Club Sport Rosario was a

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club, which played in the city of

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. Sport Rosario was founded on October 4, 1965. The team played its home games at Rosas Pampa stadium.

History

Foundation and Notorious Copa Perú Campaigns

Sport Rosario was founded on October 4, 1965 in Nicrupampa which is part of the Independencia District of the city of

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by the Mautino Ángeles Family. The club's name makes reference to

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who is the patron saint of Nicrupampa. In 1995 it adopted the colors of the Argentine club

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. The club played at the local level for many years. Its first notorious campaign happened in the 2002 Copa Perú where it reached the departamental stage where it lost the final against the

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side José Gálvez. In 2004 it would once again reach the departamental stage where they would lose in the semi-finals against that year's eventual champions

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. In 2007 Sport Rosario reached the Regional Stage as departamental runner-up where it was seeded in Group B against

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, Deportivo Davy and

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. Unfortunately the club finished last in its group with two victories and four loses.

Rise to the First Division

The club would not reach the final stages of the Copa Perú until 2014 where it would reach the National Stage for the first time in its history as the regional runner-up with financial help of Gelacio Mautino. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by

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. Because of their great campaign and financial stability they were invited to participate in the

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for 2015. The

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did not allow Sport Rosario to participate in the tournament. Because of that the club did not participate in any competition in 2015 and presented a case against the Peruvian Football Federation at the

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. In 2016 Sport Rosario started its campaign from the ''Liga distrital de Huaraz''. It won its group with 12 points as well as the final group stage to become the district champion. It also won the Provincial Stage and Departamental Stage in Ancash. In April, the club president and primary financial supporter Gelacio Mautino, died in a car accident. The team reached the first stage of the National Stage of the

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where it finished 6th of 50 teams by defeating different teams from around Peru. Sport Rosario defeated Deportivo Venus by a global score of 8-3 in the round of 16. It would also defeat Kola San Martín in the quarter-finals by a global score of 5-3 to reach the final group stage or ''Finalísima'' at the Estadio Nacional in

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. In the ''Finalísima'' Sport Rosario tied against

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1-1, defeated

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3-2 and

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2-1 to finish the group with 7 points and therefore winning a place in the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado.

Torneo Descentralizado Debut

The Mautino Family reinforced the team for its debut in the highest flight of Peruvian soccer by hiring Argentine coach

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. Other mediatic signs were

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Pablo Lavandeira, who missed the 2017 Copa Libertadores by moving from

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, and

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, Peruvian international with 6 caps who was part of the

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and 2015 Copa America third place squads. Sport Rosario finished second in group A during Torneo de Verano behind

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with 24 points. The highlight of the tournament was that the team went undefeated at home including a victory against the previous year champion

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. Ameli left the club to sign as coach of Deportivo Municipal and took Pablo Lavandeira with him after the Torneo Apertura. Sport Rosario suffered to balance the team after Lavandeira's leave. Even though it was not able to fight for either the Apertura or Clausura championship it finished 7th in the over-all table with 65 points and thus gain a slot in the 2018 Copa Sudamericana. After their relegation in 2019, the club did not play in the

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before being dissolved; a new club, named ''Rosario Fútbol Club'', inherited Sport Rosario's history, but also never played professionally.

Honours

National

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: ::Winners (1):

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Regional

* Liga Departamental de Ancash: ::Winners (2): 2014, 2016 ::Runner-up (2): 2002, 2007 * Liga Provincial de Huaraz: ::Winners (5): 2002, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2016 ::Runner-up (2): 2013, 2022 * Liga Distrital de Huaraz: ::Winners (5): 2002, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022 ::Runner-up (1): 2013

Current squad

References

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