Deportivo Municipal
Full nameClub Centro Deportivo Municipal
(Municipal Sports Center Club)
Nickname(s)La Academia (The Academy)
Muni
Echa Muni
Los Ediles
La Franja
El Cuadro de la Comuna
FoundedJuly 27, 1935 (1935-07-27)
GroundEstadio Iván Elías Moreno
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAldo Olcese
ManagerSantiago Acasiete
LeagueLiga 2
2023Liga 1, 18th of 19 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Club Centro Deportivo Municipal, commonly known as Deportivo Municipal, is a Peruvian football club based in Lima, Peru. They are among Peru's most recognizable clubs and enjoy considerable popularity. The bulk of their success was won a few years after the club was founded in 1935. The club was a top-flight contender during this period and won four Primera División titles. The club suffered relegation three times in their history: 1967, 2000, and 2007. They have also been champions of the Segunda División on three occasions: 1968, 2006, and 2014, granting them promotion to the first division. In 2014, they won the Segunda División and they currently compete in the Primera División Peruana.

Deportivo Municipal was one of the first Peruvian clubs to participate in a South American international football competition. In 1948, they were invited to the South American Championship of Champions and finished fourth where clubs from seven of the then nine CONMEBOL football associations that participated.[1]

History

Club Centro Deportivo Municipal was founded upon the initiative of three municipal directors of Lima, who intended to have a football team representing the municipality of the city. Thus Círculo Deportivo Municipal was formed, which in 1934 merged with another team to create Centro Deportivo Municipal, participating in the promotion tournament in 1935.

The club was officially founded on 27 July 1935 in the Municipality of Lima. After finishing second in the promotion tournament, the team won the right to play in the Primera División in 1936, and obtained its first national title in 1938.

Deportivo Municipal was relegated in 1967, and promoted again in 1968. The club stayed in the top category until 2000, when it ended last in the season. The team was relegated to the Segunda División, where it played until 2006, when promotion was achieved by winning the title with 45 points in 22 matches. They were relegated again in 2007 after a troublesome season with failing to pay its players for several months.

In the 2011 Torneo Intermedio, the club was eliminated by José Gálvez in the quarter-finals. It reached the national stage of the 2012 Copa Perú and was invited to play in the Segunda División once again.

On 2014, the club gained promotion to the Primera División Peruana for the first time in 7 years after beating Unión Huaral.

Kits and crest

Uniform

It consists of a white jersey with a red stripe that goes from left to right, blue shorts and white socks. Its alternative uniform varies, it has 3 options. The first one has a red jersey and keeps the blue shorts and white socks. The second alternative uniform keeps the red stripe on the jersey but instead of being white, it is blue. The shorts and socks are also blue. The third alternative uniform uses black instead of blue (as the 2nd choice) but also keeps the red stripe on the jersey. The home shirt's colors are reminiscent of the Peruvian national team, and it refers to the fact that the day of its foundation in 1935 was the day before Peruvian Independence Day.

Kit Evolution

1935–36
Old First kit
1936–present
Home
1935–present
Away
1998
3° Away
2007
3° Away

Stadium

Deportivo Municipal has employed the use of several stadiums throughout its history. Some of these grounds include the Estadio Nacional, Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos, Estadio Miguel Grau, Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Estadio Universidad San Marcos and the former Estadio San Martín de Porres. Most recently, the club has adopted the Estadio Iván Elías Moreno in Villa El Salvador for their home games.[2]

Honours

National

League

Half-year / Short tournaments

National cups

Regional

Friendly National

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1982: Group Stage
2017: First Stage
2016: First Stage
2019: First Stage
1948: Fourth Place
1970: First Stage

Current squad

As of 28 November 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Peru PER Steven Rivadeneyra
2 DF Argentina ARG Fernando Evangelista
3 DF Peru PER Leonardo Rugel
4 DF Peru PER Rotceh Aguilar
5 MF Argentina ARG Emiliano Ciucci
6 MF Peru PER Kevin Peña
7 FW Peru PER Fernando Pacheco (on loan from Sporting Cristal)
8 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Jaurena
9 FW Peru PER Luis Ramos
10 MF Argentina ARG Matías Pérez García
12 GK Peru PER Aarom Fuentes
14 MF Peru PER Jhosep Núñez
15 DF Peru PER Francesco Cavagna
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Peru PER Diego Soto (on loan from Sporting Cristal)
18 FW Peru PER Christian Flores
20 DF Peru PER Anthony Quijano
22 DF Peru PER Jair Céspedes
24 FW Peru PER Christopher Olivares
25 DF Peru PER Williams Guzmán
26 DF Peru PER Jorge Toledo
27 FW Peru PER Fabricio Rojas
28 MF Peru PER Leonel Solís
30 GK Peru PER Farihd Ortega
32 FW Argentina ARG Pablo Erustes
33 GK Peru PER Carlos Solís

Notable players

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prais, Mauro. "South American Club Championship 1948". [RSSSF]. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Deportivo Municipal será local en el estadio de Villa El Salvador". [ Depor.pe] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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