Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian

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team based in

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playing in the

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. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in

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as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C.,Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B
named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003 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.

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the neighborhood of Chicó, in the locality of Chapinero in

, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of

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and the

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, was born. The club played their first season in Primera B in 2002 after buying a license from

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, and won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating

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in the double-legged final series and earned further promotion to Primera A. After its move to

and the arrival of manager

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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

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. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating

in the Torneo Apertura final. In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated. 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

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Honours

Domestic

: ::Winners (1): 2008–I *

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: ::Winners (3): 2003,

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::Runners-up (1):

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* Copa Colombia: ::Runners-up (1):

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Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

The club has appeared in the

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twice, reaching the preliminary round in

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and the group stage in the 2009 edition.

Players

Current squad

Managers

* Eduardo Pimentel (2004–05) *

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(2005) *

(July 2005 – Dec 2013) *

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(Jan 2014 – Dec 14) *

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(Dec 2014–15) * Eduardo Pimentel (2015) *

(2016) * Darío Sierra (2016) * Nelson Gómez (2016) * Darío Sierra (2016) * Nelson Olveira (2016–17) * Jhon Jaime Gómez (2017–20) *

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(2020–2021) * Mario García (2021–)

References

External links

Official website of Chicó F.C.
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyaca Chico F.C. Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Colombia Categoría Primera A clubs Categoría Primera B clubs Tunja