Club Social Deportivo y Cultural Alianza Universidad de Huánuco, popularly known as Alianza Universidad is a Peruvian association football club, playing in the city of Huánuco.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Club Social Deportivo y Cultural Alianza Universidad | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Aliancistas Azulgranas | |||
| Founded | January 1, 1939 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Heraclio Tapia, Huánuco | |||
| Capacity | 25,000 | |||
| Chairman |  Fernando Corcino | |||
| Manager | Paul Cominges | |||
| League | Liga 2 | |||
| 2022 | Liga 2, 8th of 13 | |||
History
The club was founded as Alianza Huánuco on January 1, 1939.[4]
The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on one occasion, in the 1991 Torneo Descentralizado, but was relegated to the 1992 Torneo Zonal.
In the 2011 Copa Perú, the club classified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Real Garcilaso in the semifinals. It was invited to play in the 2012 Peruvian Segunda Division. Alianza Universidad played in the Segunda División tournament five seasons from 2012 until 2016. After not much success with gaining promotion the team decided to retire from the tournament and return to the Copa Perú system in 2017 where it will play from the Departamental Stage.[5]
Rivalries
Alianza Universidad has had a long-standing rivalry with León de Huánuco.[6]
Current squad
- As of 3 August 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | MF |  PER | Frank Aivar |
| 21 | MF | PER | Anthony Aoki |
| 22 | MF | PER | Ichiro Plasencia |
| 23 | FW |  COL | Charles Monsalvo |
| 26 | DF | PER | Gerson Iraola |
| 30 | DF | PER | José Granda |
| 33 | DF | PER | Juan Cámara |
| 38 | MF | PER | Jorginho Sernaqué |
| 95 | GK | PER | Daniel Prieto |
| - | DF | PER | Diego Encinas |
| - | MF | PER | José Inga |
| - | MF | PER | Raúl Tapia |
| - | FW |  PAR | Sergio Samudio |
Honours
National
League
- Runner-up (1): 2018
- Runner-up (1): 2018
Regional
- Runner-up (1): 2007
- Winners (8): 1989, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018
- Runner-up (1): 2007
- Winners (2): 2008, 2009
- Runner-up (1): 2010
- Winners (1): 2018
- Winners (1): 2018