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Football team

Cienciano

Club · Peru · Primera División

«Cienciano»

250 Matches
99 wins
71 draws
80 losses
368–317 Goals
+51 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Form L 31 Aug · Home Cusco · 1:2 W 4 Sep · Away FC Cajamarca · 5:2 W 11 Sep · Away Atletico Torque · 2:0 L 18 Sep · Away Atletico Torque · 0:3 L 23 Sep · Away ADT · 1:2 D 30 Sep · Home Cultural Santa Rosa · 1:1

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

Fixtures and results
8 Oct Primera División UCV Moquegua A
30 Sep Primera División Cultural Santa Rosa H 1:1 D
23 Sep Primera División ADT A 1:2 L
18 Sep CONMEBOL Sudamericana Atletico Torque A 0:3 L
11 Sep CONMEBOL Sudamericana Atletico Torque A 2:0 W
4 Sep Primera División FC Cajamarca A 5:2 W

Standing

Primera División

Group stage · Primera Division: Apertura

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Alianza Lima 17 12 4 1 30:8 40
2 Cultural Santa Rosa 17 10 4 3 25:21 34
3 Cienciano 17 10 3 4 34:22 33
4 Universitario 17 8 5 4 24:15 29
5 FBC Melgar 17 8 4 5 29:20 28
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Team statistics

matches counted in total: 250
250 Matches
99 wins
71 draws
80 losses
368–317 Goals
+51 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 250
99wins: 99 · 39% 71draws: 71 · 28% 80losses: 80 · 32%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
31 Aug · Home Cusco · 1:2
4 Sep · Away FC Cajamarca · 5:2
11 Sep · Away Atletico Torque · 2:0
18 Sep · Away Atletico Torque · 0:3
23 Sep · Away ADT · 1:2
30 Sep · Home Cultural Santa Rosa · 1:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 250 125 125
Scored 368 223 145
Conceded 317 121 196
Scored per game 1.5 1.8 1.2
Conceded per game 1.3 1.0 1.6
Difference +51 +102 −51

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Ademar Guillermo Alder Robles Zevallos Midfielder 39 Matches Gonzalo Falcon Goalkeeper 39 Matches Ítalo Gilmar Espinoza Gómez Goalkeeper 39 Matches Carlos John Garcés Acosta Forward 38 Matches Juan Matías Succar Cañote Midfielder 38 Matches Sebastián José Cavero Nakahoro Defender 38 Matches Freddy Alonso Yovera Pérez Defender 37 Matches Gonzalo Aguirre Midfielder 37 Matches

Squad of Cienciano

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
29 Ademar Guillermo Alder Robles Zevallos Midfielder 39
1 Gonzalo Falcon Goalkeeper 39
31 Ítalo Gilmar Espinoza Gómez Goalkeeper 39
21 Carlos John Garcés Acosta Forward 38
19 Juan Matías Succar Cañote Midfielder 38
14 Sebastián José Cavero Nakahoro Defender 38
27 Freddy Alonso Yovera Pérez Defender 37
8 Gonzalo Aguirre Midfielder 37
88 Gerson Alexis Barreto Gamboa Midfielder 36
3 Kevin Steeven Becerra Wila Defender 36
26 Rotceh Américo Aguilar Rupany Defender 36
39 H. Caparo Midfielder 36
11 Neri Ricardo Bandiera Midfielder 35
7 Cristian Souza España Midfielder 35
16 Marcos Daniel Martinich Defender 34
13 Claudio Ronaldo Núñez Aquino Defender 33
10 Alejandro Hohberg González Midfielder 33
17 Ray Sandoval Forward 31
4 Maximiliano Amondarain Defender 31
5 Santiago Daniel Arias Fierro Midfielder 24
37 PE A. Rojas Midfielder 21 23
18 Didier La Torre Forward 22
25 Renzo Salazar Defender 18
22 Carlos Miguel Cabello Anagua Defender 14
99 Nadir Colunga Forward 10
9 Juan Bautista Romagnoli Costa Forward 8
30 Jean Franco Roncal Goalkeeper 7

Fixtures of Cienciano

Honours of Cienciano

  • Clausura Tournament 2001, 2006 2
  • Second Division of Peru 2019 1
  • Mercosur Cup 2003 1
  • South American Cup 2003 1
  • Copa Sudamericana 2004 1
  • Apertura Tournament 2005 1

Transfers

Transfers

Arrivals

Departures