Club Atlético Chalaco

The Club Atlético Chalaco, known as Atlético Chalaco, is a Peruvian football club from the Constitutional Province of Callao. It was founded on June 9, 1902 by students of the Chalaco Institute and is one of the oldest Peruvian soccer teams. It is popularly known by various nicknames that came over the decades such as "la Furia Chalaca", "el León Porteño" and "the Dean of Porteño Football", among others.

His clothing is legendary, as it has the white and red colors that the Peruvian soccer team would later have, colors that are classic with five red vertical stripes on a white background, white pants and white socks with red horizontal lines. Currently Atlético Chalaco is called the "Historical Football Heritage of the Constitutional Province of Callao".

The club is the first representative of football from the first port of Peru, Callao, which laid the foundations for future Chalaco clubs, going from being a school club to being a professional club, gaining recognition, prestige and trust among the fan of Callao, Lima and Peru, since today there are many clubs with the name Atlético Chalaco, but only one is the original and traditional. It has several championships won at the district, regional and national level.

"The Chalaca fury" He has had various international tours to various countries such as Costa Rica Chile, Colombia Ecuador, Guatemala among other nations and historical matches such as when in 1918 he obtained the recognition of National Champion, beating the team of the nascent Peruvian Soccer League, which they defeated 2 to 1, or against the Uruguayan soccer team. Also against Real Madrid, against Club Olimpia of Paraguay, Sao Paulo, Colo Colo, the Millonarios and the famous tour of the Pacific team through America and Europe and many other games.

He has been champion of the First Division of Peru on two occasions: 1930. and 1947. And he also has four national runners-up: 1948, 1957, 1958 and 1979. In addition He was champion in the Second Division of Peru in 1972. and runner-up in the Second Division of Peru, in the 1971 championship. He has also been champion of the Callao Departmental Football League four times in the years 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, and twice runner-up in the years 2001, 2006. Five times champion of the Callao Provincial Football League in the years 1932, 1934, 1935, 1966, 1970, in addition to eleven times champion of the Callao District Football League in the years 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2022 and three times runner-up in the years 2002, 2009, 2013.

Their classic and historic rival is the Sport Boys Association, with whom they compete in the Clásico Porteño since both clubs are from the Callao Region, and are the most successful clubs in the famous Peruvian port. Also It has historical rivalries with the Lima clubs, with which the Lima-Callao Clásicos were born. Among them was first the Association Football Club, which would later merge with the Club Unión Ciclista Peruana, to form the Club Ciclista Lima Association, a club that is its successor and not only carries the colors of its shirt, but also the nickname of dean. by its predecessor, which was the first Peruvian soccer club. And the classic with Alianza Lima, both being protagonists of fierce encounters that outlined the cultural and social borders of Limaños and Chalacos, where 'the touch' versus 'fury'.

Through the ranks of "León Porteño", great players and scorers passed through who nourished and formed the character of Peruvian soccer, such as Telmo Carbajo, Claudio Martínez Bodero, Manuel Puente, Alfonso Saldarriaga, Enrique Salas, Antonio Maquilón, José Arana, Juan Rivero, Humberto Crescimbeni, René Rosasco, Domingo Raffo, Félix Mina, Carlos Torres, Andrés Bedoya, Nicolás Fuentes, Santiago Ojeda, Óscar Arizaga, Augusto Prado etc.

The veteran Buenos Aires club played for long periods at the Telmo Carbajo stadium until its discontinuation due to the inauguration of the Miguel Grau stadium. The old model stadium, later named in honor of Atlético Chalaco's greatest idol Telmo Carbajo, was always the fortress of "La Furia Chalaca" that every day you hear 'furia chalaco' resounding loudly. Currently, Atlético Chalaco has returned to training at its home, the Telmo Carbajo stadium.

The club also participates in minor tournaments held by the Peruvian Football Federation through its U-13, U-15 and U-17 minor and youth schools and training academies for ages 3 to 11, of Women's Soccer, master's soccer and E-Sports.

History

Foundation

At the beginning of the 20th century, students from the educational centers of Callao met in the Pampa del Mar Bravo to practice cricket and soccer. Jesús Felipe Martínez and Roberto W. Suárez, students of the newly founded Chalaco Institute, decided to form a sports club and to do so, along with other young people from said institute, they met in May 1902 at the home of the student Héctor Viñas. After several names were suggested to baptize the club, it was Viñas himself who proposed the name Club Atlético Chalaco. On June 9 of the same year, this centenary institution was founded at 19 Marco Polo Street, home of Captain Don Federico Rincón, father of one of the founding students. That same day, a provisional board was elected, chaired by Roberto W. Suárez, and Augusto Cazorla, deputy director of the Institute, was designated as Honorary President. Its first location was located on the upper floors of a house located on 138 Washington Street. In August, the first board of directors was formed, whose president was César Rivera, who was also the captain of the team.

Foundation certificate

Gathered in Callao, at the home of Captain Federico Rincón, Marco Polo Street No. 19, on June 9, 1902, Messrs. Roberto W. Suárez, Alberto Rincón, Guillermo Constantino Dodero, Jesús Felipe Martínez, Pedro Arris, Carlos M. Becerra, Fortunato Corzano, Alberto Pautrat, Manuel Aguirre and Víctor Vargas, students of the "Instituto Chalaco", agreed to form a sports club, which they called "Atlético Chalaco", in honor of the team that were students and under whose auspices it was founded.

Next, the appointment of a provisional President was proposed, with Mr. Roberto W. Suárez having been unanimously elected, who immediately took charge of the presidency and who proposed the following agreements for the consideration of the Board:

• Name Honorary President Perpetuo del Club al Sub Director del "Instituto Chalaco", Bachiller don Augusto Cazorla.

• Consider as founding partners all the gentlemen who entered the club this June.

Having agreed on both propositions by acclamation, the Board of Directors agreed to the appointment of a Commission composed of Messrs. Roberto W. Suárez, Guillermo Constantino Dodero and Alberto Rincón, to inform Mr. Bachiller Don Augusto Cazorla of the appointment made to his person. After the aforementioned agreements, the President adjourned the session, immediately seating the respective founding document signed by all those present: Víctor Vargas, M. Aguirre, Federico Rincón, Carlos Becerra, Alberto Pautrat, R. W. Suárez, Alberto Rincón, Constantino Dodero, Jesús Felipe Martínez, P. Arris, F. Corzano

Early years

His first sporting activity was on September 24, 1902, facing the Chalaco club Sport Victoria in cricket, achieving a victory. On September 30, both teams played a soccer match that ended 1-0 in favor of Victoria. The following year, 1903, he began to participate in the National Holidays Championship organized by the Municipality of Callao on June 28 and 29 in the Pampa del Mar Bravo between Chalaco teams of the time such as Club Libertad del Callao, Club San Martín, the Morro de Arica Club among others. Already in his second year, 1904, he had formed a team of stars with: Enrique Fajardo, in goal; Pedro Ureta, the brothers Oscar and Luis Morales, Manuel Alberto Serreno, Emilio Jiménez, Manuel Chamorro, Oscar Ramírez, the brothers Vélez Salazar, Humberto Forno, Davis and Ambrosio Dodero.

In 1907 he became champion after several participations in the national holiday championship organized by the municipality of Callao. By 1908 he managed to form a great team, which remained unbeatable for several seasons. It was made up of: Arístides Veyan, Luis Morales, Alfonso Gallardo, Jesús Martínez, Erasmo Elías, Nicolás Zevallos, Pedro Ureta, Humberto Ruiz Hinojoza, Esteban Paz de la Vega, Lizandro Gallardo and Héctor Viñas. And Claudio Martínez Bodero entered the path to fame in 1909. Carlos Carpio was already in goal, with Lizandro Gallardo and Juan Carpio, Luis Soto, Nicolás Zevallos, Telmo Carbajo, Luis Gutiérrez, Alfonso Gallardo, Bartolomé Atanasio and Paz de the Vega. It should be noted that Telmo Carbajo was the player who shone in Peruvian soccer at the time. They were once again crowned champions of the Callao municipal championship for national holidays.

It was in these years of 1908 and 1909 where the great Lima-Chalaco rivalry began, thus giving rise to the Lima-Callao Clásicos, first between the Association Football Club and Atlético Chalaco, matches that often ended in pitched battles and then in the middle of the 1920s with the Alianza Lima Club, which is the successor of this old classic.

In 1910 he won the two-time championship in the championship of national holidays of the municipality of Callao by beating Sport Bolognesi in the final, thus showing itself as the best club in the Peruvian port. In November of that year, the pro-Jorge Chávez Monument championship was held, in order to raise funds in honor of the aviator who fell in the Italian Alps. It was the Cricket Union that gave the initiative to hold this event. The championship was with six clubs, Unión Cricket, Club Unión Callao de Deportes, Club Leoncio Prado, Association Football Club, Club Jorge Chávez Nr. 1 and Atlético Chalaco, a championship that was suspended until mid-1911 due to the festivities of end of the year and summer. When the championship resumed, Unión Cricket and Atlético Chalaco reached the final, defeating the Buenos Aires lion, thus confirming their title as champion of Callao by lifting a new cup.

The Peruvian Football League

In 1912 the Peruvian Football League was founded and Atlético Chalaco received an invitation to participate in the first Football Championship but the club declined to participate, and where the Lima Cricket and Football Club, the oldest club, was the champion. from Peru and America. However, some footballers from Atlético Chalaco played for some clubs in the nascent Peruvian Football League, such as Claudio Martínez Bodero who played for the Miraflores Sporting Club in the 1912 Peruvian Football Championship, Telmo Carbajo in the Club Jorge Chávez Nr. 1 with which he became champion in the Peruvian Football Championship of 1913. and Víctor Alcalde who was champion with the Club Alianza Lima, when it was still called Sport Alianza, in the Peruvian Football Championship of 1918 and in the 1919 Peruvian Soccer Championship.

More titles from the 10s and 20s

By 1913 the club would form in goal with Rafael León; Eduardo Parodi, Ricardo Alvarado; Germán Cáceres, Carlos Bouverie, Enrique Salazar and Manuel Paz de la Vega; Pedro Ureta, Mario Mur, Telmo Carbajo (captain) and Humberto Galantini. That year he was once again champion in the once traditional municipal championship of Callao for national holidays.

The first National Olympics was held in 1917 and in the soccer championship Atlético Chalaco won undefeated, even drawing with José Gálvez, obtaining as a prize a large shield that was exhibited in its old towns in (today Av. Roque Sáenz Peña) with some of the most representative players of the time such as Telmo Carbajo and Claudio Martínez Bodero in its ranks. In 1918 he won the title of national champion by defeating the Peruvian Football League team. The team was made up of Rafael León, Claudio Martínez Bodero, Víctor Alcalde, Juan Raffo, Fernando Jordan, Juan "el Chino" #3. 4; Leva, Ambrosio Costa, Alfonso Gallardo, Telmo Carbajo, Vicente Mendizabal and Pedro Ureta. And in defending this title in 1919, a match was held with the team of the British cruiser called Lancaster. In March 1920, he made a tour to the city of Arequipa where he defeated FBC Aurora in two games, 2-1 and 8-2.. The delegation included the players goalkeeper Rafael León, Pedro Ureta, Víctor Alcalde, Juan Leva, Germán Cáceres, J Mascaro, M Ramírez, Alfonso Gallardo, Humberto Martínez Bodero, S Ramírez, Claudio Martínez Bodero, Fernando Jordan, José Brisolessi and Telmo Carbajo. In addition, Atlético Chalaco played other games in the city of Arequipa.

In September 1923, Unión Buenos Aires faced off for the first time against the main club of Callao, Atlético Chalaco, at the Circolo Sportivo Italiano stadium in the city of Lima with a victory in favor of Chalaco by 2 to 0. Then, in the rematch, Unión Buenos Aires would win in two consecutive games, but due to the prestige of the Buenos Aires lion, it would win for its ranks figures such as Alfonso Saldarriaga, José Arana Cruz, Faustino Mustafich, Félix Muñoz, Esteban Dañino, among others. In In 1924, the Uruguayan Olympic team arrived in Callao and in a first match defeated the Chalaco team, but in the rematch the Chalaco team defeated the Uruguayans 1 to 0. In June 1925, they again toured the city of Arequipa where They beat Foot Ball Club Melgar 4 to 1 and Association White Star 3 to 2.

The first selections

Since 1903, for national holidays, matches between Peruvian teams against English teams began to be held, where the Lima Cricket and Football Club, and the Unión Cricket faced a team of English players, the first Peruvian teams would also do so. In these years, duels between Lima teams and the first teams against Sport Unión Railway of Cerro de Pasco, a team made up of English, were also frequent. But it was in 1911 that the first team was formed made up of footballers from various clubs. Among them some players from Atlético Chalaco. The Peruvian team formed with Juan Carpio; Alfonso Gallardo and Eduardo Fry; Enrique Andrade, Guillermo Valderrama and Fernando Ortiz de Zevallos; Darío Aranzáens, Alfaro, Manuel Álvarez (C), Telmo Carbajo and Pedro Ureta. The Peruvian team won by 2 to 1.

In 1912, when the Peruvian football league was created, the team was called the selection of the Peruvian football league, made up of Juan Carpio of the Miraflores Sporting Club; Eduardo Fry (C) from Miraflores Sporting Club, Santiago Benvenuto from Association Football Club and E. Vera from Centro Sport Inca; Enrique Andrade, C. José Morales, and Joaquín Ramírez of the Association Football Club, and Telmo Carbajo and Oscar Reyes of the Miraflores Sporting Club; Manuel Álvarez from Miraflores Sporting Club, Víctor Tréneman from Club Jorge Chávez Nr. 1, Luis Alfaro and Juan Cavero from Association Football Club. The result was in favor of the Peruvian team by 1 to 0. In the national holidays of 1913 they faced each other again, with the Peruvian team winning again by 2 to 1. In 1914 the Peruvian team played in goal with Iturrizaga; Juan Raffo and Tomás Aranzaes in defense; Juan Carranza, Pedro Larrañaga and Telmo Carbajo in midfield; Ildefonso Arroyo, Pedro Villena, Víctor Trénemann, V. Montes and Hermes Cuello up front. But this time it is the English who take the victory 3 to 2.

