Cienciano

Club Cienciano

Full name	Club Cienciano
Nickname(s)	Los rojos, Los imperiales, La furia roja, Los cuzqueños, El Papá
Founded	1901
Ground	Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Stadium Cusco (Capacity: 42,056)
Chairman	Juvenal Farfán
Manager	Marcelo Trobbiani
League	Primera División Peruana
2010	Primera División Peruana, 13th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Cienciano is a football (soccer) club from 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 Recopa Sudamericana 2004.

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 Club Deportivo 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 de la Vega (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 de Deportes in 1972, and Sporting Cristal in 1997) only to be 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 FBC Melgar and Deportivo Garcilaso.

Stadium

Main article: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega 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 Copa America 2004.

Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

Current squad

As of 1 August 2011

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Walter Noriega 2 DF Jimmy Flores 3 DF Jahir Butrón 4 DF Raúl Penalillo 5 MF Fernando Masías 6 MF Heiner Jesús Chavez 7 MF Edwin Retamoso 8 MF Diego Bustamante 9 FW Sergio Ibarra 10 MF Julio García (captain) 11 FW Franco Navarro Mandayo 12 GK Exar Rosales 13 MF Vladimir Hinostroza 14 DF Roberto Duffó 15 DF Martín Hidalgo

No. Position Player 16 DF Christian García 17 FW Diego Virrueta 20 MF Christian Guevara 22 MF Héctor Quintanilla Béjar 23 MF Juan Carlos Mariño 24 MF Luis Román Ojeda 25 FW Jhoao Ward 27 MF Tadashi Ortiz 28 MF Edgar Echegaray 30 FW Carlos Olascuaga — DF Luis Romero — MF Marco Caballero — FW César Ñahui — FW Mariano Aldecoa

Notable players

• Sergio Ibarra
• Óscar Olvera
• Carlos Lugo
• Santiago Acasiete
• Juan Carlos Bazalar
• Germán Carty
• Paolo de la Haza
• Julio García
• Óscar Ibáñez
• Carlos Lobatón
• Alessandro Morán
• Ramón Rodríguez

Honours

National

• Peruvian Primera División: 0

Runner-up (3): 2001, 2005, 2006

• Torneo Apertura: 1

Winners (1): 2005

Runner-up (2): 2004, 2007

• Torneo Clausura: 2

Winners (2): 2001, 2006

• Copa Peru: 0

Runner-up (3): 1973

• Liga Departamental del Cusco: 29

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

• Copa Sudamericana: 1

Winners (1): 2003

• Recopa Sudamericana: 1

Winners (1): 2004

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

2002: Round of 16

2004: First Round

2005: Preliminary Round

2006: Second Round

2007: Second Round

2008: Second Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances

2003: Winner

2004: Preliminary Round

2009: Round of 16

• Recopa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2004: Winner

Copa Sudamericana 2003 Players

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Oscar Ibáñez 2 DF Santiago Acasiete 3 MF Martín Raúl García 4 DF Carlos Maldonado 5 MF Carlos Lugo 6 MF César Ccahuantico 7 MF Abel Augusto Lobatón (enter in Quarter-Finals) 7 FW Ernesto Zapata (left in Quarter-Finals) 8 MF Juan Carlos Bazalar 9 FW Germán Carty 10 FW Paolo Maldonado 11 FW Ramón Rodríguez 12 GK Maurinho Mendoza

No. Position Player 13 DF Giuliano Portilla 14 MF Juan Carlos La Rosa 15 DF Alessandro Morán 16 MF Julio García 17 DF Miguel Llanos 18 MF Carlos Ibarra 19 FW Rodrigo Saraz 20 MF Carlos Lobatón 21 GK Elexander Araujo 22 FW Roberto Holsen 23 DF Carlos García 24 DF Néstor Candia 25 MF Jean Garrafa

Copa Sudamericana 2003 History

Copa Sudamericana History
Year	Round	H/A	Score	Result
2003	Peru/Peru Preliminary	H	Cienciano 1 – 0 Alianza Lima	Win
	Peru/Peru Preliminary	A	Cienciano 1 – 0 Alianza Lima	Win
	Chile/Peru Preliminary	H	Cienciano 4 – 0 U.Católica	Win
	Chile/Peru Preliminary	A	Cienciano 1 – 3 U.Católica	Loss
	Quarter-Finals	A	Cienciano 1 – 1 Santos FC	Draw
	Quarter-Finals	H	Cienciano 2 – 1 Santos FC	Win
	Semi-Finals	A	Cienciano 2 – 1 Atl.Nacional	Win
	Semi-Finals	H	Cienciano 1 – 0 Atl.Nacional	Win
	Final	A	Cienciano 3 – 3 River Plate	Draw
	Final	H	Cienciano 1 – 0 River Plate	Win

Recopa Sudamericana 2004 Players

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Oscar Ibáñez 2 DF Santiago Acasiete 3 MF Martin Raul Garcia 4 DF Manuel Arboleda 5 MF Edwar Torrealva 6 MF Orestes Santander 7 MF Miguel Mostto 8 MF Juan Carlos Bazalar 9 FW Germán Carty 10 FW Luis Daniel Gamarra 11 FW Sergio Ibarra 12 GK Jesús Cisneros 13 DF Giuliano Portilla

No. Position Player 14 MF Juan Carlos La Rosa 15 DF Alessandro Morán 16 MF Juán Pablo Péndola 17 DF Miguel Llanos 18 MF César Balbín 19 FW Rodrigo Saraz 20 MF Carlos Lobaton 21 GK Elexander Araujo 22 FW Corsino Gómez 23 DF Carlos García 24 DF Néstor Candia 25 MF Paolo de la Haza

Recopa Sudamericana 2004 History

Recopa Sudamericana History
Year	Score	Result
2004	Cienciano 1 (4) – 1 (2) Boca Juniors	Draw

First Team from 1901

Miguel del Castillo Bonifacio Monteagudo Augusto Ochoa Mateo Moran Luis Alberto Arguedas Humberto de la Soto

Eduardo Cáceres William Newell Juan Samanez Luis Alberto Aranibar Juan J. Loayza Sivirichi

External links

• Official Website
• Cienciano fan's view

References