Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on 15 February 1901 by working-class youth in the Chacaritas neighborhood of Lima. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams in Peru; they have won a total of 25 official league titles of the Peruvian Primera División[2] and are currently the oldest team playing in that competition, since the club was founded in 1901. According to CONMEBOL, it is considered the most popular club in Peru, and the 6th most popular club in South America, with more than 12 million fans as of April 2016.[3]

Alianza Lima
Full nameClub Alianza Lima
Nickname(s)Los Blanquiazules (The Blue and Whites)
El Equipo del Pueblo (The people’s team)
Founded15 February 1901; 123 years ago (1901-02-15) (as Sport Alianza)
GroundEstadio Alejandro Villanueva
Capacity33,938[1]
OwnerJosé Manuel Sabogal Carrillo
ManagerMariano Soso
LeagueLiga 1
2023Liga 1, 2nd of 19
Websitehttps://clubalianzalima.com.pe/

Alianza's home stadium is the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva,[4] named after Alejandro Villanueva, one of the most important players in the club's history.[5][6] The stadium is also popularly known as Matute, the name of the neighbourhood in which it is located.[7][8] The stadium can hold up to 33,938 spectators.

Alianza enjoyed success throughout the first decades of their professional era. Their best international performance came in 1976 when they reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, repeating the feat in 1978. In 1987, tragedy struck Alianza when the entire squad and coaching staff died in an airplane crash as the team returned from an away fixture.[9] Alianza Lima has won a total 25 Primera Division titles, and 1 Torneo del Inca and Copa de Campeones title as well as numerous regional and short league titles.

Alianza Lima has had a huge, long-standing rivalry with Universitario de Deportes, the most successful team in Peru with 27 tittles, the match is known as the Peruvian Clásico.[10] It is the largest and oldest rivalry in Peru and among the largest in South America. Other traditional rivals include Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys. Matches between these two teams are usually very intense and sometimes involve violent fan attacks against each other.

The club has a women's volleyball team that participates in the Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol. It also has a women's football team that participates in the Primera División Femenina and an Esports team that participates in the EFootball series.

History

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Foundation & early years

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The first Alianza Lima squad, during the years of its creation

The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on 15 February 1901 by working-class youth in the Chacaritas neighborhood of Lima. The Alianza name was in reference to the Alianza Racing Horse Stud, where their first matches were played.[11] The stud was located on the same street, Cotabambas, in Lima

The club is one of the oldest professional football teams in Peru. It was founded on 15 February 1901,[12][13] as Sport Alianza, named for the stable that hosted its first games. It is the only surviving founding member of the Peruvian Football League, created as an amateur level league in 1912. The club's first kit was green and white, honoring founding member Eduardo Pedreschi's Italian heritage. Beginning in that first season, the colors of the Alianza stables, blue, white and black were used, and by the 1920s the classic vertically striped jersey had become the definitive kit. The club changed its name to Alianza Lima in 1920. The League turned professional in 1951.

Alianza participated in the amateur era of the Peruvian football league from that inaugural season, winning its first title in 1918. During its first years, it played irregularly against other teams from Lima and the port of Callao. Its matches against Atlético Chalaco from Callao stirred interest as a clash between limeños and chalacos. Sport Alianza had started to become a popular team drawing large support and this was the first derby or "clasico".

Alleged four-in-a row

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The Alianza Stud changed owners and locations continuously and, consequently, the team was forced to relocate in turn, until 1928, when under the new name Alianza Lima, the club settled at the third block of the Manco Capac avenue in the La Victoria District, where it would stay and become the emotional home-base for club and fans alike.

That same year Alianza played against the Federación Universitaria (University Federation) for the first time. This club which would later be renamed Universitario de Deportes and become Alianza's greatest rivals, in what is today the most important Peruvian derby.

The 1930s brought great joy and frustration to the team. In 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934, Alianza Lima won the National Championship four times in a row, for the first and so far only time in Peruvian football.[14] However the Peruvian Football Federation did not recognize the championship of 1934 as won by Alianza. The championship was awarded to the club's biggest rival, Universitario.

The memory of the four-in-a-row was tainted by the club's relegation in 1938,[15][16] but after one season in the Lima Provincial League, one of the de facto first division leagues, the team returned to the First Division.

