Boyacá Chicó F.C.

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Boyacá Chicó

Full name	Deportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)	Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered)
Founded	26 March 2002 (2002-03-26)
Ground	Estadio La Independencia Tunja, Colombia
Ground Capacity	20,630
Chairman	Ricardo Hoyos Ángel
Manager	Nelson Gómez (caretaker)
League	Categoría Primera A
2016–I	18th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C., named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003 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.

Boyacá Chicó was the only team based on Boyacá to reach the top flight in Colombian football until 2011, when Patriotas also achieved the promotion.

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the district of Chicó, in Chapinero, 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 C, finished as champions and were promoted to Primera B. They currently play in Primera A.

Honours

National Honours

• Categoría Primera A: 1

2008-I

• Categoría Primera B: 1

2003

• Categoría Primera C: 1

2000

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

The club have appeared in the Copa Libertadores twice, reaching the preliminary round in 2008 and the group stage in the 2009 edition.

Players

Current squad

As of 26 May 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Arnaldo Giménez 2 DF Jhonny Mostasilla 3 DF Jhon Peña 4 DF Andrés Correa 5 DF Ariel Soto 6 DF Daniel Mosquera 7 MF Jhon Obregón 8 MF Luís Alfredo González 9 FW Edwards Jiménez 11 MF Misael Riascos 12 GK José Escobar

No. Position Player 13 MF Enrique Soto 14 MF Dager Palacios 15 DF Carlos Díaz 17 FW Wason Rentería 20 DF Fabio Castillo 21 MF Juan Mahecha 22 MF Tomás Sierra 23 MF Deiner Córdoba 27 FW Óscar Balanta 28 GK Eder Chaux 29 DF Fausto Obeso

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player – MF Ángel Watt (at Real Cartagena)

No. Position Player – FW Jeysen Núñez (at Atlético Bucaramanga)

Managers

• Eduardo Pimentel (2004–05)
• Mario Vanemerak (2005)
• Alberto Gamero (July 2005 – Dec 13)
• José Ricardo Pérez (Jan 2014 – Dec 14)
• Eduardo Lara (Dec 2014–15)
• Eduardo Pimentel (2015)
• José Ricardo Pérez (2016)
• Darío Sierra (2016)

External links

• Official Website of Chicó F.C.