Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, stockholders of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston. The club and the brewery have been closely linked since its inception, and it is for this reason that it is popularly known as los Cerveceros.
Club Alianza Lima, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on 15 February 1901 by working-class youth in the Chacaritas neighborhood of Lima. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams in Peru; they have won a total of 21 official league titles of the Peruvian Primera División and are currently the oldest team playing in that competition, since the club was founded in 1901. According to CONMEBOL, it is considered the second most popular club in Peru with more than 12 million fans as of April 2016.
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 in 1915 by a group of football enthusiasts from Arequipa. The club currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División.
José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Percy Celso Olivares Polanco is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Félix Alberto Gallardo Mendoza was a Peruvian football player and manager who played as a forward. He is regarded as a renowned sprinter, possessing shooting power and an atypical physical display for Peruvian football. For years he was a renowned left wing of Sporting Cristal and the National Peruvian Team from where he launched strong shots with either of the two profiles. Because of his style of play, he was popularly known as the "Jet". He is considered one of the best Peruvian wingers of all time.
Luiz Humberto "Beto" da Silva Silva is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a forward for the club Asociación Deportiva Tarma on loan from FBC Melgar.
José Aurelio Carvallo Alonso is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universidad César Vallejo.
Víctor Yoshimar Yotún Flores is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Peruvian Liga 1 club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team. He can play as a left back, left winger, or defensive midfielder.
Josepmir Aarón Ballón Villacorta is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team, as a defensive midfielder.
Luis Jan Piers Advíncula Castrillón is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors and the Peru national team as a right-back.
Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay, known as Christian Ramos, is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Deportivo Garcilaso and the Peru national team as a centre back.
Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.
The 2018 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional was the 102nd edition of the top flight of Association football governed by the Federación Peruana de Futbol (FPF). There were 16 teams in play; Alianza Lima were the defending champions. Sporting Cristal won their nineteenth domestic championship on 16 December after beating Alianza Lima in both legs of the finals.
The Copa Bicentenario is a football competition in Peru played by the football clubs of the Liga 1 and Liga 2. It was founded in 2019 by the Peruvian Football Federation and is played as a domestic football cup competition between clubs of the first and second division. It is named after the bicentennial of Peruvian Independence.
Gloria Olienka Giovanna Salinas López, known as Olienka Salinas, is a Peruvian former football and futsal player and current manager. She is the Peruvian football and futsal team all-time-top-scorer with 7 and 9 goals respectively. Since 2018 she has been part of the technical staff of the Sporting Cristal women's football team that participates in the Peruvian women's football championship.
Wilmar Elar Valencia Pacheco is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a central defender.
Carlos Jhilmar Lora Saavedra, better known as Jhilmar Lora, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Peruvian Primera División club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team.
Joao Alberto Grimaldo Ubidia, is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger for Peruvian Liga 1 club Sporting Cristal and the Peru national team.
Carlos Percy Liza Espinoza is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian Primera División club Carlos A. Mannucci.
