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Club Sporting Cristal
Escudo del Club Sporting Cristal.svg
Full name Club Sporting Cristal
Nickname(s)
Los Cerveceros, Los Rimenses, Los Celestes, La Fuerza Vencedora, La Máquina Celeste
Founded 13 December 1955; 63 years ago (1955-12-13)
Ground
Estadio Alberto Gallardo,
Lima
Capacity 18,000
President
Peru Federico Cúneo
Manager
Argentina Claudio Vivas
League Torneo Descentralizado
2018 Torneo Descentralizado, Champion
Website Club website

















Home colours














Away colours




Club 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. Sporting Cristal has won the league title 18 times, and it is the Peruvian team with the third most National 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 and Alianza Lima; it is the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, an international competition.


Sporting Cristal plays home games at the Estadio Alberto Gallardo, but they also play at the Estadio Nacional. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing international competitions, such as Copa Libertadores.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Rivalries


  • 3 Supporters


  • 4 Honours


    • 4.1 National


    • 4.2 International


    • 4.3 Friendly International


    • 4.4 Under-20 team




  • 5 Performance in CONMEBOL competitions


  • 6 Players


    • 6.1 Current squad


    • 6.2 Top Scorers




  • 7 Presidential history


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History


Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, co-owners of Backus and Johnston brewery, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac ward, known as Sporting Tabaco founded in 1926 and originally belonging to the tobacco growers' union, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m².


On December 13, 1955 the club was founded as Sporting Cristal , after Backus' best-known beer brand, Cristal. The new club from Rímac ward debuted in 1956 in the professional Primera Division and won their first national title that same year. Journalists thus called them the club 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 after Universitario and Alianza Lima. A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.


Sporting Cristal changed its shirt color from blue to light blue. They are known as "Los Celestes". During a brief period between 1978 and 1981, they again used blue shirts. In 1982 they returned to light blue as the color of the club.


The 1990s was the most successful decade, 4 national titles (3 in a row) with coaches as Juan Carlos Oblitas, Cristal won 1991, 1994 and 1995 domestic league. And with Sergio Markarián head coach they won 1996 league. By 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, in which they ended in a scoreless draw; in the second leg, they lost 1–0. This is the closest a Peruvian team has come to the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario had a similar fate playing against Independiente.


The club stayed on the top spots of the national tournament during most of the 2000s and gained qualification to the Copa Libertadores eight years in a row from 2000 to 2007. It would only win two titles during the decade which were obtain in 2002 and 2005 with many notable players as Sergio Leal, Jorge Soto and Luis Alberto Bonnet. During the 2007, Cristal would come four points away from relegation. It would make a comeback during the 2008 season and qualify to the Copa Libertadores once again.


In 2009, the Peruvian First Division would change the tournament structured which caused Sporting Cristal to have mediocre results for the next few years into the new decade. After a seven-year dry spell it would become the national champion once more during the 2012 season when it defeated Real Garcilaso in the finals. They qualified to the 2013 Copa Libertadores where they did not pass the tournament's group stage. In the 2013 season, they played on the same liguilla as Real Garcilaso and fought for a place in the final up to the last match of the season in which they finished third and qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores once more.



Rivalries


Sporting Cristal has had longstanding rivalries with Universitario, Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys.



Supporters


Cristal has three ultras or barra bravas known as Extremo Celeste, Fverza Oriente Gvardia Xtrema.
Fverza Oriente was the first ultra of Cristal, founded in 1975. They are located on eastern grandstand of the stadiums. 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. And in 2007 a smaller third ultra was created in the western grandstand to support the team. Sporting Cristal had supporters on every grandstand on Estadio Alberto Gallardo.



Honours



National


  • Peruvian Primera División:



Winners (19): 1956, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018

Runner-up (13): 1962, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015


  • Torneo Apertura:



Winners (4): 1994, 2003, 2015, 2018

Runner-up (5): 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2016


  • Torneo Clausura:



Winners (6): 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2016

Runner-up (2): 2000, 2008


  • Torneo de Verano:


Winners (1): 2018

  • Torneo Regional:


Winners (3): 1989-I, 1991-I, 1991-II

  • Torneo Interzonal:


Winners (1): 1982


International


  • Copa Libertadores:

Runner-up (1): 1997


Friendly International


  • Copa El Gráfico-Perú:



Winners (2): 2001, 2006

Runner-up (1): 2002-II


  • Copa Marlboro:


Winners (1): 1988


Under-20 team


  • Torneo de Promoción y Reserva:



Winners (2): 2016, 2018

Runner-up (3): 2014-I, 2015-III, 2017



Performance in CONMEBOL competitions


  • Copa Libertadores: 34 appearances

Runners-up (1): 1997
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, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019


  • Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance


2018: First Stage

  • Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1994: Quarter-finals

  • Copa Merconorte: 4 appearances


1998: First Round

1999: First Round

2000: First Round

2001: First Round


  • U-20 Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

2012: Group Stage


Players



Current squad



As of 25 February 2019.[1]

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






















































































No.

Position
Player
1

Peru

GK

Patricio Alvarez
2

Peru

DF

Johan Madrid
3

Peru

DF

Benjamin Villalta
4

Peru

DF

Gianfranco Chavez
5

Chile

DF

Omar Merlo
6

Peru

DF

Jesus Pretell
7

Peru

MF

Horacio Calcaterra
8

Argentina

MF

Christian Ortiz
9

Argentina

FW

Emanuel Herrera
10

Peru

MF

Patricio Arce
11

Peru

FW

Alexander Succar
12

Peru

GK

Renato Solis












































































No.