Titles and cup performances

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The 1978 squad of Alianza Lima which would go on to reach the semi-finals of the 1978 Copa Libertadores.

During the 1940s, and start of the professional era in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Alianza would win 10 championships. The club won two Peruvian titles in a row in 1977 and 1978, when its players formed the majority of the Peru national football team. The team had its greatest success at the international level in the 1976 and 1978 Copa Libertadores, in which managed to reach the semi-finals but lost to Deportivo Cali 1–4. Since then, its Copa Libertadores campaigns were not successful, during the 1990s the club managed to reach round of 16 several times including a semi-finals participation in the 1999 Conmebol's Copa Merconorte losing to penalty shootout against Colombian side America de Cali the same way it had been defeated by Uruguay's Peñarol a year before in the 1998 Copa Libertadores. Then had one of its worst campaigns in 2007, until the 2010 edition, when they did a great campaign even defeating the defending champion Estudiantes de la Plata by 4–1 in Lima,[17] being one of the three top teams at the end of the first round however, in the Round of 16, they lost the chance to advance further with Universidad de Chile, after a controversial match in Chile,[18] where Ecuadorian referee Carlos Vera gave the Chilean side a goal that had already been flagged by the sideline referee as offside and the play had been called off, however Universidad de Chile's coaching staff including teammates and the pressure of a large local crowd seem to have given referee Carlos Vera the fast initiative to validate the goal, Alianza Lima had been eliminated in what Peruvian media and other South American media believed to be a robbery, Fox Sports network and ESPN agreed the play should not have been validated, Alianza Lima's president Guillermo Alarcon flew to Asuncion, Paraguay to speak to Conmebol and claiming a straight entry to the next Copa Libertadores, the case was also taken to FIFA headquarters but was not approved. In the 2011 preliminary phase of the Copa Libertadores Alianza Lima came into the tournament as Peru's 3rd place having to face Mexico's Jaguares de Chiapas in a back to back home and away matches for a pass to the Cup's group stage but would lose both games 2–0 and lost a chance to participate . This 2012 version of the Copa Libertadores, Alianza Lima will participate in group 5 as Peru's No. 2 seed against Nacional (Uruguay), Vasco da Gama (Brazil) and the winner of Ecuador's 3rd and Paraguay's 3rd. Arriba Alianza

1980s decade

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The 1980s were probably the most bitter years in the club's history. During the first years of the decade, despite having very good players, Alianza could not obtain titles, some which were snatched by Sporting Cristal, which was establishing itself as one of the three big football clubs of Peru.

1987 air tragedy

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In 1987, Alianza Lima was first in the standings with a few matches left. On 8 December of that year, Alianza made a trip to Pucallpa to play against Deportivo Pucallpa for the league. The match was won 1–0, with Carlos Bustamante scoring. The team took a charter flight for the trip back. The flight departed on 8 December in a Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 airplane, which crashed into the sea when it was a few kilometers away from the Lima-Callao Airport, close to the Ventanilla district in Callao. The only survivor was the pilot, all the players and coaching staff died, being a game away from conquering another title.

Alianza finished the championship playing with members of the youth team and a few players on loan from Chile club Colo-Colo, which had offered to help sending four players (José Letelier, Parko Quiroz, Francisco Huerta and René Pinto). Friendship between both teams has been strong since then. Alianza could not keep the first place and its greatest rival, Universitario de Deportes, obtained the title.

The team had to restart from scratch and even former players who had already retired, like Teófilo Cubillas, or others who were about to, like César Cueto, played to help the club get out of these bitter times.

Alianza Lima was close to relegation in 1988, but it managed to hold on in the last matches. In the next few years, despite being competitive, it failed to obtain a title.