The Peruvian Football Federation: First title

After the Peruvian Football Federation was created in 1922, this institution organized its first official tournament in 1926, which did not conclude and Chalaco was placed in third place. In 1926, only four years after its founding, the FPF was logistically capable of organizing a first league tournament by itself. For this, it was based on various criteria in order to form its First Division. Thus, "for the best sporting expression of the Peruvian fan" He gave the seat to five clubs: Association Football Club, Atlético Chalaco, Centro Social Tarapacá, Sport Alianza and Unión Buenos Aires; "for having values that could serve as a basis for other institutions", he chose Circolo Sportivo Italiano and Deportivo Nacional; and through qualifying tournaments held in 1925, they qualified for the Provincial League No. 1 (Lima League, which replaced the old Peruvian Football League) Sport José Gálvez, Sport Progreso and Teniente Ruiz, and for the until then existing League Deportiva del Callao, Jorge Chávez Callao and Jorge Washington. The other nineteen institutions that were affiliated with the FPF at that time were grouped in the Intermediate Division, which came to constitute the second category. Then, within the Lima Provincial League, the Second Division and the Third Division were created. In this way, the first tournaments were held under the control of the FPF, from 1926 to 1931 inclusive. The 1926 Peruvian Football Championship was an experimental tournament organized by the Peruvian Football Federation. The Tournament was suspended on November 14 on date 5 due to managerial problems, when 13 games remained to be played and the table was led by Sport Progreso with 10 points. It was then that the Peruvian Football Federation decided to declare the tournament concluded and declare Sport Progreso champion for the highest score obtained. And Atlético Chalaco was in third place with 6 points. In the 1927 Championship where 8 clubs participated, Sport Alianza was the champion, with Atlético Chalaco in fourth place. The regular team was with Enrique Álvarez, Néstor Lores, Vicente Gorritti, Manuel Benavides, Juan Leva, Alfonso Saldarriaga, Julio Córdova, Adolfo Reyes, Esteban Dañino, Juan Sudman, Braulio Valverde, Genaro Verano, Manuel Puente and Gabino Balbuena. In the 1928 Championship with 19 participating clubs, it was played in two groups, where Atlético Chalaco qualified for the championship group behind Sport Alianza, which that year changed its name to Club Alianza Lima. The players were the goalkeepers Jorge Pardón and Enrique Álvarez Pejovez, Alfonso Saldarriaga, José Arana Cruz, Manuel Puente, among others. Atlético Chalaco finished again in third place behind Alianza Lima and the Federación Universitaria. Where the top scorer was Alejandro Villanueva with 3 goals in this final phase. While in the following tournament the 1929 Peruvian Football Championship saved the category by one point. 13 clubs participated and the University Federation was the champion and Atlético Chalaco was in tenth place. In this championship, on the seventh day, Club Alianza Lima was disqualified for refusing to give up its players for the Peruvian soccer team. The top scorer was Carlos Cillóniz of the University Federation with 8 goals.

12 clubs participated in the 1930 championship, finishing the first phase as leader of their group with three wins over Sporting Tabaco, Lawn Tennis and Sportivo Tarapacá, qualifying for the league for the title. There it began with a victory over the University Federation by 2-1 after losing the match. After resting on the second date, they reached the final match with a point advantage over their next rival, Alianza Lima. The match was played on December 7 where he managed to turn around Jorge Koochoi's initial goal for Alianza, achieving the 2-1 victory with goals from "manolo" Bridge in the second part. In this way they achieved their first First Division title, also being the first team to win undefeated. In the 1931 championship, 12 clubs participated and Alianza Lima obtained the title and finished in fifth place. Atlético Chalaco. where the top scorer was Alejandro Villanueva with 16 goals.

The Schism

After finishing the 1931 Peruvian Football Championship where they finished in fifth place, Atlético Chalaco together with Unión Buenos Aires and Alianza Frigorífico Nacional, in addition to the Chalaco clubs from the lower categories, left the championship to form the League Provincial Foot Ball League of Callao that was founded on April 1, 1932. Thus, Atlético Chalaco continued participating in the following years in the newly created Callao Provincial League where it was champion in 1932, where three clubs participated, with players like Alfonso Saldarriaga, Antonio Maquilón, Fermín Machado, "patuto" Arana, Juan Rivero Villar, Mario de las Casas, Manuel Puente among others. In 1933 eight clubs participated and Alianza Frigorífico Nacional won the title, while Atlético Chalaco finished fifth with players such as Alfonso Saldarriaga, Mario de las Casas, Antonio Maquilón, Fermín Machado, Arturo Paredes Andrés Álvarez. In 1934 seven clubs participated and Atlético Chalaco obtained the title, with players such as Mario de las Casas, Antonio Maquilón Andrés Álvarez, Alejandro Quiroz Noli, Manuel Puente, Fermín Machado, among others. In 1935, six clubs participated and Atlético Chalaco once again obtained the title, being crowned two-time champion, and establishing itself as the best Chalaco team of the time. Sport Boys being one of the few teams that remains in the Championships run from Lima. All this was due to claims for non-sporting reasons by the Lima diligence against the Callao clubs. The players in that tournament were Mario de las Casas, Antonio Maquilón, Juan Rivero Villar, Arturo Paredes, among others.

Return to the Peruvian League

Atlético Chalaco returned in 1936 after being invited by the same FPF together with the Telmo Carbajo club to the First Division (called the Honor Division at that time) for having occupied the first places in the First Division of Callao in 1935. However That year the tournament was not held due to the participation of the Peruvian team in the Berlin Olympic Games, whose delegation was chaired by Claudio Martínez Bodero, who after the incidents in the match against Austria was notified by an urgent telegram from the president of the Peruvian Football Federation, Eduardo Dibós Dammert, who said: “Annulment unacceptable. President Benavides ordered to return to Lima urgently." After the return of the Olympic team, that year a couple of matches were held to select the players who would form the national team that would participate in the 1937 South American Championship, it is like this that on November 8, while a match was being played between Club Alianza Lima and a team of several players from the honor division, the Alliance defender Víctor Lavalle seriously injured the player Jorge Chávez Boza belonging to the ranks of Club Atlético Chalaco, leaving him badly injured, because after the accident the doctors had to amputate his leg due to the severity of the injury, but despite this he died a few days later due to gangrene. This was also the football end of the strong Victorian defender. After this, the clubs decided not to hold the honor division tournament, but in the end an extraordinary tournament (lightning) called the Extra-Official Peruvian Tournament of eight clubs was held, where Atlético Chalaco was eliminated in the semifinals by Universitario de Deportes, which The dessert was champion by defeating Club Alianza Lima in the final.

Atlético Chalaco resumed its participation in the highest category in the 1937 championship where ten clubs participated and Sport Boys emerged champion, and Atlético Chalaco took fourth place. Nine clubs participated in the 1938 championship and Deportivo Municipal was the champion and Atlético Chalaco was in fifth place. The players were Marcos Huby, Rafael León, Humberto Crescimbeni, Juan Rivero Villar, Guillermo Aróstegui among others. In the 1939 championship, the name of the honor division was changed to the national soccer league, where the University of Sports title was obtained and the historic Atlético Chalaco was placed in sixth place, with players such as Rafael León, Pedro Paulet, Víctor Marchena, Jorge Garcés, Humberto Crescimbeni, Juan Rivero Villar, Guillermo Aróstegui, Julio Rebaza, Felipe Bailey and Alejandro Quiroz Noli.

1940s: Second Crown

In the 1940 championship, out of eight clubs in the national league, Deportivo Municipal once again won and Atlético Chalaco again obtained sixth place, with players such as goalkeeper Víctor Marchena, defender Humberto Crescimbeni, Rafael León, Lorenzo López, Arturo Paredes, Guillermo Aróstegui etc. Afterwards, the club finished in last place in the 1941 championship, equal in score with Telmo Carbajo, so both had to play a category revalidation home run (popularly called "Rueda Trágica") with the first two of the team. Second: Centro Iqueño and Santiago Barranco. However, after the tournament ended, with Chalaco, Iqueño and Carbajo tied for first place, the FPF decided that the four clubs would participate in the 1942 tournament. The players were goalkeeper Luis Bustamante, Miguel "cañon&# 3. 4; Paredes, Humberto Crescimbeni, Luis Lizárraga, Juan Celi, Guillermo Andrade, Antonio Quiles, Víctor Vargas, Rafael Hawkins, Carlos Quiroz, Marcos López, Víctor Reyes and Luis "chito" Iturrizaga. For the 1942 tournament Chalaco came in sixth place with players such as Luis Bustamante, Miguel Paredes, Arturo Paredes, Humberto Crescimbeni, Miguel Pacheco Cavero, Domingo Raffo, Carlos Portal, Víctor Pedraza, Carlos Quiroz, Luis Iturrizaga, and Lorenzo López, where Teodoro Fernández from Universitario de Deportes was the top scorer with 11 scores. In the 1943 tournament Chalaco took fifth place, where there was no relegation or promotion. The players were Luis Bustamante, Miguel Paredes, Humberto Crescimbeni, Juan Castillo Grandjean, René Rosasco, Domingo Raffo, Carlos Torres Morales, Arturo Paredes, Carlos Quiroz and others. In the 1944 tournament season, Atlético Chalaco came in sixth place, with players such as goalkeepers Florindo, Miguel Paredes and Luis Bustamante, Humberto Crescimbeni, René Rosasco, Domingo Raffo, Juan Castillo Grandjean, Carlos Portal, Carlos Torres Morales, Carlos Quiroz, Félix Mina, Álvarez, Leonidas Mendoza among others. During the 1945 tournament he competed for first place with Universitario de Deportes and Deportivo Municipal, with players such as Luis Bustamante Humberto Crescimbeni, Abelardo Lecca, René Rosasco, Domingo Raffo, Carlos Torres Morales, Carlos Quiroz, Félix Mina, Enrique Strat among others, until that a defeat on the penultimate date against Alianza Lima by 3 to 1 took them away from the title that finally went to the cream team. For the 1946 Peruvian Soccer Championship, Atlético Chalaco occupied sixth place, with the Santiago " the gringo" Hart and Bacigalupo, Humberto Crescimbeni, Guillermo "periquete" Aguilar, Juan Castillo Grandjean, Domingo Raffo, René Rosasco, Carlos Meza, Adolfo Zevallos, Miguel Badell, Juan "pata" Alcázar, Víctor Fernández D., Enrique Jordán, Geronimo Lurita, Reynaldo Luna, Davalos, Carlos Torres Morales, Moyano, José Ferretti and Cueto. Where he was the University Sports champion and the top scorer was Valeriano López of Sport Boys with 22 goals.

In the 1947 championship, under the presidency of Mario Chiabra and directed by José "patuto" Arana, Atlético Chalaco once again becomes national champion, after the defeat suffered by Deportivo Municipal, which came in second place, against Sporting Tabaco by 4 to 1 on October 25 for the last date of the tournament. With this result the "Muni" they lost their last chance to reach first place and left the title served to Chalaco who played their last game the next day against Sport Boys Association where they would lose 2 to 0. The champion team was with Humberto Becerra, Luis Bustamante, Miguel Paredes, José Béjar, Guillermo Aguilar, Armando Agurto, Juan Alcázar, Juan Castillo Grandjean, Eliseo "chaveta" Morales, Domingo Raffo, Julio Navarrete, René Rosasco, Juan Lecca, Reynaldo "perejil" Luna, Félix Mina, Ernesto Morales, Luis "pata de mula" Rodríguez and Carlos Torres Morales. After the title, the club was invited to the South American Champions Championship, the predecessor championship of the Copa Libertadores de América, held in Chile in 1948, which it did not attend due to economic disagreements and was replaced by the runner-up Deportivo Municipal, which achieved fourth place in said contest. That same year of 1947, the national lightning championship was held, where Atlético Chalaco emerged champion, thus in the same year 'la furia chalaca' won two championships. There was also controversy regarding relegation, since Universitario de Deportes or Sporting Tabaco were one step away from going to the second division, and they had to play one last game, but in the Non-Amateur Association (ANA, predecessor of the ADFP), proposed a project that contemplated non-relegation in that season, he submitted the project to the Peruvian Football Federation, which approved it in two votes, this project, in turn, had to be submitted to the National Sports Committee (equivalent to the current Peruvian Institute of Sports), which only ratified it at the end of that year. In the 1948 championship, already on the seventh date it would beat Deportivo Municipal, with two dates remaining Chalaco occupied first place with one point advantage over Alianza Lima. On the penultimate day they lost the lead after being beaten 4 to 1 by Mariscal Sucre while Alianza, who had to rest on the last date, beat Ciclista Lima by the same score. On the final date they were defeated 3 to 2 by Ciclista, losing the option of reaching the two-time championship. The team had Luis Bustamante, Eliseo Morales, Guillermo Aguilar, Domingo Raffo, René Rosasco, Pablo Castillo, Pedro Valdivia, Juan Alcázar, Ernesto Morales, Marcial Hurtado, Luis Rodríguez and Reynaldo Luna among others. For the 1949 championship, they placed seventh out of eight teams, but there was no relegation that year. The players were Santiago Hart, Elíseo Morales, Guillermo Aguilar, Domingo Raffo, F. Vigil, Rogelio Zevallos, Ernesto Morales, Luis Rodríguez, Miguel Ampuero and José Ferretti. In the 1950 championship, they placed sixth out of ten teams, where Alberto Terry from Universitario de Deportes was the top scorer with 16 scores. The regular team was with Santiago Hart, Guillermo Aguilar, Rafael Crovetto, Carlos Torres Morales, Domingo Raffo, Miguel Ampuero, Eduardo Jordán, Chumpitazi, José Ferretti, Ernesto Morales, and Vigil. Mario Peña Gonzales also alternated among others.

