Universitario de Deportes

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Universitario de Deportes
Basic data
Surname	Club Universitario de Deportes
founding	August 7, 1924
Website	universitario.com.pe
First soccer team
Head coach	Nicolás Andrés Córdova
Venue	Estadio Monumental Lima , Peru
Places	80.093
league	Primera División
2018	9th place (overall)
home Away

Universitario de Deportes is a football club from Lima , Peru . The club was founded in 1924 and plays in the highest Peruvian football league, the Primera División . He has been playing in the Estadio Monumental , the largest football stadium in Peru , since 2000 .

Universitario de Deportes is one of the most successful football clubs in Peru . He has won the Peruvian championship 26 times - more than any other national club.

history

The football club was founded on August 7, 1924 as Federación Universitaria by students from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima. The first Universitaria teams were composed of university students.

The National Committee of Sports (El Comité Nacional de Deportes), at that time the highest sports committee in Peru, recognized the club. For the first three years after it was founded, the club only took part in friendly matches with other teams. In 1928, the Federación Peruana de Fútbol took him on in the first division without any further athletic qualification would have been necessary. The following year the team won their first tournament and became Peruvian champions. In 1931 the association changed its name to Universitario de Deportes .

successes

• Peruvian Championship
  • Masters (26 ×): 1929, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2013.
  • Runner-up (15 ×): 1928, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2008.

• Copa Libertadores
  • Finalist 1972 .

Trainer

• Marcelo Trobbiani (2004)
• José del Solar (2010)

player

• Santiago Acasiete (Current Peruvian International )
• José-Luis Carranza (Former Peruvian International)
• Roberto Challe (Former Peruvian International)
• Rubén Correa (Former Peruvian International)
• Teodoro Fernández (Former Peruvian International)
• Hernán Rengifo (Current Peruvian International)
• Luis Rubiños (Former Peruvian International )
• Nolberto Solano (current Peruvian international; active in Europe for Aston Villa and Newcastle United )
• José del Solar (Former Peruvian International)
• Juan Manuel Vargas (current Peruvian international; active in Europe for Fiorentina )

Web links

• official website