Foot Ball Club Aurora is a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

football club, playing in the city of

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated cit ...

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. The club were founded 1916 and play in the

Copa Perú The Copa Perú is a association football, football tournament in Peru. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but rather a series of league tournaments leading to an elimination tournament ...

which is the third division of the Peruvian league.

History

The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on three occasions, from

1988 Torneo Descentralizado The 1988 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 37 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Torneo Regional Metropolitan Group A Group B North Central S ...

until

1991 Torneo Descentralizado The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Regional I Metropol ...

when was relegated. In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club classified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Alianza Porvenir-Unicachi of

Puno Puno ( Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was establ ...

in the Round of 16.

Rivalries

FBC Aurora has had a long-standing rivalry with

FBC Melgar Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peruvian football club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded on 25 March 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from Arequipa. The team fi ...

, Sportivo Huracán, FBC Piérola, and FBC White Star.

Honours

National

: 0 ::Runner-up (2):

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Regional

* Región VII: ::Runner-up (1):

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* Liga Departamental de Arequipa: ::Winners (5): 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2010 ::Runner-up (1):

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* Liga Superior de Arequipa: ::Runner-up (1):

* Liga Distrital de Arequipa: ::Winners (16): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1987, 2007, 2022 ::Runner-up (5): 1945, 1964, 2008, 2015, 2017

References