Sport Huancayo

The Club Sport Huancayo is a Peruvian professional football club based in Huancayo, Peru. It was founded in 2007 by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar. The club has been playing in the Peruvian Primera División since 2009, having gained promotion from winning the 2008 Copa Perú.

Club Sport Huancayo

Nickname(s)	Rojo Matador[1] Los Huancaínos
Founded	2007
Stadium	Estadio Huancayo
Chairman	Raúl Rojas
Manager	Richard Pellejero
League	Liga 1
2024	Liga 1, 11th of 18
Website	sporthuancayo.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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, where the club is based in.^[2]

Copa Perú

Deportivo Wanka against Sport Huancayo

Sport Huancayo participated in the Copa Perú, after being promoted from the Liga Distrital de El Tambo and Liga Departamental de Junín in 2008.

In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club got promoted to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football, for the first time as Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage.^[3] It was also the first and only time the club won a national title.

Professional era

Marcelo Messina, head coach in 2014

In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and qualified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the successful coach Cristóbal Cubilla. Sport Huancayo got eliminated in the Second Stage of the Copa Sudamericana by Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and qualified 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.^[4][5] 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 in the relegation play-off.^[6]

In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team.^[7] In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America.^[8] Since 2016, the club qualified for every Copa Sudamericana edition up until 2021. In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC. In the newly created,2019 Copa Bicentenario, Sport Huancayo reached the final and lost to Atlético Grau on penalties. Their best result in the Sudamericana was in 2020, where they reached the Round of 16. In the 2022 season the club placed fourth in the league and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for second time. They got eliminated by Club Nacional of Paraguay in the qualifying stage.

Kit and crest

The teams home colours primarily consisted of red and orange shirt and shorts with socks usually being the same colour. It's away colours are mostly green. The club also has a third kit, which is white and gold.

The current club badge is a lion with the club name above. It was changed from the old badge in 2023, which was a crest with two lions facing each other and Huancayo above. The club mascot is a lion.

• 
  2007–2023
• 
  2004–present

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Huancayo

Estadio Huancayo at night

Sport Huancayo's home stadium is Estadio Huancayo. The stadium is also home to Deportivo Junín. It was constructed in 1962 and owned by the Instituto Peruano de Deporte. It has a capacity of 20,000 and is the largest stadium in Huancayo. The stadium is part of a larger sports complex, which features numerous practice fields for futsal, football, volleyball and handball, along with a gym. A renovation project was planned in 2019, which planned to increase the stadium to 40,000. The project is still in development and construction has not yet begun.^[9]

Players

Main article: List of Club Sport Huancayo players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  PER Hugo Ángeles 3 DF  PER Diego Minaya (captain) 4 DF  BRA Guti 5 MF  PER José Meza 6 MF  PER Alfredo Rojas 7 DF  PER Alexi Gómez 8 MF  PER Javier Núñez 9 FW  ARG Lucas Cano 10 MF  PER Marcos Lliuya 11 FW  CHI Carlos Ross 12 GK  PER Máximo Rabines (on loan from Universidad Cesar Vallejo) 13 DF  PER Diego Mesones 14 DF  PER Juan Barreda 15 DF  PER Luis Garro 16 DF  PER Jhan Cumbicus 17 MF  PER Leonardo Villar 19 FW  PER Ronal Huaccha

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  PER Ray Gómez 21 MF  PER Luis Benítes 22 MF  PER Ricardo Salcedo 23 MF  PER Cristian Mendoza 24 DF  PER Ángel Pérez 27 MF  ARG Matías Pérez García 28 MF  PER Jean Deza 29 GK  PER Aldair Ccorahua 30 MF  PER Juan Martínez 31 FW  PER Carlos Jimenez 33 DF  BRA Otavio Gut 37 DF  PER Minzun Quina 44 DF  PER Luis Torres 45 GK  PER Regis Quiroz 88 GK  PER Joel Pinto 99 GK  PER Ángel Zamudio

Former players

For a list of former and current Sport Huancayo players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sport Huancayo footballers.