The titles and the centenary and the 2021 title

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In 1997, Alianza Lima obtained its first title after 18 years, under Colombian manager Jorge Luis Pinto.[19][20] In 1999 it came in second place, after losing to Universitario in the finals.[21] In the early hours 2000, tragedy struck again when young captain Sandro Baylón died in a car accident after crashing with a post while driving under the influence of alcohol.[22]

In 2001 the club celebrated its centenary and obtained the national title after beating Cienciano in Cusco on penalty kicks.[23] Later on, Alianza Lima would win the 2003 and 2004 championships, defeating Sporting Cristal in both finals, this time under Argentinian manager Gustavo Costas. In 2006 Alianza Lima again won the championship beating Cienciano del Cusco in the final play-off, enabling them to play the Copa Libertadores. In 2017, Alianza Lima won its first championship in over a decade by winning both the Apertura and Clausura and, thus, did not require playing in the final playoffs. Along with Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima has been the most successful Peruvian club in this century, having won five championships.

At the end of 2020, Alianza was relegated to the second division,[24] despite the fact that in that year all games were played in just Lima and Callao because of the COVID-19 epidemic and teams from the provinces were not able to use their home stadiums. As soon as the season ended, Alianza launched a campaign to try to remain in the first division. There was contention about the team that had finished one place above Alianza, Carlos Stein. The Peruvian FA gave them a fine. Alianza argued that this was not enough, since Alianza's interpretation of the regulation was that they should be docked points. The Peruvian Football Association disagreed explaining that both fines and point reductions were allowed and used with other teams during the competition depending on the level of infraction by the team, and confirmed Alianza's relegation. Then, Alianza took their case all the way to Switzerland, to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. Eventually CAS decided in favor of Alianza and the team was returned to the first division and Carlos Stein sent to the second division despite the fact that the new season (2021) had already kicked off, and Carlos Stein had played a match.

 
Alianza Lima, champions of the 2022 Liga 1.

Eventually, the regular 2021 season ended with a two legged play off against Sporting Cristal. Alianza beat Sporting Cristal in the first game 1-0 and tied the second game 0–0 to become the champions for 2021.[25][26] Carlos Stein, meanwhile, came through a penalty shoot out at the end of a play off in the second division and won promotion back to the first division again for 2022. [citation needed]

Alianza Lima finished in fourth place for the 2022 Torneo Apertura and first in the Torneo Clausura. Due to coming in second in the aggregate table, they received a bye in the semi-finals of the championship playoffs. Melgar beat Sporting Crystal 2–0 in each leg, coming out 4–0 winners on aggregate to set up a showdown with Alianza Lima for the 2022 Liga 1 title. The first leg was played in Melgar's stadium in Arequipa and Alianza lost 1-0 due to a Yordi Vílchez own goal. Yordi Vílchez made up for it by tying the series on aggregate with a header right before halftime in the second leg. Pablo Lavandeira then popped up to score a header of his own in the 74th minute to give Alianza a 2-1 aggregate lead. They held on to that lead and won back-to-back league titles for the first time since their 2003 and 2004 league title triumphs. This was, according to Peru's official records, Alianza Lima's 25th league title win, while Alianza will refute that this was their 26th.[27] This was also their seventh title since the turn of the century, a record only matched by Crystal. In 2023, defending champions Alianza lost to rivals Universitario de Deportes in the final, 3–1 on aggregate.

Kit and crest

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Alianza Lima's traditional uniform. The number of stripes the jersey carries has changed over the years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The kit used during October in honor of the club's patron saint

The team's home colours consists of a shirt with navy blue and white vertical stripes, navy blue shorts and navy blue socks. Its away colours are not commonly used nor well established, playing sometimes in blue, white or green.

During the month of October, as a tribute to the Lord of Miracles, patron of the team, the regular colours are switched to purple and white. The color purple is often associated with the religious image and its procession.

 
 
 
 
 
(1901–11)
 
 
 
 
 
(1912–19)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1912–45)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1920–25)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1912 1920 1925 1927 1970-1987 1988-2010 2011–present

Stadium

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Estadio Alejandro Villanueva also known as Matute, home of Alianza Lima.

