Sport Boys
Full nameSport Boys Association
Nickname(s)Los Rosados
Los Porteños
La Misilera
Los Olímpicos de Berlín
La Academia Porteña
La Nube Rosada
Founded28 July 1927 (1927-07-28)
GroundEstadio Miguel Grau
Capacity17,000
ChairmanJohan Vasquez
ManagerFernando Gamboa
LeagueLiga 1
2023Liga 1, 15th of 19
WebsiteClub website

Sport Boys Association, commonly referred to as Sport Boys or simply Boys, is a Peruvian football club based in the port city of Callao. It was founded on 28 July 1927. Its classic and historic rival is the Atlético Chalaco against whom dispute the Clasico Porteño derby of Callao. It is considered the fourth most important club in the history of Peruvian football as they have won 6 national titles and have the largest number of international appearances after Universitario, Sporting Cristal and Alianza Lima, teams of Lima.

History

The club was founded on 28 July 1927, by a group of young enthusiasts from El Callao who got together to fulfill the dream of a very important local football fan Gualberto Lizárraga to start a football club. The day before Peru's independence day, 27 July, they held a meeting and at midnight, the group sang the National Anthem. Afterwards, they declared the club founded and named Lizárraga president and unanimously voted for the club name to be Sport Boys Association.

The team's original uniform was striped red and yellow.

Sport Boys was the first Peruvian football club to feature cheerleaders. Many of them, including Anelhí Arias, Shirley Cherres, and others that have become Peruvian celebrities.

Recent years

The last time Sport Boys became champions of the Primera División Peruana was 1984. Since then they have had a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Some of the ups have been being runners-up in the 1990 and 1991 First Division after having won the Segunda División Peruana to gain promotion. In 1999 the Sport Boys qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL, and in 2001 for the 2001 Copa Libertadores. Since then that team has had more downs than ups by avoiding relegation to the Segunda División Peruana by winning an end of season playoff match that went down to a penalty shootout against José Gálvez in the 2006 season. During 2008 their campaign was worse than the 2007 campaign leaving the Sport Boys in the bottom of the standings for most of the Apertura tournament. Financial issues were also haunting the club in 2008, so severe that they have not been able to pay their players from March 2008. Some players like midfielder Montenegro have had to do taxi work at night to be able to support their families. That year they were relegated to the Segunda División Peruana but on 17 October 2009, after a great season, Sport Boys went on to beat Cobresol 3–2 for the Segunda División Peruana finals to go back into the Primera Division Peruana, where it played for three seasons before been inundated with economical problems, and then finishing 15th during the 2012 season which relegated them back to the Peruvian Segunda Division

Kit evolution

1927
Old First kit, 2008–09 Away
1927–Present
Home
1927–07, 2010–1?
Away

Rivalries

Sport Boys has had a long-standing rivalry with Atlético Chalaco, Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Universitario.

Stadium

Sport Boys plays its home games at the Estadio Miguel Grau. It has a capacity of about 17,000. Before this stadium was built, they had to use the 5,000 spectator capacity Telmo Carbajo, a stadium that was in bad condition and unfit to host football matches. It was the first stadium in Callao. Sport Boys were forced to play their games in the Estadio Nacional, where they would be far away from their fans.

Honours

National

League

Winners (6): 1935, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1984
Runner-up (9): 1938, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1976, 1990, 1991
Winners (3): 1989, 2009, 2017

Half-year / Short tournaments

Runner-up (2): 1998, 2000
Winners (1): 1990-I
Runner-up (1): 1991-I
Winners (1): 1984

Regional

Runner-up (1): 1932
Winners (1): 1931 Primera Serie
Winners (1): 1930 Zona del Callao

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1967: First round
1977: Quarter-finals
1985: Quarter-finals
1991: First round
1992: First round
2001: First round
2022: First round
1999: Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of 7 April 2023

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 Uruguay URU Álvaro Villete
2 DF Peru PER Werner Schuler
3 DF Peru PER Christian Vásquez
4 DF Peru PER Christian Ramos
6 DF Peru PER Rodrigo Cuba
8 MF Ecuador ECU Edinson Mero
9 FW Ecuador ECU Walberto Caicedo
10 MF Peru PER Jesús Chávez
11 FW Peru PER Baruj Aburto
12 GK Peru PER Ismael Quispe
13 DF Peru PER Dylan Caro
14 MF Argentina ARG Oliver Benítez
15 MF Peru PER Xavi Moreno
17 MF Peru PER Juan Morales
18 FW Peru PER Joyce Conde
19 DF Argentina ARG Federico Milo
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Peru PER Fabrizio Roca
21 GK Peru PER Massimo Sandi
22 MF Peru PER Jorge Ríos
23 MF Peru PER Jesús Barco
24 MF Peru PER Eduardo Uribe
26 FW Peru PER Alexander García
27 MF Peru PER Jhilmar Lobatón
31 FW Peru PER Cristian Carbajal (on loan from Sporting Cristal)
32 MF Peru PER Marcio Valverde
35 MF Peru PER Diego Sánchez
40 MF Peru PER Milko Salgado
89 MF Peru PER Josimar Atoche
90 FW Peru PER Kevin Sánchez
98 MF Peru PER Luis Carranza

Technical staff

Teddy Cardama

Notable players

Managers

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