Cienciano

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«Cienciano»

245 Matches

97 wins

70 draws

78 losses

359–309 Goals

+50 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L W D L L L

Cienciano go into the season back in Peru's top flight, the place they returned to in 2019 after winning the Second Division.

The club has never actually won the Peruvian league outright — three finals lost, in 2001, 2005 and 2006 — yet it walked away with the shorter Apertura and Clausura tournaments split across those same years.

None of that explains why the name travels. In 2003, under coach Freddy Ternero , whose "¡Sí se puede!" became the line attached to that whole campaign, Cienciano beat River Plate in the final of the Copa Sudamericana. Paraguayan defender Carlos Lugo scored the goal that decided it. A year later they beat Palmeiras to add the Recopa Sudamericana, with Argentine goalkeeper and captain Oscar Ibáñez leading the side that carried both trophies.

Locally, the fixture that still matters most is against FBC Melgar of Arequipa, known as the Clásico del Sur.

Cienciano was founded on 8 July 1901, not around a factory or a neighbourhood but around a school — students of the Colegio Nacional de Ciencias del Cusco, the National School of Sciences, put the club together and took the name from what they studied. "Cienciano" translates roughly as a man of science, and among those credited with starting it was an English teacher, William Newell, working at the same school.

Latest results

All matches

31 Aug	Primera División	Cusco H	1:2	L
23 Aug	Primera División	Sport Boys A	1:5	L
21 Aug	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Botafogo A	0:1	L
17 Aug	Primera División	Deportivo Garcilaso H	0:0	D
14 Aug	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Botafogo H	6:1	W
6 Aug	Primera División	Alianza Atlético A	0:1	L

Standing

Primera División

Group stage · Primera Division: Tabla Anual

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	Cultural Santa Rosa	24	12	5	7	34:37	41
5	FBC Melgar	23	11	6	6	40:27	39
6	Cienciano	23	11	4	8	38:33	37
7	Cusco	23	11	3	9	34:35	36
8	Alianza Atlético	23	8	7	8	30:28	31

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 245

245 Matches

97 wins

70 draws

78 losses

359–309 Goals

+50 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 245

97 70 78

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	245	124	121
Scored	359	222	137
Conceded	309	120	189
Scored per game	1.5	1.8	1.1
Conceded per game	1.3	1.0	1.6
Difference	+50	+102	−52

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Gonzalo Falcon Goalkeeper 33 Matches

Ítalo Gilmar Espinoza Gómez Goalkeeper 33 Matches

Ademar Guillermo Alder Robles Zevallos Midfielder 33 Matches

Alejandro Hohberg González Midfielder 32 Matches

Gonzalo Aguirre Midfielder 32 Matches

Sebastián José Cavero Nakahoro Defender 32 Matches

Carlos John Garcés Acosta Forward 32 Matches

Juan Matías Succar Cañote Forward 32 Matches

Squad of Cienciano

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
1	Gonzalo Falcon	Goalkeeper	33
31	Ítalo Gilmar Espinoza Gómez	Goalkeeper	33
29	Ademar Guillermo Alder Robles Zevallos	Midfielder	33
10	Alejandro Hohberg González	Midfielder	32
8	Gonzalo Aguirre	Midfielder	32
14	Sebastián José Cavero Nakahoro	Defender	32
21	Carlos John Garcés Acosta	Forward	32
19	Juan Matías Succar Cañote	Forward	32
88	Gerson Alexis Barreto Gamboa	Midfielder	31
39	H. Caparo	Midfielder	31
27	Freddy Alonso Yovera Pérez	Defender	31
3	Kevin Steeven Becerra Wila	Defender	30
16	Marcos Daniel Martinich	Defender	30
26	Rotceh Américo Aguilar Rupany	Defender	30
7	Cristian Souza España	Midfielder	30
11	Neri Ricardo Bandiera	Midfielder	29
13	Claudio Ronaldo Núñez Aquino	Defender	28
4	Maximiliano Amondarain	Defender	27
17	Ray Sandoval	Midfielder	25
37	A. Rojas	Midfielder	23
5	Santiago Daniel Arias Fierro	Midfielder	19
18	Didier La Torre	Forward	17
25	Renzo Salazar	Defender	13
99	Nadir Colunga	Forward	10
22	Carlos Miguel Cabello Anagua	Defender	9
30	Jean Franco Roncal	Goalkeeper	7
9	Juan Bautista Romagnoli Costa	Midfielder	6