Boyacá Chicó F.C.

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.

For other uses, see Boyacá (disambiguation).
Boyacá Chicó
Full nameBoyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
Short nameBOY
Founded26 March 2002 (2002-03-26) (as Bogotá Chicó)
1 April 2005 (2005-04-01) (rebranded)
GroundEstadio La Independencia
Tunja, Colombia
Capacity20,000
ChairmanRicardo Hoyos Ángel
ManagerMario García
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2022Primera B, 2nd of 16
(Champions and promoted)
WebsiteClub website

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 in 2002 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 further promotion to Primera A.

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.[4] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.[5][6] 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
Winners (1): 2008–I
Winners (3): 2003, 2017, 2022
Runners-up (1): 2019
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.
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 28 January 2023[7]

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  COL Rogerio Caicedo
2 DF  COL Duvier Díaz
3 DF  COL Elkin Mosquera
4 DF  VEN Henry Plazas
5 DF  VEN Galileo Del Castillo
6 DF  COL Víctor Perea
7 FW  COL Wilmar Cruz
8 MF  COL Sebastián Támara
9 FW  COL Édinson Palomino
10 FW  COL Geimer Balanta
12 GK  COL Víctor Soto
14 DF  COL Eduard Banguero
16 DF  VEN Delvin Alfonzo
17 MF  VEN Daniel Soto
19 MF  COL Frank Lozano
20 DF  ARG Agustín Aleo
21 FW  COL Jacobo Pimentel
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  VEN Ángelo Peña
23 GK  COL Sebastián Arango
24 FW  COL Brayan Moreno (on loan from Celaya)
25 MF  VEN Jhon Edwar González
27 MF  COL Kevin Londoño
30 MF  COL Michael Gómez
33 GK  COL Eder Orjuela
— DF  COL Francined Restrepo
— MF  COL Jhoan Arenas
— MF  COL Javier Calle
— MF  COL Jaminthon Grueso
— MF  COL José Hurtado
— MF  COL Dayro Mosquera
— FW  COL Quelmer Hurtado
— FW  COL Wilson Mena
— FW  COL Cristian Páez

Managers

References
  1. "Dimayor.com - Boyacá Chicó". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  2. Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Boyacá Chicó desciende a la 'B', tras 12 años".
  6. "Boyacá Chicó perdió 3-2 en su visita al Medellín y descendió a la B".
  7. "Boyacá Chicó". Dimayor. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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