Sport Boys

Sport Boys

Full name	Sport Boys Association
Nickname(s)	Los Rosados, Los Porteños, La Misilera, Los Olímpico de Berlín, La Academia Porteña, La Rosada
Founded	1927
Ground	Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Karla Bozzo
Manager	Agustín Castillo
League	Primera División Peruana
2010	Primera División Peruana, 10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Sport Boys Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the port city of Callao. It was founded on Peru's independence day, July 28, 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute the Clasico Porteño derby of Callao. It is considered the fourth most important club in the Peruvian football as they have won 6 national titles and have the largest number of international appearances after Universitario de Deportes, Sporting Cristal and Alianza Lima, teams of Lima.

History

The club was founded on July 28, 1927 by a group of young enthusiasts from El Callao who got together to fulfill the dream of important local football fan Gualberto Lizárraga to start a football club. The day before Peru's independence day, July 27, they held a meeting and at midnight, the group sang the National Anthem. Afterwards, they declared the club founded and named Lizárraga president and unanimously voted for the club name to be Sport Boys Association.

The team's original uniform was not pink but striped red and yellow.

Sport Boys was the first Peruvian football club to feature cheerleaders. Many of them, including Anelhí Arias, Shirley Cherres, and others that have become Peruvian celebrities.

Kit evolution

1927 Old First kit, 2008-09 Away

1927 - Present Home

1927-07, 2010-? Away

Rivalries

Sport Boys has had a long standing rivalry with Atlético Chalaco, Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Universitario.

Stadium

Sport Boys plays its home games at the Estadio Miguel Grau. It has a capacity of about 15,000. Before this stadium was built, they had to use the 5,000 spectator capacity Telmo Carbajo, a stadium that was in bad condition and unfit to host football matches. It was the first stadium in Callao. Sport Boys were forced to play their games in the Estadio Nacional, where they would be far away from their fans.

Recent years

The last time Sport Boys became champions of the Primera División Peruana was 1984. Since then they have had a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Some of the ups have been being runner ups in the 1990 and 1991 First Division after having won the Segunda División Peruana to gain promotion. In 1999 the Sport Boys qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL, and in 2001 for the 2001 Copa Libertadores. Since then that team has had more downs than ups by avoiding relegation to the Segunda División Peruana by winning an end of season playoff match that went down to a penalty shootout against José Gálvez in the 2006 season. During 2008 their campaign was worse than the 2007 campaign leaving the Sport Boys in the bottom of the standings for most of the Apertura tournament. Financial issues were also haunting the club in 2008, so severe that they have not been able to pay their players from March 2008. Some players like midfielder Montenegro have had to do taxi work at night to be able to support their families. That year they were relegated to the Segunda División Peruana but on October 17, 2009, after a great season, Sport Boys went on to beat Cobresol 3-2 for the Segunda División Peruana finals to go back into the Primera Division Peruana.

Current squad

As of August 31, 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 Diego Carranza 2 DF Francisco Hernández 3 DF Santiago Salazar 4 DF Joao Pereira 5 DF Fernando Alloco 7 MF Crifford Seminario 8 MF Juan Pablo Vergara 9 FW Leandro Franco 10 MF Michael Guevara (captain) 11 FW Johan Rey 12 GK Fischer Guevara 13 DF Manuel Calderón 14 MF Luiggi Muchotrigo 15 MF Mario Gómez (vice-captain) 16 MF Antonio Lizarbe

No. Position Player 17 FW Christian La Torre 19 FW Jeremías Caggiano 20 DF Hansell Riojas 21 GK Luis Aquino 22 DF Juan Arce 23 DF Jair Iglesias 25 FW Jahirsino Baylón 26 DF Pedro Román 27 DF Joseph Muñoz 28 DF Héctor Santos 29 FW Alberto Vela 30 MF Paulo Albarracín - DF Wlhadimir Araujo - MF Jean Franco Rodríguez - MF Enzo Castillo

• The Limit of foreign players a Peruvian club can have is six, of which only four can play simultaneously. The roster also should include Peruvian footballers born from 1990 onwards, forcing the accumulation of a minimum of 2000 minutes of action during the Primera División Peruana 2010.^[1]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Agustín Castillo
Assistant Manager	Eusebio Salazar
Goalkeeping Coach	Julio Colina
Fitness and Conditioning Coach	Félix Gutiérrez Garay
Assistant Fitness and Conditioning Coach	Yuri Salazar
Team Doctor	Edgar Huarcaya Saavedra
Physiotherapist	Dany Fiestas Muñoz
Equipment Manager	Carlos Moya Cervantes
Assistant Equipment Manager	Jimmy Valdivia
Field Manager	Juan Carlos Quispe

Notable players

• Fernando Martinuzzi
• Cláudio Adão
• Armando "Tuta" Agurto
• Jorge "Campolo" Alcalde
• Gerónimo "Patrulla" Barbadillo
• Alfredo Carmona
• Jose Chacon
• Paolo de la Haza
• Carlos Flores
• Mario Flores
• Jorge Hirano
• Valeriano López
• Julio Meléndez
• Juan Jose Munante
• Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramírez
• Santiago Salazar
• Jhonny Vegas
• Waldemar Victorino

Honours

National

• Peruvian Primera División: 6

Winners (6): 1935, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1984

Runner-up (10): 1938, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1976, 1990, 1991

• Torneo Apertura: 0

Runner-up (2): 1998, 2000

• Torneo Regional: 1

Winners (1): 1990-I

Runner-up (1): 1991-I

• Peruvian Segunda División: 2

Winners (2): 1989, 2009

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

1967: First Round

1977: Quarter-Finals

1985: Quarter-Finals

1991: First Round

1992: First Round

2001: First Round

• Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1999: Quarter-Finals

References

1. ^ ((Cite web | year = 2010 | url = http://www.adfp.org.pe/portal/notas_prensa/bases2010.doc | title = Decentralization Bases Tournament 2010 - Article 55 º. Skilled players, owners and foreigners | editor = Adfp.org.pe | language = Spanish | fechaacceso = February 8, 2010))

External links

• Official Website
• Fan Website
• Fan Website
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• Vamos Boys.com Fan Website