Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a Peruvian football club based in the port city of Callao. It was founded on 28 July 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute the Clasico Porteño derby of Callao. It is considered the fourth most important club in the history of Peruvian football as they have won 6 national titles and have the largest number of international appearances after Universitario, Sporting Cristal and Alianza Lima, teams of Lima.
Full name | Sport Boys Association | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Rosados Los Porteños La Misilera Los Olímpicos de Berlín La Academia Porteña La Nube Rosada | ||
Founded | 28 July 1927 | ||
Ground | Estadio Miguel Grau | ||
Capacity | 17,000 | ||
Chairman | Johan Vasquez | ||
Manager | Fernando Gamboa | ||
League | Liga 1 | ||
2023 | Liga 1, 15th of 19 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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History edit
The club was founded on 28 July 1927, by a group of young enthusiasts from El Callao who got together to fulfill the dream of a very important local football fan Gualberto Lizárraga to start a football club. The day before Peru's independence day, 27 July, they held a meeting and at midnight, the group sang the National Anthem. Afterwards, they declared the club founded and named Lizárraga president and unanimously voted for the club name to be Sport Boys Association.
The team's original uniform was striped red and yellow.
Sport Boys was the first Peruvian football club to feature cheerleaders. Many of them, including Anelhí Arias, Shirley Cherres, and others that have become Peruvian celebrities.
Recent years edit
The last time Sport Boys became champions of the Primera División Peruana was 1984. Since then they have had a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Some of the ups have been being runners-up in the 1990 and 1991 First Division after having won the Segunda División Peruana to gain promotion. In 1999 the Sport Boys qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL, and in 2001 for the 2001 Copa Libertadores. Since then that team has had more downs than ups by avoiding relegation to the Segunda División Peruana by winning an end of season playoff match that went down to a penalty shootout against José Gálvez in the 2006 season. During 2008 their campaign was worse than the 2007 campaign leaving the Sport Boys in the bottom of the standings for most of the Apertura tournament. Financial issues were also haunting the club in 2008, so severe that they have not been able to pay their players from March 2008. Some players like midfielder Montenegro have had to do taxi work at night to be able to support their families. That year they were relegated to the Segunda División Peruana but on 17 October 2009, after a great season, Sport Boys went on to beat Cobresol 3–2 for the Segunda División Peruana finals to go back into the Primera Division Peruana, where it played for three seasons before been inundated with economical problems, and then finishing 15th during the 2012 season which relegated them back to the Peruvian Segunda Division
Kit evolution edit
1927
Old First kit, 2008–09 Away |
1927–Present
Home |
1927–07, 2010–1?
Away |
Rivalries edit
Sport Boys has had a long-standing rivalry with Atlético Chalaco, Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Universitario.
Stadium edit
Sport Boys plays its home games at the Estadio Miguel Grau. It has a capacity of about 17,000. Before this stadium was built, they had to use the 5,000 spectator capacity Telmo Carbajo, a stadium that was in bad condition and unfit to host football matches. It was the first stadium in Callao. Sport Boys were forced to play their games in the Estadio Nacional, where they would be far away from their fans.
Honours edit
National edit
League edit
Half-year / Short tournaments edit
- Torneo Apertura:
- Torneo Regional:
- Torneo Descentralizado:
- Winners (1): 1984
Regional edit
- División Intermedia:
- Runner-up (1): 1932
- Segunda División Provincial de Lima:
- Winners (1): 1931 Primera Serie
- Tercera División Provincial de Lima:
- Winners (1): 1930 Zona del Callao
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions edit
- Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances
- Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
- 2022: First round
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
- 1999: Quarter-finals
Current squad edit
- As of 31 January, 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff edit
Teddy Cardama
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Notable players edit
- Fernando Martinuzzi
- Cláudio Adão
- Vincenzo Gianneo
- Armando "Tuta" Agurto
- Jorge "Campolo" Alcalde
- Teodoro "Prisco" Alcalde
- Enrique Aróstegui
- Gerónimo "Patrulla" Barbadillo
- Alfredo Carmona
- Jose Chacon
- Paolo de la Haza
- Carlos Flores
- Mario Flores
- Jorge Hirano
- Valeriano López
- Julio Meléndez
- Juan Jose Munante
- Nicola Porcella
- Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramírez
- Santiago Salazar
- Jhonny Vegas
- Waldemar Victorino
Managers edit
- Víctor Alcalde (1930s)
- Raúl Chappell (1940–42)
- Abelardo Robles (1943–44)
- Enrique Aróstegui (1945–46)
- Telmo Carbajo
- Miguel Rostaing
- José Arana (1948)
- Alfonso Huapaya (1950–52)
- Jorge Alcalde (1953)
- Dan Georgiadis (1957–58)
- Marcos Calderón (1958–62)
- José Gomes Nogueira (1964)
- José Chiarella (1966)
- Roberto Drago (1966)
- César Brush (1967)
- Diego Agurto (1968)
- José Chiarella (1969)
- Juan Honores (1970)
- Zózimo (1971)
- Juan Hohberg (1972)
- Djalma Santos (1973)
- Walter Milera (1973)
- Moisés Barack (1974)
- Diego Agurto (1974)
- Zózimo (1975–76)
- César Cubilla (1977)
- José Chiarella (1978)
- Luis Roth (1979)
- Eloy Campos (1979–80)
- José Chiarella (1980–81)
- Walter Milera (1983)
- Marcos Calderón (1984)
- Juan Hohberg (1985)
- Walter Milera (1986–87)
- Gustavo Merino (1987)
- Augusto Palacios (1987)
- Jaime Ramírez (1988)
- Vito Andrés "Sabino" Bártoli (1989)
- Miguel Ángel Arrué (1990)
- Miguel Company (1990)
- Fred (1990)
- Miguel Company (1991)
- Manuel Mayorga (1991)
- Edu (1992)
- Hernán Saavedra (1992)
- Manuel Mayorga (1992)
- Roberto Challe (1993)
- César Gonzales (1993–94)
- Luis Roth (1994)
- Carlos Solís (1994)
- Moisés Barack (1994)
- César González (1994)
- José Carlos Amaral (1995)
- Miguel Ángel Arrué (1996)
- Cláudio Adão (1997)
- César Cubilla (1997)
- César González (1998)
- Ivica Brzić (1999)
- César González (1999)
- Ramón Mifflin (2000)
- Teddy Cardama (2000)
- Ramón Mifflin (2001)
- César González (2001)
- Ramón Mifflin (2002)
- Jorge Sampaoli (2002–03)
- Fernando Zamácola (2004)
- Eusebio Salazar (2004)
- Franco Navarro (2004–05)
- Juan Carlos Cabanillas (2005)
- Eusebio Salazar (2005)
- Roberto Mosquera (2006)
- Raúl Márcovich (2006)
- César González (2006–07)
- Moisés Barack (2007)
- Jacinto Rodríguez (2008)
- Eusebio Salazar (July 2008–Dec 08)
- Juan Carlos Cabanillas (2009)
- Roberto Drago Maturo (Sept 2009–April 10)
- Miguel Company (April 2010–Dec 11)
- Agustín Castillo (2011)
- Claudio Techera (Jan 2012–July 12)
- Jorge Espejo (Sept 2012–13)
- Pablo Bossi (2013)
- Rivelino Carassa (2014)
- Paul Cominges (2014–15)
- Rivelino Carassa (2015–)
- Rainer Torres (2016)
- Mario Viera (2017)
References edit
External links edit
- Official websites
- Non-official websites
- Fan Website
- Fan Website
- Fan Website
- Fan Website
- Vamos Boys.com Fan Website