Deportivo Wanka is a

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vian

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club, based in the city of

Huancayo Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Location Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Sit ...

in the Peruvian

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. It was founded in 1969 and is named after the Wankas people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named. The current Deportivo Wanka is merged with Deportivo Pesquero of Chimbote but its home city is still Huancayo. They play their home games at

Estadio Huancayo Estadio Huancayo is a multi-use stadium in Huancayo, Peru. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Sport Huancayo and Deportivo Junín. Other teams that previously used the stadium are Deportivo Wanka and Meteor Jun ...

. Their last First Division participation was in 2004. They protested against their relegation and were suspended from participating in any football tournament.

History

Deportivo Sipesa

Club Ovacion Miraflores was founded in 1969 in

Chimbote Chimbote ; qu, Chimputi) is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District. The city is located on the coast in Ferrol Bay, 130 km south of Trujillo and north of Lima on the No ...

, which would later become ''Ovación Sipesa''. They played in the First Division of Chimbote and received sponsorship from the fishing trade union Sipesa. In 1992 they were promoted to the First Division and in 1993 they played in the

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Deportivo Pesquero

In 1996 the trade union ceased sponsoring the club and therefore changed their club name to ''Deportivo Pesquero''.

Deportivo Wanka

In 2000, Deportivo Pesquero and Deportivo Wanka merged, giving Huancayo access to the

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The team aroused controversy in 2004 when it moved its base to

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, the highest city in the world and almost certainly the world's highest venue for professional football, at an altitude of 4,380 m (13,973 ft) above sea level, well above the point where

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becomes a problem. Its opponents criticised the move as an attempt to stave off

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by playing in conditions that no other team could tolerate, including hail, rain, near-freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen from the high altitude. The club was relegated that season anyway.

Historic badges

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Notable players

Honours

National

League

* Torneo Zonal: ::Winners (1):

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National cups

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: ::Runner-up (1):

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Regional

* Liga Departamental de Ancash: ::Winners (1): 1991 * Liga Distrital de Chimbote: ::Runner-up (1): 1989

Outside football

In 2006, it emerged that Deportivo Wanka shirts had become a cult collectible item for

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football fans, with over 1,000 shirts selling in the space of a few weeks. The British slang word ''

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", sounds like ''Wanka'' when said with a (

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)

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. '' The Sun'' quoted a club spokesman as saying that "It is very strange. Everyone in Britain seems to think we have a funny name."

References

{{Football in Peru Football clubs in Peru Association football clubs established in 1969