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Cienciano

Peru's only club to win two international tournaments.

Cienciano was founded in 1901.[1] In 2001, the club celebrated its 100-year anniversary by winning the Torneo Clausura under coach Carlos Daniel Jurado.[2][3] That year, Cienciano lost the national superfinal to Alianza Lima.[2] In 2003, led by coach Freddy Ternero, Cienciano qualified for the Copa Sudamericana for the first time by beating Sporting Cristal.[4][5]

The team defeated Alianza Lima, Universidad Católica, Atlético Nacional, and Santos to reach the final.[4][6] In the final, Cienciano drew 3–3 with River Plate in Buenos Aires and won 1–0 in Arequipa on a free-kick goal by Carlos Lugo.[4][7][6]

Quick Facts

Full name
Club Cienciano
Founded
8 July 1901
Ground
Estadio Garcilaso
Capacity
45,056
Chairman
Sergio Ludeña
Manager
Horacio Melgarejo
League
Liga 1
Season
2025

Facts from the source article.

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that Cienciano and Melgar are the only non-Lima professional clubs with large fanbases.[1] The same article lists the starting lineup for the Recopa final, including captain Óscar Ibáñez and forward Germán Carty, who was the top scorer of the Copa Sudamericana with six goals.[5] A 2020 AS Perú article describes Cienciano's team as lacking renowned players but possessing an unbreakable motivation.[6]

References

  1. Beltrán, "Melgar y Cienciano entre los clubes de fútbol con más hinchas en Perú: ¿en qué puesto están?", larepublica.pe, 2023-12-03. facts only, no text reused. larepublica.pe
  2. Wikipedia, "Cienciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cienciano – Estudiantes de Medicina 2001: Sin capital de por medio – De Chalaca Futbol para el que la conoce", dechalaca.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "Cienciano – Estudiantes de Medicina 2001: Sin capital de por medio – De Chalaca Futbol para el que la conoce", dechalaca.com. facts only, no text reused. dechalaca.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Cienciano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cienciano y la vez que silenció a River Plate en Argentina por la Sudamericana", larepublica.pe, 10 December 2020; "17 aniversario de Cienciano campeón de la Sudamericana", AS Perú, 19 December 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Los once de los Andes", elperuano.pe, 13 December 2015. facts only, no text reused. elperuano.pe
  6. "17 aniversario de Cienciano campeón de la Sudamericana", AS Perú, 19 December 2020. facts only, no text reused. peru.as.com
  7. "Cienciano y la vez que silenció a River Plate en Argentina por la Sudamericana", larepublica.pe, 10 December 2020. facts only, no text reused. larepublica.pe

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Cienciano (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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