Boyacá Chicó F.C. - Wikipedia

For other uses, see Boyacá (disambiguation). Football clubBoyacá Chicó

Full name	Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)	Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá)
Founded	26 March 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-26) (as Bogotá Chicó)18 January 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-18) (relocation to Tunja)
Ground	Estadio La Independencia
Capacity	20,000
Owner	Eduardo Pimentel
Chairman	Nicolás Pimentel
Manager	Juan Carlos Álvarez
League	Categoría Primera A
2024	Primera A, 19th of 20
Website	https://chicofutbolclub.com
Home colours Away colours

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

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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 that same year 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 promotion to Primera A. In their first season in the top flight, they advanced to the final stages of the Apertura tournament and avoided relegation at the end of the season, but relocated to Tunja in 2005 owing to poor attendances and a lack of sponsors as well as an invitation from the Boyacá Department government.[4]

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.[5] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.[6][7] 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

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Domestic

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• Categoría Primera A
  • Winners (1): 2008–I
• Categoría Primera B
  • Winners (3): 2003, 2017, 2022
• Copa Colombia
  • Runners-up (1): 2011

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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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	Audax Italiano	4–3	0–1	4–4 (a)
2009	Copa Libertadores	GS	Aurora	2–1	3–0	3rd
			Grêmio	0–1	0–3
			Universidad de Chile	3–0	0–3

Players

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Current squad

[edit] As of 25 September 2024[8]

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  COL Rogerio Caicedo 2 DF  COL Jhon Altamiranda 3 DF  VEN Rafael Uzcátegui 4 DF  VEN Henry Plazas 5 MF  COL Diego Sánchez 6 MF  ARG Cristián Gaitán 7 FW  COL Wilmar Cruz 8 MF  COL Sebastián Támara 9 FW  COL Juan Pérez 10 FW  COL Geimer Balanta 11 MF  COL John Henry Sánchez 12 GK  COL Eder Orjuela 14 MF  COL Eduard Banguero 16 DF  VEN Abdid Muñoz 17 FW  COL Wilmar Cruz 18 DF  COL Jonathan Herrera 19 MF  COL Frank Lozano (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  COL Jacobo Pimentel 22 FW  COL Sebastián Colón 24 MF  COL Camilo Quiceno 27 MF  COL Kevin Londoño 29 DF  COL Jhoan Montoya 30 MF  COL Michael Gómez — GK  URU Emiliano Denis — GK  COL Víctor Soto — DF  COL Ronaldo Mejía — DF  ARG José Tomino — MF  COL Mauricio García — MF  COL Juan Ostos — MF  COL Kevin Salazar — FW  COL Mauricio Liñán

Notable players

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• Juan Alejandro Mahecha (2005–2009), (2011–2014), (2015–2016)
• Ever Palacios (2005–2011)
• Mario García (2006–2013)
• Edwin Móvil (2006–2009), (2010–2014)
• Arley Palacios (2007–2008)
• Nestor Salazar (2007–2008)
• Miguel Caneo (2008–2011),(2016)
• Franky Oviedo (2008)
• Víctor Danilo Pacheco (2008)
• Yhonny Ramírez (2008–2011)
• Brahaman Sinisterra (2008)
• Edigson Velásquez (2008–2009)

Managers

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• Eduardo Pimentel (2004–05)
• Mario Vanemerak (2005)
• Alberto Gamero (July 2005 – Dec 2013)
• José Ricardo Pérez (Jan 2014 – Dec 14)
• Eduardo Lara (Dec 2014–15)
• Eduardo Pimentel (2015)
• José Ricardo Pérez (2016)
• Darío Sierra (2016)
• Nelson Gómez (2016)
• Darío Sierra (2016)
• Nelson Olveira (2016–17)
• Jhon Jaime Gómez (2017–20)
• Belmer Aguilar (2020–2021)
• Mario García (2021–2023)
• Belmer Aguilar (2023)
• Miguel Caneo (2024)
• Jhon Jaime Gómez (2024)
• Sergio Migliaccio (2024)
• Juan Carlos Álvarez (2024–)

References

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1. ^ "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
2. ^ a b 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. ^ "Historia de Boyacá Chicó" [History of Boyacá Chicó] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
7. ^ "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
8. ^ "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

External links

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• Official website of Chicó F.C. (oficial website)

v t e Categoría Primera A (Liga BetPlay Dimayor)
2024 teams	Águilas Doradas Alianza América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Deportivo Pereira Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Santa Fe
Former teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Huila Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cortuluá Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Leones Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Tigres Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad
Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues
Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana
Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá