Boyacá Chicó
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Full nameBoyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá)
Founded26 March 2002 (2002-03-26) (as Bogotá Chicó)
1 April 2005 (2005-04-01) (rebranded)
GroundEstadio La Independencia
Capacity20,000
ChairmanRicardo Hoyos Ángel
ManagerMiguel Caneo
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2023Primera A, 10th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja playing in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on March 26, 2002[1] in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C.,[2] named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003[2] and playing one more season in the capital, the club was relocated to its current ground and renamed Boyacá Chicó F.C. They play their home games at the Estadio de La Independencia stadium.

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the neighborhood of Chicó, in the locality of Chapinero in Bogotá, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of Millonarios, América de Cali, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Pereira and the Colombia national football team, was born. The club played their first season in Primera B in 2002 after buying a license from Cortuluá,[3] and won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned further promotion to Primera A.

After its move to Tunja and the arrival of manager Alberto Gamero in 2006, Boyacá Chicó started enjoying consistent results which allowed them to reach the semifinals of the domestic championship in the 2006 Finalización and both tournaments of the 2007 season, qualifying for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating América de Cali in the Torneo Apertura final.[4] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.[5][6] However, the club only spent one season in the second tier, being promoted back to the Primera A after winning the Primera B championship in 2017.

Honours

Domestic

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

The club has appeared in the Copa Libertadores twice, reaching the preliminary round in 2008 and the group stage in the 2009 edition.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2008 Copa Libertadores FS Chile Audax Italiano 4–3 0–1 4–4 (a)
2009 Copa Libertadores GS Bolivia Aurora 2–1 3–0 3rd
Brazil Grêmio 0–1 0–3
Chile Universidad de Chile 3–0 0–3

Players

Current squad

As of 11 January 2024[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Colombia COL Rogerio Caicedo
2 DF Colombia COL Ronaldo Mejía
3 DF Colombia COL Elkin Mosquera
4 DF Venezuela VEN Henry Plazas
6 DF Colombia COL Víctor Perea
7 FW Colombia COL Wilmar Cruz
8 MF Colombia COL Sebastián Támara
10 FW Colombia COL Geimer Balanta
11 FW Colombia COL Mauricio Liñán
12 GK Colombia COL Víctor Soto
14 DF Colombia COL Eduard Banguero
17 MF Venezuela VEN José Soto
18 FW Colombia COL Félix Chaverra
19 MF Colombia COL Frank Lozano
20 DF Argentina ARG Agustín Aleo
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Venezuela VEN Ángelo Peña
22 FW Colombia COL Sebastián Colón
23 GK Colombia COL Sebastián Arango
26 MF Colombia COL Juan Ostos
27 MF Colombia COL Kevin Londoño
29 FW Colombia COL Jacobo Pimentel
30 MF Colombia COL Michael Gómez
33 GK Colombia COL Eder Orjuela
DF Venezuela VEN Rafael Uzcátegui
MF Colombia COL Joan Cortés
MF Colombia COL Mauricio García
MF Colombia COL Anderson Mojica
MF Colombia COL Yeison Tolosa
FW Colombia COL Juan David Pérez

Notable players

Managers

References

  1. "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  2. 1 2 Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Especiales LMDF: La Feria de las fichas de los clubes del fútbol colombiano (o "¿Sabe usted dónde esta la ficha de su equipo en estos momentos?")" [LMDF Specials: The Carnival of licenses of Colombian football clubs (or "do you know where is your team's license right now?")] (in Spanish). La Monserga del Fútbol. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. "Boyacá Chicó, del argentino Caneo, campeón inédito del fútbol de Colombia" (in Spanish). AFP. Archived from the original on 10 July 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
  6. "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
  7. "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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