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Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. It is based in the Rímac
District, in the department of Lima playing in the Peruvian First Division. The club was
founded on December 13, 1955. The team's original name was
Sporting Tabaco but it was renamed when a local
beer production company bought it. Sporting Cristal has won the
league title fifteen times being the Peruvian team with the
third-most domestic titles. All its titles have been won in the
professional era. It is one of the most popular football teams in
Peru—along with Universitario de Deportes and
Alianza Lima—. It
is also the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second
Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa
Libertadores.
Sporting Cristal plays their home games at the Estadio San Martin de
Porres but they also play at the Estadio Nacional when playing
against other big Peruvian clubs such as Universitario de Deportes
or Alianza Lima. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing
international competitions such as Copa Libertadores or Copa
Sudamericana.
History
In 1954, the English proprietors of beer company Backus and
Johnston from the district of Rímac, decided to sell their firm
to Peruvian capitalists. Once the deal was closed and the beer
company was in the hands of Peruvians, the new owners decided to
form a local football club
to represent the company.
Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, was the man
who put in the most work in order to achieve the company's goal.
However, there was already a club from Rímac who was playing in the
Peruvian First Division known as Sporting
Tobacco. This club had never won a national championship and they
were in dire economic crisis. Bentín decided to buy this club and
search for a lot so that the club could develop and be able to play
in the national league. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of
La Florida of 137,000 m².
Everything turned out well for Bentín, until the FPF
frowned upon this attempt. This problem was overcome and on
December 13, 1955 the club was founded as it is known today and
renamed Sporting Cristal . The club from the Rímac
district debuted in 1956 in the national league and won their first
national title that same year. They were known, among journalists,
as the club that was born a champion (nació campeon). The
team managed to win more titles over the years and was known as one
of the best football clubs in Peru
behind Universitario de Deportes and
Alianza Lima. A
few years later the club eliminated the word Backus from
their name to demonstrate their economic independence.
In 1997, the team, led by Uruguayan coach Sergio
Markarián, reached the finals of the Copa
Libertadores where they faced the Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg was a
home game where they ended in a scoreless draw and in the second
leg they lost 1-0. This is the closest a Peruvian team has reached
the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario de Deportes had
a similar fate playing against Club Atlético
Independiente.
Recent head coaches
include Juan Carlos Oblitas and Paulo Autuori. Peruvian filmmaker Francisco
Lombardi was the club's president throughout most of the successful
1990s.
Sporting Cristal changed the shirt color from blue to light
blue. During a brief period between 1978 & 1981, the shirt went
back to being blue. But in 1982 they went back to being light blue,
the color which now identifies the club.
Supporters
Cristal has two ultras or
barra bravas known as Extremo Celeste and
Fuerza Oriente. Extremo Celeste was formed in 1991 when a
group of young fans from Fuerza Oriente decided to form a new group
for young energetic supporters. Extremo Celeste has become
one of the biggest barras bravas in Peru.
Players
Current
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined
under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on
loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined
under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Notable
players
*Naturalized Peruvians
Top Goalscorers in First
Division
Presidential history
| |
| Name |
Years |
| Blas Loredo Bascones |
1956–1959 |
| Alfonso Raul Villegas |
1960-1963 |
| Augusto Moral Santisteban |
1964 |
| Cesar Freundt |
1965 |
| Augusto Galvez Velarde |
1966-1971 |
| Josue Grande Fernandez |
1972-1979 |
| Jaime Noriega Zegarra |
1980–1988 |
|
|
| Name |
Years |
| Federico Cuneo De La Pierda |
1989-1993 |
| Francisco Lombardi Oyarzub |
1994-1995 |
| Alfonso Grados Carrara |
1996-1999 |
| Francisco Lombardi Oyarzub |
2000-2001 |
| Jaime Noriega Bentin |
2002-2004 |
| Francisco Mujica Serelle |
2005- |
|
Managerial
History
Achievements
National
Tournaments
- Primera
División Peruana
- Winners (15): 1956, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1972,
1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002,
2005
- Runner-ups (12): 1962, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1977,
1989, 1992, 1997,
1998,
2000,
2003,
2004
- Apertura:
- Winners (2): 1994, 2003
- Runner-ups (4): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008
- Clausura:
- Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005
- Runner-ups (2): 2000, 2008
Friendly International
Tournaments
Performance in CONMEBOL
competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 28
appearances (1962, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981,
1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009).
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