Atlético Minero

Atlético Minero
Full name	Club Atlético Minero del Rímac
Nickname(s)	Los Mineros (The Miners)
Founded	1997
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Matucana ; Matucana, Peru
Capacity	5,000
President	Fernando Pajuelo
Manager	Lizandro Barbaran
League	Peruvian Second Division
2013	Peruvian Second Division, 12th

Club Atlético Minero is a Peruvian football club based in Matucana, located in the Department of Lima. It was founded in 1997 and was promoted to the Primera División Peruana in 2008 where it played for one season.^[1] It has played in the Peruvian Segunda Division ever since.

History

The club was founded in 1997, in the Casapalca mining town under the name Unión Minas de Casapalca. The following year under Juan Diaz and Juan Flores, the club is merged with the club Boca Junior and renamed Atlético Minero, also taking on new and current symbol of the club, which is said it was based on the Brazilian Atletico Mineiro, one of the most successful teams in Latin America. Hector Gamarra, Denis De la Cruz and Fernando Pajuelo took over the club and became one of the most attractive teams of the Copa Perú. His first major campaign was in 2005, when it ranked first in the National Stage representing Lima and reached the quarterfinals where they were eliminated by José Gálvez FBC of Chimbote.

In 2006, the club was invited to the Second Division to fill one of the two vacancies. However, the invitees required that their home ground be a region without a team representing them in the first or second division. Minero changed its home ground to Huancayo, where they played the entire year.

In 2007, the club returned to Matucana and placed second in the Second Division. They played a playoff against the Copa Peru runner-up Sport Águila and won. They were promoted to the First Division. Descended to the Second Division in 2008 after losing a playoff game with Juan Aurich. Since that time remains in the Peruvian Second Division.

Uniform

First Uniform: Orange Shirt, Orange Shorts, Orange Socks.
Second Uniform: Blue Shirt, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks.

Notable players

Honours

National

Peruvian Segunda División:

Runner-up (1): 2007

Regional

Región IV:

Winners (1): 2005

Liga Departamental de Lima:

Winners (1): 2005

Runner-up (1): 2003

Liga Provincial de Huarochirí:

Winners (3): 2003, 2004, 2024

Liga Distrital de Chicla Casapalca:

Winners (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2024

References

^ "¿Qué pasó con Atlético Minero, la 'Naranja Mecánica de la Carretera Central'?". larepublica.pe (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)