FBC White Star are a

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vian

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club based in

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. The women's football department of the club won the national league in 2009, and competed in that season's

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History

The club is recognized in

as one of the five "big" teams together with

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and

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, despite they being the only one of these that has failed to participate in the First Division. The women's football department of the club won the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino in 2009, after beating Estudiantes Universitarios de Cusco 3–2 in the final, and thus qualifying to compete in that year's

Rivalries

FBC White Star has had a long-standing rivalry with Melgar,

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, Piérola, and

Honours

National

* Liga Provincial de Arequipa: ::Winners (1): 1953 :: Runner-up (3): 1963, 2011. 2019 * Liga Distrital de Arequipa: ::Winners (3): 1987, 2011, 2013 :: Runner-up (4): 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019

Women's football

* Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino: 1 ::Winners (1): 2009

References