Colegio Nacional Iquitos

Colegio Nacional Iquitos

Full name	Institución Deportiva Colegio Nacional Iquitos S. A.
Nickname(s)	CNI, Los Charapas, Los Albos, El Rey de la Selva
Founded	1926
Ground	Estadio Max Augustín Iquitos (Capacity: 24,000)
Chairman	Rafael Rengifo Vásquez
Manager	Marcial Salazar
League	Primera Division Peruana
2010	Primera Division Peruana, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Colegio Nacional Iquitos is a Peruvian football team based in the city of Iquitos which was founded in 1926. CNI is the biggest club in the city of Iquitos and currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División, which is the top flight of Peruvian football.

History

On May 20, 1926 there was a meeting of 47 alumni of the Colegio Nacional Iquitos, their principal, Pedro A. del Águila Hidalgo and Isabel Aguilar, with the purpose of establishing the Asociación Deportiva Colegio Nacional Iquitos.

This club represented Iquitos in professional Peruvian football for 20 years, between 1973 and 1992. Their best performance was achieved in 1977, when they tied for first with FBC Melgar at the end of the first stage of the national championship, after a win in Cusco against Cienciano with a Henry Perales goal. In the subsequent phase for the national title and Copa Libertadores qualifiers, the team could not maintain their first place position and lost the opportunity to win the championship.

Notable football players played for CNI such as national team starters Otorino Sartor, Juan "Papelito" Caceres and Ramon Quiroga; notable defenders such as César Adriazola, Juan Manuel Toyco, Roberto Arrelucea, Ernesto Guillén, Florentino Bernaola and Israel Quijandría; in addition to forwards Juan Jose Oré, Bernabé Navarro, Ernesto Neyra, Juan Michael of the Eagle, Nehemías Mera, and Richard Vinatea.

In 1992, CNI had a surprising beginning under manager Henry Perales ranking second in the first half of the Decentralizado 1992. However, institutional problems arose and the team did not produce the same results that in the second half of the tournament and CNI was relegated after a 5–0 loss against León de Huánuco.

On December 11, 2008, CNI returned to the top flight through the Copa Perú. CNI was runner-up in the final stage of the 2008 Copa Perú in a decisive group stage match against Atlético Torino which ended in a 1–1 draw. CNI defeated eventual champions Sport Huancayo 1-0 in the final round opener and also tied 2–2 with Cobresol F.B.C. of Moquegua.

Historic Badges

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  1926-2009

Honours

National

• Torneo Regional:

Runner-up (1): 1985

• Copa Peru: 0

Runner-up (1): 2008

• Liga Departamental de Loreto: 12

Winners (12): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008

Runner-up (1): 2007

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 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 Jesús Cisneros 2 DF Miguel Huertas 3 DF José Zamora 4 DF Michael Grandez 5 DF Marcelo Zamora 6 MF Hugo Castillo 7 FW Ángel País 8 MF Adderli Campos 9 FW Muriel Orlando 10 MF Carlos Barrena 11 FW Diego Pizarro 12 GK Walter Oliveira 14 MF Ryan Salazar 16 MF Percy Moreyra 17 FW Nicolás Celis 18 DF Kike Rodríguez 19 DF Luis Hernández 20 MF Wilmer Carrillo

No. Position Player 21 GK Fernando Bermúdez 22 DF Mauricio Rebaza 24 DF José Sigüeñas 25 MF Jhoys Nogueira 26 FW Jhonny Olórtegui 27 MF Luis Portilla 28 MF Pablo Cortizo DF Pedro Flores DF Frank Díaz DF Jean Sibina DF Pedro Tello DF William Cruz DF Carlos Urquizo MF Max Del Águila MF Irwin Álvarez FW Harry Rojas FW Julius Rengifo MF Carlos Beltrán

Noted players

• Félix Marquaye
• Ramón Quiroga
• Ottorino Sartor

References

External links

• Official website