Cienciano

Full name	Club Cienciano
Nickname(s)	Cuzqueños
Founded	1901
Ground	Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega Cuzco, Perú
Capacity	42,000
Chairman	Juvenal Silva
Manager	Wilmer Valencia
League
2006
Home colours Away colours

Cienciano del Cuzco is a small 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) the club has seen a lot of ups and downs through its existence. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate from Argentina in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana. Image File history File links Logo of Cienciano Colors updated by me. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega in Cusco The Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega is Cuscos principal stadium and the home venue of the local team Cienciano. ... The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru in the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. ... - Peru (Spanish: República del Perú) is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru in the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. ... Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is a sports club best known for its football team, in Argentina, founded in 1901. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Copa Sudamericana (English: South American Cup, Portuguese: Copa Sulamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ...

Copa Sudamericana

In 2003 Cienciano experienced a true cinderella story, qualifying for the first time to the Copa Sudamericana, it went through every knockout round as the underdog defeating much stronger teams such as Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Atletico Nacional (once Copa Libertadores champion) and 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 Argentina, Cienciano went on to win 1-0 on their home game in Peru with a goal by paraguayan defender Carlos Lugo. The Copa Sudamericana (English: South American Cup, Portuguese: Copa Sulamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ... Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is one of Chiles most popular football clubs, based in the countrys capital, Santiago. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Colombian football clubs ... The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... For the Australian oil company, see Santos Limited; for the football team, see Santos Futebol Clube. ... The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Carlos Lugo (born May 30, 1976) is a Paraguayan football player who, as of 2004, was playing for Cienciano of Perú. He is best remembered for his winning goal in the 2003 Copa Sudamericana final against River Plate Categories: | | ...

This was the first International championship for a Peruvian team in history, only two other Peruvian teams had advanced to the finals of an inernational tournament, the Copa Libertadores (Universitario de Deportes in 1972, and Sporting Cristal in 1997) only to be defeated. What is even more amazing is that Cienciano had never been the Peruvian national champion (they did win one tournament in 2001 but lost the title of national champions by a penalty shootout to the winner of the second tournament, Alianza Lima, held in 2001). The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian Football club based in Lima, referred to as Universitario or just La U (The U) by Peruvian football fans and local supporters. ... Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football club founded in December 13, 1955. ... Alianza Lima is one of the two most popular football teams in Peru, along with classic rivals Universitario de Deportes. ...

It is also worth mentioning that the Copa Sudamericana was originally created to represent in South America what the UEFA Cup represents in Europe. Mainly a tournament for the 4-5th place fishiners of their domestic league; but since this was only its second edition, qualifying to the tournament was still taking form and as a result the top teams from each country entered the cup, making it much more competitive. The Copa Sudamericana (English: South American Cup, Portuguese: Copa Sulamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ...

Recopa

After winning the Sudamericana cup, Cienciano went on to play against Boca Juniors another South American giant at the Recopa Sudamericana, this being just one match that faced the winner of both South American Cups: the Copa Sudamericana and the Copa Libertadores. This match takes place to stablish the ultimate South American champion of that year. After a 1-1 draw Cienciano went on to win yet another International Cup by penalty shootout. Club Atlético Boca Juniors is the one of the most popular Argentine sports clubs, best known for its football team. ... The Recopa Sudamericana (English: South American Recup, Portuguese: Recopa Sulamericana) is at stake in an annual football series (2 legs) between the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores de América and Copa Sudamericana. ... The Copa Sudamericana (English: South American Cup, Portuguese: Copa Sulamericana) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ... The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ...

Famous players

• Juan Carlos Bazalar
• Oscar Manuel Ibañes
• Roberto Silva
• Alessandro Moran
• Carlos Lugo (Paraguay)
• Santiago Acasiete
• César Cahuatico Meza
• Luis Germán Carty
• Julio César Garcia Mezones
• Juan Carlos La Rosa
• Paolo Freddy Maldonado
• Sergio Hernán Ubilluz
• Rodrigo Alonso Saraz (Colombia)

First Team from 1901 Carlos Lugo (born May 30, 1976) is a Paraguayan football player who, as of 2004, was playing for Cienciano of Perú. He is best remembered for his winning goal in the 2003 Copa Sudamericana final against River Plate Categories: | | ...

• 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

• Official Website
• Cienciano fan's view