Boyacá Chicó F.C.

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.

Boyacá Chicó
Full nameDeportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
Founded26 March 2002 (2002-03-26)
GroundEstadio La Independencia
Tunja, Colombia
Capacity20,630
ChairmanRicardo Hoyos Ángel
ManagerJhon Jaime Gómez
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2019Primera B, Runners-up (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

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
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 Audax Italiano 4–3 0–1 4–4 (a)
2009 Copa Libertadores GS Aurora 2–1 3–0 3rd
Grêmio 0–1 0–3
Universidad de Chile 3–0 0–3

Players

Current squad
As of 27 January 2020[6]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Rogerio Caicedo
2 DF Jhonathan Muñoz (captain)
8 MF Juan Camilo Vela
9 FW Edinson Palomino
10 MF Mateo Palacios
11 FW Luis Páez
12 GK Pablo Mina
16 DF Delvin Alfonzo
17 DF Jordy Monroy
18 MF Juan David Díaz
19 DF Frank Lozano
20 FW Jossymar Gómez
No. Position Player
23 GK Sebastián Arango
25 DF Jhon Edwar González
26 DF Camilo Pérez
27 DF Jarol Martínez
29 MF Bryan Urueña
30 FW César Magallán
— GK Carlos Franco
— DF Dayron Benavides
— DF Jhon Mena
— MF José Hurtado
— FW Diego Echeverri

Managers

References
  1. "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  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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