Alianza Lima plays its home games at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, also known as Matute for the neighbourhood it is located in. Construction was announced on 15 February 1951, the club's 50th anniversary. The land where the stadium was built was donated by Manuel Odría, then-President of Peru.[28] Financial problems however, delayed the beginning of construction.[29] It was only until 30 May 1969 that construction commenced. Uruguayan architect Walter Lavalleja was responsible for the project, with a contribution by Alfonso De Souza-Ferreyra.[30]

The stadium was inaugurated on 27 December 1974, with a match between Alianza and Nacional of Uruguay in front of a crowd of 36,966 spectators. The match ended 2–2.[31]

On 4 December 2010, the stadium became the first in Peru to own an LED screen in high definition. Likewise, it was also at the time the only national sports arena that had a digital banner intended for advertising in 101 square meters.[32][33]

According to a survey carried out by the University of Lima, the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva is the most unsafe stadium in Peru to play football. This is particularly due to it being located in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods of Lima.[34] Because of this, the stadium has a video-monitoring center and is equipped with 50 high-tech security cameras located in different areas throughout, including both grandstands and the interior and exterior. It is the only venue in Peru with the type of security.

Supporters

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Comando Svr in the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva.

Alianza Lima's supporters are the largest in Peru. Alianza Lima's "Barra Brava" are called the Comando Svr (spelled with a "V" instead of a "U", intending to avoid the initial of bitter rivals Universitario). In years 2001, 2002 and 2003 Apoyo Opinión y Mercado conducted a comparative research about the composition of the Peruvian supporters: According to the survey, 76% of the respondents supported a football team and 24% had no preference. In 2001, results placed Alianza Lima first with 42% of the answers followed by Universitario with 35%. In 2002, the numbers varied but not significantly. Alianza Lima got 43% Universitario 37% and Sporting Cristal 13% of the answers. Alianza for 2003 reached nearly 50% of preferences compared with 31% of Universitario and 17% of Sporting Cristal. For socio-economic levels, Alianza won in A, C, D and E class, while the Universitario was leader in B class. The research found that Alianza's supporters grow when the respondents where of down living standards (in the E class have the 63%).[35]

In a study of the Compañía Peruana de Estudios de Mercado y Opinión Pública called "Profile of children and adolescents" between men and women from 11 to 17 years in Lima, Alianza wins with the 50% of preferences, followed by Universitario with 37%. Sporting Cristal won the 8% and other teams joined a 5%.[36]

In 2004, a study of the Compañía Peruana de Investigación de Mercados (CPI) gives them the first place in terms of preferences at the population of Lima. 29.7% of the respondents revealed that they're fans of Alianza. The same study indicates that 27.8% is a fan of Universitario de Deportes. Meanwhile, a 9.2% indicated to be a fan of Sporting Cristal, 3.0% of Cienciano del Cusco, 2.7% of the Sport Boys Callao, 1.1% of the Municipal Sports and a 24.4% did not sympathize with any team.[37]

Despite the continuing controversy over which team is the most popular (between Alianza and Universitario) a survey of Apoyo Opinión y Mercado in 2006 revealed that 54% of Peruvians where soccer fans, and ensures that Alianza Lima owns 35% of the preferences, followed by Universitario, with 32%, and bit further away, Sporting Cristal with 17%, while the remaining teams have a combined 11%.[38]

Also in 2006, in Trujillo, another survey revealed that Alianza Lima where 26% owned, 25% Universitario, 13% Sporting Cristal, Cienciano 7%, César Vallejo 4% Other 2% None 20% No 4% accurate.[clarification needed][39]

In 2007, a survey conducted by the Grupo de Opinión Pública de la Universidad de Lima, allowed to ratify the results of previous years. Alianza Lima leads the polls with 31% followed by 22.6% of Universitario, Sporting Cristal 9.3%, 5.5% Cienciano, Sport Boys Deportivo Municipal and 2.1% 1.1%. In the same survey by socioeconomic level, Alianza won B, C, D and E classes. Universitario, marked differences in class A.[40]

In 2007 too, a study conducted by Arellano Márketing Investigación y Consultoría in 5,300 Peruvians of various ages and socioeconomic backgrounds from 16 cities, gives the first place to Alianza with the 38.3% of preferences, followed by Universitario (34.3%) above appears Sporting Cristal with 15.4% of preferences, and other teams have a combined 13.3%.[41]

