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Cienciano
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Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and Boca Juniors in the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana. The club is considered the largest and most successful in Cusco. Founded in 1901, the club is among the oldest in Peru and the oldest in Cusco.
Key facts
- Football club.clubname
- Cienciano
- Football club.image
- 155px
- Football club.upright
- 0.72
- Football club.fullname
- Club Cienciano
- Football club.nickname
- (The Father of America) (The Red Fury) (Red Squadron) (Incan Team) (Collegiate Cast) (The Imperials) (Reds)
- Football club.ground
- Estadio Garcilaso
- Football club.capacity
- 45,056
- Football club.chairman
- Sergio Ludeña
- Football club.manager
- Horacio Melgarejo
- Football club.league
- Liga 1
- Football club.season
- 2025
- Football club.position
- Liga 1, 8th of 19
- Football club.pattern_la1
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- Football club.pattern_b1
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- Football club.pattern_ra1
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- Football club.pattern_sh1
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- Football club.leftarm1
- ED0011
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports team
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Peruvian Primera Division
- Stadium
- Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
- Country
- Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Beginnings
- The Golden age (2000–2007)
- First League title
- Copa Sudamericana win
- Recopa Sudamericana win
- More league titles and superfinal runner-ups
- Relegation and comeback
- Kit and crest
- Stadium
- Supporters
- Rivalries
- Current squad
- Honours
- Senior titles
- Friendlies
- Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Notable players
- Managers
- Women’s football
- See also
- References
- External links
Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and Boca Juniors in the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana. The club is considered the largest and most successful in Cusco. Founded in 1901, the club is among the oldest in Peru and the oldest in Cusco.
The club was founded on 8 July 1901 by a group of students of the Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco, the oldest school in Peru. They decided to give the club its name based on the word Ciencias, which means "Science". The club is nicknamed El Papá de América, the Father of America. It has a large, longstanding rivalry with FBC Melgar of Arequipa known as El Clasico del Sur. Its mascot is a donkey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cienciano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.