Coronel Bolognesi Fútbol Club is a

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vian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club located in the city of

Tacna Tacna was known for its mining industry; it had significant deposits of sodium nitrate and other resources. Its economic prosperity attracted a wave of immigrants from Italy. Today, their Italian Peruvian descendants live in the city and many of t ...

. Originally founded on 18 October 1929, It was named after

Francisco Bolognesi Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes (November 4, 1816 – June 7, 1880) was a Peruvian military general. He is considered a national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on January 2 of 1951. Early life a ...

. Years later, a second branch of the club called Club Sport Bolito, was founded on 27 May 1998. The club quickly surpassed its older counterpart's achievements and, following its success in

2001 Copa Perú The 2001 Copa Perú season ( es, Copa Perú 2001), the promotion tournament of Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , ...

, the president's club Elena Martorell (Fernando Martorell's sister, then president of CD Coronel Bolognesi), decided to change the club's name to Coronel Bolognesi Fútbol Club, in order to further identify both clubs's identities and share their successes. The identity confusion escalated since Coronel Bolognesi FC's international performances in the 2000s and 2010s, and hence generated much controversy about whether they're the same club or not.

Rivalries

Coronel Bolognesi has had a long-standing rivalry with Alfonso Ugarte (Tacna) and Mariscal Miller.

Stadium

Coronel Bolognesi play their home games at the

Estadio Jorge Basadre The Estadio Jorge Basadre, previously known as the Estadio Modelo, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tacna, Peru named after historian Jorge Basadre. It is currently used as a football stadium in the Primera Division Peruana by Coronel Bolognesi. The ...

, located in the city of

Notable players

Peruvian players * Germán Carty * Juan Cominges *

Paul Cominges Paul Manuel Cominges Mayorca (born 24 July 1975) is a Peruvian people, Peruvian retired association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. His last season as a footballer was in the 2010 Torneo Descentraliza ...

Johan Fano Johan Javier Fano Espinoza (born 9 August 1978 in Huánuco, Perú) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a forward. Career His professional football debut was on March 5, 1995 playing for León de Huánuco. Fano has pla ...

Miguel Mostto Miguel Ángel Mostto Fernández-Prada, or Miguel Mostto (born 11 November 1977) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Mostto was born in Ica, Peru. He was signed by Barnsley on a two-year deal from ...

* Diego Penny * Luis Ramírez *

Junior Ross Douglas Junior Ross Santillana (born 19 February 1986), commonly known as Junior Ross, is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger. He is currently a free agent. Club career Ross made his debut at the beginning of the 2004 season with Coron ...

* Johan Vásquez *

David Soria Yoshinari (born September 18, 1977 in Lima, Peru) is a Japanese Peruvian retired football player. International career Soria made five appearances for the Peru national football team The Peru national football team represents Peru in men's inter ...

Foreign players *

Federico Martorell Federico Martorell Rigo (born 16 March 1981) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as centre back in Argentina. Club career His professional debut came in 2002 with Newell's Old Boys in Santa Fe. Greek Super League Martorell started h ...

José Andrés Bilibio José Andrés Bilibio Estigarribia ( hy, Խոսե Անդրե Բիլիբիո Էստիգարրիբիա, born 2 January 1975) is a former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different ...

Masakatsu Sawa is a Japanese nationalized Peruvian football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder. Career On 13 September 2006, he became the first Japanese goalscorer in Copa Sudamericana, scoring 1 ...

Miguel Ostersen Miguel Pedro Ostersen Hernández (born January 11, 1980) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Coronel Bolognesi Coronel Bolognesi Fútbol Club is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. Originally founded on 18 October ...

Honours

National

League

Peruvian Primera División The Peru First Division (; ''First Division'') —known as Liga 1 Betsson for sponsorship reasons and officially as Liga 1 — is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since 1966, when ...

: ::''Runner-up (1):''

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

* Torneo Clausura: ::Winners (1):

* Torneo Interzonal: ::Winners (2):

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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 (2):

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

::Runner-up (2):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

Regional

* Región VIII: ::Winners (4):

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

* Liga Departamental de Tacna: ::Winners (20): 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, 2019 ::Runner-up (2): 2004, 2022 * Liga Provincial de Tacna: ::Winners (5): 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 ::Runner-up (3): 2014, 2019, 2022 * Liga Distrital de Tacna: ::Winners (9): 1966, 1967, 1970, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022 ::Runner-up (3): 2008, 2011, 2015

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

: 1 appearance ::2008: First Round *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

: 3 appearances ::2004: Preliminary Round ::2006: First Round ::2007: First Round

References

Football clubs in Peru Association football clubs established in 1929 {{Peru-footyclub-stub