In February 2008, the University of Lima revealed Alianza Lima enjoyed, like in previous years, the highest popularity, although this time by a narrower margin. Alianza won with the 29.6% against 29.5% of Universitario. It must be said that the survey was conducted in Metropolitan Lima and Callao. In 2008 also, according to a nationwide survey conducted by ICC, Universitario won with the 38.3% of preferences, Alianza 33.5%, and Sporting Cristal 14.5%.[42]

In October of the same year, Alianza lead preferences with 40% in Lima and Callao, according to a study by Grupo de Opinión Pública de la Universidad de Lima. The survey also revealed that 4 out of 10 Peruvians was a fan of Alianza. The escort teams where Universitario and Sporting Cristal with 35.5% and 13.5%. The list is completed with Cienciano del Cusco with 3.3% to 2.1% Coronel Bolognesi, Sport Boys Callao with 1.7% and 1.1% with Deportivo Municipal. The remaining teams occupy 0.5%.[43]

A survey of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru between November and December 2008 confirmed that Alianza is the most popular team with the 27% preference in Lima and Callao. Universitario was 21%, and Sporting Cristal 8%. The remaining teams joined by 3%. The survey conducted by the home study was conducted in 15 major urban provinces of Peru. In this regard, Alianza led again with a total 24%, followed by Universitario (20%), Sporting Cristal (9%) Cienciano (3%), FBC Melgar (2%) and Sport Boys (1%) . 35% of those questioned claimed to have no sympathy whatsoever.[44] A survey conducted by Ipsos support between 17 and 19 December 2008, Universitario ranked first in popularity with 34%, one percentage point below Alianza Lima with 33%. The survey was conducted of 515 people older than 18 years and residents of the 16 main cities.

In 2009, CPI released another poll indicating the Universitario was the most popular team in Peru with 38.6% while Alianza reached 33.1%. A survey conducted by Grupo de Opinión Pública de la Universidad de Lima in February 2009, said that Alianza Lima ranked first in popularity with 27.2% below Universitario with 26.6%. The list continue with Sporting Cristal (10.3%), Sport Boys (3.4%), Cienciano (2.4%), Deportivo Municipal (0.4%), Universidad San Martín (0.4%).[45]

In 2014, a research done by the "Euromericas Sport Marketing" agency, ranked Alianza Lima as the most popular soccer team in South America and the second most popular in Latin America. Fans's loyalty to Alianza Lima cannot be matched in the continent, that it even surpassed other big soccer teams from Argentina and Brazil like Boca Juniors and Corinthians.[46]

Rivalries

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Universitario

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The rivalry between Universitario and Alianza Lima, known as the Peruvian Clásico or El Clásico de los Clásicos del Futbol Peruano, has been the largest football rivalry in Peru and one of the largest in South America. The rivalry first took place in a match between the two sides in 1928. Alianza Lima were expected winners but Universitario came out victorious, beating the league champions. Games between the two teams often erupt into violence and arguments. Alianza Lima has defeated Universitario 140 times and lost 122 times against them. There were 103 draws.

Over the years, this match has been the scene of major altercations, which ended with several players being sent off. This has accentuated the oldest rivalry in Peruvian football, in which Alianza has a significant advantage over its rival, winning 139 times compared to 119 times in 361 classics. It has also scored more goals than its classic rival with a total of 487 goals.

Sporting Cristal

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Alianza Lima has had a long-standing rivalry with Sporting Cristal. This rivalry is among the largest in Peru. Since the 1956 championship, when they met for the first time with a 2–1 victory for Alianza, these two teams have played 197 times, of which Alianza won 70 and Sporting Cristal 59. In total there were 68 draws, 487 goals were scored (251 by Alianza Lima). In the 2004 Apertura Tournament, the blue and whites achieved the largest result in this kind of match. It was a 5:0, where Sporting Cristal played with an alternate team.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 31 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   PER Ángelo Campos
2 DF   ARG Juan Pablo Freytes
3 DF   PER Erick Noriega
5 MF   ARG Adrián Arregui
6 DF   PER Renzo Garcés
7 FW   PER Franco Zanelatto
8 MF   PER Gabriel Costa
9 FW   ARG Hernán Barcos (captain)
10 MF   URU Sebastián Rodríguez
11 FW   PER Jhamir D'Arrigo
12 GK   PER Ángel de la Cruz
13 DF   PER Ricardo Lagos
14 MF   PER Axel Moyano
15 MF   PER Jesús Castillo
16 FW   PER Matías Succar
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   PER Cristian Neira
18 FW   VEN Jeriel De Santis
19 FW   SYR Pablo Sabbag (on loan from La Equidad)
20 MF   PER Aldair Fuentes
22 FW   PER Víctor Guzmán
23 DF   PER Brian Arias
25 DF   PER Marco Huamán
27 MF   PER Catriel Cabellos
29 DF   PAN Jiovany Ramos (on loan from Independiente)
30 FW   PAN Cecilio Waterman
32 GK   PER Franco Saravia
34 FW   PER Paolo Guerrero
55 DF   PER Carlos Zambrano
70 FW   PER Kevin Quevedo
80 MF   PER Bassco Soyer

