadium

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Estadio Huancayo at night.

Sport Huancayo's home stadium is Estadio Huancayo. The stadium is also home to Deportivo Junín. It was constructed in 1962 and owned by the Instituto Peruano de Deporte. It has a capacity of 20,000 and is the largest stadium in Huancayo. The stadium is part of a larger sports complex, which features numerous practice fields for futsal, football, volleyball and handball, along with a gym. A renovation project was planned in 2019, which planned to increase the stadium to 40,000. The project is still in development and construction has not yet begun.[8]

Players

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Main article: List of Club Sport Huancayo players

Current squad

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As of 11 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   PER Hugo Ángeles
3 DF   PER Diego Minaya (captain)
4 DF   BRA Guti
5 MF   PER José Meza
6 MF   PER Alfredo Rojas
7 DF   PER Alexi Gómez
8 MF   PER Javier Núñez
9 FW   ARG Lucas Cano
10 MF   PER Marcos Lliuya
11 FW   CHI Carlos Ross
12 GK   PER Máximo Rabines (on loan from Universidad Cesar Vallejo)
13 DF   PER Diego Mesones
14 DF   PER Juan Barreda
15 DF   PER Luis Garro
16 DF   PER Jhan Cumbicus
17 MF   PER Leonardo Villar
19 FW   PER Ronal Huaccha
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   PER Ray Gómez
21 MF   PER Luis Benítes
22 MF   PER Ricardo Salcedo
23 MF   PER Cristian Mendoza
24 DF   PER Ángel Pérez
27 MF   ARG Matías Pérez García
28 MF   PER Jean Deza
29 GK   PER Aldair Ccorahua
30 MF   PER Juan Martínez
31 FW   PER Carlos Jimenez
33 DF   BRA Otavio Gut
37 DF   PER Minzun Quina
44 DF   PER Luis Torres
45 GK   PER Regis Quiroz
88 GK   PER Joel Pinto
99 GK   PER Ángel Zamudio

Former players

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For a list of former and current Sport Huancayo players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sport Huancayo footballers.

Honours

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Senior titles

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Keys
  •   Record
  • (s) Shared record
Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League) 		Copa Perú 1 — 2008 —
Half-year / Short
tournament
(League) 		Torneo Apertura — 2 — 2020, 2022
Torneo de Verano — 1 —
National
(Cups) 		Copa Bicentenario — 1 —
Regional
(League) 		Región II — 1 — 2008
Liga Departamental de Junín — 1 — 2008
Liga Provincial de Huancayo — 1 — 2008
Liga Distrital de El Tambo 2 — 2007, 2008 —

Under-20 team

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Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League) 		Torneo de Promoción y Reserva 1 1 2017 2019
Half-year / Short
tournament
(League) 		Torneo de Verano — 1 — 2017

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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Competition A P W D L GF GA DG Pts
Copa Libertadores 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1
Copa Sudamericana 8 30 7 8 15 28 55 -27 29

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against, DG = difference goals, Pts = points.

Copa Libertadores

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Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate Ref
2012 First Stage   Arsenal 1–1 0–3 1–3   [4][3]
2023 First Stage   Nacional 2–1 1-3 3-4   [9]

Copa Sudamericana

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Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate Ref
2010 Second Stage   Defensor Sporting 2–0 0–9 2–9   [10]
2013 First Stage   Emelec 1–3 0–4 1–7   [11]
2016 First Stage   Deportivo Anzoátegui 1–0 1–2 2–2   [12]
Second Stage   Sol de América 1–1 0–1 1–2   [13]
2017 First Stage   Nacional Potosí 2–1 1–3 3–4   [14]
2018 First Stage   Unión Española 3–0 0–0 3–0   [15]
Second Stage   Caracas 3–4 0–2 3–6   [16]
2019 First Stage   Montevideo Wanderers 1–1 0–2 1–3   [17]
2020 First Stage   Argentinos Juniors 0–0 1–1 1–1   [18]
Second Stage   Liverpool 1-1 2-1 3-2   [19]
Round of 16   Coquimbo Unido 0-2 0-0 0-2   [20]
2021 First Stage   UTC 4-0 1-0 5-0   [21]
Group Stage   Peñarol 0-0 1-5   [22]
  River Plate 1-2 1-2
  Corinthians 0-3 0-5

