Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian

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team based in

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playing in the

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. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in

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as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C.,Dimayor.com - Historia Primera B
named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from

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in 2003 and playing one more season in the capital, the club was relocated to its current ground and renamed Boyacá Chicó F.C. They play their home games at the Estadio de La Independencia stadium.

History

The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the neighborhood of

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, in the locality of

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, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of

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and the

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, was born. The club played their first season in

that same year after buying a license from

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, and won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned promotion to Primera A. In their first season in the top flight, they advanced to the final stages of the Apertura tournament and avoided relegation at the end of the season, but relocated to

in 2005 owing to poor attendances and a lack of sponsors as well as an invitation from the

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government. After its move to Tunja and the arrival of manager Alberto Gamero in 2006, Boyacá Chicó started enjoying consistent results which allowed them to reach the semifinals of the domestic championship in the 2006 Finalización and both tournaments of the 2007 season, qualifying for the

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. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating

in the Torneo Apertura final. In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated. However, the club only spent one season in the second tier, being promoted back to the Primera A after winning the Primera B championship in

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Honours

Domestic

** Winners (1): 2008–I *

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** Winners (3): 2003,

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** Runners-up (1):

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Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

The club has appeared in the

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twice, reaching the preliminary round in

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and the group stage in the 2009 edition.

Players

Current squad

Notable players

* Juan Alejandro Mahecha (2005–2009), (2011–2014), (2015–2016) *

Ever Palacios Ever Antonio Palacios (born 18 January 1969) is a Colombian football coach and former player who played for clubs including Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Atlético Junior, Shonan Bellmare (Japan), Kashiwa Reysol (Japan) and Boyacá Ch ...

(2005–2011) * Mario García (2006–2013) *

Edwin Móvil Edwin Dayan Móvil Cabrera (born 7 May 1986), known as Edwin Móvil, is a retired Colombian association football, footballer who played for last time in Categoría Primera A club Deportivo Pereira. Móvil played as a central midfielder. He play ...

(2006–2009), (2010–2014) * Arley Palacios (2007–2008) * Nestor Salazar (2007–2008) * Miguel Caneo (2008–2011),(2016) * Franky Oviedo (2008) * Víctor Danilo Pacheco (2008) * Yhonny Ramírez (2008–2011) * Brahaman Sinisterra (2008) * Edigson Velásquez (2008–2009)

Managers

* Mario Vanemerak (January 2004 – December 2005) * Alberto Gamero (January 2006 – December 2013) * Eduardo Pimentel (January 2014 – December 2014) * Eduardo Lara (January 2015 – May 2015) * Eduardo Pimentel (May 2015 – December 2015) * José Ricardo Pérez (November 2015 – February 2016) * Darío Sierra (February 2016 – May 2016) * Nelson Gómez (May 2016 – June 2016) * Darío Sierra (July 2016 – September 2016) * Nelson Olveira (September 2016 – April 2017) * Jhon Jaime Gómez (April 2017 – September 2020) * Belmer Aguilar (September 2020 – December 2020) * Mario García (January 2021 – August 2023) * Belmer Aguilar (August 2023 – December 2023) * Miguel Caneo (January 2024 – February 2024) * Jhon Jaime Gómez (February 2024 – October 2024) * Sergio Migliaccio (October 2024) * Juan Carlos Álvarez (October 2024 – February 2025) * Roberto Torres (February 2025 – April 2025) * Flabio Torres (April 2025 – Present) Source:

References

External links

Official website of Chicó F.C.
(oficial website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyaca Chico F.C. Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Colombia Categoría Primera A clubs Categoría Primera B clubs Tunja