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   PER Nicolás Amasifuén (at César Vallejo until 31 December 2024)
DF   PER Yordi Vílchez (at AD Tarma until 31 December 2024)
MF   PER Luis Navea (at Unión Comercio until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   PER Gonzalo Aguirre (at Nueva Chicago until 31 December 2024)
FW   PER Óscar Pinto (at Comerciantes Unidos until 31 December 2024)
FW   PER Piero Vivanco (at Atlético Grau until 31 December 2024)

Former players

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Records

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Top scorers

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Championship Player Goals
1928 Primera División   Alejandro Villanueva 3
1931 Primera División   Alejandro Villanueva 16
1949 Primera División   Juan Emilio Salinas 18
1952 Primera División   Juan Emilio Salinas 22
1955 Primera División   Máximo Mosquera 11
1958 Primera División   Juan Joya 17
1963 Primera División   Pedro Pablo León 13
1966 Torneo Descentralizado   Teófilo Cubillas 19
1967 Torneo Descentralizado   Pedro Pablo León 14
1970 Torneo Descentralizado   Teófilo Cubillas 22
1977 Torneo Descentralizado   Freddy Ravello 21
1981 Torneo Descentralizado   José Carranza 15
1993 Torneo Descentralizado   Waldir Sáenz 31
1996 Torneo Descentralizado   Waldir Sáenz 19

Managers

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Winning managers

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Manager Years Titles
  Guillermo Rivero 1928–34 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933
  Adelfo Magallanes 1946–48
1954–56
1948, 1954, 1955
  Luis Guzmán 1952–53 1952
  Jaime de Almeida 1961–66 1962, 1963, 1965
  Marcos Calderón 1975–76 1975
  Dan Georgiadis 1972, 1976 1976 Copa Simón Bolívar (FVF)
  Juan Hohberg 1977–78 1977, 1978
  Jorge Luis Pinto 1997–98 1997
  Bernabé Herráez 2001 2001
  Gustavo Costas 2003–04
2009–11
2003, 2004
  Gerardo Pelusso 2006–07 2006
  Guillermo Sanguinetti 2014–15 2014 Torneo del Inca
  Pablo Bengoechea 2017–18
2019–20
2017, 2018 Supercopa Movistar
  Carlos Bustos 2021–22 2021
  Guillermo Salas 2022–23 2022

Other managers

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Presidents

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President Period
  José Carreño 1901–02
  Carlos Villarreal 1903–04
  Esteban Manuel Aranda 1905–06
  Manuel Carballo 1907–08
  Julio Chacaltana Chacón 1909–10
  Foción Mareátegui 1911
  Ricardo Pérez 1911–14
  Carlos Pedreschi Penisqui 1915–18
  Ernesto Vergara 1918–19
  Hipólito Venegas 1920–24
  Manuel Parra del Riego 1925–26
  Juan Bromley Seminario 1927–31
  Víctor Oyaque 1931
  Juan Carbone Gardella 1931–33
  Adolfo Pedreschi 1934
  Carlos Arias Schreiber 1935
  Jorge Checa Eguiguren 1936–40
President Period
  Humberto Fernandini 1941
  José Vásquez Benavides 1942–44
  Augusto Mulanovich 1945–50
  José Vásquez Benavides 1951–60
  Augusto Mulanovich 1961–72
  Luis Vargas Hornes 1972–74
  Enrique Zevallos Távara 1975–82
  Agustín Merino Tapia 1983–89
  Alberto Espantoso Pérez 1990–93
  Pío Dávila Esquenazi 1994–96
  Alberto Masías Ramírez 1996–01
  Alfonso de Souza Ferreyra 2002 – Oct 2007
  Carlos Franco Chipoco Oct 2007 – May 2009
  Guillermo Alarcón May 2009–12
  Susana Cuba (interim) 2012– March 2015
  Christian Bustos May 2015 – October 2016
  Renzo Ratto October 2016–present

