Alianza Lima

Alianza Lima
Basic data
Surname	Club Alianza Lima
Seat	Lima , Peru
founding	February 15, 1901
Website	clubalianzalima.com/
First soccer team
Head coach	Pablo Bengochea
Venue	Alejandro Villanueva Lima , Peru
Places	35,000
league	Primera División
2018	Runner-up
home Away

The Club Alianza Lima is a football club in Lima , Peru . The club was founded on February 15, 1901 and plays in the Primera División , the highest Peruvian football league.

General

The club colors of Alianza are blue and white. This also determines the look of their home kits. The jersey is blue and white striped lengthways. Pants and socks are completely blue. The away shirt is designed differently. Sometimes in complete blue (without stripes), sometimes just white. In honor of Señor de los Milagros , players wear purple uniforms in October. In Peru, purple is often associated with religion and beliefs.

history

1901–1920: early years

Alianza Lima's traditional dress.

On February 15, 1901, the club was founded under the name Sport Alianza by a group of young men who worked in the Alianza stables of the former Peruvian President Augusto B. Leguía y Salcedo . The first jersey of the new club was green and white striped lengthways, based on the uniforms of horse jockeys. A little later the jersey was changed and the colors dark blue and white that are still common today were used. Eleven years after it was founded, in 1912, Alianza joined the Peruvian Amateur League. The team was able to celebrate its first championship title as early as 1918. At that time you played mainly against other teams from the capital Lima and the port city of Callao . Especially the games against Club Atlético Chalaco developed into a great rivalry and popularity. From the beginning, the club enjoyed great popularity and an ever-growing fan affiliation.

1921–1940: Renamed Alianza Lima

During the early days, when the players changed frequently due to the changing workforce in the stable and the towns in which they were employed, the board of directors decided in 1928 in Manco Capac Avenue to set up their own clubhouse in the La Victoria district. At the same time the name was changed to Alianza Lima . In the same year the team played for the first time against Federación Universitaria , which later renamed itself to Universitario de Deportes . A lot of competition developed between the two and over time this resulted in the Superclásico Peruano , the largest derby in the country.

The 1930s were very successful for the club. In 1931, 1932 and 1933, the capital city club won the national championship three times in a row, something that a Peruvian team has never achieved before. But in 1938 a big disappointment followed and Alianza was relegated to the second class. As early as the following season, they rose again and have been in the top division ever since.

1941–1980: Successful decades

During the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the team won ten league titles. In 1963 , the club first took part in the 1960 Copa Libertadores . In their first international participation, they were drawn into group A together with the Brazilian club Botafogo FR and the Colombian club CD Los Millonarios . With one win, one draw and two defeats, however, they failed to qualify for the next round. The following year the team did not win a game in the Copa Libertadores and in the 1966 and 1972 seasons , the team failed in the preliminary round. It wasn't until 1976 that the club made it into the second round for the first time, but were eliminated there against LDU Quito from Ecuador and the Brazilian team of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte . The same fate followed for two years. 1979 Alianza conceded twenty goals in six games in the preliminary round. No game was won or a tie was reached. Probably the worst defeat was the 3-6 on the first day of play, February 24, 1979, against league rivals Universitario de Deportes. Only the Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann in group two had a worse goal difference.

1981–1990: Lean years and total loss of the team in a plane crash

The 1980s were not as successful as the decades before. With Sporting Cristal came another strong competitor who was constantly fighting for the league title. In addition, this good player caught himself and attracted some of the Alianza squad. In 1978 there was the last championship success. In 1987 everything looked like Alianza would win another title. Shortly before the end of the season, the club was in first place in the Primera División Peruana , but a disaster prevented this success. On December 7th, the team traveled to the away game in Pucallpa , which they won with a goal from Carlos Bustamante. The next day the crew flew back to Lima in a Fokker F-27 aircraft . Just before the coast it plunged into the ocean. All players, coaches and supervisors died in this accident. The only survivor was the pilot. Alianza ended the season with young players and players on loan from the Chilean club CSD Colo-Colo . This resulted in a great friendship between the two teams. Alianza failed to keep the club in first place and they had to give way to their big rival Universitario de Deportes . In order to start a new build, some players like Teófilo Cubillas and César Cueto were reactivated in order to be able to build on more successful times. 1988 Alianza secured relegation late. In the following years the team regenerated.

1991–2000: Back to success

In 1997, for the first time since 1978, Alianza won the championship again under the coach of the time, Jorge Luis Pinto . Fans and players had to wait 18 years for this triumph. In the Copa Libertadores 1998 they moved into the round of 16, but failed there on Penarol Montevideo from Uruguay on penalties. In 1999, the team celebrated the runner-up, they also reached the semi-finals of the Copa Merconorte . In early 2000, then-team captain Sandro Baylón died in a car accident, which brought the club another tragic event.

2001 – today: centenary and present

In 2001 the celebrations for the club's 100th anniversary began. In the same year the team rewarded itself and presented itself with the championship. In 2003 and 2004 Alianza repeated these successes under the direction of Gustavo Costas .

Stadion

Alianza plays its home games at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva or “La Caldera” in Lima. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. It was built between 1969 and 1974 by Walter Lavalleja . To make this construction possible, Manuel Apolinario Odría Amoretti donated part of his land. The opening of the sports facility was on December 27, 1974. The Uruguayan representative Nacional Montevideo was the guest in the first game . The game ended 1-1. In 2017, Alianza Lima had 218,000 viewers

successes

National

The club became national soccer champions 23 times: 1918, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004 , 2006, 2017.

