Foot Ball Club Aurora is a

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football club, playing in the city of

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. The club were founded 1916 and play in the

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which is the third division of the Peruvian league.

History

The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on three occasions, from

1988 Torneo Descentralizado The 1988 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tier of Peruvian football was played by 37 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Torneo Regional Metropolitan Group A Group B North Central S ...

until

1991 Torneo Descentralizado The 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, the top tournament of Peruvian football, was played by 41 teams in the format of Regional Tournaments, whose winner advanced to national finals. The national champion was Sporting Cristal. Regional I Metropol ...

when was relegated. In the

2010 Copa Perú The 2010 Copa Perú season ( es, Copa Perú 2010), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football, started on February. The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage i ...

, the club classified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Alianza Porvenir-Unicachi of

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in the Round of 16.

Rivalries

FBC Aurora has had a long-standing rivalry with

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, Sportivo Huracán,

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, and

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Honours

National

: 0 ::Runner-up (2): 1993, 1994

Regional

* Región VII: ::Runner-up (1): 2010 * Liga Departamental de Arequipa: ::Winners (5): 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 2010 ::Runner-up (1): 2012 * Liga Superior de Arequipa: ::Runner-up (1): 2010 * Liga Distrital de Arequipa: ::Winners (16): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1987, 2007, 2022 ::Runner-up (5): 1945, 1964, 2008, 2015, 2017

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