Cienciano del Cuzco 1701411 225639704 2008-07-14T18:05:35Z 190.43.180.34 {{Football club infobox | clubname = Cienciano | image = [[Image:Cienciano2.png|100px]]| fullname = Club Sportivo Cienciano | founded = [[1901]] | ground = [[Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega]]<br /> [[Cusco|Cusco]]| capacity = 42,000 | chairman = Juvenal Silva | manager = [[Franco Navarro]] | league = [[Primera División Peruana]] | season = [[Primera División Peruana 2008|2008]] | position = Apertura 3rd | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=191970|body2=191970|rightarm2=191970|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=191970| }} '''Club Cienciano del Cusco''' is a [[football (soccer)]] club from [[Cusco|Cuzco]], [[Peru]]. The club was founded in 1901, originally the team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Cusco ('''Ciencias''' meaning science in Spanish), where it takes its name from. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]] from [[Argentina]] in the finals of the [[2003]] [[Copa Sudamericana]] and [[Boca Juniors]] in the [[Recopa Sudamericana 2004]]. ==History== ===Beginnings=== Cienciano was founded in 1901 by a group of students from the National School of Science of Cusco (''Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco''). It participated in several leagues and tournaments of the region. In 1966 Oscar Ladrón de Guevara (''Cututtu''). was the first Cienciano player to be name the captain for the Peruvian national team. In 1972, it began to play in the [[Peruvian First Division]]. However, four years later, the club was relegated. In 1988, the [[Federación Peruana de Fútbol|FPF]] invited the club to play in a tournament of the southern region. In 1991, Cienciano won the tournament and in 1992 it once again played in the First Division. Since then, the team has remained in the First Division but was close to be relegated in 1994. === Copa Sudamericana === In 2003 Cienciano, led by their coach Freddy Ternero, made it for the first time to the [[Copa Sudamericana]], after beating the current Peruvian champion [[Sporting Cristal]] in an internal qualifying tournament. It went through every later knockout round arguably as the underdog defeating Peru's [[Alianza Lima]], Chile's [[Club Deportivo Universidad Católica]], Colombia's [[Atlético Nacional]] (once [[Copa Libertadores]] champion) and Brazil's [[Santos Futebol Clube|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 [[Buenos Aires]], Cienciano went on to win 1-0 on their home game in Peru with a goal from a free kick by Paraguayan defender [[Carlos Lugo]]. The game was played in [[Arequipa]] (home of Southern Peruvian rivals [[Melgar]], some of whose fans actually attended the match to root for River Plate) because of the insufficient capacity for a [[CONMEBOL]] final of the [[Estadio Garcilazo de la Vega]] (which has since been expanded) This was the first international championship for a Peruvian team in history, only two other Peruvian teams had advanced to the finals of an international tournament, the [[Copa Libertadores]] ([[Universitario de Deportes]] in 1972, and [[Sporting Cristal]] in 1997) only to be defeated. However, Cienciano had never won the Peruvian national champion (they did win one half-year tournament in 2001 but lost the title of national champions by a penalty shootout to the winner of the second tournament, [[Alianza Lima]], in the year in which both celebrated their centenary. The situation was repeated in 2006 to the inverse: Cienciano won the second tournament but lost the final to Alianza Lima on aggregate). ===Recopa Sudamericana=== After winning the Copa Sudamericana, Cienciano went on to play against [[Boca Juniors]] of Argentina, another South American giant, for the [[2004]] [[Recopa Sudamericana]], this being just one match, much like [[UEFA]]'s [[European Super Cup]], that faced the winner of both South American Cups of the previous season: the [[Copa Sudamericana]] and the [[Copa Libertadores]]. After a 1-1 draw, Cienciano went on to win the title by penalty shootout. The match was played in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]]. ==Stadium== {{main|Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega}} Cienciano play their home games in Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega which is in [[Cusco]]. It was named after the Peruvian Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. When first inaugurated in 1950, it had a spectator capacity of 30,000 and had a [[running track]]. In 2004, the stadium's capacity was expanded to 42,000, losing its running track, because of Cienciano's success in international tournaments and it would be a venue in the [[Copa America 2004]]. ==Current Squad== Copa Libertadores 2008 Squad[http://www.cienciano.org/index.php/cienciano-2008] {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=[[Jesus Cisneros]]}} {{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=[[Manuel Marengo]]}} {{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=[[Jimmy Flores]]}} {{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=[[Carlos Solis (footballer)|Carlos Solis]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=Colombia|name=[[Julio Romaña]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=Argentina|name=[[Natalio Portillo]]}} {{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=[[Juan Carlos Bazalar]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=[[Victor Manique]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=[[Jose Falconi]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=[[Daniel Pelaez]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=[[Cesar Ortiz]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Yoshiro Salazar}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Jimmy Corrales}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Jose Corcuera}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=[[Roberto Guizasola]]}} {{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Christian Guevara}} {{Fs player|no=21|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=Juan Flores}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=[[William Chiroque]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Aldo Olcese}} {{Fs player|no=24|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Edson Uribe}} {{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Javier Caceres}} {{Fs end}} ==Achievements== ===National=== *'''[[Primera División Peruana]]:''' **'''Runners-up (3):''' 2001, 2005, 2006 ===International=== *'''[[Copa Sudamericana]]:''' **'''Winner (1):''' 2003 *'''[[Recopa Sudamericana]]:''' **'''Winner (1):''' 2004 ==Performance in CONMEBOL competitions== *'''[[Copa Libertadores]]''': 6 appearances ::'''Best''': Second Round in 2002 ==Copa Sudamericana 2003 Players== {| width=100% | *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Juan Carlos Bazalar]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Oscar Ibáñez]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alessandro Morán]] *{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Carlos Lugo]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Santiago Acasiete]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[César Ccahuantico]] | *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Germán Carty]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Julio García]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Juan Carlos La Rosa]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Paolo Maldonado]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Rodrigo Saraz]] |} ==Recopa Sudamericana 2004 Players== *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Oscar Ibáñez]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Paolo De la Haza]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Santiago Acasiete]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Manuel Arboleda]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Giuliano Portilla]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alessandro Morán]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Juan Carlos Bazalar]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Juan Carlos La Rosa]] *{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Daniel Gamarra]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Miguel Mostto]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Germán Carty]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Carlos Lobaton]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Rodrigo Saraz]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Sergio Ibarra]] '''First Team from 1901''' {| width=100% | *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 == * [http://www.cienciano.org : Official Website] * [http://www.easyperu.com/football.html Cienciano fan's view] {{fb start}} {{Primera División Peruana}} {{Copa Libertadores 2008}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Peruvian football clubs]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1901]] [[Category:University and college sports clubs]] [[Category:Cienciano]] [[ar:سيينسيانو]] [[ca:Club Sportivo Cienciano]] [[es:Club Sportivo Cienciano]] [[fr:Cienciano de Cuzco]] [[it:Club Sportivo Cienciano]] [[nl:Club Sportivo Cienciano]] [[ja:シエンシアーノ]] [[pl:Cienciano Cuzco]] [[pt:Club Sportivo Cienciano]] [[ru:Сьенсиано]]