U-20 Copa Libertadores

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Season Round Country Club Score Aggregate Ref
2018 Group stage   Independiente del Valle 1-6   [23]
  Nacional 0-8
  Colo-Colo 0-2

Records

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Year-by-year

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Sport Huancayo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

Season League Position National Cups Continental / Other Tournament Top goalscorer(s)
Div Competition Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Play-offs[a] Name(s) Goals
2017 1 Torneo de Verano 14 5 3 6 19 23 18 5th DNQ — — Copa Sudamericana R1   Mauricio Montes 17
Torneo Apertura 15 7 5 3 23 16 26 4th DNQ
Torneo Clausura 15 5 5 5 22 22 20 7th[b]
2018 Torneo de Verano 14 8 3 3 29 20 27 1st 2nd [c] — — Copa Sudamericana R2   Carlos Neumann 27
Torneo Apertura 15 4 6 5 16 15 18 10th DNQ
Torneo Clausura 15 3 7 5 19 22 16 15th
2019 Torneo Apertura 17 6 6 5 22 23 24 10th DNQ Copa Bicentenario RU Copa Sudamericana R1   Carlos Neumann 14
Torneo Clausura 17 7 5 5 24 21 26 8th
2020 Torneo Apertura 19 10 5 4 23 15 35 2nd DNQ Copa Bicentenario —[d] Copa Sudamericana Ro16   Marcio Valverde 11
Torneo Clausura 9 2 3 4 9 15 9 9th
2021 Fase 1 9 3 3 3 8 9 12 4th DNQ Copa Bicentenario R1 Copa Sudamericana GS — —
Fase 2 17 3 9 5 18 21 18 13th

Top goalscorers

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International competitions

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Rank Player Nat CL CS Total Ref.
1 Liliu   3 3 [24]
2 Manuel Corrales   2 2 [25]
3 Marcio Valverde   2 2 [26]
4 Sergio Ibarra   1 1 [27]
5 Ronal Huaccha   1 1

Managers

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Below is a list of Sport Huancayo managers from 2009, the club's first season in the Peruvian first division, until the present day.

As of 3 November 2020
Name Period
  José Ramírez Cubas Jan 1, 2009 – May 4, 2009
  Luis Ventura May 4, 2009 – Oct 21, 2010
  Cristóbal Cubilla Sep 5, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009
  Rafael Castillo Jan 1, 2010 – Jun 16, 2010
  Cristóbal Cubilla Jun 18, 2010 – Sep 19, 2010
  Roberto Mosquera Jul 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011
  Miguel Company Jan 1, 2012 – Apr 19, 2012
  Wilmar Valencia Jul 1, 2012 – Dec 11, 2012
  Moisés Barack Jan 8, 2013 – Feb 12, 2013
  Marcelo Trobbiani Feb 14, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013
Name Period
  Daniel Córdoba Dec 28, 2013 – Jul 20, 2014
  Marcelo Messina Jul 20, 2014 – Nov 4, 2014
  Walter Lizárraga Nov 5, 2014 – May 31, 2015
  Wilmar Valencia Jun 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015
  Diego Umaña Jan 5, 2016 – May 12, 2017
  Rolando Chilavert May 12, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
  Marcelo Grioni Jan 10, 2018 – Mar 26, 2019
  Carlos Ramacciotti Mar 31, 2019 – Nov 18, 2019
  Wilmar Valencia Feb 1, 2020 –
For a list of former and current Sport Huancayo managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sport Huancayo managers.

Notes

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  1. ^ Since 1966, play-off games have been used as a tie breaker between teams tie on points for promotion or relegation or as a post-season stage to decide the national championship. Whenever they have occurred, the club's position on that stage is shown in this column.
  2. ^ Sport Huancayo was awarded 2 points for winning the 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva.
  3. ^ Sport Huancayo lost to Sporting Cristal in the Torneo de Verano finals.
  4. ^ The Copa Bicentenario was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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