Sport Boys Association is a
PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, playing in the port city of
CallaoCallao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...
. 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 DeportesClub Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
,
Sporting CristalClub Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...
and
Alianza LimaClub Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
, teams of
LimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
.
History
The club was founded on July 28, 1927 by a group of young enthusiasts from El
CallaoCallao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...
who got together to fulfill the dream of important local football fan Gualberto Lizárraga to start a football club. The day before
Peru'sPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
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.
Recent years
The last time Sport Boys became champions of the
Primera División PeruanaThe Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...
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 PeruanaThe Segunda División of Peru is the second division of Peruvian football. It is not a professional division but was declared a promotional division by the Peruvian Football Federation . After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2011 the league includes 10 clubs...
to gain promotion. In 1999 the Sport Boys qualified for the
Copa CONMEBOLThe Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...
, and in
2001The 2001 season of the Torneo Descentralizado, was the 85th season of the top category of Peruvian football . It was played by 12 teams. The national champion was Alianza Lima....
for the
2001 Copa LibertadoresThe 2001 Copa Libertadores de América was the 42nd edition of CONMEBOL's premier club football tournament. The winner was Boca Juniors, lifting its fourth Copa Libertadores trophy.-First round:...
. Since then that team has had more downs than ups by avoiding relegation to the
Segunda División PeruanaThe Segunda División of Peru is the second division of Peruvian football. It is not a professional division but was declared a promotional division by the Peruvian Football Federation . After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2011 the league includes 10 clubs...
by winning an end of season playoff match that went down to a penalty shootout against José Gálvez in the
2006The 2006 Torneo Descentralizado was the ninetieth season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twenty-second Primera División title after beating Cienciano in the final playoffs...
season. During
2008The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title...
their campaign was worse than the
2007 campaignThe 2007 Torneo Descentralizado is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion...
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 PeruanaThe Segunda División of Peru is the second division of Peruvian football. It is not a professional division but was declared a promotional division by the Peruvian Football Federation . After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2011 the league includes 10 clubs...
but on October 17, 2009, after a great season, Sport Boys went on to beat Cobresol 3-2 for the
Segunda División PeruanaThe Segunda División of Peru is the second division of Peruvian football. It is not a professional division but was declared a promotional division by the Peruvian Football Federation . After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2011 the league includes 10 clubs...
finals to go back into the Primera Division Peruana.
Kit evolution
Rivalries
Sport Boys has had a long standing rivalry with Atlético Chalaco,
Alianza LimaClub Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...
,
Sporting CristalClub Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...
, Deportivo Municipal, and
UniversitarioClub Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as [La] "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of...
.
Stadium
Sport Boys plays its home games at the
Estadio Miguel GrauEstadio Miguel Grau is a multi-use stadium in Callao, Peru. Its use is available to several football teams in the region including Primera División club Sport Boys. The stadium's maximum capacity is 17,000 and was inaugurated on 16 June 1996 with a match between Sport Boys and Deportivo Pesquero...
. 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
CallaoCallao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...
. Sport Boys were forced to play their games in the
Estadio NacionalThe Estadio Nacional of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,000 as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation. The stadium was inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the 1953 South American Championship—replacing the Stadium Nacional—and is Peru's principal...
, where they would be far away from their fans.
Current squad
- 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.
Technical staff
Notable players
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Armando "Tuta" Agurto
Jorge "Campolo" AlcaldeJorge "Campolo" Alcalde Millos was a Peruvian professional footballer. He played as a striker, and was especially noted for his time spent with the Peru national team.-Biography:...
Gerónimo "Patrulla" BarbadilloGerónimo Barbadillo González is a former Peruvian football player who played for UANL Tigres in Mexico, and for Avellino and Udinese in Italian Serie A. He also played with the Peruvian national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup...
Alfredo Carmona Jose Chacon
Paolo de la HazaPaolo Giancarlo de la Haza Urquiza is a Peruvian football player who currently plays for Chinese club Jiangsu Sainty who previously played for Alianza Lima. He was a member of Peru national football team at 2007 Copa America...
Carlos Flores Carlos "Kukín" Flores is a Peruvian footballer who plays for INTI Gas.-Club career:Flores has played for a number of clubs in Peru, including Alianza Lima and Sport Boys...
Mario FloresMario Flores is a Peruvian football manager and former footballer.Mario Flores is the current head coach of José Gálvez FBC in the Primera División Peruana. Coach Flores, played for Estudiantes de Medicina, Sport Boys and Universidad San Martín de Porres. In 2009, He coached Sport Ancash.-External...
Jorge HiranoJorge Hirano Matsumoto is a former Japanese-Peruvian football player.Hirano played a total of 36 games for Peru between 1984 and 1991, scoring 11 goals....
Valeriano LópezValeriano López Mendiola was a football forward from Peru, nicknamed Tanque de Casma...
Julio MeléndezJulio Meléndez Calderón is a retired Peruvian football defender.-Career:Meléndez was one of South America's most recognized defenders of his time, and was a great success in Argentine football, to the point of being considered an all-time first team member at Boca Juniors.Meléndez played a total...
Juan Jose MunanteJuan José Muñante López is a former Peruvian footballer. He played in a right winger role.-Biography:Nicknamed The Jet in Peru and The Cobra in Mexico...
Oswaldo "Cachito" RamírezOswaldo Felipe Ramírez Salcedo is a retired Peruvian football striker. He is one of the highest scoring players in the history of the Copa Libertadores and he helped Peru to win the Copa América in 1975.-Club career:...
Santiago SalazarSantiago Salazar is a Peruvian footballer. He is currently playing for Peruvian First Division club Sport Boys, as a center back...
Jhonny VegasNot to be confused with Johnny VegasJohnny Martín Vegas Fernández is a professional Peruvian footballer who currently plays for Unión Comercio in the Peruvian First Division....
Waldemar VictorinoWaldemar Victorino is an Uruguayan former football forward who played football in 5 different countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru.-Club: Nacional** Primera División Uruguaya: 1980...
National
- Peruvian Primera División
The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...
: 6
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- Winners (6): 1935, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1984
- Runner-up (10): 1938, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1976, 1990, 1991
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- Runner-up (2): 1998, 2000
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- Winners (1): 1990-I
- Runner-up (1): 1991-I
- Peruvian Segunda División
The Segunda División of Peru is the second division of Peruvian football. It is not a professional division but was declared a promotional division by the Peruvian Football Federation . After years of changing numbers of clubs, as of 2011 the league includes 10 clubs...
: 2
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- Winners (2): 1989, 2009
The 2009 Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football , was played by 12 teams. The champion, Sport Boys, was promoted to the 2010 Peruvian First Division. The last places, Real Academia and Deportivo Municipal, were relegated to Copa Peru...
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances
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- 1967: First Round
- 1977: Quarter-Finals
- 1985: Quarter-Finals
- 1991: First Round
- 1992: First Round
- 2001: First Round
- Copa CONMEBOL
The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...
: 1 appearance
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- 1999: Quarter-Finals
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