# 2011 Sporting Cristal season

The 2011 season was Sporting Cristal's 56th season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 56th consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.

## 2011 squad

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 | PER | Erick Delgado |
| 2 | DF | PER | Wenceslao Fernández |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Germán Rivera |
| 4 | DF | PER | Walter Vilchez (vice-captain) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Frezzotti |
| 7 | MF | PER | Yancarlo Casas |
| 8 | MF | PER | Minzum Quina |
| 9 | FW | PER | José Shoro |
| 10 | MF | PER | Roberto Palacios (captain) |
| 11 | FW | PER | Iván Bulos |
| 12 | GK | PER | Manuel Heredia |
| 13 | DF | PER | Renzo Revoredo |
| 14 | MF | PER | Yoshimar Yotún |
| 15 | MF | PER | Alfonso García-Miró |
| 16 | MF | PER | Marcio Valverde |
| 17 | FW | PER | Luis Advíncula |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | URU | Miguel Ximenez |
| 19 | FW | PER | Juan Diego González-Vigil |
| 20 | DF | PER | Juan Lojas |
| 21 | MF | MEX | Rodolfo Espinoza |
| 22 | DF | PER | Willy Rivas |
| 23 | FW | PER | Piero Alva |
| 24 | FW | PER | Junior Ross |
| 25 | GK | PER | Julio Aliaga |
| 26 | MF | PER | Tarek Carranza |
| 27 | MF | PER | Carlos Lobatón |
| 28 | DF | PER | José Granda |
| 29 | MF | PER | Claudio Torrejón |
| 30 | MF | PER | Diego Chávarri |
| — | GK | PER | Luis Ortiz |
| — | FW | PER | Pedro Aquino |
| — | FW | PER | Pierr Saavedra |

## Transfers
### In

    As of 1 December 2011.
| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Date | Type | Fee | Source |
| 4 | DF | Walter Vílchez | Alianza Lima | 27 December 2010 | Transfer | Free | elcomercio.pe |
| 8 | DF | Minzum Quina | Alianza Atlético | 1 January 2011 | Transfer | Undisclosed | |
| 3 | DF | Germán Rivera | Città di Marino | 1 January 2011 | Transfer | Free | |
| 6 | MF | Gianfranco Espejo | Juan Aurich | 1 January 2011 | Transfer | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | DF | Carlos Espínola | LDU Quito | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| | FW | Luis Escalada | Deportivo Cuenca | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 29 | MF | Claudio Torrejón | Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| | MF | Pedro Aquino | Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 11 | FW | Iván Bulos | Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| | DF | Wilson Vizconte | Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 5 | MF | Alejandro Frezzotti | Gimnasia La Plata | 15 March 2011 | Transfer | | |
| 21 | MF | Rodolfo Espinoza | Free Agent | 2 June 2011 | Transfer | Free | |
| 19 | FW | Juan Diego González-Vigil | León de Huánuco | 9 June 2011 | Transfer | | |
| | FW | Cristian Adrianzén | Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy | 1 June 2011 | | | |
| 22 | DF | Willy Rivas | Irapuato | 10 June 2011 | Loan | Undisclosed | depor.pe |
| 24 | FW | Junior Ross | Arka Gdynia | 10 June 2011 | Transfer | Free | depor.pe |
| 23 | FW | Piero Alva | Universitario de Deportes | 15 June 2011 | Transfer | | |
| 13 | DF | Renzo Revoredo | Universitario de Deportes | 10 August 2011 | Transfer | Free | |
| 9 | FW | José Shoro | Alianza Unicachi | 25 August 2011 | Transfer | Undisclosed | depor.pe |

### Out

As of 1 December 2011.
| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Date | Type | Fee | Source |
| 11 | FW | Damián Ísmodes | Universitario de Deportes | 24 December 2010 | End of loan | N/A | |
| 19 | MF | Edwin Pérez | León de Huánuco | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 13 | DF | Jeickson Reyes | Universidad César Vallejo | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 12 | GK | José Carvallo | FBC Melgar | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 3 | DF | Miguel Villalta | FBC Melgar | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 19 | MF | Jaime Vásquez | Unión Comercio | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 6 | DF | Ricardo Martínez | Sol de América | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 8 | MF | Bryan Salazar | Alianza Atlético | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 5 | DF | José Zamora | Colegio Nacional Iquitos | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| 15 | DF | Breyner Bonilla | Cúcuta Deportivo | 1 January 2011 | End of loan | N/A | |
| 8 | FW | Anderson Cueto | Juan Aurich | 1 January 2011 | | | |
| | FW | Luis Escalada | Free Agent | 1 June 2011 | Released | N/A | Depor.pe |
| 23 | MF | Daniel Sanchez | Universidad César Vallejo | 9 June 2011 | | | |
| 24 | DF | Carlos Espínola | Free Agent | 9 June 2011 | Released | N/A | |
| 15 | DF | Jean Pierre Cáncar | Free Agent | 1 July 2011 | Released | N/A | |
| 21 | FW | Héctor Cruz | León de Huánuco | 28 July 2011 | | | |
| 22 | FW | Andy Pando | León de Huánuco | 25 August 2011 | | | |

## Team kit

Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Cerveza Cristal and Volkswagen
| Home | Away | Third |
Last updated: 24 December 2011. Source: Umbro Sporting Cristal

## Competitions
### Overall

This season Sporting Cristal participated in two major competitions: the Torneo Descentralizado and the Torneo Intermedio.
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Torneo Descentralizado | — | 10th | 13 February 2011 | 4 December 2011 |
| Torneo Intermedio | First Round | Semi-finals | 29 May 2011 | 13 July 2011 |
Updated to match played 24 December 2011 Source: Competitions

### Torneo Descentralizado

Win  Draw  Loss

### Torneo Intermedio

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Semi-finals

José Gálvez FBC won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Squad statistics

As of 31 December 2011.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Torneo Descentralizado | Torneo Descentralizado | Torneo Intermedio | Torneo Intermedio | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Erick Delgado | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Wenceslao Fernández | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Germán Rivera | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Walter Vílchez | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Alejandro Frezzotti | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Gianfranco Espejo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yancarlo Casas | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Minzum Quina | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | José Shoro | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Roberto Palacios | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Iván Bulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Manuel Heredia | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Renzo Revoredo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Yoshimar Yotún | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Alfonso García-Miró | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Marcio Valverde | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Luis Advíncula | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Miguel Ximénez | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Juan Diego González-Vigil | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Juan Lojas | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Rodolfo Espinoza | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Willy Rivas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Piero Alva | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Junior Ross | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Julio Aliaga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Tarek Carranza | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Carlos Lobatón | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | José Granda | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Claudio Torrejón | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Diego Chávarri | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | Cristian Adrianzén | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Pedro Aquino | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Wilson Vizconte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | Luis Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Andy Pando [T] | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| | FW | Héctor Cruz [T] | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Jean Pierre Cáncar [T] | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | Carlos Espínola [T] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Daniel Sánchez [T] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | Luis Escalada [T] | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Martín Carpio [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | Irwing Acuña [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Rodrigo Jaime [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Jordan Ccapacca [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Jairo Luy [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Marlon Menéndez [R] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* [R] - Reserve team player from Sporting Cristal Reserves and Academy.
* [T] - Transferred out during the season. See 2011 Sporting Cristal season#Out