The Porteño Ballet

At the beginning of professionalism in Peruvian soccer Chalaco finished in penultimate place in the 1951 Peruvian Soccer Championship, with players such as goalkeepers Luis Luján and Francisco Viacava, Domingo Raffo, Carlos Torres Morales, Mario Peña Gonzales, Guillermo Aguilar, René Rosasco, Eliseo Morales, Carlos Meza, Andrés Bedoya Adolfo Zevallos, José Ferreti, Gerónimo Lurita, Juan Castillo Grandjean, Luis Portanova, Guillermo Arias, Juan Lecca, Reynaldo Luna, Segundo Guevara, Félix Mina, Ernesto & #34;chicha" Morales among others. The technical director was the idol José "patuto" Spider. What stood out to the detriment of the Buenos Aires lion was the historic 10-2 win in the Clásico Porteño. In the 1952 Peruvian Soccer Championship, the Argentine technical director Francisco Villegas was hired with players such as goalkeeper Leónidas " the flying pig" Cordova, Pedro Lujambio, Carlos Torres Morales, Luis Portanova, Eliseo Morales, Andrés Bedoya, René Rosasco, Héctor Ayca, Guillermo Arias, Rogelio Zevallos, Eduardo Jordan, Gerónimo Lurita, Ernesto "chicha" Morales, Augusto Alvarado, Carlos Colan and Omar Muraco. The following year he formed a team that earned the nickname "Ballet Porteño" for his good play where he won the Apertura Championship and competed for the 1953 championship title until the final dates, highlighting the offensive trio formed by the Argentines Antonio Aguiar, Luis López and Gualberto Bianco. The team usually consisted of Leónidas Córdova; Andrés Bedoya, Santiago Armandola, Pedro Lujambio; René Rosasco, Luis Portanova; Augusto Alvarado, Antonio Aguiar, Luis López, Gualberto Bianco and Froilán Reyes, alternating goalkeeper Raúl Dreyfus, Adolfo Zevallos, Héctor Ayca, "lolin" Fernández, Jorge Lama, Félix Mina, Carlos Colan among others. In the 1954 Peruvian Soccer Championship, they finished in sixth place with 17 points. The squad was made up of goalkeepers Jorge Garagate and Víctor Passalacqua, defender Andrés Bedoya, Adolfo Cabada, René Rosasco, Lorenzo Flores, Eduardo Rivera, Luis Portanova, Antonio Aguiar, Luis López, Gualberto Bianco, Jacinto Villalba, Jorge Lama, Froilán Reyes, Jaime Cruz and Virgilio Drago. In the 1955 Peruvian Soccer Championship, they placed fourth with 21 points. The players were the goalkeepers Jorge Garagate and Eduardo Román, along with Adolfo Cabada, René Rosasco, Andrés Bedoya, José "el pulpo" Arróspide, Jorge Lama, Lorenzo Flores, the Argentine Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Ernesto Rivera, Oscar Salas, Luis "el tigrillo" Salazar, Omar Muraco, José Lavalle, Antonio Aguiar Carlos Gambina, Hugo San Miguel, José Rettis and Bernabé Valverde. In the 1956 Peruvian Soccer Championship, with players such as Paraguayan goalkeeper Adolfo Riquelme and Jorge Garagate, José " the octopus" Arróspide, Lorenzo Flores, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Ricardo Hurtado, Adolfo Cabada, Oscar Salas, Jorge Saravia, René Rosasco, Germán Colunga, José Lavalle, Carlos Gambina, Bernabé Valverde, Atilio López Riveros, among others, came in ninth place. That same year, the scandal called by the press "the vintage" occurred, where a conspiracy of clubs to bring down the Carlos Concha Club was discovered. In the following years, other outstanding players passed through the club such as the Paraguayan goalkeepers Adolfo Riquelme and Rubén Noceda, recent champions with their team in the 1953 South American Championship, Augusto Alvarado, Germán Colunga, Bernabé Valverde, Pablo Castillo and the Argentines Jaime Cruz and Vito Andrés Bártoli. In that 1950s the club achieved runners-up finishes in 1957 and 1958. In the 1957 tournament it was second behind Centro Iqueño with players such as Adolfo Riquelme, Jorge Garagate, Benjamín Ugaz, Adolfo Cabada, Rafael Farfan Gonzales, Ricardo Hurtado, René Rosasco, Oswaldo Elcolobarrutia, José Arróspide, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Lorenzo Flores, Víctor Montoya, Óscar Salas, Pablo Castillo, Rene Garcia, "lolin" Fernández and Marco Nieto. And in the 1958 Peruvian Football Championship, on the last date in the Clásico Porteño, Sport Boys, whom they surpassed in the table by one point, defined. But he could not celebrate in that classic because he was defeated 1 to 0 with a goal in the final minutes of the match and consequently lost the title. The squad included, among others, the players Adolfo Riquelme, José Arróspide, Oswaldo Elcolobarrutia, Ricardo Hurtado, Andrés -timed- Bedoya, René Rosasco, Lorenzo Flores, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, René García, Segundo Guevara, Pablo Castillo, Luis "el tigrillo" Salazar, Víctor Montoya, Teodoro Seminario and Marco Nieto. In the 1959 Peruvian Soccer Championship he placed eighth. The coach was the Greek Dan Georgiadis. The players were the goalkeepers Adolfo Riquelme and Teodulo Villanueva, José "el pulpo" Arróspide, Benjamin Ugaz, René Rosasco, Pedro "curraco" Maldonado,

At the beginning of professionalism in Peruvian soccer Chalaco finished in penultimate place in the 1951 Peruvian Soccer Championship, with players such as goalkeepers Luis Luján and Francisco Viacava, Domingo Raffo, Carlos Torres Morales, Mario Peña Gonzales, Guillermo Aguilar, René Rosasco, Eliseo Morales, Carlos Meza, Andrés Bedoya Adolfo Zevallos, José Ferreti, Gerónimo Lurita, Juan Castillo Grandjean, Luis Portanova, Guillermo Arias, Juan Lecca, Reynaldo Luna, Segundo Guevara, Félix Mina, Ernesto & #34;chicha" Morales among others. The technical director was the idol José "patuto" Spider. What stood out to the detriment of the Buenos Aires lion was the historic 10-2 win in the Clásico Porteño. In the 1952 Peruvian Soccer Championship, the Argentine technical director Francisco Villegas was hired with players such as goalkeeper Leónidas " the flying pig" Cordova, Pedro Lujambio, Carlos Torres Morales, Luis Portanova, Eliseo Morales, Andrés Bedoya, René Rosasco, Héctor Ayca, Guillermo Arias, Rogelio Zevallos, Eduardo Jordan, Gerónimo Lurita, Ernesto "chicha" Morales, Augusto Alvarado, Carlos Colan and Omar Muraco. The following year he formed a team that earned the nickname "Ballet Porteño" for his good play where he won the Apertura Championship and competed for the 1953 championship title until the final dates, highlighting the offensive trio formed by the Argentines Antonio Aguiar, Luis López and Gualberto Bianco. The team usually consisted of Leónidas Córdova; Andrés Bedoya, Santiago Armandola, Pedro Lujambio; René Rosasco, Luis Portanova; Augusto Alvarado, Antonio Aguiar, Luis López, Gualberto Bianco and Froilán Reyes, alternating goalkeeper Raúl Dreyfus, Adolfo Zevallos, Héctor Ayca, "lolin" Fernández, Jorge Lama, Félix Mina, Carlos Colan among others. In the 1954 Peruvian Soccer Championship, they finished in sixth place with 17 points. The squad was made up of goalkeepers Jorge Garagate and Víctor Passalacqua, defender Andrés Bedoya, Adolfo Cabada, René Rosasco, Lorenzo Flores, Eduardo Rivera, Luis Portanova, Antonio Aguiar, Luis López, Gualberto Bianco, Jacinto Villalba, Jorge Lama, Froilán Reyes, Jaime Cruz and Virgilio Drago. In the 1955 Peruvian Soccer Championship, they placed fourth with 21 points. The players were the goalkeepers Jorge Garagate and Eduardo Román, along with Adolfo Cabada, René Rosasco, Andrés Bedoya, José "el pulpo" Arróspide, Jorge Lama, Lorenzo Flores, the Argentine Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Ernesto Rivera, Oscar Salas, Luis "el tigrillo" Salazar, Omar Muraco, José Lavalle, Antonio Aguiar Carlos Gambina, Hugo San Miguel, José Rettis and Bernabé Valverde. In the 1956 Peruvian Soccer Championship, with players such as Paraguayan goalkeeper Adolfo Riquelme and Jorge Garagate, José " the octopus" Arróspide, Lorenzo Flores, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Ricardo Hurtado, Adolfo Cabada, Oscar Salas, Jorge Saravia, René Rosasco, Germán Colunga, José Lavalle, Carlos Gambina, Bernabé Valverde, Atilio López Riveros, among others, came in ninth place. That same year, the scandal called by the press "the vintage" occurred, where a conspiracy of clubs to bring down the Carlos Concha Club was discovered. In the following years, other outstanding players passed through the club such as the Paraguayan goalkeepers Adolfo Riquelme and Rubén Noceda, recent champions with their team in the 1953 South American Championship, Augusto Alvarado, Germán Colunga, Bernabé Valverde, Pablo Castillo and the Argentines Jaime Cruz and Vito Andrés Bártoli. In that 1950s the club achieved runners-up finishes in 1957 and 1958. In the 1957 tournament it was second behind Centro Iqueño with players such as Adolfo Riquelme, Jorge Garagate, Benjamín Ugaz, Adolfo Cabada, Rafael Farfan Gonzales, Ricardo Hurtado, René Rosasco, Oswaldo Elcolobarrutia, José Arróspide, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, Lorenzo Flores, Víctor Montoya, Óscar Salas, Pablo Castillo, Rene Garcia, "lolin" Fernández and Marco Nieto. And in the 1958 Peruvian Football Championship, on the last date in the Clásico Porteño, Sport Boys, whom they surpassed in the table by one point, defined. But he could not celebrate in that classic because he was defeated 1 to 0 with a goal in the final minutes of the match and consequently lost the title. The squad included, among others, the players Adolfo Riquelme, José Arróspide, Oswaldo Elcolobarrutia, Ricardo Hurtado, Andrés -timed- Bedoya, René Rosasco, Lorenzo Flores, Vito "sabino" Bártoli, René García, Segundo Guevara, Pablo Castillo, Luis "el tigrillo" Salazar, Víctor Montoya, Teodoro Seminario and Marco Nieto. In the 1959 Peruvian Soccer Championship he placed eighth. The coach was the Greek Dan Georgiadis. The players were the goalkeepers Adolfo Riquelme and Teodulo Villanueva, José "el pulpo" Arróspide, Benjamin Ugaz, René Rosasco, Pedro "curraco" Maldonado,...

Relegation to the amateur league

The squad for the 1962 Peruvian Football Championship was with Alfredo Mimbela Guillermo Correa Bravo, Walter Milera, Carlos Zunino, Oscar Montero, Nicolás Fuentes, Parodi, Alejandro Albújar, Sergio Paredes, Juan Luis Robinson, Daniel Flores Reyes, and Carrión Lolandez. By then the club entered a period of economic difficulties that led it to lose its category that year, going down to play in the Second Division in 1963, with players such as Alfredo Mimbela, Wilfredo Honores, Benjamín Ugaz, Juan Luis Robinson, Teodoro Baluarte, Julio -frejol- Navarro, Nicolás Fuentes, Castro, Héctor Torrealba, and Elías Lomparte. In the 1963 Peruvian Second Division they came in fifth place, with the club's coach being the Argentine Emiliano Coronel. In the 1964 Peruvian Second Division, Atlético Chalaco came in third place, where the champion was Club Defensor Arica. They remained there until the 1965 Peruvian Second Division championship when they finished in last place, tenth place, descending to the First Amateur of the Callao League. He was champion of this league in 1966 because he had a great championship in which he defeated almost all his competitors, heading to return to professional football, but in the Quadrangular Interligas he was third behind Independiente Sacachispas of the Breña District (which achieved promotion to Second Division) and Deportivo Bancoper de San Isidro. In the 1967 Callao Amateur League tournament the squad was made up of Alberto Ancieta, Carlos Portanova, Abel Flores, José López, Ricardo Caraza, Rómulo Albarracín, Javier Cáceres, Florian Aquije, Eduardo Guingue, Luis Mexzo, Eduardo Schabauer, José Gallareta, Jorge Burga, Flavio Varela and Juan Valverde, finishing in fifth place in the tournament. In the championship of the 1968 Callao Amateur Football League he added a terrible campaign in twelfth place in the tournament, being almost the same in the 1969 Callao Amateur League when he was close to going down to the Second Amateur of Callao, maintaining the category. on the final dates.

Return to First Class

Here comes the miracle. The Buenos Aires club was ordered to go down that year, a new group of leaders, former students of the Leoncio Prado Military School in the La Perla District, assumed control of the club, and thus the salvation began.

