Boyacá Chicó F.C. Explained

Clubname:Boyacá Chicó
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Fullname:Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname:
El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá)
Founded: (as Bogotá Chicó)
(relocation to Tunja)
Ground:Estadio La Independencia
Capacity:20,000
Chairman:Nicolás Pimentel
Manager:Jhon Jaime Gómez (caretaker)
League:Categoría Primera A
Season:2023
Position:Primera A, 10th of 20
Website:https://www.facebook.com/BoyacaChicoFutbolClub
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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 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

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.

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAgg.
2008Copa LibertadoresFS Audax Italiano4–30–14–4 (a)
2009Copa LibertadoresGS Aurora2–13–03rd
Grêmio0–10–3
Universidad de Chile3–00–3

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Managers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó . 2007-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083859/http://www.dimayor.com.co/club_chico.htm# . 2007-09-29 . dead .
  2. http://www.dimayor.com.co/historia_primerab.htm Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B
  3. Web site: 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?"). La Monserga del Fútbol . 15 November 2022 . es . 12 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Historia de Boyacá Chicó . History of Boyacá Chicó . . es . 28 January 2010 . 14 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Boyacá Chicó, del argentino Caneo, campeón inédito del fútbol de Colombia. https://web.archive.org/web/20080710203948/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gsXDy17BYCEuhVMTPxUxnT_1NgdA. dead. 10 July 2008. AFP. 11 August 2017. es.
  6. Web site: Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años.
  7. Web site: Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B.