Fixtures

Peru Liga 1 04/21 16:00 12 Sporting Cristal vs Cusco FC - View
Peru Liga 1 04/30 01:00 13 Cesar Vallejo vs Sporting Cristal - View
Peru Liga 1 05/05 16:00 - Sporting Cristal vs Alianza Atletico - View
Peru Liga 1 05/12 23:30 - Universitario de Deportes vs Sporting Cristal - View

Results

Peru Liga 1 04/16 00:30 - [16] Deportivo Garcilaso v Sporting Cristal [2] W 2-3
Peru Liga 1 04/13 20:00 11 Deportivo Garcilaso v Sporting Cristal - PPT.
Peru Liga 1 04/07 20:30 10 [2] Sporting Cristal v Sport Huancayo [7] W 4-0
Peru Liga 1 03/31 20:30 9 [13] UTC Cajamarca v Sporting Cristal [2] W 1-2
Peru Liga 1 03/14 02:00 8 [2] Sporting Cristal v FBC Melgar [8] L 1-2
Peru Liga 1 03/10 01:00 7 [5] Alianza Lima v Sporting Cristal [2] W 1-2
Peru Liga 1 03/02 18:15 6 [2] Sporting Cristal v Atletico Grau [12] W 1-0
Copa Libertadores Qualification 02/28 00:30 15 Sporting Cristal v Always Ready W 3-1
Peru Liga 1 02/24 23:15 5 [17] Carlos Mannucci v Sporting Cristal [3] W 0-4
Copa Libertadores Qualification 02/21 00:30 15 Always Ready v Sporting Cristal L 6-1
Peru Liga 1 02/16 01:00 4 [3] Sporting Cristal v CD Los Chankas [6] W 4-1
Peru Liga 1 02/10 00:00 3 [6] Cienciano v Sporting Cristal [1] D 2-2

Stats

 TotalHomeAway
Matches played 48 23 25
Wins 28 16 12
Draws 13 4 9
Losses 7 3 4
Goals for 94 54 40
Goals against 47 17 30
Clean sheets 18 11 7
Failed to score 8 3 5

Wikipedia - Sporting Cristal

Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de Bentín, stockholders of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston. The club and the brewery have been closely linked since its inception, and it is for this reason that it is popularly known as los Cerveceros ("the brewers").

The team has played in the Primera División since 1956, where it obtained the title that year. Due to this achievement, Cristal is often referred to as "El club que nació campeón". Since their first participation, they have won the league title 19 times and are one of the few teams in Peru to have never been relegated from the top division. Sporting Cristal is also the first Peruvian team to have been crowned tricampeóns, successively winning the 1994, 1995, and 1996 seasons. In 1997, they were runners-up of the Copa Libertadores, losing the final to Brazilian side Cruzeiro. Cristal holds the longest undefeated streak in the tournament; 17 games without suffering a loss.

Cristal has a heated rivalry with Club Universitario de Deportes. One of the main reasons for the enmity between the two sides is the series of transfers of Universitario's star players to los Celestes. The club also has rivalries with Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys.

Sporting Cristal plays its home games at the Estadio Alberto Gallardo. They play at the Estadio Nacional for international competitions such as the Libertadores or Sudamericana. The Estadio Nacional is also the venue for matches against Universitario and Alianza Lima.

In addition to football, the club has teams specializing in futsal, women's football (3 Peruvian Primera División Femenina titles), and volleyball.

History

Ricardo Bentín Mujica, with the support of his wife, co-owners of Backus and Johnston brewery, was the man who is credited with achieving the company's goal. A club from Rímac ward, known as Sporting Tabaco [es] founded in 1926 and originally belonging to the tobacco growers' union, was already playing in the professional Peruvian First Division. Never having won a national championship, the club was in dire economic straits. Bentín decided to buy the club and search for a playing ground, so that the club could develop and be able to play better at the professional level. The club found a lot in the neighborhood of La Florida of 137,000 m2.

Sporting Tabaco
1926–1955

On December 13, 1955 the club was founded as Sporting Cristal , after Backus' best-known beer brand, Cristal. The new club from the Rímac ward debuted in 1956 in the professional Primera Division and won their first national title that same year. Journalists thus called them the club born a champion (nació campeon). The team managed to win more titles over the years and was known as one of the best football clubs in Peru after Universitario and Alianza Lima. A few years later, the club eliminated the word Backus from their name to demonstrate their economic independence.

During the 1962 edition until the 1969 edition of the Copa Libertadores, Sporting Cristal went on a 17-game undefeated streak, the longest unbeaten streak in the Copa Libertadores, winning 8 games, and tying 9.

Sporting Cristal changed its shirt color from blue to light blue. They are known as "Los Celestes". During a brief period between 1978 and 1981, they again used blue shirts. In 1982 they returned to light blue as the color of the club.

The 1990s were the most successful decade as they claimed 4 national titles (including 3 in a row) with coach Juan Carlos Oblitas. Under Oblitas, Cristal won 1991, 1994 and 1995 domestic league. Then, guided by Sergio Markarián head coach they won 1996 league. By 1997, the team, led by Uruguayan coach Sergio Markarián, reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores, where they faced the Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg was a home game, in which they ended in a scoreless draw; in the second leg, they lost 1–0. This is the closest Team Peru has come to the Copa Libertadores Final since 1972, when Universitario had a similar fate playing against Independiente.

The club stayed on the top spots of the national tournament during most of the 2000s and gained qualification to the Copa Libertadores eight years in a row from 2000 to 2007. It would only win two titles during the decade which were obtain in 2002 and 2005 with many notable players as Sergio Leal, Jorge Soto and Luis Alberto Bonnet. However, during the 2007, Cristal would come four points away from relegation. It would make a comeback during the 2008 season and qualify to the Copa Libertadores once again.

In 2009, the Primera División Peruana would change the tournament structured which caused Sporting Cristal to have mediocre results for the next few years into the new decade. After a seven-year dry spell it would become the national champion once more during the 2012 season when it defeated Real Garcilaso in the finals. They qualified to the 2013 Copa Libertadores where they did not pass the tournament's group stage. In the 2013 season, they played on the same liguilla as Real Garcilaso and fought for a place in the final up to the last match of the season in which they finished third and qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores once more.

In the 2018 season, they conquered another historical feat, they became the best Team Peru in the Historic Table during the Professional Era (1966 - 2018). As of 2018, they surpassed Universitario for the first spot, 3264 points to Universitario's 3236 points.

In the 2020 season, Roberto Mosquera returned as coach after 7 years.

Sporting Cristal is a professional soccer team based in Lima, Peru. The club was founded in 1955 and has since become one of the most successful teams in Peruvian soccer history. Sporting Cristal is known for its distinctive blue and white striped jerseys and has a passionate fan base that fills the Estadio Alberto Gallardo for home matches.

The team has won numerous domestic titles, including multiple Peruvian Primera Division championships and Copa Peru titles. Sporting Cristal has also had success on the international stage, competing in various South American club competitions such as the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.

The club is known for its emphasis on developing young talent through its youth academy, which has produced several top players who have gone on to represent the Peruvian national team. Sporting Cristal is recognized for its attractive style of play, with a focus on possession-based soccer and attacking football.

Overall, Sporting Cristal is a respected and competitive team in Peruvian soccer, with a rich history and a bright future ahead.