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Club Atlético Grau is a
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vian football club, playing in the city of Piura,
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. The club was founded in 1919 and play in the Liga 1 tournament.


History


Founding

The club was founded on June 5, 1919 as Club Miguel Grau by Guillermo Herrera on ''Calle Tacna'' in Piura; next to the home where Peruvian war hero
Miguel Grau Seminario Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). He was known as ''el Caballero de los Mares'' (Spa ...
was born. The club was one of the founders of the first provincial league in the region, ''Liga Provincial de Fútbol de Piura'' in 1922 in which it played until 1965. One of its most important achievements was to contribute nine players to the gold-medal
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that competed at the 1961 Bolivarian Games football tournament.


Early First Division Spells

In 1966, the
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decided to decentralize the national tournament by inviting and allowing teams from outside
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and
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to play in the tournament. The four invited teams were Melgar,
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, Octavio Espinosa, and Atlético Grau. The club's debut was against
Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...
who it defeated by 1–0. That year's coach was
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. Out of the four invitees only Atlético Grau was saved from relegation that year. The team would remain in the highest flight of Peruvian football until 1970. Atlético Grau was relegated to the
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that year which it would win in 1972 after defeating
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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in ''La Finalísima'', or Final Group Stage, and thus ascend to the Torneo Descentralizado once more alongside León de Huánuco. The 1972 squad was coached by Guillermo Quineche Gil and included Rolando Jiménez, Jorge Albán, Julio Miranda, Julio Ceballos, Manuel Mora, Javier Márquez, Manuel "Meleque" Suárez, Toribio Peña del Rosario, Marcos Murguía, José "Quimbo" Córdova and Reynaldo Rojas. This was Atlético Grau's only national title until the
2019 Copa Bicentenario The 2019 Copa Bicentenario was played between June and July while the Peru national football team prepared for and competed in the 2019 Copa América. The tournament was played as a knockout competition, with the participation of the 18 teams of th ...
. The team would remain in the first division for four years completing descent mid-table performances by finishing 7th in 1972, 11th in 1973, 15th in 1974, before being relegated in 1975 after finishing last in 18th place with only 22 points. Atlético Grau reached the Final Group Stage a second time in 1982 where it finished 2nd behind its fellow Piura Region team
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by a goal difference of 3. Atlético Grau returned for its third and longest first division spell in 1986 by invitation during the Regional Leagues era of Peruvian football that saw up to 40 teams compete in the highest division at its peak. The teams were divided into regional tournaments where the highest placed teams would qualify to the national stage which was played by 16 teams. The only two memorable campaigns would be its first in 1986 where the club reached the main national tournament and finished third in its group as well as the final campaign in 1991 where it ended up being relegated to the 1992 Torneo Zonal.


