Cusco FC

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Cusco

Full name	Cusco Fútbol Club
Founded	July 28, 2009; 12 years ago (2009-07-28) as Real Garcilaso
Ground	Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Cusco, Peru
Capacity	45,000
President	Julio Gerardo Vásquez Granilla
Manager	Marcelo Grioni
League	Liga 2
2021	Liga 1, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Cusco Fútbol Club (known as Real Garcilaso until 2019) is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Cusco, that competes in the Liga 1, the top flight of Peruvian football.

History[]

Beginnings[]

The club was founded in 2009 by students of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega school, in that year Real Garcilaso played the second division in Cusco. Real Garcilaso got to the finals where they defeated Cienciano and went up to first division of Cusco.

In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club qualified for the National Stage but was eliminated by Sportivo Huracán de Arequipa in the Round of 16.

In the 2011 Torneo Intermedio, the club was eliminated by Sport Áncash in the quarter-finals.

In the 2011 Copa Perú, the club defeated Pacífico in the finals and was promoted to the 2012 Torneo Descentralizado.

Primera División[]

In the 2012 Torneo Descentralizado, the club had a successful campaign with Andy Pando who was the tournament's top goal scorer, and made it to the final where it was defeated by Sporting Cristal. It also qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores second round. In 2013, They reached the final for the second year in a row and qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores after finishing as the top club during the tournament's first stage. In the Liguilla A, the club fought against Sporting Cristal for a spot in the finals which they played against Universitario. After winning at home and losing away, a third match was played in which they lost the play-offs 4–5 on penalties.

On 23 December 2019, Real Garcilaso announced its name change to Cusco Fútbol Club.^[1]

Copa Libertadores[]

In the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Santa Fe in the quarter-finals.

In the 2014 Copa Libertadores, according to Soccerly, Cruzeiro player Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento (better known as Tinga) was subjected to racist abuse at the game against Real Garcilaso in Huancayo. The South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) tweeted that the incident would be “handle this situation and any pertinent sanctions.”

Rivalries[]

Cusco FC has a rivalry with Cusco clubs Deportivo Garcilaso and Cienciano. The three clubs share the same home stadium.

Stadium[]

Cusco FC 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 22,000 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 2004 Copa América. The team also plays some games at Estadio Túpac Amaru in Sicuani.

The club's current training ground is at the Complejo Deportivo in Oropesa, approximately 25Km east of Cusco.

Honours[]

National[]

League[]

• Peruvian Primera División:

Runner-up (3): 2012, 2013, 2017

• Torneo Apertura:

Runner-up (1): 2017

• Torneo Clausura:

Runner-up (2): 2015, 2017

• Copa Perú:

Winners (1): 2011

Regional[]

• Región VIII:

Winners (1): 2011

Runner-up (1): 2010

• Liga Departamental de Cusco:

Winners (1): 2010

• Liga Provincial del Cusco:

Winners (1): 2010

• Liga Distrital del Cusco:

Winners (1): 2010

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

Competition	A	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa Libertadores	4	24	7	4	13	18	35
Copa Sudamericana	1	4	1	1	2	4	5

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2013	Copa Libertadores	Group Stage		Santa Fe	1–1	0–2
				Deportes Tolima	0–3	1–0
				Cerro Porteño	5–1	1–0
		R2		Nacional	1–0	0–1 (pen. 4–1)
		QF		Santa Fe	1–3	0–2
2014	Copa Libertadores	Group Stage		Cruzeiro	2–1	3–0
				Defensor Sporting	0–2	4–1
				Universidad de Chile	1–2	1–0
2016	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage		Aucas	1–0	1–2
		Second Stage		Palestino	2–2	0–1
2018	Copa Libertadores	Group Stage		Santos	2–0	0–0
				Estudiantes	0–0	0–3
				Nacional	0–0	0–4
2019	Copa Libertadores	First Stage		Deportivo La Guaira	1–0	2–1

Current squad[]

As of 25 March 2021

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  ARG Federico Nicosia 2 DF  COL Anier Figueroa 3 DF  PER Diego Minaya 4 DF  PER Carlos Orbe 6 MF  PER Yorkman Tello 7 MF  PER Miguel Carranza 8 MF  PER José Rivera 9 FW  PER Mauricio Montes 10 MF  ARG Alfredo Ramúa (captain) 11 FW  ARG Maximiliano Barreiro 12 DF  PER Carlos Caraza 13 DF  PER Erick Rossi 14 MF  PER Edson Aubert 16 DF  PER Manuel Corrales 17 MF  URU Matías Abisab

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  PER José Velásquez 20 FW  PER Jairo Uscamayta 21 GK  PER Juan Pretel 22 DF  PER Jair Céspedes 23 FW  PER Sandro Rengifo 24 DF  URU Gonzalo Rizzo 25 GK  PER Diego Enríquez 26 MF  PER Miguel Aucca 28 FW  COL Jeferson Collazos 31 GK  PER Éder Hermoza 32 MF  PER Erick Gonzales 35 MF  PER James Morales 93 MF  PER Víctor Cedrón — MF  PER Jared Ulloa (On loan from Sporting Cristal)

Managers[]

• (Jan 1, 2010–Dec 20, 2010)
• Freddy García (Jan 1, 2011–14)
• Luis Flores (2014)
• Mariano Soso (2015)
• Tabaré Silva (2015)
• Jorge Espejo (2016)
• Wilmar Valencia (2016)
• (2017)
• (2017)
• Marcelo Grioni (2017)
• Óscar Ibáñez (2018)
• Tabaré Silva (2018)
• Victor Reyes (2018)

See also[]

• List of football clubs in Peru
• Peruvian football league system

References[]

External links[]

• Official website