Sport Boys

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 July 28, 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, July 27, 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 October 17, 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
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
Peruvian Primera División:
Winners (6): 1935, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1984
Runner-up (9): 1938, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1976, 1990, 1991
Peruvian Segunda División:
Winners (3): 1989, 2009, 2017
Half-year / Short tournaments
Torneo Apertura:
Runner-up (2): 1998, 2000
Torneo Regional:
Winners (1): 1990-I
Runner-up (1): 1991-I
Torneo Descentralizado:
Winners (1): 1984
Regional
División Intermedia:
Runner-up (1): 1932
Segunda División Provincial de Lima:
Winners (1): 1931 Primera Serie
Tercera División Provincial de Lima:
Winners (1): 1930 Zona del Callao
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances
1967: First round
1977: Quarter-finals
1985: Quarter-finals
1991: First round
1992: First round
2001: First round
Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
2022: First round
Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance
1999: Quarter-finals
Current squad
Technical staff
Teddy Cardama
Notable players
Fernando Martinuzzi
Cláudio Adão
Vincenzo Gianneo
Armando "Tuta" Agurto
Jorge "Campolo" Alcalde
Teodoro "Prisco" Alcalde
Gerónimo "Patrulla" Barbadillo
Alfredo Carmona
Jose Chacon
Paolo de la Haza
Carlos Flores
Mario Flores
Jorge Hirano
Valeriano López
Julio Meléndez
Juan Jose Munante
Nicola Porcella
Oswaldo "Cachito" Ramírez
Santiago Salazar
Jhonny Vegas
Waldemar Victorino
Enrique Aróstegui
Managers
Víctor Alcalde (1930s)
Raúl Chappell (1940–42)
Abelardo Robles (1943–44)
Enrique Aróstegui (1945–46)
Telmo Carbajo
Miguel Rostaing
José Arana (1948)
Alfonso Huapaya (1950–52)
Jorge Alcalde (1953)
Dan Georgiadis (1957–58)
Marcos Calderón (1958–62)
José Gomes Nogueira (1964)
José Chiarella (1966)
Roberto Drago (1966)
César Brush (1967)
Diego Agurto (1968)
José Chiarella (1969)
Juan Honores (1970)
Zózimo (1971)
Juan Hohberg (1972)
Djalma Santos (1973)
Walter Milera (1973)
Moisés Barack (1974)
Diego Agurto (1974)
Zózimo (1975–76)
César Cubilla (1977)
José Chiarella (1978)
Luis Roth (1979)
Eloy Campos (1979–80)
José Chiarella (1980–81)
Walter Milera (1983)
Marcos Calderón (1984)
Juan Hohberg (1985)
Walter Milera (1986–87)
Gustavo Merino (1987)
Augusto Palacios (1987)
Jaime Ramírez (1988)
Vito Andrés "Sabino" Bártoli (1989)
Miguel Ángel Arrué (1990)
Miguel Company (1990)
Fred (1990)
Miguel Company (1991)
Manuel Mayorga (1991)
Edu (1992)
Hernán Saavedra (1992)
Manuel Mayorga (1992)
Roberto Challe (1993)
César Gonzales (1993–94)
Luis Roth (1994)
Carlos Solís (1994)
Moisés Barack (1994)
César González (1994)
José Carlos Amaral (1995)
Miguel Ángel Arrué (1996)
Cláudio Adão (1997)
César Cubilla (1997)
César González (1998)
Ivica Brzić (1999)
César González (1999)
Ramón Mifflin (2000)
Teddy Cardama (2000)
Ramón Mifflin (2001)
César González (2001)
Ramón Mifflin (2002)
Jorge Sampaoli (2002–03)
Fernando Zamácola (2004)
Eusebio Salazar (2004)
Franco Navarro (2004–05)
Juan Carlos Cabanillas (2005)
Eusebio Salazar (2005)
Roberto Mosquera (2006)
Raúl Márcovich (2006)
César González (2006–07)
Moisés Barack (2007)
Jacinto Rodríguez (2008)
Eusebio Salazar (July 2008–Dec 08)
Juan Carlos Cabanillas (2009)
Roberto Drago Maturo (Sept 2009–April 10)
Miguel Company (April 2010–Dec 11)
Agustín Castillo (2011)
Claudio Techera (Jan 2012–July 12)
Jorge Espejo (Sept 2012–13)
Pablo Bossi (2013)
Rivelino Carassa (2014)
Paul Cominges (2014–15)
Rivelino Carassa (2015–)
Rainer Torres (2016)
Mario Viera (2017)
References
External links
Official websites
Official Website
Non-official websites
Fan Website
Fan Website
Fan Website
Fan Website
Vamos Boys.com Fan Website
Football clubs in Peru
Association football clubs established in 1927