Sport Huancayo
Club Sport Huancayo is a Peruvian football club based in Huancayo, Junín. The club has been playing in the Peruvian Primera División since 2009, having gained promotion after winning the 2008 Copa Perú.
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Full name | Club Sport Huancayo | |||
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Nickname(s) | Rojo Matador | |||
Founded | February 7, 2008 | |||
Ground | Estadio Huancayo | |||
Capacity | 17,000 | |||
Chairman | ![]() | |||
Manager | ![]() | |||
League | Liga 1 | |||
2022 | Liga 1, 4th of 18 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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History

Founding
On February 7, 2007, Huancaína Sport Club was founded by the initiative of a beer company led by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar, which purchased the playing rights of Club Escuela de Fútbol Huancayo, who was at that time playing in the Liga Distrital de El Tambo. In 2008, the club changed its name to Sport Huancayo to better identify themselves with the city of Huancayo.[1]
Copa Perú
In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado as Copa Perú champion, when defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage.[2]
Professional era
In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and classified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the big coach Cristóbal Cubilla.
In the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the club was eliminated by Defensor Sporting in the Second Stage.
In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and classified to its first Copa Libertadores for the 2012 season.
In the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Arsenal de Sarandí in the First Stage.[3][4] In the Peruvian tournament the club finished in sixth position, in this way, they managed to qualify for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. In 2014, the club was saved from relegation after beating Caimanes 1-0.[5]
In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team.[6] In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America.[7] In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC.
Honours
Other titles
Titles won in lower divisions:
Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years |
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National (League) |
Copa Perú | 1 | 2008 |
Regional (League) |
Liga Provincial de Huancayo | 1 | 2008 |
Liga Distrital de El Tambo | 2 | 2007, 2008 | |
Under-20 team
Type | Competition | Titles | Winning years |
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National (League) |
Torneo de Promoción y Reserva | 1 | 2017 |
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Competition | A | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | DG | Pts |
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Copa Libertadores | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
Copa Sudamericana | 8 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 55 | -27 | 29 |
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against, DG = difference goals, Pts = points.
Copa Libertadores
Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref | |
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2012 | First Stage | ![]() |
Arsenal | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | ![]() |
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2023 | First Stage | ![]() |
Nacional | 2–1 | 1-3 | 3-4 | ![]() |
[8] |
Copa Sudamericana
Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref | |
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2010 | Second Stage | ![]() |
Defensor Sporting | 2–0 | 0–9 | 2–9 | ![]() |
[9] |
2013 | First Stage | ![]() |
Emelec | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–7 | ![]() |
[10] |
2016 | First Stage | ![]() |
Deportivo Anzoátegui | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | ![]() |
[11] |
Second Stage | ![]() |
Sol de América | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ![]() |
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2017 | First Stage | ![]() |
Nacional Potosí | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | ![]() |
[13] |
2018 | First Stage | ![]() |
Unión Española | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | ![]() |
[14] |
Second Stage | ![]() |
Caracas | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3–6 | ![]() |
[15] | |
2019 | First Stage | ![]() |
Montevideo Wanderers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | ![]() |
[16] |
2020 | First Stage | ![]() |
Argentinos Juniors | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ![]() |
[17] |
Second Stage | ![]() |
Liverpool | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | ![]() |
[18] | |
Round of 16 | ![]() |
Coquimbo Unido | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | ![]() |
[19] | |
2021 | First Stage | ![]() |
UTC | 4-0 | 1-0 | 5-0 | ![]() |
[20] |
Group Stage | ![]() |
Peñarol | 0-0 | 1-5 | ![]() |
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River Plate | 1-2 | 1-2 | |||||
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Corinthians | 0-3 | 0-5 |
U-20 Copa Libertadores
Season | Round | Country | Club | Score | Aggregate | Ref | |
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2018 | Group stage | ![]() |
Independiente del Valle | 1-6 | ![]() |
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Nacional | 0-8 | |||||
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Colo-Colo | 0-2 |
Records
Year-by-year
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Sport Huancayo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.
