Cienciano

Cienciano
Full name Club Sportivo Cienciano
Nickname(s) Los Rojos, Los Imperiales, La Furia Roja, Los Cuzqueños, El Papá
Founded 8 July 1901 (1901-07-08)
Ground Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Cusco, Peru
Ground Capacity 42,056
Chairman Peru Diego Rebagliati
Manager Peru Paul Cominges
League Peruvian Segunda División
2015 Torneo Descentralizado, 15th
Website Club home page

Club Sportivo Cienciano is a professional football club based in Cusco, Peru. The club was founded in 1901 and was originally the team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Cusco (Ciencias meaning science in Spanish), from which it takes its name. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate from Argentina in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and Boca Juniors in the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana.

History

Beginnings

Cienciano was founded in 1901 by a group of students from the National School of Science of Cusco (Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco). It participated in several leagues and tournaments of the region. In 1966 Hector Ladrón de Guevara (Cututtu) was the first Cienciano player to be named captain of the Peruvian national team. In 1972, it began to play in the Peruvian First Division. However, the club was relegated four years later.

In 1988, the FPF invited the club to play in a tournament of the southern region. In 1991, Cienciano won the tournament and in 1992 it once again played in the First Division. Although the club came close to relegation in 1994, the team remains in the First Division.

Copa Sudamericana

In 2003 Cienciano, led by their coach Freddy Ternero, made it for the first time to the Copa Sudamericana, after beating the current Peruvian champion Sporting Cristal in an internal qualifying tournament. It went through every later knockout round arguably as the underdog defeating Peru's Alianza Lima, Chile's Universidad Católica, Colombia's Atlético Nacional (once Copa Libertadores champion) and Brazil's Santos (twice Copa Libertadores champion), to get to the finals. Once at the finals they faced one of the biggest teams in South American football, River Plate of Argentina (twice Copa Libertadores champion). After a 3–3 draw in Buenos Aires, Cienciano went on to win 1–0 on their home game in Peru with a goal from a free kick by Paraguayan defender Carlos Lugo. The game was played in Arequipa (home of Southern Peruvian rivals Melgar, some of whose fans actually attended the match to root for River Plate) because of the insufficient capacity for a CONMEBOL final of the Estadio Garcilaso (which has been expanded since then).

This was the first international championship for a Peruvian team in history, only two other Peruvian teams had advanced to the finals of an international tournament, the Copa Libertadores (Universitario in 1972, and Sporting Cristal in 1997) and was defeated. However, Cienciano had never won the Peruvian national champion (they did win one half-year tournament in 2001 but lost the title of national champions by a penalty shootout to the winner of the second tournament, Alianza Lima, in the year in which both celebrated their centenary. The situation was repeated in 2006 to the inverse: Cienciano won the second tournament but lost the final to Alianza Lima on aggregate).

Recopa Sudamericana

After winning the Copa Sudamericana, Cienciano went on to play against Boca Juniors of Argentina, another South American giant, for the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana, this being just one match, much like UEFA's European Super Cup, that faced the winner of both South American Cups of the previous season: the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores. After a 1–1 draw, Cienciano went on to win the title by penalty shootout. The match was played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rivalries

Cienciano has had a long-standing rivalry with Melgar and Deportivo Garcilaso.

Stadium

Cienciano play their home games in Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega which is in Cusco. It was named after the Peruvian Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. When first inaugurated in 1950, it had a spectator capacity of 22,000 and had a running track. In 2004, the stadium's capacity was expanded to 42,000, losing its running track, because of Cienciano's success in international tournaments and it would be a venue in the 2004 Copa América.

Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

Honours

National

Runner-up (3): 2001, 2005, 2006
Winners (1): 2005
Runner-up (2): 2004, 2007
Winners (2): 2001, 2006
Runner-up (1): 1973

Regional

Winners (29): 1903, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1936, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1981, 1983

International

Winners (1): 2003
Winners (1): 2004

Friendly National

Runner-up (1): 2007

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2002: Round of 16
2004: First Round
2005: Preliminary Round
2006: Second Round
2007: Second Round
2008: Second Round
2003: Winner
2004: Preliminary Round
2009: Round of 16
2004: Winner

Current squad

As of 2016

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

No. Position Player
11 Peru FW Ramón Rodríguez
16 Peru MF Wilfredo Baca
21 Paraguay FW Richard Estigarribia
23 Argentina GK Diego Morales
25 Peru DF Jean Pierre Cáncar
27 Peru MF Héctor Quintanilla
Peru GK Ronald Maceda
Peru GK Yuri Ramos
Peru DF Andrés Díaz
Peru DF Carlos Neyra
Peru DF José Gómez
Peru DF Pedro Diez Canseco
Peru DF Joseph Muñoz
Peru DF Rubén Mori
No. Position Player
Peru DF Javier Salazar
Peru MF Luis Montoya
Peru MF Milovan Díaz
Peru MF Edisson Kuncho
Peru MF Inti Garrafa
Peru MF Irwing Acuña
Peru MF Enzo Castillo
Peru MF Juan Cominges
Peru MF Luis Alberto Hernández
Peru FW Arón Torres
Peru FW Ian Simich
Peru FW Ebert Portella
Ecuador FW José Miguel Andrade

Notable players

Managers

See also

References

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