The new stage in the life of Atlético Chalaco is underway with these new leaders and they become champions in 1970 in the First Division of the Callao Amateur League. In this decisive step of the return to the Second Division of the " León Porteño", coach Eleuterio Zamudio and physical trainer Víctor Beteta had an outstanding performance, who worked side by side with the club's leaders to ensure that the team won the fateful Quadrangular Interleague round 1970 (which was played at the beginning of the year 1971) where they faced Sport Inca del Rímac, Defensor San Borja and Santiago Barranco where they finished in first place and were promoted to the Second Division. The players were the goalkeeper Julio Franco, Sánchez Silva, Pedro Paredes Prada, Jesús "tite" Llerena, Germán Acosta, Juan Luis Robinson, Vinatea, Gabriel "perrito" Sánchez, Osorio, Víctor Bautista, Otoya, Valencia, Perico Hernández, Luis Alfredo Negrón, Mario "velita" Aquije and Chevéz. The following year they finished second in the 1971 Second Division behind Deportivo Sima with players such as goalkeeper Julio Franco, Alberto Lazabara, Luis Rivas, Jesus "tite" Llerena, Javier Buendia, Bereta, Pedro Paredes Prada, German Acosta, -el cholo- Santos, Ángel Lara, Walter Cano, Valencia, Gabriel "perrito" Sánchez, Víctor Gonzales Joya, Víctor Bautista, Perico Hernández, Luis Falla, Egberto Vitte, Luis Alfredo Negrón, Osorio, Emilio Asin, Juan Luis Robinson, Danilo de Souza, Vinatea and Chevéz.

In the 1972 Second Division campaign, Atlético Chalaco formed the following squad, among them as coach, the former Peruvian soccer star Alberto "toto" Terry and the Physical Education Teacher, Américo Gonzales Solier, and the players, the goalkeepers Gustavo Orellana Villaran and Julio Franco, along with José Robles, Ravello, Pedro Paredes Prada, Miyagusuko, Víctor Matthias, La Rosa, Carlos Bravo, Guido Mendoza, Ruperto "shoots" Albarracín, Adrián Bernal, Javier Buendía, Hugo Bustamante Silva, Armando Carassa, Ramón Aparicio, Víctor Benavides, Alberto Moreyra, Pedro Baylón, Gabriel "perrito" Sánchez, Nuñez del Prado, Guillermo Bermejo, Mario "velita" Aquije, Novela, José Manrique, Manuel Lobatón, Félix Cáceda, Egberto Vitte, Alfonso Marañon, Danilo de Souza and Víctor "kilo" Lobaton. Ricardo Rodríguez La Rosa and Hugo Puriman joined this group in the ascending leadership, who were in charge of representing the club as delegates to the Second Division National Association.

After two years of participating in the Second Division, he became champion, thus returning in an unprecedented feat in the history of football, possibly worldwide, from modest lower divisions to the forefront of Peruvian professional football. Thus, on November 11, 1972, they won the Second Division title after beating Racing de San Isidro 2 to 1 with goals from Víctor "kilo" Lobatón and Ramón Aparicio achieving their return to the First Professional.

For the 1973 Decentralized Championship the team is reinforced with experienced players such as Julio Meléndez, Nicolás Fuentes, and Enrique Cassaretto, with goalkeepers Alberto Párraga, Gustavo Orellana Villaran, and Rolando Jiménez along with Augusto Prado, Santiago Ojeda, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Hilarión Borrero, Julio "buyo" Ramírez, Víctor Benavides, Noé Rojas, Luis Guillen, Marco Rebaza, Víctor Caceda, Miguel García, Moisés Chumpitaz, Demetrio "chimango" Mazzo, Marco Murguia, Manuel Lobaton, Danilo de Souza, Guillermo Chiabra, Mario Fortunato Ríos, Hugo Bustamante Silva, Manuel Ronchiz, Pablo Muchotrigo, and Aurelio Real. In that year he came to occupy first place on some dates of the first round but declined in the second, ending the first stage in seventh place without entering the hexagonal for the title. In the 1974 and 1975 tournaments, with the arrival of players such as goalkeepers Ottorino Sartor, Juan Cavero, along with Augusto Prado, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Julio "buyo" Ramírez, Víctor Benavides, Demetrio Mazzo, Miguel Bustos, Adrián Bernal, Víctor Caceda, Jorge Gutti, Carlos "cachetada" Solís, Ernesto Rivera, Manuel Lobaton, Francisco Montero Chunga and Mariano Loo, were again in the first places but could not qualify for the final group either, finishing the tournament in eighth and seventh place respectively. Players such as Hugo Barrera, Luis Guillen, Oscar Zegarra, César Di Negro, Hugo Bustamante Silva, Percy Vílchez, and Guillermo Chiabra were also part of the team. And the squad for that 1975 Championship was with the "phantom" Román Villanueva, Carlos Burella, and Juan Cavero, the players were Santiago Ojeda, Ernesto Rivera, Augusto Prado, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Víctor Villamón, Luis Guillen, Víctor Mujica, Víctor Caceda, Manuel Lobaton, Víctor Matthias, Juan Gardella, Víctor Benavides, Hugo Barrera, Luis Mexzo, Hugo Bustamante Silva and Félix Suárez. That year there was no promotion but there was relegation of Club Atlético Grau and Unión Tuman. It is in this championship, on December 14 at the National Stadium in Lima during the match between Atlético Chalaco and Club Social Deportivo Junín, that forward Ángel Avilés del Junín suffered a cardiac arrest and died a few minutes later on the playing field. In the 1976 Decentralized Championship with players such as the Argentine goalkeepers Humberto Horacio Ballesteros and Miguel Dietz, Augusto Prado, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Julio Luna, Víctor Mujica, Luis Valencia, Raúl Chumpitaz, Gonzalo Cayo, Jorge Elcolobarrutia, César Iglesias, Roberto Chauca, Manuel Mellán, Oscar Herrera, Arturo Bisetti, Carlos Gonzales Pajuelo, José Sierra, Hugo Barrera, and Rodolfo Hoyos, were among the last places. The goal scorer of the championship was Alejandro Luces of Unión Huaral club that was champion that year. The Coronel Bolognesi Sports Club was promoted. For the 1977 Decentralized Championship with players like goalkeepers Juan Cavero, "chicho" Espinoza, and Miguel Dietz, along with Augusto Prado, Guillermo Quijandría, Gonzalo Cayo, Orlando de la Torre, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Julio Luna, Raúl Chumpitaz, Roberto "titin" Drago, Carlos Rivera, Manuel Mellán, Víctor Villamón, Manuel Lobatón, Alberto Ventura, Víctor Mujica, Rodolfo Hoyos, José Herrera, Félix Suárez, Roberto Chauca and José Sierra, is in eighth place and did not qualify for the championship league. In the 1978 Decentralized Championship with the Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Apolinario, and the return of the "ghost" Román Villanueva, along with Augusto Prado, Óscar Arizaga, Jesús Neyra Uyén, Julio Luna, Gonzalo Cayo, Víctor Benavides, Walter Garcia Porcari, José Sierra, Francisco Quintana, Manuel Lobatón, Félix Suárez, Pablo Muchotrigo, Walter Escobar, and the recently promoted Manuel Motta Javier Chirinos, Eder Ríos, Martínez, Álvarez, Eduardo Saavedra, Nuñez del Prado and Celso Suárez, came in eighth place with 28 points. The champion was Alianza Lima, the scorer was Juan José Oré from Universitario de Deportes with 19 goals.

Runner-up

In the 1979 Decentralized Championship, with the technical direction of the Paraguayan César Cubilla, the Buenos Aires club finished the first part of the tournament in seventh place, classifying the octagonal team for the title. After a 0-0 draw in Huancayo against Deportivo Junín, played on January 27, 1980, Atlético Chalaco achieved second place. The team was with goalkeeper Fernando Apolinario, Julio Luna, Jesús "cachucho" Neyra, Gonzalo Cayo, Augusto Prado, Walter Escobar, Manuel Mellán, Luis Duarte, Víctor "el puma" Matthias, Félix Suárez and José Sierra, Víctor "pichicho" Benavides, Alejandro Pozú, Pablo Muchotrigo, and Mario Gutiérrez. In this championship, on the sixth date, there was a protest on the playing field by the various clubs throughout Peru due to the case of three players detained by the police.

80s and the Copa Libertadores

In 1979, Sporting Cristal hired Marcos Calderón as coach and put together a top team, which won the title by beating Universitario, in its last game, by a clear 2 to 0, adding 23 points and followed by Atlético Chalaco with 19, both qualified for the Copa Libertadores de América. Third was Juan Aurich, with 18 units. Thus, after achieving the Runner-up position, it qualified for the 1980 Copa Libertadores for the first and only time in its history so far. In the cup they formed a group with the champion Sporting Cristal, and the Argentine clubs Vélez Sarfield and River Plate, the champion teams of Argentina. From that squad, Fernando Apolinario, Augusto Prado and Óscar Arizaga, with Javier Chirinos and Alberto Castillo, Víctor "pichicho" Benavides. The complete squad was with Gonzalo Cayo, Víctor Matthias, Jesús "cachucho" Neyra, Luis Duarte, Aldo Dueñas, Eder Ríos, Julio Luna, José Sierra, Manuel Motta, Alberto Eugenio, Walter Escobar, Celestino Ávalos, Marcos Portilla, Luis Enrique Camacho, Félix Suárez, Alejandro Pozú and Pablo Muchotrigo. The results were not favorable, being eliminated in the first phase.

For the 1980 Decentralized Championship the players were the goalkeepers Fernando Apolinario and Alejandro Aparicio, Augusto Prado, Óscar Arizaga, Víctor Matthias, Javier Chirinos, Julio Luna, Gonzalo Cayo, Alberto "chochera" Castillo, Oswaldo Flores, Carlos García Ciurlizza, Eder Ríos, Aldo Dueñas, Víctor -pichicho- Benavides, Alejandro Pozú, Luis Duarte, José Sierra, Manuel Motta, Marcos Portilla, Wilfredo Quevedo, Pablo Muchotrigo, Walter Escobar, Luis Enrique Camacho, Alberto Eugenio, Félix Suárez and the recently promoted William Villanueva, Miguel Ángel Castillo, Carlos Calderón, Martin Matthías and goalkeeper Viviano were in eighth place and did not enter the group for the championship. Where the top scorer was Oswaldo Ramírez from Club Sporting Cristal with 18 goals. The León de Huánuco club was promoted. In the 1981 Decentralized Championship with Augusto Prado as captain, the archers Fernando Apolinario, David "chicho" Espinoza, and Alejandro Aparicio along with Óscar Arizaga, Javier Chirinos, Aldo Dueñas, Jaime Herbozo, Víctor Matthias, José Cordero, Carlos Rivas, Gonzalo Cayo, Alberto "chochera" Castillo, Eder Ríos, Daniel Luján, Mariano Chávez, César Oré, Víctor Caceda, Henry Perales Marcos Portilla, Luis Enrique Camacho, Alberto Eugenio, Alejandro Pozú and Oswaldo Flores were part of the Regional Tournament that was played while the Peruvian Soccer Team He was preparing for the 1982 Soccer World Cup qualifiers, where in the metropolitan group he came in fourth place and did not qualify for the Playoff to be able to play in the Copa Libertadores de América. Already in the tournament, they finished in sixth place out of 16 teams, where Foot Ball Club Melgar emerged as champion. In the 1982 Decentralized Championship the season was played in three stages. Each stage was independent with no team carrying its record from the previous stage. Chalaco had to fight relegation after finishing fifth in the metropolitan group. When the relegation group was played, they saved the category, finishing in third place, although the match against León de Huánuco was not played. The players were the goalkeepers David "chicho" Espinoza and Alejandro Aparicio, Carlos Rivas, Víctor Requena, Eder Ríos, Óscar Arizaga, James Flores, Alberto "chochera" Castillo, José Méndez Alberto Eugenio, Mario César Uribe, Adhemir Arroé, José Lavalle, José Cordero, J Cruces, among others. Club Atlético Torino was promoted that year. In the 1983 Decentralized Championship with players like Augusto Prado, goalkeepers Oscar Peralta and David "chicho" Espinoza, Carlos Rivas, Ángel Sabastizaga, David Goyzueta, Eder Ríos, Javier Rovai, Raúl Torres, Ramón Anchissi, Jorge Zavala, Roberto Velazco, James Flores, Víctor Requena, Carlos Chirinos, Aldo Dueñas, Oswaldo Flores, Hugo Rivera, José Méndez, Carlos Scolari, José Lavalle, César Oré, Mario César Uribe, Alejandro Pozú, Adhemir Arroé, Percy Gómez, José Pajuelo, Dimas Cueva and Alberto Eugenio, took eleventh position out of 17 teams. In the 1984 Decentralized Championship, the season was played in groups by region, where Club Atlético Chalaco joined the metropolitan group, occupying eighth place and agreeing to play the Playoff against Club Deportivo Coronel Bolognesi, where they tied the first game 1 to 1 and lost the second game 2 to 1, leaving them without the option of playing the decentralized tournament. There were two scorers in the championship with thirteen goals each, Jaime Drago from Universitario de Deportes and Francisco Montero Chunga from Club Atlético Torino. With the technical direction of Hugo Montenegro the players were: "chicho Espinoza, Jorge Zavala, José Quincho, captain Augusto Prado, Raúl Torres, Jorge Zimic, James Flores, Víctor Requena, Wilfredo Quevedo, Percy Gómez, Mario César Uribe, José Pajuelo, Dimas Cueva, Jorge Navas and José Salazar.