Season | League | Position | National Cups | Continental / Other | Tournament Top goalscorer(s) | ||||||||||||
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Div | Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Play-offs[lower-alpha 1] | Name(s) | Goals | |||||
2017 | 1 | Torneo de Verano | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 5th | DNQ | — | — | Copa Sudamericana | R1 | ![]() |
17 |
Torneo Apertura | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 4th | DNQ | ||||||||
Torneo Clausura | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 7th[lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||
2018 | Torneo de Verano | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 1st | 2nd [lower-alpha 3] | — | — | Copa Sudamericana | R2 | ![]() |
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Torneo Apertura | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 10th | DNQ | ||||||||
Torneo Clausura | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 15th | |||||||||
2019 | Torneo Apertura | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 10th | DNQ | Copa Bicentenario | RU | Copa Sudamericana | R1 | ![]() |
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Torneo Clausura | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 8th | |||||||||
2020 | Torneo Apertura | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 35 | 2nd | DNQ | Copa Bicentenario | —[lower-alpha 4] | Copa Sudamericana | Ro16 | ![]() |
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Torneo Clausura | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 9th | |||||||||
2021 | Fase 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4th | DNQ | Copa Bicentenario | R1 | Copa Sudamericana | GS | — | — | |
Fase 2 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 13th |
International competitions
Rank | Player | Nat | CL | CS | Total | Ref. |
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1 | Liliu | ![]() |
3 | 3 | [23] | |
2 | Manuel Corrales | ![]() |
2 | 2 | [24] | |
3 | Marcio Valverde | ![]() |
2 | 2 | [25] | |
4 | Sergio Ibarra | ![]() |
1 | 1 | [26] | |
5 | Ronal Huaccha | ![]() |
1 | 1 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 10 July 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Below is a list of Sport Huancayo managers from 2009, the club's first season in the Peruvian first division, until the present day.
- As of 3 November 2020
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Notes
- Since 1966, play-off games have been used as a tie breaker between teams tie on points for promotion or relegation or as a post-season stage to decide the national championship. Whenever they have occurred, the club's position on that stage is shown in this column.
- Sport Huancayo was awarded 2 points for winning the 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva.
- Sport Huancayo lost to Sporting Cristal in the Torneo de Verano finals.
- The Copa Bicentenario was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- Romero, Kenny (7 February 2012). "Antes de ser matador" [Before being the Matador] (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- Castro, Roberto. "Sport Huancayo es el campeón de la Copa Perú 2008, y asciende a Primera junto al CNI; Torino y Cobre". dechalaca.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Sport Huancayo 1 - Arsenal 1 - Copa Libertadores 2012 - Futbolpasion.com". www.futbolpasion.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Arsenal goleó 3-0 al Sport Huancayo en primera fase de la Libertadores". futbolred.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Sport Huancayo venció a Los Caimanes y se queda en Primera División". americadeportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Sport Huancayo: Diego Umaña es el nuevo técnico del 'Rojo Matador'". Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- "Sport Huancayo empató 1-1 con Sol de América y quedó eliminado de la Copa Sudamericana". Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- "Victoria agónica: Sport Huancayo derrotó 2-1 al Nacional de Paraguay por ida de la Fase 1 de Copa Libertadores". RPP (in Spanish). 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2010 - 2. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2013 - 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2016 - 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2016 - 2. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2017 - 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2018 - 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2018 - 2. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2019 - 1. Round". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2020 - Primera ronda". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2020 - Segunda ronda". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2020 - Octavos de final". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2021 - Eliminatoria previa". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Sudamericana 2021 - Grupo E". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- "Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2018 Grupo C".
- "Brazil - Liliu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- "MANUEL ALEJANDRO CORRALES". www.bdfa.com.ar.
- "MARCIO ANDRE VALVERDE". www.bdfa.com.ar.
- "SERGIO RAMON IBARRA". www.bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 2023-02-03.