Honours

Senior titles

Keys

•   Record
• ^(s) Shared record

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Copa Perú	1	—	2008	—
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo Apertura	—	2	—	2020, 2022
	Torneo de Verano	—	1	—	2018
National (Cups)	Copa Bicentenario	—	1	—	2019
Regional (League)	Región II	—	1	—	2008
	Liga Departamental de Junín	—	1	—	2008
	Liga Provincial de Huancayo	—	1	—	2008
	Liga Distrital de El Tambo	2	—	2007, 2008	—

Youth

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Torneo de Promoción y Reserva	1	1	2017	2019
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo de Verano	—	1	—	2017
	Torneo Apertura	—	2	—	2017, 2018
	Torneo Clausura	1	—	2017	—

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Competition	A	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	DG	Pts
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
2012	First Stage		Arsenal	1–1	0–3	1–3		[5][4]
2023	First Stage		Nacional	2–1	1-3	3-4		[10]

Copa Sudamericana

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate		Ref
2010	Second Stage		Defensor Sporting	2–0	0–9	2–9		[11]
2013	First Stage		Emelec	1–3	0–4	1–7		[12]
2016	First Stage		Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–0	1–2	2–2		[13]
	Second Stage		Sol de América	1–1	0–1	1–2		[14]
2017	First Stage		Nacional Potosí	2–1	1–3	3–4		[15]
2018	First Stage		Unión Española	3–0	0–0	3–0		[16]
	Second Stage		Caracas	3–4	0–2	3–6		[17]
2019	First Stage		Montevideo Wanderers	1–1	0–2	1–3		[18]
2020	First Stage		Argentinos Juniors	0–0	1–1	1–1		[19]
	Second Stage		Liverpool	1-1	2-1	3-2		[20]
	Round of 16		Coquimbo Unido	0-2	0-0	0-2		[21]
2021	First Stage		UTC	4-0	1-0	5-0		[22]
	Group Stage		Peñarol	0-0	1-5			[23]
			River Plate	1-2	1-2
			Corinthians	0-3	0-5

U-20 Copa Libertadores

Season	Round	Country	Club	Score	Aggregate		Ref
2018	Group stage		Independiente del Valle	1-6			[citation needed]
			Nacional	0-8
			Colo-Colo	0-2

Records

Year-by-year

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

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)
	Div	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Play-offs[a]					Name(s)	Goals
2017	1	Torneo de Verano	14	5	3	6	19	23	18	5th	DNQ	—	—	Copa Sudamericana	R1	Mauricio Montes	17
		Torneo Apertura	15	7	5	3	23	16	26	4th	DNQ
		Torneo Clausura	15	5	5	5	22	22	20	7th[b]
2018		Torneo de Verano	14	8	3	3	29	20	27	1st	2nd[c]	—	—	Copa Sudamericana	R2	Carlos Neumann	27
		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	Carlos Neumann	14
		Torneo Clausura	17	7	5	5	24	21	26	8th
2020		Torneo Apertura	19	10	5	4	23	15	35	2nd	DNQ	Copa Bicentenario	—[d]	Copa Sudamericana	Ro16	Marcio Valverde	11
		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

Top goalscorers

International competitions

Rank	Player	Nat	CL	CS	Total	Ref.
1	Liliu			3	3	[24]
2	Manuel Corrales			2	2	[25]
3	Marcio Valverde			2	2	[26]
4	Sergio Ibarra		1		1	[27]
5	Ronal Huaccha		1		1

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

Name Period José Ramírez Cubas Jan 1, 2009 – May 4, 2009 Luis Ventura May 4, 2009 – Oct 21, 2010 Cristóbal Cubilla Sep 5, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009 Rafael Castillo Jan 1, 2010 – Jun 16, 2010 Cristóbal Cubilla Jun 18, 2010 – Sep 19, 2010 Roberto Mosquera Jul 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011 Miguel Company Jan 1, 2012 – Apr 19, 2012 Wilmar Valencia Jul 1, 2012 – Dec 11, 2012 Moisés Barack Jan 8, 2013 – Feb 12, 2013 Marcelo Trobbiani Feb 14, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013

Name Period Daniel Córdoba Dec 28, 2013 – Jul 20, 2014 Marcelo Messina Jul 20, 2014 – Nov 4, 2014 Walter Lizárraga Nov 5, 2014 – May 31, 2015 Wilmar Valencia Jun 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 Diego Umaña Jan 5, 2016 – May 12, 2017 Rolando Chilavert May 12, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 Marcelo Grioni Jan 10, 2018 – Mar 26, 2019 Carlos Ramacciotti Mar 31, 2019 – Nov 18, 2019 Wilmar Valencia Feb 1, 2020 –

For a list of former and current Sport Huancayo managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sport Huancayo managers.

Notes

1. 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.
2. Sport Huancayo was awarded 2 points for winning the 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva.
3. Sport Huancayo lost to Sporting Cristal in the Torneo de Verano finals.
4. The Copa Bicentenario was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.