# 2014 Sporting Cristal season

The 2014 season is Sporting Cristal's 59th season in the Peruvian First Division, and also the club's 59th consecutive season in the top-flight of Peruvian football.
Sporting Cristal will compete for their 17th Torneo Descentralizado title and qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2014 for second consecutive year. They will also enter the Copa Inca.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Daniel Ahmed |
| Assistant coach | Mariano Sosso |
| Fitness trainer | Marcelo Fernandez |
| Goalkeepers coach | David Acaro |
| Technical assistant | Julio Espejo |
| Match delegate | Nicolás Peremolte |
| Doctors | |
| Physiotherapists | |
| Equipment managers | Miguel Linares, Denys Refulio, Rodoldo Zavala |
Source: clubsportingcristal.pe

### Grounds

| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Estadio Alberto Gallardo (18,000 / 105x68m) |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 January 2014
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 | Diego Penny |
| 6 | DF | PER | Marcos Delgado |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Horacio Calcaterra |
| 10 | MF | PER | Renzo Sheput |
| 11 | FW | PER | Irven Ávila |
| 12 | GK | PER | Luis Araujo |
| 13 | DF | PER | Renzo Revoredo |
| 17 | FW | PER | Joazinho Arroé |
| 18 | DF | PER | Jesús Álvarez |
| 23 | MF | URU | Jorge Cazulo |
| 24 | FW | PER | Junior Ross |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | PER | Carlos Lobatón (Captain) |
| -- | DF | PER | Marcos Ortiz |
| -- | MF | PER | Carlo Urquiaga |
| -- | MF | PER | Pier Larrauri |
| -- | DF | PER | Alexis Cossio |
| -- | MF | PER | William Mimbela |
| -- | MF | PER | Pedro Aquino |
| -- | FW | PER | Alexander Succar |
| -- | FW | PER | Luiz Da Silva |
| -- | GK | PER | Carlos Grados |
| -- | DF | PER | Luis Rivas |

## Transfers
### In

    As of 7 January 2014.
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type | Fee |
| MW | Paolo De La Haza | César Vallejo | Transfer | Free |
| MW | Mario Leguizamón | Tigre | Transfer | Free |
| FW | Maximiliano Núñez | All Boys | Transfer | Free |
| DF | Adán Balbín | Universidad San Martín | Transfer | Free |
| DF | Luis Advíncula | Hoffenheim | Loan | |
| DF | Yoshimar Yotún | Vasco da Gama | Transfer | Free |
| DF | Brian Bernaola | Esther Grande de Bentín | Transfer | Free |
| FW | Ray Sandoval | Universidad San Martín | Transfer | Free |

### Out

    As of 7 January 2014.
| # | Pos. | Player | Transferred To | Type | Fee | Source |
| 8 | DF | Nelinho Quina | Melgar | Transfer | | depor.pe |
| 9 | FW | Hernán Rengifo | Juan Aurich | Transfer | | libero.pe |
| 15 | DF | Nicolás Ayr | | Transfer | | rpp.com |
| 16 | DF | Marcio Valverde | UTC | Transfer | | rpp.com |
| 19 | DF | Eduardo Uribe | UTC | Transfer | | americatv.com |
| 22 | FW | William Chiroque | César Vallejo | Transfer | | peru.com |
| 29 | FW | Jonathan Ramírez | | Transfer | | depor.pe |
| | FW | José Carlos Fernández | Argentinos Juniors | Loan Return | Free | depor.pe |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
Last updated: 7 January 2014

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Torneo Descentralizado | Torneo del Inca | Champions | Feb 15 | Dec 21 |
| Copa Libertadores | First Stage | First Stage | Jan 29 | Feb 5 |

### Torneo Descentralizado
#### Torneo del Inca

Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | León de Huánuco | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 |
| 5 | Real Garcilaso | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 19 |
Win Draw Loss

#### Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | UTC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 17 |
| 14 | Sport Huancayo | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 15 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | IGD | LEÓ | MEL | CAI | SSM | CRI | SHU | USM |
| Alianza Lima | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| Cienciano | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Inti Gas | | | | | | | | |
| Juan Aurich | | | | | | 3–4 | | |
| León de Huánuco | | | | | | | | |
| Melgar | | | | | | | | |
| Los Caimanes | | | | | | | | |
| Real Garcilaso | | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| San Simón | | | | | | | | |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Sport Huancayo | | | | | | | | |
| Unión Comercio | | | | | | 2–0 | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | | | 3–2 | | |
| Universidad San Martín | | | | | | | | |
| UTC | | | | | | 1–1 | | |
| Universitario | | | | | | 0–0 | | |

#### Torneo Clausura

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sporting Cristal | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 33 |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 33 |
| 3 | Unión Comercio | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 |

##### Results

| Home \ Away | ALI | CIE | JA | RGA | CRI | UCO | UCV | UTC | UNI |
| Alianza Lima | | | | | | | | | |
| Cienciano | | | | | | | | | |
| Inti Gas | | | | | 3–3 | | | | |
| Juan Aurich | | | | | | | | | |
| León de Huánuco | | | | | 1–3 | | | | |
| Melgar | | | | | 1–0 | | | | |
| Los Caimanes | | | | | 1–1 | | | | |
| Real Garcilaso | | | | | | | | | |
| San Simón | | | | | 2–3 | | | | |
| Sporting Cristal | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Sport Huancayo | | | | | 1–2 | | | | |
| Unión Comercio | | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad César Vallejo | | | | | | | | | |
| Universidad San Martín | | | | | 0–1 | | | | |
| UTC | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitario | | | | | | | | | |

#### Finals
### Copa Libertadores
#### First stage

Last updated: 7 January 2014 Source:Matches