International

Alianza Lima reached twice the semi-finals in the Copa Libertadores (1976, 1978) and once the semi-finals in the Copa Merconorte (1999).

Current squad 2019

No. position Surname 1 TW Leao Butrón 12 TW Franco Saravia 23 TW Pedro Gallese 31 TW Ítalo Espinoza 2 FROM Aldair Salazar 3 FROM José Guidino 4th FROM Anthony Rosell 5 FROM Francisco Duclós 6th FROM Rodrigo Cuba 17th FROM Gonzalo Godoy 24 FROM Franz Schmidt 26th FROM Hansell Riojas 32 FROM Renato Rojas 34 FROM Franco Medina

No. position Surname 13 MF Carlos Beltran 18th MF Rinaldo Cruzado 19th MF Wild Cartagena 20th MF Aldair Fuentes 25th MF Tomás Costa 29 MF Sebastian Calle 7th MF José Manzaneda 10 MF Joazhiño Arroé 11 MF Felipe Jorge Rodríguez 14th MF Luis Alberto Ramírez 15th MF Kevin Ferreyra 22nd MF Christian Adrianzén 27 MF Kevin Quevedo 28 MF Miguel Cornejo 33 MF Oslimg Mora 9 ST Mauricio Affonso 16 ST Gonzalo Sánchez 30th ST Adrián Ugarriza

Known players

(Selection)

• Jair Baylón (active in Europe for Sporting Braga , among others )
• Rinaldo Cruzado (Current Peruvian International )
• Teófilo Cubillas (Former Peruvian International)
• Jefferson Farfán (Peruvian national player; active in Germany for FC Schalke 04 )
• George Forsyth (current Peruvian national player; active in Germany for Borussia Dortmund )
• Paolo Guerrero (current Peruvian national player; active in Germany for FC Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV )
• Pedro Pablo León (Former Peruvian national player; World Cup participant 1970)
• Reimond Manco (Current Peruvian national player)
• Tressor Moreno (Former Colombian international)
• Júnior Ponce (Former Peruvian U-17 international; active in Germany for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim )
• Claudio Pizarro (Former Peruvian national player; active in Germany for FC Bayern Munich , Werder Bremen and 1. FC Köln )
• Henry Quinteros (Current Peruvian International)
• Junior Ross (active in Germany for FSV Frankfurt )
• Luis Saritama (Current Ecuadorian International )
• José Soto (Former Peruvian International)
• Juan Valdivieso (Former Peruvian national player; World Cup participant 1930)
• Alejandro Villanueva (Former Peruvian national player; World Cup participant 1930)

Alianza's trainer

(incomplete)

Trainer	Period	Title won
Guillermo Rivero	1928-1934	1928, 1931, 1932, 1933
Adelfo Magallanes Campos	1946-1948 1954-1956	1948, 1954, 1955
Luis Guzman	1952-1953	1952
Jaime de Almeida	1961-1966	1962, 1963, 1965
Marcos Calderón	1975-1976	1975
Juan Hohberg	1977-1988	1977, 1978
Jorge Luis Pinto	1997-1998, 1999-2000	1997
Paulo Autuori	2001	2001
Bernabé Herraez	2001	2001
Gustavo Costas	2003-2004	2003, 2004
Gerardo Pelusso	2006-2007	2006
Gustavo Costas
Guillermo Sanguinetti	January 2014–18. May 2015
Gustavo Roverano	May 18, 2015–

Alianza's President

The first president of Alianza Lima, then still Sport Alianza, was José Carreño in 1901. The only people in this office so far have been José Vásquez Benavides and Augusto Mulanovich. Mulanovich also holds the club's internal record for this post at fifteen years of age (in two terms). In addition, in his second time at Alianza he was president of the club for a total of eleven years, which is also a record. So far, only Peruvians have held this post.

Name of the President Period José Carreño 1901-1902 Carlos Villarreal 1903-1904 Esteban Manuel Aranda 1905-1906 Manuel Carballo 1907-1908 Julio Chacaltana Chacón 1909-1910 Foción Mareátegui 1911 Ricardo Pérez 1911-1914 Carlos Pedreschi Penisqui 1915-1918 Ernesto Vergara 1918-1919 Hipólito Venegas 1920-1924 Manuel Parra del Riego 1925-1926 Juan Bromley Seminario 1927-1931 Víctor Oyaque 1931 Juan Carbone Gardella 1931-1933 Adolfo Pedreschi 1934

Name of the President Period Carlos Arias clerk 1935 Jorge Checa Eguiguren 1936-1940 Humberto Fernandini 1941 José Vásquez Benavides 1942-1944 Augusto Mulanovich 1945-1950 José Vásquez Benavides 1951-1960 Augusto Mulanovich 1961-1972 Luis Vargas Hornes 1972-1974 Enrique Zevallos Távara 1975-1982 Agustín Merino Tapia 1983-1989 Alberto Espantoso Pérez 1990-1993 Pío Dávila Esquenazi 1994-1996 Alberto Masías Ramírez 1996-2001 Alfonso de Souza F. 2002-2009 Guillermo Alarcón 2010–

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El Comercio Lunes 26 de febrero del 2018, supplement DIA page 18, Claudia Inga Martinez, Los retos de Alianza Lima
2. ↑ Guillermo Sanguinetti - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed December 11, 2016
3. ↑ Me voy yo (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy, accessed May 19, 2015