Boyacá Chicó F.C.

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Boyacá Chicó
Full nameBoyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
Founded26 March 2002; 19 years ago (2002-03-26) (as Bogotá Chicó)
1 April 2005; 16 years ago (2005-04-01) (rebranded)
GroundEstadio La Independencia
Tunja, Colombia
Capacity20.000
ChairmanRicardo Hoyos Ángel
ManagerMario García
LeagueCategoría Primera B
2021–IPrimera A, 13th
(Relegated by average)
WebsiteClub website

Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja playing in the Categoría Primera B. 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 Chic��, 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 C, finished as champions and were promoted to Primera B. The club won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned further promotion to Primera A.

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.[3] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.[4][5] 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[]

Winners (1): 2008–I
Winners (2): 2003, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2019
Winners (1): 2000
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.
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 18 August 2021[6]

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 Colombia COL Rogerio Caicedo
2 DF Colombia COL Jhonathan Muñoz
6 MF Colombia COL José Hurtado
7 FW Colombia COL Geimer Balanta
14 DF Colombia COL Eduard Banguero
16 DF Venezuela VEN Delvin Alfonzo
17 FW Colombia COL Cristian Páez
19 MF Colombia COL Frank Lozano
22 FW Colombia COL Jacobo Pimentel
23 GK Colombia COL Sebastián Arango
24 FW Colombia COL Brayan Moreno (on loan from Celaya)
33 GK Colombia COL Eder Orjuela
— DF Venezuela VEN Galileo Del Castillo
— DF Colombia COL Duvier Díaz
— DF Colombia COL Jhon Anderson Gómez
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Colombia COL Elkin Mosquera
— DF Venezuela VEN Henry Plazas
— DF Colombia COL Francined Restrepo
— DF Colombia COL José Fernando Rosero
— MF Colombia COL Jhoan Arenas
— MF Colombia COL Julián Bustos
— MF Colombia COL Javier Calle
— MF Colombia COL Wilmar Cruz
— MF Colombia COL Juan José Forero
— MF Colombia COL Kevin Londoño
— MF Colombia COL Dayro Mosquera
— MF Colombia COL Iván Rivas
— MF Colombia COL Sebastián Támara
— FW Colombia COL Quelmer Hurtado
— FW Colombia COL Wilson Mena

Managers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Boyacá Chicó, del argentino Caneo, campeón inédito del fútbol de Colombia" (in Spanish). AFP. Archived from the original on 10 July 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
  5. ^ "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
  6. ^ "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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