Boyacá Chicó F.C.
| Full name | Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered) El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá) | ||
| Founded | 26 March 2002 (as Bogotá Chicó) 18 January 2005 (relocation to Tunja) | ||
| Ground | Estadio La Independencia | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Owner | Eduardo Pimentel | ||
| Chairman | Nicolás Pimentel | ||
| Manager | Flabio Torres | ||
| League | Categoría Primera A | ||
| 2024 | Primera A, 19th of 20 | ||
| Website | chicofutbolclub | ||
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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
- Categoría Primera A
- Winners (1): 2008–I
- Categoría Primera B
- Copa Colombia
- Runners-up (1): 2011
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.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 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
Current squad
- As of 2 February 2025[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
- 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
- Mario Vanemerak (January 2004 – December 2005)
- Alberto Gamero (January 2006 – December 2013)
- Eduardo Pimentel (January 2014 – December 2014)
- Eduardo Lara (January 2015 – May 2015)
- Eduardo Pimentel (May 2015 – December 2015)
- José Ricardo Pérez (November 2015 – February 2016)
- Darío Sierra (February 2016 – May 2016)
- Nelson Gómez (May 2016 – June 2016)
- Darío Sierra (July 2016 – September 2016)
- Nelson Olveira (September 2016 – April 2017)
- Jhon Jaime Gómez (April 2017 – September 2020)
- Belmer Aguilar (September 2020 – December 2020)
- Mario García (January 2021 – August 2023)
- Belmer Aguilar (August 2023 – December 2023)
- Miguel Caneo (January 2024 – February 2024)
- Jhon Jaime Gómez (February 2024 – October 2024)
- Sergio Migliaccio (October 2024)
- Juan Carlos Álvarez (October 2024 – February 2025)
- Roberto Torres (February 2025 – April 2025)
- Flabio Torres (April 2025 – Present)
Source: [9]
References
- ^ "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ a b Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Historia de Boyacá Chicó" [History of Boyacá Chicó] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
- ^ "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
- ^ "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Boyacá Chicó » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
External links
- Official website of Chicó F.C. (oficial website)