Back to the league

In the 1985 Decentralized Championship he finished last in the Metropolitan tournament where the champion was Universitario de Deportes, going on to play Intermediate A where he failed to maintain the category after losing 1-0 against Juventud La Palma de Huacho and was relegated to the Second Division. The players were David Espinoza, Dante Novaro, Jorge Zavala, José Quincho, James Flores, Jorge Zimic, Mario César Uribe, Juan Manrique, Jhonny Guzmán, Muñoz, Carlos Pérez, Eugenio Goyzueta, Martin Zevallos, Wilmer Calderón, José Canelo, Eddy Sanchez, Wilfredo Quevedo, Juan Rubén Sánchez, Jonel Noriega, Víctor Requena, Abraham Guido, José Pajuelo and Alejandro Bassa. For the 1986 Second Metropolitan Division championship in the northern zone, it remained in the category. The team went with Augusto Prado, Dante Novaro, Mario César Uribe, Jonel Noriega, Víctor Requena, James Whittebury. In 1987 he was unable to return to the highest category of rented football when he was eliminated in a penalty shootout against Deportivo Enapu in the Intermedia promotion league. The players were the goalkeepers Oscar Peralta, and Julio Cesar Escobar, with Augusto Prado, Rodolfo Gonzales, Mario César Uribe, Víctor Corbacho, Javier Ferretti, Jonel Noriega, Attilio Escate, James Whittebury. A year later it lost its category in the Second Division in 1988 and was relegated to the Peru Cup. With players like the goalkeepers Oscar Peralta, Jean Paul Quiroz and Julio Cesar Escobar, the idol Augusto Prado, Rodolfo Gonzales, Javier Ferretti, Garreton, Javier "balin" Gonzales, Julio Prosopio, Hurtado, Víctor Corbacho, Javier Pinedo, Espinoza, Jonel Noriega, Atoche, Oscar Pinedo, "el chino" Lee, James Whittebury, Oswaldo Cabides, H Torres, Attilio Escate and Roberto Torres Rios. In 1989 it participated in the Regional stage of promotion to the Second Division, but could not pass the first phase and was eliminated. They were the players Augusto Prado, Víctor Corbacho. The following year, in 1990, he began his participation in the Chalaco Interligas, where he could not overcome the first stage, returning after more than 6 years to his league of origin, resuming his participation in the Second Division under the technical advice of Alfredo Humberto Morales. Isla from 1996 to 1999, managing to take them to a highly contested PERU Cup back in 1999, which was very disputed on the table due to the club's leaders' own interests.

In the New Millennium

In the 2000 Peru Cup they won the Callao provincial title in the Callao Departmental Football League, however in the Regional Stage they finished in last place in their group, which was won by the Ica Medical Students Sports Club, later champion. of the tournament. In the year of his centenary, 2002, he was champion again in the Provincial stage after beating Aurelio Colombo in the final, accessing the Regional Stage of the 2002 Peru Cup, where he finished tied in points in Region IV with the Santa Rita de Chincha and Torre Blanca Youth of Chancay. Having fewer goals scored, he had to first play an extra match with Santa Rita, which he beat 2-1 with a golden goal in extra time, being later eliminated in the regional final after losing to Juventud Torre Blanca 4-2. In the 2005 Peru Cup they were eliminated again in the Regional Stage after losing their series against Residencial Huaral, while in the Copa

Perú 2006 is eliminated in the same phase by Hijos de Acosvinchos.

In 2008, Álex Kouri was elected president, making a significant investment to achieve the Peru Cup title and promotion to Primera. With players like Renato Reyes, Guillermo Saco Vértiz, Sergio Kanashiro among others. After winning undefeated in both the District Stage and the Provincial Stage of Callao, he reached the Regional Stage where he eliminated Óscar Benavides de Ate in the first phase. But in the regional semifinal he would be eliminated by Unión Supe, which defeated him in both games. On February 18, 2009, Kouri resigned as president, causing a serious crisis in the club. While on a sporting level he was eliminated that year in the Peru Cup by Atlético Centenario in the Provincial Stage.

Total Chalaco

Due to the large debts that the Total Clean club accumulated at the end of the promotional tournament, it had to sell 51% of its shares, which were delivered to the vice president of Atlético Chalaco headed by Omar Marcos Arteaga, who decided take charge of the institution. Likewise, at the beginning of 2009 they decided to change their name to Total Chalaco Fútbol Club and move their headquarters to the first port. The following year they did the same to the city of Huacho, in Norte Chico.

It was thought that in this way Atlético Chalaco would return to the professional level, by purchasing a newly promoted club, as happened in 2004 when Universidad San Martín bought the category from Coopsol, champion of the second division. But the Chalacos collided with another reality. The impediment. Immediately, members of the Peruvian Football Federation, and with greater punctuality the general secretary, Javier Quintana, clarified the issue. There is a principle of sports integration of FIFA and a circular that states that in order to access a higher category the pass must be obtained on the field. said the aforementioned leader. Then he added: "You cannot prevent a natural or legal person from purchasing a share package in any company, but from there to ensure that this gives a sporting benefit, FIFA does not allow that," he explained..

Later he explained how Coopsol was able to change its name to what is now Universidad San Martín, which it was reported paid one million dollars that time. In 2004 there was no such prohibition. For his part, Manuel Burga clarified the issue more. Then the president of the Peruvian Football Federation gave a way out by saying that they can give a name similar to Chalaco. For this reason, the leaders of León Porteño, with Álex Kouri, at the helm, after not finding any other type of solution, had no choice but to name Total Chalaco, the new tenant of professional football. In this way, the historic Atlético Chalaco will continue in the Callao league, trying to return to the highest category in 2009. Days later, with things clearer, the vice president of the Atlético Chalaco club, Omar Marcos, assured that his institution bought more than 50% of the shares of Total Clean. Total Chalaco hired Uruguayan coach Antonio Alzamendi.

In the 2010 Decentralized Championship, after a bad campaign, they finished 16th in the table and were relegated early after losing in Matute 2-1 against Alianza Lima. Due to this, the following year it had to participate in the Second Division 2011, but due to the abandonment of the club and the constant debts it had, the club chose not to participate in the promotion tournament and disappear.

Recent crisis

In 2010, despite the economic crisis, it occurred, but It failed to overcome the Callao District Football League. In 2011 it placed sixth with five points out of nine teams. In 2012, after winning the Callao District Football League, it was eliminated in the first phase of the Chalaco Interleague. In 2013 he managed to be runner-up in the Callao District League, qualifying for the Callao Departmental Football League stage where he was eliminated by Adebami in group A. For the 2014 season, the club left the Callao District First Division and went on to participate in the Callao Superior League. However, he was eliminated again by Adebami in the first round. A year later he was eliminated again in the Superior League after losing in his first match against Juventud La Perla 4-0. In 2016 the Chalaca Superior League disappeared and the club returned to the Callao District Football League where it finished that year's tournament in last place. The following year, 2017, it did not participate in official tournaments, beginning a restructuring phase of the club, which is why it did not participate in the 2018 championship either.

Restructuring and new stage

In 2018, the club's leadership decided not to present the team to the Callao District Soccer League, due to being in the process of restructuring, due to leadership struggles and economic problems, so the old lion did not officially compete that year. At the end of that year, he was invited to the Callao Cup (a friendly tournament, sponsored by the Callao soccer players' association), reaching the quarterfinals.

In 2019, Club Atlético Chalaco once again faced the Callao District Soccer League. He established himself as the best third in the league. In it they faced AC Nuevo Atlético Chalaco (also called ACN Nuevo Atlético Chalaco, created by former leaders of the historic club), winning 4 to 2. They also beat Deportivo Colonial 6 to 1. However, it was not enough to qualify for the Callao Departmental Football League (Interligas Chalacas).

Once again, Atlético Chalaco has been training at the Telmo Carbajo stadium. Their basic objective is to qualify for the Callao Departmental Football League (Chalacas interleague). In addition, the club is playing a series of friendly matches with teams from the constitutional Province of Callao and teams from Metropolitan Lima. Among them, they agreed to a meeting with the historic Lima-1931 Defender of Breña. The friendly was played on March 8, 2020, at the Estadio Politécnico del Callao in the Carmen de La Legua-Reynoso district. The final score was 4 to 0 in favor of Atlético Chalaco over "los carasucias" from Breña. Later that year, 2020, all competitions were suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru.

Currently there is a new Board of Directors that is striving for the recovery of the Club and first things first: to compete again on the field, making it clear that Club Atlético Chalaco is in force, that the Buenos Aires work is being done despite this pandemic, look to the future with the formation of the Men's and Women's Youth Soccer School, with the horizon of quarries that has already begun in three districts of Lima and Callao. The legal fight began to recover what belongs to the Club in Indecopi, kidnapped for years, the recovery of the property known as "sabogalino" And other things. But the most important thing is that a management team is being formed with the desire to see everyone's dream come true and that important step implies a great financial effort.

For 2021, a new technical command comes in, chaired by former soccer player Omar Zegarra and Mario Gómez as technical assistant, waiting for the start of the Peru Cup. The school for minors was started in the San Miguel District (Lima), directed by Professor Juan Carlos Tupak Yupanqui Niño de Guzmán and the headquarters in the District of Callao and in the District of La Perla and the call for women's soccer in the District of La Punta and District of Lince. In addition, the competition in electronic sports was launched with the E-sport division 'Atlético Chalaco E-sport', in the Peruvian PES League. And finally, the 'affiliate card' was presented;Chalaco Card' for natural persons and for legal entities, with which members obtained various benefits, the raffle for a 0km car, and the Virtual store for the sale of the Club's sports clothing.

He participated in the 2021 Peru Cup where he faced Estrella Azul in Phase 1 - Departmental Qualifier. In the first leg they lost 1 to 0 at home at the Miguel Grau stadium and in the second leg they were eliminated after losing by the same score at the Facundo Ramírez Aguilar stadium in the Ventanilla District. For the year 2022, there is a massive call to prepare the team that would face the 2022 Peru Cup with the technical direction of Professor Jose Ramirez Zacarias, in addition, the school for minors was started in the San Juan de Lurigancho District. On April 10, the Peru 2022 Cup tournament began. Callao District Soccer League at the Angamos Sports Village in the Ventanilla District, where Atlético Chalaco was overwhelming, as it quickly led the standings with a 4-0 win against ADC Callao and a 5-1 win against Sport Callao and only giving up a tie with their closest pursuer Chalaca FC, even despite suffering some financial problems and the change in the technical direction that fell to Carlos Tori. Thus, on the last date they were crowned champion by defeating the Cultural Gema by 2 to 0, qualifying for the stage of the Callao Departmental Football League. On July 23, the Callao Departmental Football League begins, which took place in two stadiums, one in the District of Mi Peru and the other in the Ventanilla District. Chalaco was seeded in group c, called the group of death, where they tied in their debut against Club Estrella Azul 1 to 1, in the next match they won 4 to 2 against Club Lopez Paso, finally with The goal of qualifying for the semifinals of the tournament was not achieved, as they lost 1 to 0 against Club Luis Escobar, thus ending their aspirations in the Peru Cup.

Administration

Presidents

César Rivera was the first president of the institution and also a forward and captain of the team in the first years of its foundation.

Among the presidents that Atlético Chalaco had, Claudio Martínez Bodero stands out, who had been the club's central defender in the 1910s and later president between 1918 and 1934. He was also the founder and first president of the Peruvian Football Federation in 1922.

Other presidents were also César Morales, Alberto Pautrat, Eduardo Parodi Patrón, Benjamin Puente, Pedro Castro, Atilio Bossio, Santiago Allemant, Eduardo Castillo, Mario Chiabra, Claudio Martínez Mur, Eng. Adan Vargas Figallo, Adolfo Hurtado, the Dr. Manuel Figueroa Terry, Felipe Cama Razuri, Álex Kouri, Pablo Camacho and Joel Ramos Viera.

The Prime Directive

Directive 2020 -2022

Partners

The members of Club Atlético Chalaco have always been present since the founding of the club, such as the one that occurred at the home of Captain Federico Rincón, father of Alberto and Federico Rincón, partners and founders of Chalaco.

The members of Chalaco give their integrity by fighting and encouraging the club's colors to the new generations in popular culture, as it is a club born within the people and for the people, meeting and organizing activities, inviting fans, players, former players, friends, and supporters in general to be part of the Chalaca party.

The minutes are always open to new members.

Anniversary

Every year on the anniversary of the founding of the club, on June 9, a great party is celebrated renewing the commitment to the institution and showing that León continues on its path. The celebrations have been held in various places, such as the Bellavista shooting club, among other places identified with the colors of Atlético Chalaco.

Judgment won

On October 15, 2003, the new history was written for the club, the third criminal court of Callao, returned the historic club to the port, next to its fans, after 20 years of arduous struggle, this process It bore fruit in a lethargy of managing behind closed doors for more than 20 years, but after 10 "recovery committee" The last one to achieve this great feat was led by Felipe Cama with the help of Carlos Peréz Gando, thus beginning the feat of recovering the club in record time, with 5,200 signatures of the 7,000 registered. The Third Civil Chamber of Callao returns the club to the people of Callao, it is there that ATLÉTICO CHALACO is named as HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF CHALACO FOOTBALL.

Chronology

Club Data

• Foundation: 9 June 1902 (121 years)
• Club Lema: chalaco fury
• Maximo Idolo: Telmo Carbajo
• Seasons in First Division: 45 (1926-1931, 1937-1962, 1973-1985).
• Seasons in Second Division: 8 (1963-1965, 1971-1972, 1986-1988).
• Big deal.:
  • In national local championships: Atlético Chalaco 8:0 Callao Union (26 September 1953).
• Major welcome:
  • In national tour championships: Sport Boys 10:2 Atlético Chalaco (6 October 1951).
  • In international local championships: Atlético Chalaco 0:2 Vélez Sarsfield (1 March 1980), Atlético Chalaco 0:2 River Plate (18 April 1980) and Atlético Chalaco 0:2 Sporting Cristal (25 April 1980).
  • In international tour championships: Vélez Sarsfield 5:2 Atlético Chalaco (27 April 1980) and River Plate 3:0 Atlético Chalaco (30 March 1980).
• Best post in 1st Division: 1.o
• Worse position in 1st Division: 12.o

International participations

By competition

Sociocultural Dimension

Swollen

Since the first years of its foundation, Chalaco always had a fierce and large fan base.

