Club Deportivo Municipal

Deportivo Municipal

Full name	Club Centro Deportivo Municipal
Nickname(s)	La Academia (The Academy), Muni, Echa Muni, Los Ediles, La Franja
Founded	1935
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos, Lima (Capacity: 13,000)
President	Douglas Ruiz
Manager	Aristoteles Ramos
League	Copa Peru
Home colours Away colours

Club Centro Deportivo Municipal is a Peruvian football (soccer) team. It won the Segunda División Peruana (Peruvian Second Division) during the 2006 season, and was promoted to the Primera División Peruana 2007. The club has won four First Division titles; 1938, 1940, 1943, and 1950. It is one of the traditional Peruvian teams. It has a minor derby with Universitario de Deportes.

History

Club Centro Deportivo Municipal was founded upon the initiative of three municipal directors of Lima, who intended to have a football team representing the municipality of the city. Thus Círculo Deportivo Municipal was formed, which in 1934 merged with another team to create Centro Deportivo Municipal, participating in the promotion tournament in 1935.

The club was officially founded on 27 July 1935 in the Municipality of Lima. After finishing second in the promotion tournament, the team won the right to play in the Primera División Peruana in 1936, and obtained its first national title in 1938.

Deportivo Municipal was relegated in 1967, and promoted again in 1969. The club stayed in the top category until 2000, when it ended last in the season. The team was relegated to the Segunda División, where it played until 2006, when promotion was achieved by winning the title with 45 points in 22 matches. They were relegated again in 2007 after a troublesome season with failing to pay its players for several months.

Uniform

It consists of a white jersey with a red stripe that goes from left to right, blue shorts and white socks. Its alternative uniform varies, it has 3 options. The first one has a red jersey and keeps the blue shorts and white socks. The second alternative uniform keeps the red stripe on the jersey but instead of being white, it is blue. The shorts and socks are also blue. The third alternative uniform uses black instead of blue (as the 2nd choice) but also keeps the red stripe on the jersey. The home shirt's colors are reminiscent of the Peruvian national team, and it refers to the fact that the day of its foundation in 1935 was the day before Peruvian Independence Day.

Kit Evolution

1935 - 1936 Old First kit

1937 - Present Home

1935 - Present Away

1998 3° Away

2007 3° Away

Rivalries

Deportivo Municipal has had a long standing rivalry with Universitario. They also have minor rivalries with Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, and Sport Boys.

Stadium

Since 1993, Municipal played its games in the Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos, popularly known as The Field of the Dead (La Cancha de los Muertos) because of its proximity to a graveyard. The stadium holds up to 13,000 spectators. For the First Division, Municipal used the Estadio Nacional, the Estadio Miguel Grau, and the Estadio San Martín de Porres. The club's headquarters are located in the San Borja district.

Current squad

As of August 31, 2007 [1] 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 Halmers Hurtado 2 DF Lorenzo Ventura 3 DF Ricardo Campos 4 DF Héctor Díaz 5 DF Carlos Lizarbe 6 DF Jesús Vila 7 FW Jairo Moreno 8 MF Carlos García 9 FW Junior Ramos 10 MF Rudy Maraví 11 MF Ricardo Avalos 12 GK Ronald Ruiz 13 MF Renzo Angulo 14 DF Álvaro Nicolini 15 FW Ray Espinoza

No. Position Player 16 FW Carlos Ramos 17 FW Jesús Reyes 18 MF Miguel Ponce 19 MF Carlos Rodríguez 20 FW Jefri Johanson 21 GK Óscar Alvarado 22 DF José Honores 23 MF Jefri Johanson TBA DF Juan Segovia TBA DF Julio Trujillo TBA DF Miguel Lavalle

Noted players

Raúl Maradona Fernando Martinuzzi (2007) Masakatsu Sawa (2007) Roberto Drago Jefferson Farfán (1993-00) Caricho Guzmán Eduardo Malásquez

Vides Mosquera Franco Navarro (1980-82) Juan Seminario (1954-59) Nolberto Solano Hugo Sotil Jorge Soto (1990-92) José Soto

Honours

National

• Peruvian Primera División: 4

Winners (4): 1938, 1940, 1943, 1950

Runner-up (8): 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1981

• Torneo Intermedio: 1

Winners (1): 1993

• Torneo Regional: 1

Winners (1): 1981

• Peruvian Segunda División: 2

Winners (2): 1968, 2006

Runner-up (1): 2004

• Copa Peru: 0

Runner-up (1): 2004

• Liga Distrital de Cercado de Lima: 1

Winners (1): 2011

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

1982: First Round

• Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones: 1 appearance

1948:

See also

• List of football clubs in Peru
• Peruvian football league system

External links

• (Spanish) Official site
• (Spanish) canteras