Boyacá Chicó F.C.

Boyacá Chicó
Full name Deportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s) Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
Founded 26 March 2002 (2002-03-26)
Ground Estadio La Independencia
Tunja, Colombia
Capacity 20,630
Chairman Ricardo Hoyos Ángel
Manager Jhon Jaime Gómez
League Categoría Primera A
2018–I 19th
Website Club website

Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja playing in the Categoría Primera A starting from 2018. 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 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
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 2 July 2018[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Colombia DF Jhon Peña
5 Colombia DF José Mosquera
7 Colombia MF Misael Riascos
9 Colombia FW Diego Valdés
10 Colombia MF Mateo Palacios
12 Colombia GK Sergio Avellaneda
13 Colombia DF Nelino Tapia
14 Colombia MF Denis Mena
16 Colombia FW Jhon Arboleda
17 Armenia DF Jordy Monroy
18 Colombia MF Juan David Díaz
19 Colombia FW Óscar Balanta
20 Colombia FW Jhan Mora
21 Venezuela MF Yuxer Requena
22 Colombia MF Felipe Acosta
No. Position Player
23 Mexico MF Felipe Ponce (on loan from Atlético San Luis)
25 Colombia DF Juan David Duque
28 Colombia GK Sebastián Arango
— Colombia GK Aldair Arnedo
— Colombia DF Carlos Esterilla
— Colombia DF Félix García
— Colombia DF Jonathan Garay
— Colombia DF Deiver Hinojosa
— Nicaragua MF Juan Barrera
— Colombia MF Jossymar Gómez
— Colombia MF Stiven Mina
— Colombia MF José Carlos Muñoz
— Colombia MF Juan Camilo Vela
— Colombia FW Óscar Rodas

Managers

References

  1. ↑ Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó
  2. 1 2 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. ↑ http://www.rcnradio.com/deportes/boyaca-chico-desciende-la-b-tras-12-anos/
  5. ↑ http://www.futbolred.com/liga-aguila/boyaca-chico-perdio-3-2-con-medellin-y-descendio-a-la-b+16743771
  6. ↑ "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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