The “Sereno” described to us the long walks to Lima – the capital – along Progreso Avenue, to face the Lima teams. The fishermen, he told us, were throwing sticks of dynamite during the march to Lima as an act of celebration prior to the game. I remember - he told us - that people shouted "close the doors, the chalacos are coming" and people closed their shops, the doors of their houses, and they watched the chalacos pass from the roofs of their homes, some applauded others whistled with a certain certainty. fear, while the chalacos went through the streets, chanting: “Get off the field that we are going to train, get off the field that we are going to train.”

Another of the songs was: “This is Callao, This is Callao, Everything else is just sowing land.”

The games became real parties with the sale of pork rinds and beer. An estimated seven thousand people attended a match played in Lima in 1918 between Atlético Chalaco and José Gálvez, a record for that time. In the second and third decades of this century, Lima soccer had become popular, both in the extraction of clubs and players and in its evolution as a spectacle sport. An important facet of the growing number of attendees at matches was the appearance of the bars, the groups of spectators who gathered to cheer on a particular team. These bars began to emerge strongly in the 1920s, especially around the first great classics of Peruvian football between Alianza Lima and Atlético Chalaco. As Callao did not yet have a closed stadium, these matches were generally held in Lima. The Chalaca group, composed mainly of fishermen and dockers, was truly feared, both by the players and the Lima public. They arrived by train from Callao and according to Antonio Maquilón's story they went on foot to the stadium. The barriers that came and in all the streets, the shred of union, all of them, Chimpun Callao, Chimpun Callao!

Miguel Rostaing, who played for Alianza in these games, recounts his experiences with the excited fans, from the perspective of the field: You had to play, then, with a knife in your hand to stab any of these fans to make them have fear. The Chalacos were brave. Many bandit people. The fishermen came with dynamite. They had their dynamite ready. Then the Lima bar couldn't stand it. What did he defend himself with? They had to run. Those fishermen almost blew up a back that we had, with dynamite next to where he was going to get the ball. They almost blew it up with the ball and everything. And again they won a game for us when fans, who were behind the goal, cut off Segala's (the alliance goalkeeper) goal. Segala turned his face and the goal was already made. And they took Segala and sewed him up with 5 stitches. Fearsome for the bar of him. Phew! You had to run with your pants in your hand.

In its heyday, and until it lost its category in the mid-80s, it had a large and loyal fan base, for example in the 1980 Copa Libertadores before the match with the Argentine club Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield they paraded a lion caged by the athletic track of the national stadium.

Today Chalaco fans are from the oldest to the youngest who follow him even despite the adversity in which he was for years, always with their hearts encouraging the club of their loves, fighting to always have better times as a large and historic club that it is.

• La Furia Porteña

The n#34;Northern Fury#34; It is the oldest bar, which follows the Dean of Porteño Football through the decades.

• Demolition Porteña

"Porteña Demolition", which is the new generation that is about to celebrate its 5th anniversary, this April 29. The bar repeats in an energetic tone the chorus of: "Furia Chalaco", "Furia Chalaco", "Furia Chalaco", while bursting into applause.

• The Furia Chalaca

It is the bar that brings together the fans of the popular northern tribune, always faithful and not sympathizing with anyone. Grouped from minors to majors. Staunch fans, who fight every day and are aware of everything related to the club, players, leaders and history.

• Famous boats

Among the many Chalaco fans was the famous Oscar Aviles, once "Peru's first guitarist", who was a staunch Chalaco fan, who did not miss the opportunity to always wear the club's shirt of his loves. Óscar liked soccer and was a fan of Atlético Chalaco, as was demonstrated on the night in November 1979 when Chalaco was runner-up and its president Manuel Figueroa Terry organized a party in Callao, where Avilés was the central character.

After the death of "the first guitar", Atlético Chalaco paid tribute to him: "Óscar Avilés is gone. Atlético Chalaco puts itself at the service of the family.

Nicknames

Over the decades since its founding, Club Atlético Chalaco has received different nicknames that identify its place of origin, its game and its people.

• The Furia Chalaca

This is one of his first nicknames: "la Furia Chalaca", due to his fierce antagonism against his Lima rivals, in which he developed a fierce football of power and never giving up, learned since the beginning of century for his confrontations with the English sailors and his physical game and long balls, in which a long ball was thrown from the defense and a forward as strong as a closet fighting against the rival defense to get hold of the ball, that is to say what English football culture calls "kick and rush" which can be translated as kick and run, added to this the bar that shouts with a loud voice at each attack 'furia Chalaco', 'chin pun Callao'.

• The Dean of Porteño Soccer

Because he is the highest representative of Callao football in the beginnings and formation of Peruvian professional football, and giving an example of competition, standing out over his similar Chalaco clubs of the time.

• El León Porteño

For his brave and constant play, not giving up a ball for lost and because of this the club has a lion as its mascot.

• The Porteño Ballet

Another famous nickname is "the Ballet Porteño", for its colorful and elegant play in the 1950s, which earned it national titles with great players such as the Paraguayan goalkeeper Adolfo Riquelme, Andrés Bedoya, Luis Portanova, Germán Colunga, René Rosasco, Félix Mina and the Argentinians Jaime Cruz, "sabino" Bártoli, Santiago Armandola, Gualberto Bianco, Antonio Aguiar and Luis López.

• The Old Lion

This nickname was born over the years, since Chalaco is a centenary club like few clubs in the world, being current and recognized.

The Great Family of Former Players

The great family of former players of Atlético Chalaco is a sporting activity that consists of the meeting of former soccer players from Chalaco for friendly sports meetings, sponsored and organized by the Atlético Chalaco de Ventanilla youth soccer academy of the teacher and former Atlético soccer player Chalaco, Gabriel Sanchez Cisneros, who every year organizes sports reunions, pro-aid activities, tributes and master football championships with his peers from other clubs in Lima and Callao.

Importance of Atlético Chalaco

Club Atlético Chalaco is one of the oldest Peruvian soccer teams, founded in Callao on Monday, June 9, 1902, although other sources indicate that it was founded in 1899.

The importance of the club lies since its birth within an educational institution: the "chalaco institute" with school-age youth, until it became a professional soccer club with popular Buenos Aires and national roots.

Infrastructure

Stadium

It was inaugurated on October 12, 1927 by President Augusto B. Leguía in an area of the so-called Pampa de la Mar Brava. Atlético Chalaco plays at home at the Telmo Carbajo Stadium. This is owned by the Peruvian Sports Institute and has a capacity for 5,000 spectators. Currently, no official football matches are held in this setting. However, due to the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru, the old stadium was conditioned to reopen its doors again.

The stadium is named after one of the first great players and greatest idol of Club Atlético Chalaco, the great Telmo Carbajo.

Institutional Location

During the government of General Manuel A. Odria, known as the ochenio, by decree law the Club Atlético Chalaco was granted land between Av. Sáenz Peña and Av. 2 de Mayo.

"Through LAW No. 12028 of 1953, allocating to Club Atlético Chalaco the excess part of the property that was expropriated by the Public Works Board of Callao for the opening of Avenida 2 de Mayo. The Executive Branch is authorized to award to Club Atlético Chalaco the remaining part of the property located on Castilla Street with an area of two hundred and twenty-four square meters (224.00 m²)."

This land was transferred in compensation for land expropriated from Club Atlético Chalaco. In the 70s this land was sold by the president of the Club at the time, Dr. Manuel Figueroa Terry to Banco Continental through other owners until it is now in the possession of Banco Interbank. The doctor. Figueroa Terry arrived as an investor and sold properties of Club Atlético Chalaco with the purpose of promoting the club again to the First Division of Peru, which was achieved by winning the Second Division in 1972. There has never been an attempt to recover it legally nor has it been done a study of the purchase and sale file to see the possibility of the existence of any legal nullity to be presented, (management negligence, lack of economic resources or fear of litigating with one of the most powerful families in the country, among other reasons).

In mid-2008 the club was based in a location located on the corner of Sáenz Peña Avenue and Chincha Street in Callao, which it occupied until Álex Kouri left the presidency.

Symbols

The symbols of Club Atlético Chalaco are linked to its career, triumphs and glory since its foundation, with more than one hundred years of experience on all fields, accompanied by its shield, flag, anthem, mascot and the classic t-shirt. stripes.

Hymn

In 1973 a vinyl record went on sale, which on side A featured the polka "Furia Chalaco" performed by Jorge Nicolás Pérez López "el cart", and on side B the song "Nostalgia Chalaca", in the voice of the Creole singer Jesús Vásquez, "the Queen and Lady of the Creole Song'. Thus, the song adopted as the club's anthem is "Furia Chalaco" which was written by Francisco Quiroz Tafur, at that time captain of the Peruvian Navy. Quiroz was also the creator of the anthem of said institution and the polka "Vamos Boys" dedicated to the other club in the port, Sport Boys. Both polkas were excellently performed by Jorge Nicolás Pérez López, known as "El Carreta", Peruvian singer, guitarist and composer, with an important presence in the history of music Creole.

Full anthem

Guys, three cheers for Atlético Chalaco... hee hee raaa hee hee raaa hee hee raaa

Bravo! Up Chalaco with Chalaco fury!

He goes out onto the field again, roaring the old lion, his striped jacket, He shines again in the sun.

Tradition intoxicates us, makes us see in action, a serene Saldarriaga at the rear, next to Maquilón.

and to all those boys, who on old sunny afternoons... won for Chalaco, the reputation of being handsome by acclamation.

they won for Chalaco, the reputation of handsome men by acclamation.

«Chalaco Fury! in Cantolao or in the Sea Bravo... Chim Pum Callao

Chalaco Fury! in Potao or in José Díaz... Chim Pum Callao»

Now Buenos Aires lion with Chalacooooo fury, bravo! Bravo! here he comes it's the porteño lion

In Atlético Chalaco, they always look for another goal, goooollll The little taco passes make the lion furious.

That was "manolo" Bridge, he didn't care about bleeding, with his handkerchief on his forehead, he asked for the ball to head, the demanding pass came, he hit the final jump, together with ten and the ball, he broke the strings of the rival goal, That's why it's strong guys, and Furia Chalaco, that's how you have to play.

«Chalaco Fury! in Cantolao or in the Sea Bravo... Chim Pum Callao

Chalaco Fury! in Potao or in José Díaz... Chim Pum Callaoo Chim Pum Callaoooo Chim Pum Callaoooo»

Shield

Over the decades the shield of the Chalaco Atlético Club has changed slightly, but always retaining the classic red and white colors. The shield is inspired by the shields of arms that the medieval knights carried in times of contend.

Description

The original and official shield of Club Atlético Chalaco has a slight black border, rounded, pointed three times at the top and once at the bottom. It consists of five vertical red stripes on a white background and above the stripes on the inside the full name of the club and above on the outside the year of foundation: 1902.

Other Shields

There are shields that previous directives used such as the shield with a red border that includes inside and together the full name and the year the club was founded.

Another is the shield with a pronounced black border and inside the name of the club and without the year of foundation.

Another shield is the one used on the activities website, it has a red border and does not have the name of the club or the year of foundation, it is also rounded, pointed three times at the top and once at the bottom, with two crowns inside at the top, preserving the classic red and white colors.

Also the shield used by the E-Sport division which has two stars on the outside that symbolize the two titles and on the inside the name of the club and below the name E-Sport with the year of founding of the club and surrounding the shield the head of a lion.

Currently the shield was redesigned, since in the upper part on the outside on the sides two crowns were added that represent the two titles obtained, the year of founding of the club was removed: 1902 and it was placed inside a ribbon that surrounds the shield at the bottom.

Flag

The flag of Club Atlético Chalaco bears the colors of Peru placed horizontally.

Those were the times when the disastrous war in the Pacific was gradually being overcome, a difficult time, since we were still occupied in the south by the Chileans, and many institutions were a little afraid of the emblem of the Peruvian nation, but the Chalaco Athletic Club displayed the colors of the country bravely, and with enough nationality so that the people see that despite the Pacific War, despite the fact that we had been in a devastating war, the Peruvian can move forward, remembering that we remained a true nation, these colors are the colors of the country.

Pet

Traditionally, Club Atlético Chalaco is known as "el Leon Porteño" for its brave play, which is why the mascot is a lion which has been designed in various ways at different times, whether in pennants, flags or murals and various items.

Uniform

The classic and legendary starting clothing of Club Atlético Chalaco has varied over time, but always maintaining its traditional colors of red and white, the colors of Peru. The variations were in the thickness and number of stripes on the shirt, the pants always white except in 2008 when they were red, and in the color of the socks in some seasons I alternate the classic white socks with red and black.

• Uniform holder: White t-shirt with red sticks, white pants, white stockings.
• Alternative uniform: White t-shirt, red pants, red stockings.

Historical Holder 1902 to 1993

1902 - 1924

1930

In 1947

Final 1947

1957/1958

1962

1972/1973

1974-1979

1979

1980-1983

1984-1993

Historical Owner 1993 to 2019

1993-1999

2000-2007

2008

2008/09

2010-2012

2012

2013/2014

2015 Initial

2015 Final

2016

2019 initial

Current Owner (2019-act.)

2019 interlude

2019 end

2020

2020 end

Atlético Chalaco and the Peruvian National Team

During the best seasons in the First Division, Atlético Chalaco contributed some players to the Peruvian team. Among them, Óscar Arizaga stands out, who has been the only player who was called up to a Soccer World Cup when he belonged to the club. While for the Copa América the call to the 1947 South American Championship stands out, where six players from the team that won the Amateur Championship that year were present.

America's Cup

Pan American Championship

World Cup

The Peruvian soccer team has participated in five World Cups: Peru in 1930, Peru in 1970, Peru in 1978, Peru in 1982 and Peru in 2018.

