Cienciano

Club Cienciano, more commonly known as Cienciano, is a Peruvian professional football club based in Cusco, that currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and Boca Juniors in the 2004 Recopa Sudamericana. The club is considered the largest and most successful in Cusco. Founded in 1901, the club is among the oldest in Peru, and the oldest in Cusco. The club was founded on 8 July, 1901 by a group of students of the Colegio Nacional Ciencias del Cusco, the oldest school in Peru. They decided to give the club its name based on the word Ciencias, which means "Science". The club is nicknamed El Papá de América, the "Father of America", after its two continental titles. It has a large, longstanding rivalry with FBC Melgar of Arequipa known as El Clasico del Sur. Its mascot is a donkey. The club plays their home games at Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, named after Peruvian writer, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. The club shares the stadium with other clubs from Cusco, Cusco FC and Deportivo Garcilaso. The stadium has a capacity of 45,056 making it the fourth largest stadium in Peru. To this day, Cienciano is the only Peruvian club to win an international competition. Despite being the only club from Peru to win two international tournaments, they have yet to win the Peruvian Primera División. Cienciano has won 1 Copa Sudamericana and Recopa Sudamericana, 1 Segunda División and the Torneo Apertura 2005 and Torneo Clausura in 2001 and 2006.