21st Century Copa Perú Campaigns

Since then, Grau reached the National Stage of the
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multiple times during the 21st century. It reached the semi-finals, and quarter-finals in 2000 and 2001 respectively. It would reach the finals in 2002 for the first time during the bracket tournament format against
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from
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with whom it tied 1–1 at home and lost 2–4 away. It would also reach the Round of 16 twice in 2010 and 2011 without being able to advance any further. In the
2011 Torneo Intermedio The 2011 Torneo Intermedio (known as the Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) was played between June and July while the Peru national football team prepared for and competed in the 2011 Copa América. The tournament was played as a knockout com ...
, the club was eliminated by
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in the Round of 16. In 2004, Atlético Grau fused with 2000 Copa Perú champion
Estudiantes de Medicina Club Social y Deportivo Estudiantes de Medicina is a Peruvian football club from the city of Ica. The club were founded 1975 and play in the Copa Perú which is the third division of the Peruvian league. History The club was 2000 Copa Perú ...
from Ica due to that club's financial instability. During the merge the club was known as Grau-Estudiantes and played with the colors of Atlético Grau. The new team was not recognize as valid by a majority of the club's voting members who fielded an alternative Atlético Grau team in the Copa Perú that same year. The merge only lasted for the first half of the
2004 Torneo Descentralizado The 2004 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-eighth season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Alianza Li ...
season as the Peruvian Football Federation did not recognize the merge as legal. Curiously, Estudiantes de Medicina kept the same kit for the last half of the tournament after the merge was over and during which it was relegated. ''Los Albos'' participated in the Liga Superior de Piura from its creation in 2009 until 2016 during which it was that league's champion four times. The ''Ligas Superiores'' were an effort by the Peruvian Football Federation to create a group of elite teams from every region of the country and thus elevate the quality of amateur football. The
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campaign would see Grau become runner-up for the third time in the club's history. The team finished first in its group with 15 points during the first stage of the Departamental Stage. It then would go on to beat regional rivals such as Sport Ingeniero, Sport Chorrillos, Atlético Torino, and Asociación Torino to become the Departamental Champion and thus qualify once more for the National Stage for the first time under its current format. Atlético Grau then finished first out of fifty teams in the country in the league table with 16 points, 19 goals scored, and only 3 goals against. It would then beat Carlos Stein in the Round of 16 by a global score of 3–2. The toughest game of the season came in the quarter-finals against
Club José María Arguedas José María Arguedas is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Andahuaylas, Apurímac, Peru. History The club was founded with the name of club José María Arguedas in honor to the Peruvian writer José María Arguedas. In the ...
to whom it lost 0–4 in the first leg only to beat it 4–0 with a goal in the final minutes of the game to advance to ''La Finalísima'' because of a better ranking in the League Table. Once in the Final Group Stage it beat
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by 2–0. Then it would tie 0–0 against the eventual champion
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. Thus for the third and final match Atlético Grau saw itself forced to win by as many goals as possible as to remain first on the table with a better goal difference. It won its last game against José Carlos Mariátegui 3–2, which was not enough as Escuela Municipal Binacional defeated Estudiantil CNI 2–0 and thus won the championship by a better goal difference. In the end Grau finished second and became the Peruvian club with the most runner-up campaigns in the history of the Copa Perú as well as winning a berth in the
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.


Second Division Spell

The 2018 season was Grau's first season in the second division of Peruvian soccer where it faced another six teams from the north of the country. Club leaders seemed hesitant to participate in the competition but later confirmed the club's participation. The team finished in 8th initially missing out of the ''Liguilla'' stage of the tournament which would decide the season championship. Just before the beginning of the Liguilla,
Deportivo Hualgayoc Club Social Cultural y Deportivo Hualgayoc is a Peruvian football club located in Hualgayoc, Cajamarca which currently plays in the Peruvian Segunda División. History Deportivo Hualgayoc was founded in 1992 in Hualgayoc, Cajamarca by loca ...
was set aside by the tournament organizers for outstanding debts to its squad. Thus, Atlético Grau was invited to participate. It faced
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in the quarter-final drawing 1–1 at home and losing 5–2 in Trujillo. In 2019, Atlético Grau completed their best campaign to date in the Peruvian Segunda División (now called Liga 2). The club finished 4th, three points behind the champion, with an undefeated run at home. It qualified once again for the Liguilla that would decide the teams to participate in the 2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs. In the first round, Grau defeated
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by a score of 3–2 away and 0–3 at home. It then defeated the tournament's favorite
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by 4–1 at home and 0–2 on the road for a total score of 4–3 and thus qualified to the promotion play-offs. In the play-offs they faced Deportivo Coopsol, Chavelines Juniors, and
Deportivo Llacuabamba Club Social Cultural Deportivo Llacuabamba is a Peruvian association football, football club, based in the Department of La Libertad, Pataz Province, Pataz, Department of La Libertad, La Libertad. The club was founded in 2011 and currently play i ...
. It defeated Deportivo Coopsol by 2–0 with goals from Ronal Huaccha and Steven Aponzá. It then obtained scoreless draws against its next two rivals. Their last game was controversial as a scoreless draw would qualify both Grau and their rival Deportivo Llacuabamba which could have been avoided if both matchday games had been played simultaneously. Regardless, Atlético Grau finished first in the play-offs and was promoted to the top tier of Peruvian football for the first time in 29 years.


