Ayacucho Fútbol Club, more popularly known as Ayacucho, is a Peruvian professional football club located in

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...

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. The club won a

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title in 2006, and as Inti Gas, the club finished as runner-up in 2008. The club currently participates in the

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, after being reinstated by winning a judicial battle against the

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History

Beginnings

Ayacucho FC, then known as Olímpico San Luis, was promoted to the Second Division in 2000. The following year they changed the club name to Olímpico Somos Peru. In 2004 they won the Second Division and played in the finals of the Copa Perú to gain promotion, however they lost to

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in the quarter-finals. Beginning in 2006, they officially changed their name to Olímpico Aurora Miraflores.

Real Loreto

In 2007, the club moved their home ground to

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in order to increase their fanbase, and was renamed as Real Loreto FC. They failed to gain a large amount of support from Iquitos and for 2008 they returned to

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Inti Gas

In 2008, the club received sponsorship from the gas provider Inti Gas. They relocated to Huamanga,

but they decided to play their home games in Ica because another Second Division team already had their home ground in Ayacucho and security issues that have risen. They were runners-up of the 2008 Second Division and were promoted to the 2009 First Division.

has recently sought to permanently keep the club in its city.

Ayacucho

In 2014, they officially changed their name to Ayacucho FC. 2020 brought the start of Ayacucho's golden age. The club placed 9th in the Torneo Apertura, of the 2020 season, but won the Torneo Clausura for the first time, after beating

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in the Fase 2 final. However, because both teams drawed on points, they entered the semi-finals of play-offs, against Sporting Cristal again. This time, Ayacucho lost 2–6 on aggregate, and placed third in the league. They would qualify for the Copa Libertadores for the first time but were eliminated by Grêmio in the second stage. In the

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, Ayacuhco barely qualified for the

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and qualified for the Group Stage, after defeating

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in the first stage. Ayacucho placed third is its group and was eliminated. 2022 would start the downfall of Ayacucho. In the Torneo Apertura of the 2022 season, Ayacucho placed last. On the aggregate table, they placed 17th, going to the relegation play-off, their only hope in staying in the Liga 1. Ayacucho played with

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, and lost 3–0 in the first leg but came back 2–1 in the second but still lost 2–4 on aggregate, getting relegated to the Liga 2, where they currently still stand.

Stadium

Ayacucho's original stadium was

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, which had a capacity of 12,000. However, the stadium was demolished in 2024 to construct the new

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, which will have a capacity of 20,000 and be completed in late 2025. The new stadium will be part of the new Complejo Deportivo Los Vencedores de Ayaucho and will be the home ground of Ayacucho FC. Until the stadium is complete, Ayacucho plays at Estadio Manuel Eloy Molina Robles located in

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Current squad

Honours

Senior titles

Under-20 team

Results

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 4 appearances ::

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: First Stage ::

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: First Stage ::

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: First Stage ::

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: Group stage *

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: 1 appearance ::

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: Second Stage

Notable players

Managers

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2009 *

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2013–2014 *

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2015 *

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2015 * Nolberto Tullo 2015 *

2015–2016 *

2016 * Francisco Melgar 2017 *

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2020 *

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2021 * Alejandro Apud 2022 *

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2022 *

2022 * Oseias de Souza 2023

Other sports

Women's football

References

External links

Club website
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