Classics

Due to its influence and popularity among fans, Chalaco has historical rivalries with Club Alianza Lima and with Sport Boys Association. Two classics that have decades of passion, fight and honor.

Classics Lima - Callao

Atlético Chalaco played the old Lima-Callao Classics against Unión Cricket, Club Ciclista Lima Association and Club Alianza Lima. These were fierce matches that often ended in pitched battles, between players, between fans and against the referees.

• With Union Cricket

The great Unión Cricket was one of the first and best soccer teams of the Lima elite of the time. The last match against Atlético Chalaco was held on the Santa Beatriz field on Thursday, June 29, 1911.

Club Unión Cricket (21 years)

Club Atlético Chalaco (121 years)

• With Alliance Lima

Atlético Chalaco has a strong rivalry with Club Alianza Lima with which the old team plays, Clásicos Lima-Callao. The first Clásico was played in 1911 when Alianza Lima was called Sport Alianza.

The first official match, after the creation of the Peruvian Football Federation, was in the 1926 Peruvian Football Championship. On October 3, at the National Stadium, Atlético Chalaco won 5 to 2 against Club Alianza Lima with 2 goals by Manuel Puente and Juan Sudman and 1 goal by "monín" Kings. The lineup of the Buenos Aires team was: Enrique "lecheria" Alvarez; Manuel Benavides, Néstor Lores; Braulio Valverde, Esteban Dañino, Nicanor Reyes; Félix Muñoz, Manuel Puente, Telmo Carbajo, Juan Sudman and Adolfo "monin" Kings.

In the 1930 Championship, Chalaco would win a national title against Alianza Lima by turning the score 2 to 1, thus becoming champion for the first time thanks to one of their idols Manuel "Manolo" Bridge.

The biggest wins that were recorded in this classic were 5 to 1 in favor of the Buenos Aires team in the 1957 Peruvian Soccer Championship, and 9 to 0 in favor of the Lima team in the 1962 Peruvian Soccer Championship.

Club Alianza Lima (122 years)

Club Atlético Chalaco (121 years)

• With Ciclista Lima

Atlético Chalaco had a rivalry with the Association Football Club, which gave birth to the first rivalry between teams from Lima and Callao. The first confrontation between both clubs was in 1908, ending in a pitched battle. In 1927 the Association Football Club merged with the Unión Ciclista Peruana, thus creating the Club Ciclista Lima Association.

Association Football Club

Association Football Club (29 Years)

Club Atlético Chalaco (121 years)

Lima Association Cyclist

Club Ciclista Lima (126 years)

Club Atlético Chalaco (121 years)

Classic Porteño

• With Sport Boys

Atlético Chalaco has had a long-standing rivalry with the Sport Boys Association, with whom it disputes the so-called Clásico Porteño. The first meeting took place on June 6, 1937 at the National Stadium of Peru in Lima, resulting in a tie of 3 to 3.

Atlético Chalaco: Jorge Gárces- Pedro Paulet, Pedro Valdez- Juan Rivero, Pedro Bedoya, Enrique Salas- Luis Quiles, Augusto Otero, Marcial Albarracín, Alejandro Quiroz Noli and Fidel Ramírez.

Sport Boys: Víctor Marchena- Narciso León, Guillermo Pardo- Pedro Moncada, Segundo Castillo, Carlos Portal- Teodoro Alcalde, Pedro Ibáñez, Jorge Alcalde, Andrés Álvarez and Enrique Aróstegui.

The biggest win recorded in this classic was 4 to 0 in favor of the Chalaca fury in the 1945 Peruvian Soccer Championship, and 10 to 2 in favor of the pinks in the 1951 Peruvian Soccer Championship.

By the title Both teams competed in the 1958 Peruvian Football Championship, in which Sport Boys became National Champion.

Club Atlético Chalaco (121 years)

Sport Boys Association (96 years)

Lower divisions

Over the decades many footballers came out of the calichines of Club Atlético Chalaco. This is from the youth ranks through the youth stage to the first team.

Thus renewing the work of León Porteño to give new values to Peruvian football.

■Headquarters in Callao:

☆In the District of Callao

☆In the District of La Punta

☆In the Ventanilla District

■Headquarters in Lima:

☆In the Lince District

☆In the San Miguel District

☆In the District of San Juan de Lurigancho

Coaches

Many and varied coaches, both national and foreign, passed through the ranks of the Buenos Aires lion, highlighting among them the champions Telmo Carbajo and José "patuto" Spider. Also, Juan "the cat" Bulnes, Mario Chiabra Jr., the Greek "dan" Georgiadis, the Argentine Francisco "pancho” Villegas, Eleuterio Zamudio, Alberto "toto" Terry, Roberto "tito" Drago, the Paraguayan César Cubilla, Roberto Chale, Horacio "la Pepa" Baldessari, César Roca and Omar Zegarra.

Champion Trainers

Tournament	Coach
Amateur 1930 Championship	Telmo Carbajo
Championship No Amateur 1947	José Arana

List of Trainers

Champion and Runner-up Teams

Club Atlético Chalaco achieved two titles in its best moment, in the 1930 Peruvian Football Championship and in the 1947 Peruvian Football Championship, and four runners-up finishes, in the 1948 Peruvian Football Championship, in the 1948 Peruvian Football Championship. Peruvian Football Championship in 1957, in the Peruvian Football Championship in 1958 and in the Decentralized Championship in 1979. The latter allowed him to qualify for the Copa Libertadores for the only time. He was also champion in the Second Division of Peru, in 1972. and runner-up in the Second Division of Peru, in the 1971 championship. He has also been champion of the Callao Departmental Football League four times in the years 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, and twice runner-up in the years 2001, 2006. Five times champion of the Callao Provincial Football League in the years 1932, 1934, 1935, 1966, 1970, also eleven times champion of the Callao District Soccer League in the years 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2022 and three times runner-up in the years 2002, 2009, 2013.

Non-Amateur Championship 1930

DT. Telmo Carbajo

• Plantel: Juan Alcócer, Enrique "Lechería" Álvarez, Aurelio Arana, José "patuto" Arana, Jorge Aguirre, Héctor Lores, Humberto Martínez Bodero, José Miñán, Faustino Mustafich, Ernesto Niezen, Manuel "manolo" Puente, Juan Rivero, Miguel Rostaing, Juan Ruiz, Enrique "el male" Salas, Eduardo Torres and Carlos Ureta.
• Goleador: Manuel Puente with 4 goals.
• Player with more games: Enrique Álvarez Pejovez, Carlos Ureta, Juan Rivero, Miguel Rostaing, Aurelio Arana, José Miñán and Manuel Puente played the 5 matches of the tournament.

Non-Amateur Championship 1947

DT. José "patuto" Spider

• Plantel: Humberto Becerra, Miguel "cañon" Paredes, José Béjar, Guillermo "periquete" Aguilar, Armando "tuta" Agurto, Juan "pata" Alcázar, Luis Bustamante, Juan "cartucho" Castillo, Juan "peón de oro" Lecca, Reynaldo "perejil" Luna, Félix Mina, Eliseo "chavechata
• Goleador: Felix Mina with 16 goals.
• Player with more games: Humberto Becerra, Juan Lecca and Félix Mina played the 21 tournament matches.

1979 National Championship

Road: Alejandro Aparicio, Fernando Apolinario, David Espinoza. Óscar Arizaga, Augusto Prado, Gonzalo Cayo, Walter Escobar, Julio Luna, Eder Ríos, Javier Chirinos. Víctor Matthias, Luis Duarte, Víctor Benavides, Aldo Dueñas, Jesús Neyra. Alejandro Pozú, José Sierra, Félix Suárez, Pablo Muchotrigo, Oswaldo Flores, Manuel Mellán, Alberto Agustín Castillo, Luis Enrique Camacho, Manuel Motta, and Mario Gutiérrez.

Glorias Chalacas

Great players

It is impossible not to remember great Chalaco players, where they played for the shirt, they sweated it and gave everything for it. Those were times when great football stars appeared who gave everything for the colors they defended. Notable among them:

• Telmo Carbajo. First warlord and then technical director. Initiating in football in 1904 with the Atlético Chalaco. Returning again to "the chalaca fury" for the season of 1906-1908, 1910-1911. For some games in 1912 and 1913, and for the seasons of 1917-1920 and 1926-1928. He was a champion with the Chalaco as a Technical Director at the 1930s Peruvian Football Championship and also led to the Peruvian football team in 1935.

• Alfonso "the serene" Saldarriaga. It was an outstanding and very technical defense, which had a great performance in the field of the Italian Sportivo Circolo against the Uruguayan team in September 1924. He was precisely the author of the triumphant, and after the victory he declared in an interview: "in football he runs the ball, not the player. A lot of eye." In an interview he described his eternal rivals: "these ‘Blacks’ of the Lima Alliance were indifferent...".

• Manuel "manolo" Puente. Champion and highest scorer in 1930. His name is included in the second part of the song "furia chalaco" which is the hymn of the club: "that was "manolo" Bridge did not care to bleed, with his handkerchief on the forehead he asked for ball to heal..." It is said that on one occasion the crossing of the rival arch reached, to what he said: "here nothing happened," and with the blindfolded head he continued to play, until again he got another goal for the chalaco painting.

• José Arana Cruz. Ducky. Nato leader where he played and trained. From a rogue voice and dominant personality. His appeal came from the police patrol cars that were sweeping the limean districts popularly called "patutos". He was a champion with the Atlético Chalaco as a player at the 1930s Peruvian Football Championship, and as a coach at the 1947 Peruvian Football Championship. He was also a champion in the V Central American and Caribbean Games, with the Colombian football team in 1946. and a Peruvian football team coach at the 1947 South American Championship.

• Palm Sunday. Recio captain who gave the second crown to the Chalaco in 1947. Son of another great player named Juan Raffo who was part of the remembered first national champion in 1918, who defeated the selected Peruvian Football League. "For the team he played with soul, heart and life", with that phrase said as if it were part of a waltz, declares an unconditional love and passion that transcends time. He once said, "I was not the captain for being the best player, but for the love he felt for the club." Before the beginning of the 1947 season, he received an offer from the Club de Football Monterrey de México for 400 pesos a month. Mario Chiabra, president of the Atlético Chalaco, begged him to stay. Raffo appealed to the heart and not to the brain (in the Callao team he won about 120 soles per month) and decided not to emigrate. So they brought all the players together and presented him as the captain.

• Andrés "chronometer" Bedoya. Considered one of the best side rights in the history of Peruvian football. Emigro to Colombia at the time of "the gold" and where it was part of the team of the Independent Deportivo Medellín and its famous "danza del sol". Back to Peru he achieved 2 sub-campeons with the Atlético Chalaco in 1957 and 1958.

• Augustus "the doctor" Prado. Central defense that did most of his career in Atlético Chalaco, told him the "doctor", because he "operated" his rivals. He was the captain of the Atlético Chalaco team who was a sub-camp of the 1979 Decentralized Championship and played the 1980 Libertadores Cup.

Goalscorers

The following table shows the top scorers of the year of the Peruvian Championship with the Atlético Chalaco shirt, both in the Amateur Era and in the Professional Era, with the highest scorer being Gualberto Bianco with the figure of 17 goals scored in the year of 1953.

Championship	Player	Goles
Amateur 1930 Championship	Manuel Puente	5
Professional Championship 1953	Gualberto Bianco	17

Other scorers

Other scorers of the Chalaca fury were Félix Mina with 16 goals and Juan Lecca with 10 goals in the 1947 Peruvian Football Championship. Bernabé Valverde, Hugo Bustamante Silva, Félix Suárez, Pablo Muchotrigo, Marcos Portilla, among others.

Historical matches

Versus the English

At the beginning of 1918, the English cruiser Lancaster arrived at the port of Callao, which had several players on its crew. The match would be between the most representative club of Callao and the crew of the English cruise ship. The game was agreed in the vicinity of the Pampa del Mar Bravo in Callao. The result was a goalless draw. Which served to strengthen good relations between the English and Peruvians regarding foot ball, which resulted in the founding of new clubs by the English, promoting the sport in the country.

National Champion

In 1918, the Club Atlético Chalaco faced the Peruvian Football League team, which they defeated 2-1, winning the 'National Champion' trophy. The The team was made up of Rafael León, Claudio Martínez Bodero, Víctor Alcalde, Juan Raffo, Fernando Jordan, Juan "el Chino" Leva, Ambrosio Costa, Alfonso Gallardo, Pedro Ureta, Vicente Mendizabal and Telmo Carbajo.

Against the Uruguayan National Team

The first match against Combinado Chalaco took place on August 30 where the Uruguayans won 2 to 1, with the Peruvians Félix Muñoz scoring a goal. Revenge was granted to those from the port. This happened on September 7, 1924, forming a team with the Unión Buenos Aires club, defeated by 1-0 a Uruguayan team that had arrived on behalf of the Uruguayan Football Association to play a series of friendly matches in the country. being their only defeat against this team, in a historic match against the Uruguayans. The goal was scored from a penalty by "El sereno" Saldarriaga. Enrique "Lechería" Álvarez, Vicente Gorriti and Alfonso "the night watchman" Saldarriaga, Juan "the Chinese" Leva, José "Patuto" Arana and Faustino Mustafich, Félix Muñoz, Esteban Dañino, Manuel "manolo" Puente, Víctor Gonzáles and Humberto Martínez Bodero, and in that match the players stood out: Enrique "el macho" Salas, Juan Sudman and Antonio Maquilón, who years later would be captain of the Peruvian soccer team in the 1930 Uruguay World Cup.

