Sport Huancayo

On February 7, 2007, Huancaína Sport Club was founded by the initiative of a beer company led by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar, which purchased the playing rights of Club Escuela de Fútbol Huancayo, who was at that time playing in the Liga Distrital de El Tambo. In 2008, the club changed its name to Sport Huancayo to better identify themselves with the city of Huancayo, where the club is based in.^[1]

In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado for the first time as Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage.^[2] It was also the first and only time the club won a national title.

In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and classified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the successful coach Cristóbal Cubilla. Sport Huancayo got eliminated in the Second Stage of the Copa Sudamericana.

In the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the club was eliminated by Defensor Sporting in the Second Stage.

In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and classified to its first Copa Libertadores for the 2012 season.

In the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Arsenal de Sarandí in the First Stage.^[3][4] In the Peruvian tournament the club finished in sixth position, in this way, they managed to qualify for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. In 2014, the club was saved from relegation after beating Caimanes 1-0.^[5]

In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team.^[6] In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America.^[7] Since 2016, the club qualified for every Copa Sudamericana edition up until 2021. In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC. In the newly created, 2019 Copa Bicentenario, Sport Huancayo reached the final and lost to Atlético Grau on penalties. Their best result in the Sudamericana was in 2020, where they reached the Round of 16. In the 2022 Liga 1 the club placed fourth in the league and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for second time for the 2023 season. They got eliminated by Club Nacional of Paraguay in the qualifying stage.

Sport Huancayo's home stadium is Estadio Huancayo. The stadium is also home to Deportivo Junín. It was constructed in 1962 and owned by the Instituto Peruano de Deporte. It has a capacity of 20,000.

As of 31 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  PER Hugo Ángeles 3 DF  PER Diego Minaya (captain) 4 DF  BRA Guti 5 MF  PER José Meza 6 DF  PER Joaquín Aguirre 7 MF  PER Tarek Carranza 8 MF  PER Javier Núñez 9 FW  ARG Lucas Cano 10 MF  PER Marcos Lliuya 11 FW  CHI Carlos Ross 12 GK  PER Ángel Zamudio 14 FW  COL Jhonier Viveros 15 DF  PER Luis Garro

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  PER Leonardo Villar 18 FW  PER Renato Espinosa 19 FW  PER Ronal Huaccha 20 MF  PER Ray Gómez 21 MF  PER Luis Benítes 22 MF  PER Ricardo Salcedo 23 MF  PER Cristian Mendoza 24 DF  PER Ángel Pérez 27 MF  ARG Matías Pérez García 28 MF  PER David Dioses 29 GK  PER Aldair Ccorahua 30 MF  PER Juan Martínez 33 DF  BRA Otavio Gut 88 GK  PER Joel Pinto

Titles won in lower divisions:

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

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate		Ref
2012	First Stage		Arsenal	1–1	0–3	1–3		[4][3]
2023	First Stage		Nacional	2–1	1-3	3-4		[8]

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate		Ref
2010	Second Stage		Defensor Sporting	2–0	0–9	2–9		[9]
2013	First Stage		Emelec	1–3	0–4	1–7		[10]
2016	First Stage		Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–0	1–2	2–2		[11]
	Second Stage		Sol de América	1–1	0–1	1–2		[12]
2017	First Stage		Nacional Potosí	2–1	1–3	3–4		[13]
2018	First Stage		Unión Española	3–0	0–0	3–0		[14]
	Second Stage		Caracas	3–4	0–2	3–6		[15]
2019	First Stage		Montevideo Wanderers	1–1	0–2	1–3		[16]
2020	First Stage		Argentinos Juniors	0–0	1–1	1–1		[17]
	Second Stage		Liverpool	1-1	2-1	3-2		[18]
	Round of 16		Coquimbo Unido	0-2	0-0	0-2		[19]
2021	First Stage		UTC	4-0	1-0	5-0		[20]
	Group Stage		Peñarol	0-0	1-5			[21]
			River Plate	1-2	1-2
			Corinthians	0-3	0-5

Season	Round	Country	Club	Score	Aggregate		Ref
2018	Group stage		Independiente del Valle	1-6			[22]
			Nacional	0-8
			Colo-Colo	0-2

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Sport Huancayo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

