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Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo

Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo is a Peruvian professional football club based in Trujillo. The club was founded on January 6, 1996 and was promoted in 2003, through the Copa Perú, to the Peruvian First Division and relegated in 2005. In 2007, they were Segunda División champions and were promoted to the first division again. The team currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. Universidad César Vallejo has a long-standing rivalry with Carlos A. Mannucci known a ''El Clásico Trujillano''.

The club's greatest accomplishment was winning the 2015 Torneo del Inca, defeating defending champions, Alianza Lima. It has also won the Peruvian Segunda División in 2007 and 2018, as well as the Copa Perú in 2003. The club is named after the Peruvian poet, César Vallejo and is part of the César Vallejo University of Trujillo.

History

The club was founded on January 6, 1996 representing Cesar Vallejo University and first participated in the championship of the third division of Trujillo at the end of 1996 and the team managed to crown champion of the tournament in 1997. In the year 1998, champion of the second division was crowned of Trujillo and won the privilege to participate, at the age of two years since foundation. Vallejo participated for the first time in the tournament of first division in the year 1999. They did quite well and even occupied the third position of the tournament. In its second year in first division, Vallejo had the respect of the large teams of the city was won of Trujillo, like the Carlos A. Mannucci, Deportivo UPAO, Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín, among others. To surprise of many came, they fight the title with the Deportivo UPAO and achieved the subchampionship.

In its campaign 2001 came be Departamental, Provincial, and Local champion. In the regional phase of the Copa Perú, was faced to the traditional UTC and José Gálvez of Chimbote to whom was defeated. Then, in the encounters by the national phase left on the road to the Atlético Grau and in the great end the Poets fell for penalties and Coronel Bolognesi went on to win the Copa Peru.

The following year would repeat a great campaign but on the national phase Atlético Grau would leave it on the road. In the 2003 it achieved the desired title and its income increased after facing to worthy rival of different regions of the country and to conquer in the great end to the Deportivo Educación of Abancay in the National Stadium.

The club struggled during the 2004 and 2005 seasons in the first division and was relegated to 2nd division. During the 2007 season, the club participate in the Second Division of the Peruvian soccer, in which it obtained promotion back to top division, after participating against teams as Universidad San Marcos, Hijos de Acosvinchos, UTC and Atlético Minero. In November 2012 the club qualified for the edition 2013 of the Copa Libertadores where they were eliminated in the preliminary round. During the 2013 season it qualified to the 2014 Copa Sudamericana. The team advanced to the quarter-finals and lost to Atlético Nacional 2-0 on aggregate. The club placed 5th in the tournament.

On 27 April 2015, they won the 2015 Torneo del Inca as they beat Alianza Lima 1–3 with goals of Mauricio Montes, Víctor Cedrón and Daniel Chávez. This is Universidad César Vallejo first major title. From 2021 to the present, they qualified for every Copa Libertadores or Copa Sudamericana, qualifying for the Copa Libertadores from 2021-2022 and Sudamericana in 2023 and 2024.

Stadium

César Vallejo's home stadium is Estadio Mansiche. The club shares the stadium with Carlos A. Mannucci, another club in Trujillo. The stadium was constructed in 1944 and hosted the 2004 Copa América, 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2013 Bolivarian Games. It is part of the greater Mansiche Sports Complex in the area. The stadium has a capacity of 25,036.

Colours and badge

The club's colors are blue, white and red just as the university's colours. Since its promotion to the first division, the club has used three badges. The first badge had the club's initials with the university's name along the oval-shaped outline and lasted until 2009. The second badge only modified the center of the badge by adding a book next to the initials of the club and was first used in 2010. The third badge was a complete change, taking the shape of shield with the red claws of a griffin placed on the top. The significance of the griffin is due to the city of Trujillo coat of arms displaying one. Moreover, the badge employed by the football club displays the team name as Universidad César Vallejo Club de Fútbol to distinguish it from the club's other sports teams.

Honours

Senior titles

Other titles

Titles won in lower divisions:

Under-20 team

Friendly International

Copa Sebastián Abreu:

Winners (1): 2023

Copa Jorge Bava:

Winners (1): 2023

Copa Ciudad de Trujillo:

Winners (1): 2011

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.

Current squad

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

Notable players

Managers

References

External links

Official website
Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo on Facebook
Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo on X
Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo's channel on YouTube

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