2019 Copa Bicentenario Championship

A new domestic cup competition was created in 2019 after the Peruvian Football Federation took control of the national domestic tournaments. All 30 professional teams from the first two divisions participated in the first edition of the
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. Atlético Grau played in Group A with
Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...
,
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, and
Alianza Atlético Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana is a Peruvian association football, football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura region, Piura. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Primera División Peruana, Peruvian Primera División in 198 ...
. The club finished second behind Sporting Cristal with 4 points. In the round of 16 it defeated
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in penalties by 7–6 after a 2–2 draw. In the quarterfinal it faced their former groupmate Sporting Cristal in penalties once again by 5–3 after 1–1 draw in regular time. In the semifinals it faced Deportivo Coopsol, guaranteeing the presence of at least one Liga 2 team in the final, whom it defeated by a combined score of 7–2 after two legs. In the final it faced
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at Estadio Miguel Grau in a scoreless draw after extra time. The championship was thus decided in penalties which Grau won by 4–3. This was Atlético Grau's first professional title and its second national title since the 1972 Copa Perú. The team also qualified for its first international tournament, the
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, where it will face Uruguayan club Atlético River Plate.


Rivalries

Atlético Grau has had a long-standing rivalry with
Atlético Torino Club Atlético Torino is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Talara. The club were founded 1957 and play in the Peruvian Segunda División which is the second division of the Peruvian league. History The club was 1970, 1975, 1977 ...
and
Alianza Atlético Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana is a Peruvian association football, football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura region, Piura. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Primera División Peruana, Peruvian Primera División in 198 ...
.


Honours


National


League

* Torneo Apertura: ::Winners (1): 1969 * Liga 2: ::Winners (1): 2021 * Cuadrangular de Ascenso: ::Winners (1): 2019 *
Copa Perú The Copa Perú is a football tournament in Peru. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but rather a series of league tournaments leading to an elimination tournament, with regional leagu ...
: ::Winners (1): 1972 ::''Runner-up (3):'' 1982, 2002, 2017


National cups

*
Copa Bicentenario The Copa Bicentenario is a football competition in Peru played by the Association football, football clubs of the Peruvian Primera División, Liga 1 and Peruvian Segunda División, Liga 2. It was founded in 2019 by the Peruvian Football Federation ...
: ::Winners (1): 2019 *
Supercopa Peruana The Peruvian Soccer Super Cup is a football competition organized by the Peruvian Football Federation since 2020. It is played in a single match, on a neutral field, which, if necessary, breaks the tie with shots from the penalty spot. Face the Bi ...
: ::Winners (1): 2020


Regional

* Región I: ::Winners (3): 2000, 2001, 2002 ::''Runner-up (3):'' 2003, 2010, 2011 * Liga Departamental de Piura: ::Winners (13): 1971, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 ::''Runner-up (3):'' 1979, 2013, 2014 * Liga Provincial de Piura: ::Winners (5): 1979, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 ::''Runner-up (2):'' 2005, 2017 * Liga Superior de Piura: ::Winners (5): 2009, 2010,
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, 2014, 2016 * Liga Distrital de Piura: ::Winners (13): 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2017 ::''Runner-up (1):'' 2005


Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*
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: 1 appearance ::2020: First Stage


See also

*
List of football clubs in Peru This is a non-exhaustive list of football (soccer), football clubs in Peru with the current 19 first division teams, and 13 second division teams. The Copa Perú has variable number of teams from the rest of the country. In 2016, more than 33,000 t ...
*
Peruvian football league system The Peruvian football league system is a complex system. Though the general outline includes the Liga 1, Liga 2 and Copa Perú. The Copa Perú is very large involving several stages and leagues within it. In addition, the Copa Perú is played wit ...


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