Sport Boys

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Sport Boys
Full nameSport Boys Association
Nickname(s)Los Rosados
Los Porteños
La Misilera
Los Olímpicos de Berlín
La Academia Porteña
La Nube Rosada
Founded28 July 1927; 96 years ago (1927-07-28)
GroundEstadio Miguel Grau
Capacity17,000
ChairmanJohan Vasquez
ManagerFernando Gamboa
LeagueLiga 1
2023Liga 1, 15th of 19
WebsiteClub website

Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a

.

Sport Boys 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 the Big 3,

Alianza Lima, teams of Lima. It's most recent title was in 1984, where it overtook Colegio Nacional Iquitos and qualified for the 1985 Copa Libertadores where it finished in the quarter-finals. They participate in the Peruvian Primera División, the top flight of the Peruvian football league system
.

The team's original uniform was striped red and yellow, which was then changed to its current pink and black color scheme.

History

Foundation

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.

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

The last time Sport Boys became champions of the

Peruvian Segunda Division

Sport Boys returned to the Peruvian Primera División after winning the 2017 Peruvian Segunda División. They placed 14th on the aggregate table on the brink of Relegation but were ahead of the relegation zone by 11 points and again in 2019. The club classified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, their first participation in the tournament. They did not advance past the First Round.

Kit evolution

1927
Old First kit, 2008–09 Away
1927–Present
Home
1927–07, 2010–1?
Away

Rivalries

Sport Boys has had a long-standing rivalry with

.

Stadium

Sport Boys plays its home games at the

Estadio Nacional
, where they would be far away from their fans.

Honours

National

League

Half-year / Short tournaments

Regional

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1967: First round
1977: Quarter-finals
1985: Quarter-finals
1991: First round
1992: First round
2001: First round
2022: First round
1999: Quarter-finals

Current squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Peru PER Steven Rivadeneyra
2 DF Peru PER Werner Schuler
3 DF Peru PER Flavio Alcedo
5 DF Uruguay URU Maximiliano Amondarain
6 DF Peru PER Ayrthon Quintana
7 FW Peru PER Alexis Huamán
8 MF Argentina ARG Francisco Grahl
9 FW Peru PER Fabrizio Roca
10 FW Uruguay URU Cristian Techera
11 FW Peru PER Baruj Aburto
12 GK Peru PER Ismael Quispe
14 MF Peru PER Carlos Correa
15 MF Peru PER Arly Benites
17 MF Peru PER Juan Morales
18 FW Peru PER Gilmar Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Peru PER Brandon Palacios
20 MF Colombia COL Jhonnier Montaño
21 MF Argentina ARG Damián Arce
22 MF Peru PER Jorge Ríos
23 MF Peru PER Jesús Barco
25 DF Peru PER Renzo Salazar
27 FW Argentina ARG Pablo Bueno
28 DF Peru PER Édinson Chávez
29 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Mansilla
30 MF Peru PER Kevin Peña
31 FW Peru PER Cristian Carbajal
32 GK Peru PER Sammy Alfaro
33 FW Peru PER Joao Villamarín
39 MF Peru PER Jesús Huamán
40 GK Peru PER Jeremy Nasar

Technical staff

Teddy Cardama

Notable players

Managers

References

External links

Official websites
Non-official websites