Boyacá Chicó F.C.

For other uses, see Boyacá (disambiguation).

Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja playing in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on March 26, 2002^[1] in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C.,^[2] named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003^[2] and playing one more season in the capital, the club was relocated to its current ground and renamed Boyacá Chicó F.C. They play their home games at the Estadio de La Independencia stadium.

Boyacá Chicó

Full name	Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)	Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered) El Campeón de Boyacá (The Champion of Boyacá)
Founded	26 March 2002; 23 years ago (2002-03-26) (as Bogotá Chicó) 18 January 2005; 20 years ago (2005-01-18) (relocation to Tunja)
Ground	Estadio La Independencia
Capacity	20,000
Owner	Eduardo Pimentel
Chairman	Nicolás Pimentel
Manager	Roberto Torres
League	Categoría Primera A
2024	Primera A, 19th of 20
Website	chicofutbolclub.com
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the neighborhood of Chicó, in the locality of Chapinero in Bogotá, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of Millonarios, América de Cali, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Pereira and the Colombia national football team, was born. The club played their first season in Primera B that same year after buying a license from Cortuluá,^[3] and won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned promotion to Primera A. In their first season in the top flight, they advanced to the final stages of the Apertura tournament and avoided relegation at the end of the season, but relocated to Tunja in 2005 owing to poor attendances and a lack of sponsors as well as an invitation from the Boyacá Department government.^[4]

After its move to Tunja and the arrival of manager Alberto Gamero in 2006, Boyacá Chicó started enjoying consistent results which allowed them to reach the semifinals of the domestic championship in the 2006 Finalización and both tournaments of the 2007 season, qualifying for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating América de Cali in the Torneo Apertura final.^[5] In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.^[6][7] However, the club only spent one season in the second tier, being promoted back to the Primera A after winning the Primera B championship in 2017.

Honours

Domestic

• Categoría Primera A
  • Winners (1): 2008–I
• Categoría Primera B
  • Winners (3): 2003, 2017, 2022
• Copa Colombia
  • Runners-up (1): 2011

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

The club has appeared in the Copa Libertadores twice, reaching the preliminary round in 2008 and the group stage in the 2009 edition.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2008	Copa Libertadores	FS	Audax Italiano	4–3	0–1	4–4 (a)
2009	Copa Libertadores	GS	Aurora	2–1	3–0	3rd
			Grêmio	0–1	0–3
			Universidad de Chile	3–0	0–3

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2025^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COL Rogerio Caicedo 2 DF  COL Kevin Riascos 4 DF  PAR Elian Peralta 5 MF  COL Diego Sánchez 6 MF  COL Andrés Aedo 8 MF  COL Sebastián Salazar 9 FW  COL Jairo Molina 10 MF  COL Delio Ramírez 11 MF  COL John Henry Sánchez 12 GK  URU Emiliano Denis 14 MF  COL Eduar Banguero 16 MF  COL Ronald Valencia 17 MF  COL Juan Marcelín 18 DF  COL Jonathan Herrera 19 MF  COL Frank Lozano (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  COL Wilmar Arango 21 FW  COL Jacobo Pimentel 22 DF  CRC Yael López 23 GK  COL Cristian Baldovino 24 MF  COL Camilo Quiceno 26 DF  COL Arlen Banguero 27 MF  COL Kevin Londoño 28 MF  COL Edgard Camargo 29 FW  COL Sebastián Colón — GK  COL Eder Orjuela — DF  COL Jhon Altamiranda — DF  COL Jhoan Montoya — DF  VEN Abdid Muñoz — MF  COL Cristian Baquero — MF  ARG Cristián Gaitán — MF  COL Juan Ostos — MF  COL Kevin Salazar

Notable players

• Juan Alejandro Mahecha (2005–2009), (2011–2014), (2015–2016)
• Ever Palacios (2005–2011)
• Mario García (2006–2013)
• Edwin Móvil (2006–2009), (2010–2014)
• Arley Palacios (2007–2008)
• Nestor Salazar (2007–2008)
• Miguel Caneo (2008–2011),(2016)
• Franky Oviedo (2008)
• Víctor Danilo Pacheco (2008)
• Yhonny Ramírez (2008–2011)
• Brahaman Sinisterra (2008)
• Edigson Velásquez (2008–2009)

Managers

• Mario Vanemerak (January 2004 – December 2005)
• Alberto Gamero (January 2006 – December 2013)
• Eduardo Pimentel (January 2014 – December 2014)
• Eduardo Lara (January 2015 – May 2015)
• Eduardo Pimentel (May 2015 – December 2015)
• José Ricardo Pérez (November 2015 – February 2016)
• Darío Sierra (February 2016 – May 2016)
• Nelson Gómez (May 2016 – June 2016)
• Darío Sierra (July 2016 – September 2016)
• Nelson Olveira (September 2016 – April 2017)
• Jhon Jaime Gómez (April 2017 – September 2020)
• Belmer Aguilar (September 2020 – December 2020)
• Mario García (January 2021 – August 2023)
• Belmer Aguilar (August 2023 – December 2023)
• Miguel Caneo (January 2024 – February 2024)
• Jhon Jaime Gómez (February 2024 – October 2024)
• Sergio Migliaccio (October 2024)
• Juan Carlos Álvarez (October 2024 – February 2025)
• Roberto Torres (February 2025–)

Source: ^[9]