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 26 league titles of the Peruvian Primera División and are currently the oldest team playing in that competition, since the club was founded in 1901. It is considered the most popular club in Perú.
Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of San Marcos but was forced to rename in 1931. Since 1928, the club competes in the top tier of Peruvian football, the Torneo Descentralizado. In 2000, they opened the 85,000-capacity stadium Estadio Monumental, currently the largest stadium in Peru and second-largest in South America, retiring their smaller Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernández. Universitario and Alianza Lima participate in the Peruvian Clásico, which has its roots in the club's first participation in the Primera División in 1928. It also has rivalries with Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys.
The National Stadium of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,086 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more. The stadium was first inaugurated on 27 October 1952 for the 1953 South American Championship—replacing the Stadium Nacional—and is Peru's principal and national stadium. It has hosted three of the six South American Championship/Copa América football competitions held in Peru. It is referred to as the Coloso de José Díaz because of its proximity to a street of the same name. It is the home ground of the Peru national football team. The IPD —a branch of the Ministry of Education—is the stadium's administrating entity. The stadium has undergone several renovations for tournaments such as the 2004 Copa América. The artificial turf was installed for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. The most recent renovation started in 2010 and concluded in 2011. The re-inauguration ceremony of the renovated stadium was held on 24 July 2011 with a match between the Peru national under-20 football team and the Spain national under-20 football team.
The Peru First Division, officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when the first teams residing outside the Lima and Callao provinces were invited to compete in the inaugural league national competition.
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.
Ottorino Sartor was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Reimond Orángel Manco Albarracín is a Peruvian footballer. He used to play in PSV Eindhoven of Netherlands and Al Wakrah of Qatar. He came to prominence in the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship, in which he was selected as player of the tournament. He was instrumental in Peru's qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea. His first cap for Peru was against Bolivia on 6 February 2008.
Johan Javier Fano Espinoza is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Fernando Cuéllar Ávalos was a Peruvian football player.
Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a center back. He currently plays for José Gálvez in the Torneo Descentralizado.
Ángel Uribe Sánchez, was a football forward player from Peru who played his entire club career for Universitario de Deportes. Uribe also played for the Peru national team on ten occasions between 1960 and 1967. He was part of Peru's squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national title. The season began on February 17, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.
Rainer Torres Salas is a Peruvian football manager and former player who most recently managed Serrato Pacasmayo.
Miguel Ángel Cevasco Abad is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Erick Omar Torres Arias is a retired professional Peruvian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of Deportivo Garcilaso.
Irven Beybe Ávila Acero is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sporting Cristal.
Miguel Alejandro Company Chumpitazi is a Peruvian football coach, ex-football player (1965–1973), and sports reporter.
Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Edison Michael Flores Peralta, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Atlas and the Peru national team.
Miguel Gianpierre Araujo Blanco is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer side Portland Timbers and the Peru national team. He will join Portland Timbers on 5 July 2023.