Position
Player
13

Peru

DF

Renzo Revoredo
17

Peru

MF

Gerard Tavara
18

Peru

MF

Christofer Gonzalez
21

Peru

MF

Anthony Aoki
22

Peru

DF

Jair Céspedes
23

Uruguay

MF

Jorge Cazulo
24

Peru

FW

Fernando Pacheco
26

Peru

GK

Emile Franco
27

Peru

MF

Carlos Lobatón (Captain)
28

Peru

DF

Edinson Chávez
28

Uruguay

FW

Cristian Palacios



Top Scorers

































# Name Goals

Peru Jorge Soto
175

Peru Alberto Gallardo
148

Argentina Luis Bonnet
140

Brazil Julinho
134

Peru Flavio Maestri
117


Presidential history








 






































Name
Years
Blas Loredo Bascones
1956–59
Alfonso Raul Villegas
1960–63
Augusto Moral Santisteban
1964
Cesar Freundt
1965
Augusto Galvez Velarde
1966–71
Josue Grande Fernandez
1972–79
Jaime Noriega Zegarra
1980–88
Federico Cúneo de La Pierda
1989–93

 






































Name
Years
Francisco Lombardi Oyarzub
1994–95
Alfonso Grados Carraro
1996–99
Francisco Lombardi Oyarzub
2000–01
Jaime Noriega Bentin
2002–04
François Mujica Serelle
2005–10
Felipe Cantuarias Salaverry
2011–14
Federico Cúneo de La Pierda
2014–2018
Carlos Benavides
2019–



[2]==Managerial History==








 

















































































































































































Years
Nationality
Name
1956–58

Chile

Luis Tirado
1958–59

Argentina
César Viccino
1960

Argentina

Carlos Peucelle
1960

Peru
Víctor Pasache
1961–62

Peru

Juan Honores
1962

Peru
Víctor Pasache
1962–64

Brazil

Waldir Pereira "Didí"
1964–66

Peru

Alberto "Toto" Terry
1966

Brazil
Yaldo Barbalho
1967–69

Brazil

Waldir Pereira "Didí"
1969

Peru
Víctor Pasache
1969–70

Argentina

Vito Andrés "Sabino" Bártoli
1971

Germany

Rudi Gutendorf
1972–74

Peru

Marcos Calderón
1974

Peru

Rafael Asca
1974–75

Peru

Eloy Campos
1976

Peru

Juan Honores
1976

Peru
Víctor Pasache
1976–77

Peru

Diego Agurto
1977

Peru

Alberto Gallardo
1977–78

Uruguay

Roque Máspoli
1978

Peru

Alberto Gallardo
1978–79

Peru

José Fernández
1979–81

Peru

Marcos Calderón
1981–82

Peru

Alberto Gallardo
1982–83

Paraguay

César Cubilla
1984

Peru

José Chiarella
1985

Peru

Alberto Gallardo
1985

Peru

José del Castillo
1985–86

Peru

Héctor Chumpitaz
1987–88

Peru

Miguel Company
1988

Peru

Óscar Montalvo
1988–89

Peru

Alberto Gallardo
1989–90

Argentina
Argentina

Oscar López
Oscar Cavallero

 
































































































































































































Years
Nationality
Name
1990

Peru

Fernando Mellán
1990

Chile
Eugenio Jara
1990–92

Peru

Juan Carlos Oblitas
1993

Brazil
José Carlos Amaral
1993–95

Peru

Juan Carlos Oblitas
1996

Brazil

José Luis Carbone
1996

Peru

Roberto Mosquera
1996–97

Uruguay

Sergio Markarián
1997–98

Chile
Miguel Ángel Arrué
1998

Colombia

Luis García
1998–99

Peru

Franco Navarro
1999

Argentina

Rodolfo Motta
1999–01

Peru

Juan Carlos Oblitas
2001

Argentina
Horacio Magalhaes
Jan 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002

Brazil

Paulo Autuori
2003

Brazil

Renê Weber
2003–04

Peru

Wilmar Valencia
2004

Peru

Eduardo Asca
2004–05

Argentina

Edgardo Bauza
May 22, 2005 – Dec 17, 2006

Peru

José del Solar
Jan 1, 2007 – May 5, 2007

Argentina

Jorge Sampaoli
2007

Argentina
Walter Fiori
July 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2009

Peru

Juan Carlos Oblitas
Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 9, 2010

Peru

Víctor Rivera
Dec 21, 2010 – April 19, 2011

Argentina

Guillermo Rivarola
April 20, 2011 – Nov 23, 2011

Peru

Juan Reynoso
Nov 23, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011

Peru

Francisco Melgar
Jan 1, 2012 – Aug 7, 2013

Peru

Roberto Mosquera
Aug 7, 2013 – Aug 18, 2013

Peru

Francisco Melgar (int.)
Aug 18, 2013 – Dec 19, 2013

Argentina

Claudio Vivas
Jan 1, 2014–15

Argentina

Daniel Ahmed
Jan 4, 2016 – Dec 19, 2016

Argentina
Mariano Soso
Jan 4, 2017 – Jun 25, 2017

Peru

José del Solar
Jun 25, 2017 – Dic 3, 2017

Peru

Pablo Zegarra
Jan 4, 2018 – Dic 18, 2018

Chile

Mario Salas
Jan 7, 2019 – Feb 5, 2019

Colombia

Mario Salas
Feb 8, 2019 –

Argentina

Claudio Vivas




References





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  2. ^ https://www.clubsportingcristal.pe/noticias/plantel-profesional/vivas-vuelve-a-casa




External links




  • Sporting Cristal Official Club Website


  • Sporting Cristal's channel on YouTube








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