Honours

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Senior titles

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Keys
  •   Record
  • (s) Shared record
Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Primera División 25 25 1918, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2017, 2021, 2022 1914, 1917, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023
Half-year /
Short
Tournament

(League)
Torneo Apertura 6 4 1999, 2002. 2003, 2018
Torneo Clausura 7 4 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018
Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 3
Torneo Descentralizado 2
Torneo Descentralizado "B" 1
Torneo Interzonal 1(s)
Torneo de Primeros Equipos 3 1 1934
Campeonato de Apertura (ANA) 6 3
1947, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1963
1954, 1959, 1969
National
(Cups)
Torneo del Inca 1(s) 1 2015
Torneo Interligas 1
Copa de Campeones del Perú 1
Regional
(League)
Liga Provincial de Lima 1 1939
International
(Cups)
Copa Simón Bolívar (FVF) 1(s)

Friendlies

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Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(Cup)
Supercopa Movistar (ADFP) 1
Torneo Extraoficial 1
International
(Cup)
Copa El Gráfico-Perú 2(s) 1 1999, 2003 2002–I
Copa Ciudad de Rosario 1 2011
Copa EuroAmericana 1 2014–IV
Marlboro Cup 1 1990

Under-20 team

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Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Torneo de Promoción y Reserva 2 2 2011, 2022 2013, 2018
Torneo Equipos de Reserva 1 2 1934 1930, 1932
Half-year / Short
tournament

(League)
U-18 Copa Generación 1 2021

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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1963, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Semi-finals (2): 1976, 1978
2002: Quarter-finals
2003: Preliminary Round
2014: First Stage
2017: First Stage
1996: First round
1998: Group Stage
1999: Semi-finals
2000: Group Stage
2001: Group Stage
2011: Fourth Place
2012: Quarter-finals

Other sports

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Women's football

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The Alianza Lima women's football team plays in the Primera División Femenina, or Liga Femenina, the highest tier in Peruvian women's football. They have won the championship two times in 2021 and 2022. They were runners-up in the 2023 season. Alianza Lima has yet to win an international competition such as the Copa Libertadores Femenina. Their best run in the competition was the quarter-finals in 2022.

Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Liga Femenina 3 1 2021, 2022, 2024 2023
Regional
(League)
Región IV 1 2019
Zona Lima 1 2019
2021: Quarter-finals
2022: Group Stage
2024: Quarter-finals

Women's Volleyball

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Alianza Lima has a women's volleyball team that participates in the Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol, the highest tier in Peruvian women's volleyball. They won their first title in the 2023–24 season, after being runners-up in the previous three seasons. They have also won the División Superior de Vóley, the previous highest division in volleyball, three times. Alianza Lima were runners-up in the Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones in 1994.

Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol 1 3 2023–24 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
División Superior de Vóley (DISUNVOL) 3 1990, 1992, 1993
National
(Cups)
Copa Nacional de Voley 1 2020
International
(Cups)
Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones 1 1994

Basketball

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The Alianza Lima basketball team plays in the Liga Nacional de Basketball. The women's team won the Liga de Basket de Lima in 1980 which is the teams only title.

Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Campeonato Metropolitano de Baloncesto 1 1980
International
(Cups)
Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol 1 1981 Rueda Consuelo

Futsal Down

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The Alianza Lima futsal team participates in the Liga de Futsal de Perú. The team was founded on 16 August 2022 and were national champions in 2023. The team also won the Copa Latinoamericana Inclusiva that same year.

E-sports

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Alianza Lima has an E-sports football team that participates in the Liga Peruana de eFootball. They won the national league in 2021.

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