Cultural Santa Rosa

Club Deportivo Los Chankas CYC, formerly known as Cultural Santa Rosa, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Andahuaylas. Founded in 1989, it owes its name to the ancient Chanka ethnic group. It participated in the Peruvian Segunda División until 2023, when it got promoted to the Primera División, becoming the first team from the department of Apurímac in history to do so.

History

Copa Peru

Los Chankas was founded on 30 August 1989 under the name ''Club Deportivo Cultural Santa Rosa'', after the Peruvian saint Santa Rosa de Lima. The club would participate in the Liga Distrital de Talavera, the 7th division of the Peruvian football league system. In 1992, the club was runner-up the Liga Departamental del Apurímac, qualifying for the Copa Perú. They would also win the Región IX but was unable to be promoted to the Primera División.

In 2010, Los Chankas won the Liga Provincial de Andahuaylas and was runner-up of the Departamental League, qualifying for the Regional stage of the 2010 Copa Perú but was eliminated by Alianza Unicachi.

In the 2011 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated by Franciscano San Román and José María Arguedas.

In the 2013 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated by Franciscano San Román and Fuerza Minera.

In the 2015 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage but was eliminated by Sport Ancash in the Round of 16. Despite being eliminated in the Round of 16, the club got invited to the Peruvian Segunda División for the first time.

In the 2015 Segunda División, according to the rules of that year's tournament (played with 12 teams), there was only one relegation, which in theory corresponded to Club San Simó, which finished in 12th place. However, as this club had withdrawn halfway through the championship, the relegation corresponded to the one that finished in 11th place, which was Atlético Minero. And although it was intended to consider a single relegation at the end of the season, the rules had been approved in that way by the Peruvian Football Federation, an entity that in the end rejected the request of the ADFP-SD for a single relegation, relegating the Matucana club.

With this, a promotion spot remained to be defined, and since there were other teams that entered the 2016 season via invitation given based on sporting merits in the 2015 Copa Perú to complete the tournament, inviting Unión Tarapoto and Sport Áncash (and where also the other clubs that had reached the quarter-finals, apart from DIM de Miraflores that had finished 9th, who confirmed their participation for the corresponding instances in Copa Perú 2016), before which the spot was officially given to Club Cultural Santa Rosa, which was the next in order of sporting merit, thus ascending to the Second Division tournament.

Second Division

In the 2017 season, they managed to improve their participation by finishing in fifth place despite an irregular campaign at the start of the season. In 2018, they failed to improve after finishing in tenth place, despite this they managed to improve their club statistics on goals scored.

In 2019, the Peruvian Second Division tournament would be renamed to Liga 2. At the beginning of the tournament, their participation alongside Sport Rosario and Sport Victoria was unknown, but finally they confirmed their participation and achieved their fourth consecutive participation. The club played in the newly created Copa Bicentenario in 2019, in which they placed last in their group. In Liga 2 in 2020, they finished last but as there was no relegation, they maintained their category.

On August 19, 2021, Cultural Santa Rosa changed its name to Los Chankas - CYC. The letters CYC are the initials of late club president Clodoaldo Yñigo Condori who died as a result of complications from COVID-19 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. In the 2021 Copa Bicentenario, the club surprised by eliminating giants Alianza Lima in the First Round but were later eliminated by Unión Comercio.

In the 2024 season, Los Chankas placed second and advanced to the Ligiulla play-off semi-finals. They would defeat Comerciantes and advance to the Ligiulla final, in which the winnersr gets promoted to the Liga 1. On October 27, 2023, Los Chankas gained promotion to Liga 1 for the first time in their history after defeating Alianza Universidad on penalties. Los Chankas became the first team from the Apurímac region to play in the Liga 1.

Kit and crest

The club's original crest remained in place until early 2016, after being invited to participate in Peru's Second Division in 2021, changing its name, crest, and uniforms to Los Chankas CYC.
The Los Chankas CYC crest is an emblem that honors the rich history and culture of the Andahuaylas region. Its design features the figure of a Chanka warrior, symbolizing the strength and resilience the team seeks to represent on the field.

Stadium

The club plays its home stadium is Estadio Los Chankas, an impressive sports venue located at an altitude of 2,926 meters above sea level in the city of Andahuaylas. This stadium, managed by the Provincial Municipality of Andahuaylas, is a source of pride for the local community, as it has a capacity for 10,000 spectators. Likewise, stadium is becomes a meeting and celebration point for sports fans in the Apurímac region.
. In 2024, the club announced that the construction of the fourth stand after the clubs promotion.

Rivalries

Los Chankas has rivalries with Cienciano and Deportivo Garcilaso, other Peruvian clubs, from Cusco, called the ''Clásicos del Tahuantinsuyo''. The rivalries relates to the Chanka and Inca people who frequently fought against each other in the 15th century. The rivalry developed after Los Chankas's promotion to the Liga 1.

Current squad

Honours

Senior titles

See also

*List of football clubs in Peru
*Peruvian football league system

References

External links

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Resultados de Club Deportivo Los Chankas

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Football clubs in Peru
Police association football clubs