Full name Foot Ball Club Melgar Chairman José Suárez Zanabria League Peruvian Primera División Manager Juan Reynoso Guzmán | Ground Capacity 60,000 Founded 25 March 1915 Location Arequipa, Peru | |
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Nickname(s) El Dominó, Los Rojinegros,
El León del Sur, El Sangre y Luto Ground Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi,
Arequipa, Peru 2016 Torneo Descentralizado, Runner-up Arena/Stadium Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi Profiles | ||
Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peruvian football club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded on March 25, 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from Arequipa.
Contents
- History
- Rivalries
- National
- Under 20 team
- Regional
- Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Current squad
- References
The team first participated in the Peruvian football league in 1919 in Lima and later was invited to the first true National football league, the Torneo Descentralizado, in 1966, when four teams from the provinces were invited to join the league. Joining them were Atlético Grau from Piura, Club Octavio Espinoza from Ica and Alfonso Ugarte (Ch) from Trujillo. Previously, only teams from Lima and Callao had been allowed to compete for the National Championship. Due to a low finish the first year, Melgar was dropped from the league after the first year. After winning the Copa Perú they returned to the First Division where they have remained to this day. Melgar won the Torneo Descentralizado for the first time in 1981. In the 1983 season the club finished first in the First Stage and at the end the top six teams played a play-off tournament to determine the year's champion, which Melgar finished in second.
FBC Melgar plays its home games at the Estadio Mariano Melgar, but since the Estadio de la UNSA was built in 1990 with a capacity of 40,000, it has used both.
History
The club won nine cups in the departament of Arequipa, and won the Copa Perú in 1971. This championship allowed them to return to the First Division Campeonato Descentralizado where they currently remain.
Melgar won the National Championship in 1981, and Melgar was the runner-up of the National Championship in 1983. In both these years this qualified them to play in the Copa Libertadores.
In 2014, Juan Reynoso, who come from México, was appointed as the new manager. He signed players like Piero Alva, Nelinho Quina, Minzum Quina, Luis Hernández, Alejandro Hohberg, Lampros Kontogiannis and Edgar Villamarín to make an impressive campaign where Melgar was the best team during the whole season finishing 1st in the accumulated table, but due to some bad results in the final matches and the poor organization of the tournament they weren't able to dispute the Play-off for the championship and only qualified for the Copa Sudamericana.
In 2015, year of Melgar's centenary, and still with Reynoso as the manager, the team signed important players like Raúl Ruidíaz, Carlos Ascues, Johnnier Montaño, Rainer Torres and Daniel Ferreyra to make an impressive team and fight for the title.
Also, this year, Melgar won the national championship, against Sporting Cristal club. The goal in the last minute was done by Bernardo Cuesta.
Rivalries
FBC Melgar has had a long-standing rivalry with Cienciano, Sportivo Huracán, Aurora and Piérola.
National
Under-20 team
Regional
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
Current squad
As of 18 April 2016Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.