Sport Huancayo

Club Sport Huancayo, more commonly known as Sport Huancayo, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Huancayo, Junín. It was founded in 2008 by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar. The club has been playing in the Peruvian Primera División. the top tier of the Peruvian football league system, since 2009, having gained promotion after winning the 2008 Copa Perú. Sport Huancayo plays their home games at Estadio Huancayo, which can seat 20,000 spectators.

Founding
On February 7, 2007, Huancaína Sport Club was founded by the initiative of a beer company led by Raúl Rojas and Édgar Araníbar, which purchased the playing rights of Club Escuela de Fútbol Huancayo, who was at that time playing in the Liga Distrital de El Tambo. In 2008, the club changed its name to Sport Huancayo to better identify themselves with the city of Huancayo, where the club is based in.

Copa Perú
In the 2008 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado for the first time as Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Torino, Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and Cobresol in the Copa Perú's Final Stage. It was also the first and only time the club won a national title.

Professional era
In the 2009 Torneo Descentralizado, the club was fourth place and qualified to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, with the successful coach Cristóbal Cubilla. Sport Huancayo got eliminated in the Second Stage of the Copa Sudamericana.

In the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the club was eliminated by Defensor Sporting in the Second Stage.

In the 2011 Torneo Descentralizado, the club finished in third place and qualified to its first Copa Libertadores for the 2012 season.

In the 2012 Copa Libertadores, the club was eliminated by Arsenal de Sarandí in the First Stage. In the Peruvian tournament the club finished in sixth position, in this way, they managed to qualify for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. In 2014, the club was saved from relegation after beating Caimanes 1-0.

In 2016, the coach Diego Umaña took charge of the team. In the Copa Sudamericana the club was eliminated in the second round, after losing to Sol de America. Since 2016, the club qualified for every Copa Sudamericana edition up until 2021. In 2018, they eliminated Unión Española in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana, then they were eliminated by Caracas FC. In the newly created, 2019 Copa Bicentenario, Sport Huancayo reached the final and lost to Atlético Grau on penalties. Their best result in the Sudamericana was in 2020, where they reached the Round of 16. In the 2022 Liga 1 the club placed fourth in the league and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for second time for the 2023 season. They got eliminated by Club Nacional of Paraguay in the qualifying stage.

Stadium
Sport Huancayo's home stadium is Estadio Huancayo. The stadium is also home to Deportivo Junín. It was constructed in 1962 and owned by the Instituto Peruano de Deporte. It has a capacity of 20,000.

Other titles
Titles won in lower divisions:

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against, DG = difference goals, Pts = points.

Year-by-year
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Sport Huancayo. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Sport Huancayo seasons.

Managers
Below is a list of Sport Huancayo managers from 2009, the club's first season in the Peruvian first division, until the present day.