Melgar FBC

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Melgar
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Full name Foot Ball Club Melgar
Nickname(s) "Los Domino"
Founded 1915
Ground Estadio Mariano Melgar,
Arequipa
(Capacity 20,000)
Chairman Anibal Calle
Manager Gustavo Bobadilla
League Primera División Peruana
2007 7th
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FBC Melgar is a Peruvian soccer club based in Arequipa, Peru. It is one of Peru's oldest soccer teams, founded on March 25, 1915 by a group of soccer enthusiasts from Arequipa.

The team first participated in the Peruvian football league (Campeonato Descentralizado) in 1919 in Lima and later was invited to the first truly national championship in 1966, when four teams from outside of the capital city were invited to join the championship, formerly played only by teams from Lima and Callao. Melgar won the Descentralizado championship for the first time in 1981 and again in 1983, but that year the top six teams played an extra short tournament to decide the year's champion and Melgar ended second. The team also won the Copa Peru in 1971, which gave them the right to play in first division.

They play their home games at the Estadio Mariano Melgar, but since the Estadio de la UNSA was built in 1990 with a capacity of 40,000, it has used both. The club uses the smaller stadium because it costs them less to use it.

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[edit] Current Squad

As of January 24, 2008 according to Futbolperuano.com

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Peru GK Jorge Rodriguez
2 Flag of Peru DF Walter Zevallos
5 Flag of Peru DF Jean Ferrari
6 Flag of Argentina DF Javier Pereyra
8 Flag of Peru MF Carlo Calcina
9 Flag of Argentina FW Sergio Ibarra
10 Flag of Peru MF Hilden Salas
12 Flag of Peru GK Juan Begazo
13 Flag of Peru DF Giuliano Portilla
14 Flag of Peru DF Rivelino Carassa
16 Flag of Peru MF Norbil Romero
17 Flag of Peru DF Mercado
18 Flag of Peru MF Jesus Arismendi
No. Position Player
21 Flag of Uruguay GK Damian Rodriguez
22 Flag of Peru DF Omar Zegarra
23 Flag of Peru FW Gerardo Garate
24 Flag of Peru MF Roberto Coaguila
25 Flag of Peru MF Javier Carnero
28 Flag of Peru MF Giovanni Valdivia
Flag of Peru Paulo Ramos
Flag of Peru Nikol Prado
Flag of Peru Edson Aubert
Flag of Peru Larry Yañez
Flag of Ecuador Luis Corozo
Flag of Peru Felipe Rios
Flag of Peru Yeimi Salas

[edit] Achievements

    • Runner-up (1): 1983
  • Copa Peru:
    • Winner (1): 1971

[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: First Round in 1982, 1984
1998: First Round

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