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Revision as of 14:07, 5 September 2012
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Full name | Club Sporting Cristal | ||
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Nickname(s) | Los Cerveceros, Los Bajopontinos, Los Rimenses, Los Celestes | ||
Founded | December 13, 1955 | ||
Ground | Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
President | Felipe Cantuarias | ||
Manager | Roberto Mosquera | ||
League | Primera División Peruana | ||
2011 | Primera División Peruana, 10th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Sporting Cristal has won the league title 15 times, and it is the Peruvian team with the third most National titles. All its titles have been won in the professional era.
It is one of the most popular football teams in Peru, along with Universitario de Deportes and Alianza Lima; it is the youngest of the three. In 1997, it became the second Peruvian football club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores, an international competition.
Sporting Cristal plays home games at the Estadio San Martín de Porres, but they also play at the Estadio Nacional. They also use the Estadio Nacional when playing international competitions, such as Copa Libertadores.
History
Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac, known as Sporting Tabaco, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m².
On December 13, 1955 the club was founded Sporting Cristal . The club from the Rímac district debuted in 1956 in the professional Primera Division and won their first national title that same year. Journalists called them the club that was born a champion (nació campeon). The team managed to win more titles over the years and was known as one of the best football clubs in Peru after Universitario de Deportes and Alianza Lima. A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.
Sporting Cristal changed its shirt color from blue to light blue. During a brief period between 1978 and 1981, they again used blue shirts. In 1982 they returned to light blue as the color of the club.
The 1990s was the most succeful decade, 4 national titles (3 in a row) with coaches as Juan Carlos Oblitas, Cristal won 1991, 1994 and 1995 domestic league. And with Sergio Markarián head coach they won 1996 league. By 1997, the team, led by Uruguayan coach Sergio Markarián, reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores, where they faced the Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg was a home game, in which they ended in a scoreless draw; in the second leg, they lost 1-0. This is the closest a Peruvian team has come to the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario de Deportes had a similar fate playing against Club Atlético Independiente.
In the last years Cristal haven´t done so well in the national championship. The last title was obtain in 2005 with Jose del Solar as head coach and many notable players as Sergio Leal, Jorge Soto and Luis Alberto Bonnet.
Rivalries
Sporting Cristal has had longstanding rivalries with Universitario, Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys.
Supporters
Cristal has three ultras or barra bravas known as Extremo Celeste, Fverza Oriente Gvardia Xtrema. Fverza Oriente was the first ultra of Cristal, founded in 1975. They are located on eastern grandstand of the stadiums. Extremo Celeste was formed in 1991 when a group of young fans from Fuerza Oriente decided to form a new group for young energetic supporters. Extremo Celeste has become one of the biggest barras bravas in Peru. And in 2007 a smaller third ultra was created in the western grandstand to support the team. Son Cristal had supporters on every grandstand on Estadio Alberto Gallardo.
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 August 2012.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
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*Naturalized Peruvians
Top Goalscorers in First Division
Year | Player | Goals | Nationality |
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1954 | Vicente Villanueva | 14 | |
1961 | Alberto Gallardo | 18 | |
1962 | Alberto Gallardo | 22 | |
1980 | Oswaldo Ramírez | 18 | |
1983 | Juan Caballero | 29 | |
1991 | Raúl Horacio Baldessari | 25 | |
1994 | Flavio Maestri | 25 | |
1995 | Julinho | 23 | |
1998 | Nilson Esidio | 25 | |
2003 | Luis Alberto Bonnet | 20 | |
2008 | Miguel Ximénez | 32 |
Presidential history
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Managerial History
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Honours
National
- Winners (1): 1982
International
- Runner-up (1): 1997
Friendly International
- Winners (1): 1988
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 28 appearances
- Runners-up (1): 1997
- 1962, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
- Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
- 1994: Quarter-Finals
- Copa Merconorte: 4 appearances
- 1998: First Round
- 1999: First Round
- 2000: First Round
- 2001: First Round
- U-20 Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance
- 2012: Group Stage
References
- ^ "Club Sporting Cristal - Plantel Profesional 2012". Club Sporting Cristal. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
External links
- Sporting Cristal Official Club Website
- Sporting Cristal's channel on YouTube
- Sporting Cristal on Facebook
- Sporting Cristal on Twitter