Lima Cricket and Football Club
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| Full name | Lima Cricket and Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1859[1][2] | |
| Ground | Lima, Peru | |
| Chairman | Roberto García Auza | |
| Manager | Cesar Drago | |
| League | Copa Perú | |
| Website | Club home page | |
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Lima Cricket and Football Club is a Peruvian sports club based in the country's capital city of Lima. Lima Cricket claims to be the oldest football-practicing club in Peru and the Americas, having been founded in 1859 by the city's British community.[1][3] The association football team currently participates in the local league of San Isidro District, Lima.
Apart from football, nowadays the club hosts the practise of basketball, basque pelota, bowls, cricket, fencing, field hockey, table tennis, tennis, swimming and volleyball. Rugby union is no longer practised.[4]
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History
Lima Cricket was originally founded by English immigrants as the Lima Cricket Club.[5] From its start, it was a multi-sport club based around the sports of cricket, rugby union, and football; however, there was a central focus on cricket. Over time, other sports gained popularity within the club, and thus its name several times such as in 1865 to Lima Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club (when it merged with a local lawn tennis club)[6] and to Lima Cricket and Football Club in 1906[5] (although another source dates this as 1900[6]).
Despite its members played football since its origins, the club's first recorded football match was in 1893, a year after the first recorded game of football in the Peruvian capital.[7] Lima Cricket went on to inspire future football clubs in Peru such as Union Cricket.[7]
Rivalries
His first rivalry was with the Ciclista Lima who dispute the (Classic of Yesteryear).
Honours
National
Regional
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- Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2012
- Runner-up (2): 2009, 2010, 2011
See also
References
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- ↑ "Deportes" at club website
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Bibliography
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