Sport Huancayo

Club Sport Huancayo, more commonly known as Sport Huancayo, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Huancayo, Junín. It was founded in 2007 by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar. The club has been playing in the Peruvian Primera División since 2009, having gained promotion from winning the 2008 Copa Perú.

History

Founding

On February 7, 2007, ''Huancaína Sport Club'' was founded by the initiative of a beer company led by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar, which purchased the playing rights of ''Club Escuela de Fútbol Huancayo'', who was at that time playing in the '' Liga Distrital de El Tambo''. In 2008, the club changed its name to Sport Huancayo to better identify themselves with the city of Huancayo, where the club is based in.

Copa Perú

Sport Huancayo participated in the Copa Perú, after being promoted from the Liga Distrital de El Tambo and Liga Departamental de Junín in 2008.

In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club got promoted to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football, for the first time as Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage. It was also the first and only time the club won a national title.

Professional era

In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and qualified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the successful coach Cristóbal Cubilla. Sport Huancayo got eliminated in the Second Stage of the Copa Sudamericana by Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and qualified to its first Copa Libertadores for the 2012 season. In the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Arsenal de Sarandí in the First Stage. In the Peruvian tournament the club finished in sixth position, in this way, they managed to qualify for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. In 2014, the club was saved from relegation after beating Caimanes 1-0 in the relegation play-off.

In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team. In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America. Since 2016, the club qualified for every Copa Sudamericana edition up until 2021. In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC. In the newly created,2019 Copa Bicentenario, Sport Huancayo reached the final and lost to Atlético Grau on penalties. Their best result in the Sudamericana was in 2020, where they reached the Round of 16. In the 2022 season the club placed fourth in the league and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for second time. They got eliminated by Club Nacional of Paraguay in the qualifying stage.

Kit and crest

The teams home colours primarily consisted of red and orange shirt and shorts with socks usually being the same colour. It's away colours are mostly green. The club also has a third kit, which is white and gold.

The current club badge is a lion with the club name above. It was changed from the old badge in 2023, which was a crest with two lions facing each other and Huancayo above. The club mascot is a lion.
File:Sport Huancayo logo.png, 2007–2023
File:Sport Huancayo.png, 2004–present

Stadium

Sport Huancayo's home stadium is Estadio Huancayo. The stadium is also home to Deportivo Junín. It was constructed in 1962 and owned by the Instituto Peruano de Deporte. It has a capacity of 20,000 and is the largest stadium in Huancayo. The stadium is part of a larger sports complex, which features numerous practice fields for futsal, football, volleyball and handball, along with a gym. A renovation project was planned in 2019, which planned to increase the stadium to 40,000. The project is still in development and construction has not yet begun.

Players

Current squad

Former players

Honours

Senior titles

Youth

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against, DG = difference goals, Pts = points.

Copa Libertadores

Copa Sudamericana

U-20 Copa Libertadores

Records

Year-by-year

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Sport Huancayo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

Top goalscorers

International competitions

Managers

Below is a list of Sport Huancayo managers from 2009, the club's first season in the Peruvian first division, until the present day.

Notes

References

External links

Official site

Sport Huancayo en Cuestiones de la Polis

{{Primera División Peruana

Football clubs in Peru
Association football clubs established in 2008
Sport Huancayo