Against Real Madrid

In mid-1927, a team of Callao clubs was formed, with the Unión Buenos Aires, Sportivo Tarapacá and Atlético Chalaco clubs to play a match against Real Madrid - then called Real Madrid Foot-Ball Club - which took place on August 14, 1927 at the Old National Stadium in Lima. In a match that ended 1-4 in favor of the visitors, it was part of a series of matches corresponding to the first tour outside Europe that the Madrid team made, being Alfonso "the night watchman" Saldarriaga, club player, the scorer of the local goal and the first for a Peruvian team against the Madrid team.

The Chalaca National Team, directed at that time by the Uruguayan Raúl Blanco, was made up of Enrique Álvarez (Atlético Chalaco); Alfonso Saldarriaga (Atlético Chalaco), Juan Manuel Vásquez (Unión Buenos Aires); Santiago Ulloa (Sportivo Tarapacá), José Arana (Unión Buenos Aires), Faustino Mustafich (Unión Buenos Aires); Julio Córdova (Atlético Chalaco), Manuel "manolo" Puente (Atlético Chalaco), Esteban Dañino (Atlético Chalaco), Juan Sudman (Atlético Chalaco) and Manuel Dávila (Atlético Chalaco), along with the Uruguayan Romeo Parravicini, Juan Bulnes and Félix Muñoz.

And Real Madrid did it in the following way: Manuel Vidal; Félix Quesada, Juan José Urquizu, Manuel Prats, Desiderio Esparza, Lope Peña, José María Muñagorri, Ramón Triana, López Manuel, José Gurucharri and Jerónimo Del Campo.

On the Colo Colo tour

In 1929 the Colo-Colo Social and Sports Club of Chile arrived in Peru, returning the visit to Atlético Chalaco, which a year before had toured the neighboring country. Thus, after playing against a Peruvian team, against Club Alianza Lima and against Club Ciclista Lima Association, on June 8 they face Atlético Chalaco at the National Stadium of Peru, in which the Buenos Aires lion defeated by 4 to 0 to the Colocoleños. The Chalaco players were: Enrique Álvarez Pejovez, Antonio Maquilón, Alfonso Saldarriaga, Enrique Salas, José Arana Cruz, Faustino Mustafich, Juan Rivero, Miguel Rostaing, Manuel Puente, Juan Bulnes, Lizardo Rodríguez Nué. The goals were 1 from Juan Bulnes, and 3 goals from Miguel Rostaing.

Vs Atlético Defensor (today Defensor Sporting)

This match took place in 1929. Atlético Defensor was a very strong team, and on their tour of our country, they only lost two of the six matches they played. The Uruguayans fell to the "U" and Atlético Chalaco, but beat Association F.B.C. and Sport Progreso, and they tied two games against Alianza Lima.

Defensor Sporting Club is the product of the merger on March 15, 1989 of Club Atlético Defensor (football and basketball, founded on March 15, 1913) and Sporting Club Uruguay (basketball, founded on September 14, 1910), considered as their continuation in their respective branches. It is currently the third winningest club in the country, only surpassed by the so-called 'greats of Uruguayan football', Nacional, Peñarol.

Before Olimpia

In 1930 Olimpia from Paraguay toured Peru, facing a Chalaco team in their first match. The match took place at the National Stadium in Lima on Sunday, May 8, where they tied 1 to 1. The Paraguayan 'Decano', reinforced with four players from the Atlántida, Sportivo Luqueño and Sol de América teams, only managed to tie almost at the end of the match. meeting.

The Buenos Aires team lined up with Jorge Pardón; Mario de las Casas and Antonio Maquilón; Faustino Mustafich, José ‘patuto’ Arana and Enrique Salas; Julio Ramírez, Miguel Rostaing, Manuel "manolo" Puente, Alfonso "the night watchman" Saldarriaga and Lizardo Rodríguez Nué. The Paraguayans for their part with Antonio Brunetti; Quintero Olmedo and Fernando Romero; Santiago Benítez, Alfredo Brítez and Romildo Etcheverry; Rogelio Etcheverry, Desiderio Álvarez, Aurelio González, Luis Vargas Peña and Silvio Molinas.

Facing Club Atlético Bella Vista

From December 1930 to May 1931 the Club Atlético Bella Vista of Uruguay starred in a tour throughout America, which was known as the "second most extensive tour of a Uruguayan club". For that occasion the papal team was reinforced with 7 world champions.

On the Hayduk Tour (Croatia)

In 1931 the team from the former Yugoslavia, now Croatia, the Hayduk Club, toured four American countries with twelve friendlies.

In Peru, after their first victory against Universitario de Deportes, which they defeated 3 to 0, they had to face Alianza Lima on February 15. The Victory team had just celebrated its 30th anniversary and beat Hajduk 4 to 0. Finally, the European club was ready to face the current champion, Club Atlético Chalaco, which it defeated by 3 goals to 0.

Against Sao Paulo

It was a Sunday, October 28, 1945, when the Chalaco team faced the colossal Sao Paulo team from Brazil. The Brazilians arrived with all their star figures. All of Callao rose from their seats to applaud the León Porteño's exit onto the playing field of the National Stadium.

From the start of the match you can see the quality of the Brazilians, giving precise passes, quite a bit of speed in their actions and quick movement of their players. Unquestionably, the figure that stood out was the Argentine Antonio Sastre, he had a skill typical of the Brazilian. Their midfield also stood out, which was made up of strong men, with a lot of technique on their feet, and especially the captain Leônidas da Silva 'the black pearl', scorer in the 1938 Soccer World Cup.

The formation of Atlético Chalaco was with Luis Bustamante, Humberto Crescimbeni, Guillermo Aguilar, Juan "cartucho" Castillo, Alejandro González Ramírez, René "el mocho" Rosasco, Luis Rodríguez, as reinforcement Roberto "tito" Drago, Félix Mina, Reynaldo "parsley" Luna, and Zegarra, also alternated Juan "pata" Alcázar, Jacinto Villalba and Carlos Torres Morales. On the part of the Sao Paulo group, they formed with Gigo, Piolín, Renganeschi, Bauer, Rui Campos, Jacob, Barrios, Sastre, Leônidas, Remo, Texeira.

And Botafogo

The Botafogo arrived in Peru between December and January 1945-1946. They lost against Atlético Chalaco 3-1, with Municipal 5-0, with the U, 4-0 and tied with Combinado Sucre-Alianza 1-1.

Many outstanding players were Heleno de Freitas, Garrincha, Didi, Quarentinha, Amarildo, Zagallo, Nilton Santos, the goalkeeper Manga among others.

On the Millionaires tour

In the 1950s, the Millonarios Fútbol Club of Colombia made an extensive tour of almost all of America, facing clubs from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, where they played against Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, Universitario de Deportes and in February 1954 against Atlético Chalaco, with which they lost 1 to 0.

International matches

Atlético Chalaco's international history is numerous and extensive, including matches played in Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia.

In Costa Rica

In 1927, Chalaco made a trip to Costa Rica in April where they faced Club Sport La Libertad and Club Sport Herediano, returning with a balance of one victory, two draws and one defeat. Businessman Jack Gubbins and his son, club president Benjamin Puente, brother of Manuel Puente, goalkeeper Enrique Álvarez, Alfonso & # 34; the night watchman & # 34; Saldarriaga, José "patuto" Arana, Enrique Condemarín, Adolfo Reyes, Néstor Lores, Gabino Balbuena, Manuel Benavides, Félix Muñoz, Genaro Verano, Braulio Valverde, Juan Bulnes, Manuel Dávila, Esteban Dañino, Juan Sudman and Romeo Parravicini.

In Chile

In October 1928 they became the first Peruvian team to travel to Chile, to play a soccer tournament, first in the Chilean capital, Santiago, against Colo-Colo on October 28, 1928, the victory would be for Colo Colo, which won 3 to 0 before nearly 10,000 spectators on the sports fields. Chalaco was made up of goalkeeper Jorge Pardón, Alfonso Saldarriaga, Alberto Soria, Julio Córdova, José "patuto" Arana, Esteban Dañino, Humberto Martínez Bodero, Alberto Montellanos, Alejandro Villanueva, Demetrio Neyra and Gabino Balbuena. Then against Unión Española and Audax Italiano. Afterwards the club traveled to Valparaíso where they beat Santiago Wanderers. Then he headed to Quillota to face San Luis, on November 14, where they lost 3 to 4. Then he returned to Valparaíso to play against Everton, all of this in order to heal wounds about the Pacific War between both countries. For the tour he had reinforcements from Alejandro Villanueva, Demetrio Neyra, Alberto Montellanos and Alberto Soria, from Club Alianza Lima. They obtained two wins, three draws and two defeats on Chilean soil.

The Pacific Combine

In 1933 the president of Colo Colo Walter Sanhueza had the idea of a selection of Peruvians and Chileans to travel to Europe and play a series of matches with the best European clubs such as Rangers Football Club, Newcastle, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona among others.

This is how the idea was carried out by the Peruvian-Irish businessman Jack Gubbins, who delegated the ambitious project to his brother Reynaldo Gubbins.

The list was made up of 20 players, 13 from the Sports University, goalkeeper Juan Criado, Arturo Fernández, Ricardo Del Río, Eduardo Astengo, Vicente Arce, Alberto Denegri, Plácido Galindo, Enrique Landa, Teodoro Fernández, Carlos Tovar, Pablo Pacheco, Luis de Souza Ferreira and Alfredo Alegre. 2 from Alianza Lima, Alejandro Villanueva and Juan Valdivieso, 2 from Atlético Chalaco, Alfonso Saldarriaga and Antonio Maquilón. And 3 from Colo Colo, Juan Montero, Roberto Luco, and Eduardo Schneeberger. Teodoro Fernández was the top scorer with 27 goals in 31 games.

In Colombia

In 1941 Atlético Chalaco traveled to Colombia carrying 2 trophies to be played in different Colombian cities, one donated by the president of Peru at that time, Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and the other donated by the Callao beer company.. The delegation was made up of the club president Eduardo Castillo, the coach. Justino Reyes, secretary Carlos Carrillo. And the players, in the Miguel "cannon" Paredes, Carlos "the flying fish" Ganoza. In defense Lorenzo López, Tulio Obando and Luis Lizárraga. In the midfield Rufino Lecca, Guillermo Andrade, Alfredo Biffi and Antonio Quiles. Up front, Juan Celi, Marcos López, Rafael Hakim, Edgardo Mabama, Víctor Reyes, Carlos Quiroz, Víctor Vargas and Luis Iturrizaga.

In a match they played against Junior de Barranquilla, on April 10, where there was a 4-goal tie. Another match was on March 16 in the city of Bogotá against the Chilean club Santiago Wanderers, which was on an extensive tour at that time, which it defeated 3 to 1.

In Guatemala

In May 1948 Atlético Chalaco traveled to Guatemala being national champion, as it was champion the previous year, where it played four games, one on April 29, the others on May 2, 6 and 9 respectively. The first matches were with the most renowned local clubs, including the Municipal Social and Sports Club, with which they tied 1 goal per side, then with Típografia Nacional, which they defeated by 2 goals to 1.

The delegation was made up of president Enrique Álvarez Pejovez, secretary Nicanor Claros, delegate Víctor Díaz and masseuse Juan Espinoza. The squad was with goalkeepers Luis Bustamante and Carlos "the flying fish" Ganoza. The defenders Eliseo "chaveta" Morales. Guillermo Aguilar and Juan Céspedes, in midfield with Domingo Raffo, Juan Castillo Grandjean, René Rosasco and as reinforcement Lorenzo Pacheco Sánchez of the Sport Boys Association. The forwards were Félix Mina, Luis "pata de mula" Rodríguez, Reynaldo Luna, Juan Lecca, Juan "pata" Alcázar, Ernesto "chicha" Morales and Rogelio Zevallos.

Foursquare in Ecuador

On Sunday, January 1, 1956 in Ecuador, an international home run was played to start the year and the season with Barcelona, Aucas, and Emelec along with Atlético Chalaco, in which Barcelona, local champion of the year 1955, beat Aucas de Quito by 1 to 0. For its part, Atlético Chalaco del Callao, the most technical team in Peruvian football in the era, beat the Guayaquil vice-champion Emelec 2 to 1. On Wednesday the 4th, Barcelona beat Emelec 4 to 2 in the Astillero classic, and Chalaco beat Aucas de Quito 3 to 0. On the final date, Sunday the 8th, Emelec beat Aucas 5 to 3 and Atlético Chalaco won the home run by defeating Barcelona 3 to 2. The goalkeeper Fernando Cárpena stands out, who later joined the Peruvian soccer team, and the Argentine central forward Carlos Gambina, with great technique and superb shooting.

In Colombia

In January 1956 Atlético Chalaco returned the visit that the Millonarios Fútbol Club made two years ago. The Buenos Aires lion played two games in the city of Manizales where in the first game he tied 2 to 2 and in the second game by tiebreaker he won 2 to 1, thus winning the Manizales Fair Trophy.

Palmarés

National Tournaments

National competition	Titles	Subtitles
First Division of Peru (2/4)	1930, 1947.	1948, 1957, 1958, 1979.
Opening Championship (2/1)	1948, 1953.	1958.
Peru Second Division (1/1)	1972.	1971.

Regional Tournaments

Regional competition	Titles	Subtitles
Regional phase - Region IV (0/1)		2002.
Callao Departmental League (4/2)	2000, 2002, 2005. (shared record)	2001, 2006.
Callao Provincial League (5/0)	1932, 1934, 1935, 1966, 1970. (shared record)
Distrital League of Callao (11/3)	1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2022. (Récord)	2002, 2009.

Friendly tournaments

National
Competition	Titles
Municipal Country Festival Championship (4)	1907, 1909, 1910, 1913.
Pro Championship - Monument Jorge Chávez (1)	1910.
National Champions Tournament (1)	1918.
International
Competition	Titles
International Cuadrangular of Guayaquil (1)	1956.