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'Cienciano del Cuzco' is a football (soccer) club from Cuzco, Peru. The club was founded in 1901, originally the team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Cuzco ('Ciencias' meaning science in Spanish), where it takes its name from. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate from Argentina in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.

Contents

History

Beginnings

Copa Sudamericana

Recopa Sudamericana

Stadium

Current Squad

Achievements

National

International

Copa Sudamericana 2003 Players

Recopa Sudamericana 2004 Players

External links

History

Beginnings

Cienciano was founded in 1901 by a group of students from the National School of Science of Cusco (''Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco''). It participated in several leagues and tournaments of the region. In 1972, it began to play in the Peruvian First Division. However, four years later, the club was relegated.
In 1988, the FPF invited the club to play in a tournament of the southern region. In 1991, Cienciano won the tournament and in 1992 it once again played in the First Division. Since then, the team has remained in the First Division but was close to be relegated in 1994.

Copa Sudamericana

In 2003 Cienciano, led by their coach Freddy Ternero, made it for the first time to the Copa Sudamericana, after beating the current Peruvian champion Sporting Cristal in an internal qualifying tournament. It went through every later knockout round arguably as the underdog defeating Peru's Alianza Lima, Chile's Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Colombia's Atlético Nacional (once Copa Libertadores champion) and Brazil's Santos (twice Copa Libertadores champion), to get to the finals. Once at the finals they faced one of the biggest teams in South American football, River Plate of Argentina (twice Copa Libertadores champion). After a 3-3 draw in Buenos Aires, Cienciano went on to win 1-0 on their home game in Peru with a goal from a free kick by Paraguayan defender Carlos Lugo. The game was played in Arequipa (home of Southern Peruvian rivals Melgar, some of whose fans actually attended the match to root for River Plate) because of the insufficient capacity for a CONMEBOL final of the Estadio Garcilazo de la Vega (which has since been expanded)
This was the first international championship for a Peruvian team in history, only two other Peruvian teams had advanced to the finals of an international tournament, the Copa Libertadores (Universitario de Deportes in 1972, and Sporting Cristal in 1997) only to be defeated. However, Cienciano had never won the Peruvian national champion (they did win one half-year tournament in 2001 but lost the title of national champions by a penalty shootout to the winner of the second tournament, Alianza Lima, in the year in which both celebrated their centenary. The situation was repeated in 2006 to the inverse: Cienciano won the second tournament but lost the final to Alianza Lima on aggregate).

Recopa Sudamericana

After winning the Copa Sudamericana, Cienciano went on to play against Boca Juniors of Argentina, another South American giant, for the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana, this being just one match, much like UEFA's European Super Cup, that faced the winner of both South American Cups of the previous season: the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores. After a 1-1 draw, Cienciano went on to win the title by penalty shootout. The match was played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Stadium

Main articles: Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega

'Cienciano' play their home games in Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega which is in Cusco. It was named after the Peruvian Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. When first inaugurated in 1950, it had a spectator capacity of 30,000. In 2004, the stadium's capacity was expanded to 42,000 because it would host games of the Copa America.

Current Squad

As of July 30, 2007

Achievements

National

★ 'Primera División Peruana:'

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★ 'Runner-ups (3):' 2001, 2005, 2006

International

★ 'Nissan South American Cup:'

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★ 'Winner (1):' 2003

★ 'Recopa Sudamericana:'

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★ 'Winner (1):' 2004

Copa Sudamericana 2003 Players

★ Juan Carlos Bazalar ★ Oscar Manuel Ibáñez ★ Roberto Silva ★ Alessandro Morán ★ Carlos Lugo ★ Santiago Acasiete ★ César Cahuatico Meza

★ Luis Germán Carty ★ Julio César García Mezones ★ Juan Carlos La Rosa ★ Paolo Freddy Maldonado ★ Sergio Hernán Ubilluz ★ Rodrigo Alonso Saraz

Recopa Sudamericana 2004 Players

★ Oscar Ibáñez

★ Paolo De la Haza

★ Santiago Acasiete

★ Manuel Arboleda

★ Giuliano Portilla

★ Alessandro Morán

★ Juan Carlos Bazalar

★ Juan Carlos La Rosa

★ Daniel Gamarra

★ Miguel Mostto

★ Germán Carty

★ Carlos Lobatón

★ Rodrigo Saraz

★ Sergio Ibarra
'First Team from 1901'

★ Miguel del Castillo ★ Bonifacio Monteagudo ★ Augusto Ochoa ★ Mateo Moran ★ Luis Alberto Arguedas ★ Humberto de la Soto

★ Eduardo Cáceres ★ William Newell ★ Juan Samanez ★ Luis Alberto Aranibar ★ Juan J. Loayza Sivirichi

External links

★ Cienciano : Official Website

★ Cienciano fan's view