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| Nicknames | Guerreros Chankas Chankaster City | ||
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| Founded | August 30, 1989; 36 years ago (1989-08-30) | ||
| Stadium | Estadio Los Chankas | ||
| Chairman | Kevin Iñigo Peralta | ||
| Manager | Walter Paolella | ||
| League | Liga 1 | ||
| 2025 | Liga 1, 9th of 19 | ||
TheClub Deportivo Los Chankas, also known asLos Chankas is aPeruvian professionalfootball club based inAndahuaylas. Founded in 1989, it owes its name to the ancientChanka ethnic group. It participated in thePeruvian Segunda División until 2023, when it got promoted to thePrimera División, becoming the first team from the department ofApurímac in history to do so.[1]
Los Chankas was founded on August 30, 1989 under the nameClub Deportivo Cultural Santa Rosa, after the Peruvian saintSanta Rosa de Lima. The club would participate in theLiga Distrital de Talavera, the 7th division of thePeruvian football league system. In 1992, the club was runner-up theLiga Departamental del Apurímac, qualifying for theCopa Perú. They would also win theRegión IX but was unable to be promoted to thePrimera División.
In 2010, Los Chankas won theLiga Provincial de Andahuaylas and was runner-up of the Departamental League, qualifying for the Regional stage of the2010 Copa Perú but was eliminated byAlianza Unicachi.
In the2011 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated byFranciscano San Román andJosé María Arguedas.
In the2013 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated byFranciscano San Román andFuerza Minera.
In the2015 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage but was eliminated bySport Ancash in the Round of 16. Despite being eliminated in the Round of 16, the club got invited to thePeruvian Segunda División for the first time.
In the2015 Segunda División, according to the rules of that year's tournament (played with 12 teams), there was only one relegation, which in theory corresponded to Club San Simó, which finished in 12th place. However, as this club had withdrawn halfway through the championship, the relegation corresponded to the one that finished in 11th place, which wasAtlético Minero. And although it was intended to consider a single relegation at the end of the season, the rules had been approved in that way by the Peruvian Football Federation, an entity that in the end rejected the request of the ADFP-SD for a single relegation, relegating the Matucana club.
With this, a promotion spot remained to be defined, and since there were other teams that entered the2016 season via invitation given based on sporting merits in the2015 Copa Perú to complete the tournament, invitingUnión Tarapoto andSport Áncash (and where also the other clubs that had reached the quarter-finals, apart from DIM de Miraflores that had finished 9th, who confirmed their participation for the corresponding instances in Copa Perú 2016), before which the spot was officially given to Club Cultural Santa Rosa, which was the next in order of sporting merit, thus ascending to the Second Division tournament.
In the2017 season, they managed to improve their participation by finishing in fifth place despite an irregular campaign at the start of the season. In 2018, they failed to improve after finishing in tenth place, despite this they managed to improve their club statistics on goals scored.
In 2019, the Peruvian Second Division tournament would be renamed to Liga 2. At the beginning of the tournament, their participation alongside Sport Rosario and Sport Victoria was unknown, but finally they confirmed their participation and achieved their fourth consecutive participation. The club played in the newly createdCopa Bicentenario in 2019, in which they placed last in their group. In Liga 2 in 2020, they finished last but as there was no relegation, they maintained their category.
On August 19, 2021, Cultural Santa Rosa changed its name toLos Chankas - CYC. The letters CYC are the initials of late club president Clodoaldo Yñigo Condori who died as a result of complications fromCOVID-19 in the midst of theCOVID-19 pandemic in Peru. In the2021 Copa Bicentenario, the club surprised by eliminating giantsAlianza Lima in the First Round but were later eliminated byUnión Comercio.
In the2024 season, Los Chankas placed second and advanced to the Ligiulla play-off semi-finals. They would defeatComerciantes and advance to the Ligiulla final, in which the winnersr gets promoted to the Liga 1. On October 27, 2023, Los Chankas gained promotion toLiga 1 for the first time in their history after defeatingAlianza Universidad on penalties. Los Chankas became the first team from theApurímac region to play in theLiga 1.
The club's original crest remained in place until early 2016, after being invited to participate inPeru'sSecond Division in 2021, changing its name, crest, and uniforms toLos Chankas CYC.
TheLos Chankas CYC crest is an emblem that honors the rich history and culture of theAndahuaylas region. Its design features the figure of a Chanka warrior, symbolizing the strength and resilience the team seeks to represent on the field.
The club plays its home stadium isEstadio Los Chankas, an impressive sports venue located at an altitude of 2,926 meters above sea level in the city of Andahuaylas. This stadium, managed by the Provincial Municipality of Andahuaylas, is a source of pride for the local community, as it has a seating capacity of 10,000 people. Likewise, stadium is becomes a meeting and celebration point for sports fans in theApurímac region.. In 2024, the club announced that the construction of the fourth stand after the clubs promotion.[2]
Los Chankas has rivalries withCienciano andDeportivo Garcilaso, other Peruvian clubs, fromCusco, called theClásicos del Tahuantinsuyo. The rivalries relates to theChanka andInca people who frequently fought against each other in the 15th century. The rivalry developed after Los Chankas's promotion to the Liga 1.
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Pablo Garabello (2022) Gustavo Cisneros (2022)
Roberto Holsen (2022)
Daniel Galo (2022) Abraham Montoya (2022)Juan Carlos Bazalar (2023)
Pablo Bossi (2024)Jorge Antonio Vivaldo (2025) Cesar Vaioli (2025)Walter Paolella (2025–)| Type | Competition | Titles | Runner-up | Winning years | Runner-up years |
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| National (League) | Liga 2 | — | 1 | — | 2023[3] |
| Regional (League) | Región IX | 1 | — | 1993 | — |
| Liga Departamental del Apurímac | 2 | 3 | 2011, 2013 | 1992, 2010, 2015 | |
| Liga Provincial de Andahuaylas | 2 | 2 | 2010, 2015 | 2013, 2014 | |
| Liga Distrital de Talavera | 2 | — | 2013, 2015 | — |
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