Boyacá Chicó F.C.
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| Full name | Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered) El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá) | ||
| Founded | 26 March 2002 (as Bogotá Chicó) 18 January 2005 (relocation to Tunja) | ||
| Ground | Estadio La Independencia | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Owner | Eduardo Pimentel | ||
| Chairman | Nicolás Pimentel | ||
| Manager | Juan Carlos Álvarez | ||
| League | Categoría Primera A | ||
| 2024 | Primera A, 19th of 20 | ||
| Website | https://chicofutbolclub.com | ||
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Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja playing in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on March 26, 2002[1] in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C.,[2] named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003[2] and playing one more season in the capital, the club was relocated to its current ground and renamed Boyacá Chicó F.C. They play their home games at the Estadio de La Independencia stadium.
History
The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the neighborhood of Chicó, in the locality of Chapinero in Bogotá, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of Millonarios, América de Cali, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Pereira and the Colombia national football team, was born. The club played their first season in Primera B that same year after buying a license from Cortuluá,[3] and won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned promotion to Primera A. In their first season in the top flight, they advanced to the final stages of the Apertura tournament and avoided relegation at the end of the season, but relocated to Tunja in 2005 owing to poor attendances and a lack of sponsors as well as an invitation from the Boyacá Department government.[4] After its move to Tunja and the arrival of manager Alberto Gamero in 2006, Boyacá Chicó started enjoying consistent results which allowed them to reach the semifinals of the domestic championship in the 2006 Finalización and both tournaments of the 2007 season, qualifying for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating América de Cali in the Torneo Apertura final.[5] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.[6][7] However, the club only spent one season in the second tier, being promoted back to the Primera A after winning the Primera B championship in 2017.
Honours
Domestic
- Categoría Primera A
- Winners (1): 2008–I
- Categoría Primera B
- Copa Colombia
- Runners-up (1): 2011
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
The club has appeared in the Copa Libertadores twice, reaching the preliminary round in 2008 and the group stage in the 2009 edition.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 2008 | Copa Libertadores | FS | Chile Audax Italiano | 4–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 (a) |
| 2009 | Copa Libertadores | GS | Bolivia Aurora | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3rd |
| Brazil Grêmio | 0–1 | 0–3 | ||||
| Chile Universidad de Chile | 3–0 | 0–3 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 25 September 2024[8]
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
- Colombia Juan Alejandro Mahecha (2005–2009), (2011–2014), (2015–2016)
- Colombia Ever Palacios (2005–2011)
- Mexico Mario García (2006–2013)
- Colombia Edwin Móvil (2006–2009), (2010–2014)
- Colombia Arley Palacios (2007–2008)
- Colombia Nestor Salazar (2007–2008)
- Argentina Miguel Caneo (2008–2011),(2016)
- Colombia Franky Oviedo (2008)
- Colombia Víctor Danilo Pacheco (2008)
- Colombia Yhonny Ramírez (2008–2011)
- Colombia Brahaman Sinisterra (2008)
- Colombia Edigson Velásquez (2008–2009)
Managers
- Colombia Eduardo Pimentel (2004–05)
- Argentina Mario Vanemerak (2005)
- Colombia Alberto Gamero (July 2005 – Dec 2013)
- Colombia José Ricardo Pérez (Jan 2014 – Dec 14)
- Colombia Eduardo Lara (Dec 2014–15)
- Colombia Eduardo Pimentel (2015)
- Colombia José Ricardo Pérez (2016)
- Colombia Darío Sierra (2016)
- Colombia Nelson Gómez (2016)
- Colombia Darío Sierra (2016)
- Uruguay Nelson Olveira (2016–17)
- Colombia Jhon Jaime Gómez (2017–20)
- Colombia Belmer Aguilar (2020–2021)
- MexicoItaly Mario García (2021–2023)
- Colombia Belmer Aguilar (2023)
- Argentina Miguel Caneo (2024)
- Colombia Jhon Jaime Gómez (2024)
- Uruguay Sergio Migliaccio (2024)
- Colombia Juan Carlos Álvarez (2024–)
References
- ↑ "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Especiales LMDF: La Feria de las fichas de los clubes del fútbol colombiano (o "¿Sabe usted dónde esta la ficha de su equipo en estos momentos?")" [LMDF Specials: The Carnival of licenses of Colombian football clubs (or "do you know where is your team's license right now?")] (in español). La Monserga del Fútbol. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "Historia de Boyacá Chicó" [History of Boyacá Chicó] (in español). El Tiempo. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ↑ "Boyacá Chicó, del argentino Caneo, campeón inédito del fútbol de Colombia" (in español). AFP. Archived from the original on 10 July 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
- ↑ "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
- ↑ "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
External links
- Official website of Chicó F.C. (oficial website)