Season	League									Position		National Cups		Continental / Other		Tournament Top goalscorer(s)
	Div	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Play-offs[a]					Name(s)	Goals
2017	1	Torneo de Verano	14	5	3	6	19	23	18	5th	DNQ	—	—	Copa Sudamericana	R1	Mauricio Montes	17
		Torneo Apertura	15	7	5	3	23	16	26	4th	DNQ
		Torneo Clausura	15	5	5	5	22	22	20	7th[b]
2018		Torneo de Verano	14	8	3	3	29	20	27	1st	2nd [c]	—	—	Copa Sudamericana	R2	Carlos Neumann	27
		Torneo Apertura	15	4	6	5	16	15	18	10th	DNQ
		Torneo Clausura	15	3	7	5	19	22	16	15th
2019		Torneo Apertura	17	6	6	5	22	23	24	10th	DNQ	Copa Bicentenario	RU	Copa Sudamericana	R1	Carlos Neumann	14
		Torneo Clausura	17	7	5	5	24	21	26	8th
2020		Torneo Apertura	19	10	5	4	23	15	35	2nd	DNQ	Copa Bicentenario	—[d]	Copa Sudamericana	Ro16	Marcio Valverde	11
		Torneo Clausura	9	2	3	4	9	15	9	9th
2021		Fase 1	9	3	3	3	8	9	12	4th	DNQ	Copa Bicentenario	R1	Copa Sudamericana	GS	—	—
		Fase 2	17	3	9	5	18	21	18	13th

Rank	Player	Nat	CL	CS	Total	Ref.
1	Liliu			3	3	[23]
2	Manuel Corrales			2	2	[24]
3	Marcio Valverde			2	2	[25]
4	Sergio Ibarra		1		1	[26]
5	Ronal Huaccha		1		1

As of 31 January

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  PER Hugo Ángeles 3 DF  PER Diego Minaya (captain) 4 DF  BRA Guti 5 MF  PER José Meza 6 DF  PER Joaquín Aguirre 7 MF  PER Tarek Carranza 8 MF  PER Javier Núñez 9 FW  ARG Lucas Cano 10 MF  PER Marcos Lliuya 11 FW  CHI Carlos Ross 12 GK  PER Ángel Zamudio 14 FW  COL Jhonier Viveros 15 DF  PER Luis Garro

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  PER Leonardo Villar 18 FW  PER Renato Espinosa 19 FW  PER Ronal Huaccha 20 MF  PER Ray Gómez 21 MF  PER Luis Benites 22 MF  PER Ricardo Salcedo 23 MF  PER Cristian Mendoza 24 DF  PER Ángel Pérez 27 MF  ARG Matías Pérez García 28 MF  PER David Dioses 29 GK  PER Aldair Ccorahua 30 MF  PER Juan Martínez 33 DF  BRA Otavio Gut 88 GK  PER Joel Pinto

Below is a list of Sport Huancayo managers from 2009, the club's first season in the Peruvian first division, until the present day.

As of 3 November 2020

Name Period José Ramírez Cubas Jan 1, 2009 – May 4, 2009 Luis Ventura May 4, 2009 – Oct 21, 2010 Cristóbal Cubilla Sep 5, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009 Rafael Castillo Jan 1, 2010 – Jun 16, 2010 Cristóbal Cubilla Jun 18, 2010 – Sep 19, 2010 Roberto Mosquera Jul 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2011 Miguel Company Jan 1, 2012 – Apr 19, 2012 Wilmar Valencia Jul 1, 2012 – Dec 11, 2012 Moisés Barack Jan 8, 2013 – Feb 12, 2013 Marcelo Trobbiani Feb 14, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013

Name Period Daniel Córdoba Dec 28, 2013 – Jul 20, 2014 Marcelo Messina Jul 20, 2014 – Nov 4, 2014 Walter Lizárraga Nov 5, 2014 – May 31, 2015 Wilmar Valencia Jun 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015 Diego Umaña Jan 5, 2016 – May 12, 2017 Rolando Chilavert May 12, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017 Marcelo Grioni Jan 10, 2018 – Mar 26, 2019 Carlos Ramacciotti Mar 31, 2019 – Nov 18, 2019 Wilmar Valencia Feb 1, 2020 –

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