Shirt badge/Association crest | ||||
Nickname(s) | La Blanquirroja, La Rojiblanca (the white and red) | |||
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Association | Federación Peruana de Fútbol | |||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | |||
Head coach | ![]() | |||
Captain | Nolberto Solano | |||
Most caps | Roberto Palacios (122) | |||
Top scorer | Teófilo Cubillas (26) | |||
Home stadium | Estadio Nacional | |||
FIFA code | PER | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 72 | |||
Highest | 34 (September 1997) | |||
Lowest | 86 (February 2003) | |||
First international | ||||
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Biggest win | ||||
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Biggest defeat | ||||
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World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1930) | |||
Best result | Quarterfinals, 1970 | |||
Copa América | ||||
Appearances | 28 (first in 1927) | |||
Best result | Winners, 1939 and 1975 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men’s Pre-Olympic Football | ||
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1960 Peru | NA |
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1964 Peru | NA |
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1980 Colombia | NA |
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Kirin Cup | ||
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1999 Kirin Cup | NA |
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2005 Kirin Cup | NA |
CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||
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2000 Gold Cup | NA |
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1938 Bogota | NA |
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1947-48 Lima | NA |
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1951 Caracas | NA |
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1961 Barranquilla | NA |
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1973 Panama City | NA |
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1977 La Paz | NA |
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1981 Barquisimeto | NA |
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1989 New York | NA |
The Peru national football team is controlled by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (FPF) and represents Peru in international football competitions. The team competes with nine other teams in the CONMEBOL conference within FIFA, and has qualified to four FIFA World Cups and two Olympic tournaments. With a total of nine tournament titles, the Peruvian teams are often said to play with much technique and elegance, making them one of the finest exponents of South American football. [1]
Peru has had great moments in the history of football ever since its start in the 1930s, featuring great stars such as Teodoro Fernández and Alejandro Villanueva. During this era they participated in the first FIFA World Cup, the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics, won at the inauguration of the Bolivarian Games, and won their first Copa América in 1939. Later, between 1970 and 1982, a Golden Generation of Peruvian footballers once more brought Peru into the view of the world.[2] Throughout its history Peru has held the honor of having a series of excellent footballers such as Hector Chumpitaz, Hugo Sotil, and Teofilo Cubillas whom, with his distinct attacking flair and skill, has often been regarded as the most famous exponent of Peru's golden football years in the 1970s. With this team, Peru qualified for three out of four FIFA World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975.
Historically, Peru's fiercest rival is the football team of Chile.[3] Nonetheless, the competitive zone in which the team is located has often led to various other football rivalries, such as those with Ecuador and Mexico.
Currently, the Peruvian team is rated around the 50th spot in FIFA rankings. Recent efforts to reach the World Cup have been unsuccessful six times in a row. Even so, various Peruvian players have been successful, among them, Nolberto Solano, Juan Manuel Vargas, Jefferson Farfán, Claudio Pizarro, and Jose Paolo Guerrero. Recently, a series of disastrous results and internal problems have led the team to a downfall in the rankings.Peru is now not doing that good anymore since the last world cup we are waiting till 2016 for the new players we have some who has registered and are possitive that they are joining the peruvian national soccer team.Some of them like Reymond Manco, Keyner Garcia, and paolo guerrero are known to be like reserved for the world cup 2016.
History
Introduction of Football
Association Football was introduced in Peru by English sailors in the late 19th century during their frequent stops at the port of Callao, which at that point was considered one of the most important ports of the Pacific Ocean.[4] During their free time, the English sailors resorted to playing football and they invited the local Chalacos (people from Callao) to participate in their games. Allegedly, it was during these early games that the creation of the popular move known as the chalaca (short for "Chalacan Strike"), or bicycle kick, took place.[5] Further promoting the growth of the sport, British residents of Peru and Peruvians returning from England began to increment the practice of football.[6]
Soon, the sports rivalry that evolved between the foreigners and the Chalacos began to gain much attention from people elsewhere.[6] As a result, the popularity of the sport eventually extended to Lima,[6] and even though at first the sport was played without the formality of sports clubs, a few clubs were eventually created in order to continue its practice in the early 20th century. Among these early clubs of the amateur era were the English community's Lima Cricket and Football Club (Lima, 1859),[7] later followed by the Peruvian Ciclista Lima Association (Lima, 1896),[8] and Club Atletico Chalaco (Callao, 1899).[9]
In the 1900s, due to the construction of the Panama Canal, the port of Callao was no longer flooded with the quantity of foreign sailors and travelers that had at one point made the port a point of much cultural diffusion.[10] Nonetheless, by this moment more Peruvian cities had developed their own football clubs and leagues, the most important being those of Lima, Cusco, and Arequipa. Some of the most important new clubs founded at this time were Alianza Lima (Lima, 1901),[11] Cienciano (Cusco, 1901),[12] FBC Melgar (Arequipa, 1915),[13] the Italian community's Circolo Sportivo Italiano (Lima, 1917),[14] Atletico Grau (Piura, 1919),[15] Alianza Atletico (Sullana, 1920),[16] Universitario de Deportes (Lima, 1924),[17] Sport Boys (Callao, 1927),[18] and Coronel Bolognesi (Tacna, 1929).[19] However, the most important amateur league (the Peruvian Football League) stayed in the capital province where a new football rivalry arose between the participating clubs of Lima and the clubs of Callao.[20] Yet, the lack of a centralized organization often brought much conflict between the teams, and such a situation eventually escalated into a conflict that led to the creation of the Peruvian Football Federation in 1922 and a new Peruvian Football League tournament under the regulation of said organization in 1926.[21]
Creation of National Team
Even though the Peruvian Football Federation had joined CONMEBOL in 1925, internal and economic problems prevented the creation of a national football team that would officially participate in the tournaments.[22] However, an unofficial national team was created in 1922, and it played against a Uruguayan team sponsored by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol.[23] The time that followed saw the appearance of a group of excellent Peruvian football players and teams. During the 1920s and 1930s, Peruvian clubs made a series of succesfull international tours due to the high demand of the skill of their players across South America in places such as Colombia,[24] Venezuela,[25][26] and in Chile.[27][28][29][30]
Finally, in 1927 a national football team was officially created for Peru.[31] This team played in the South American Championship of 1927 that was held in Lima, and Peru would go on to reach third place after losing in their official debut to Uruguay 4-0, achieving their first victory against Bolivia 3-2, and losing the Argentina 5-1.[32] However, internal corruption and the commotion caused by the international crisis of the time caused the national team that played in Argentina in 1929 to be formed by favoritism rather than by actual skill.[33] A year later, the Blanquirroja was invited by FIFA to participate in a new intercontinental competition to be held in Uruguay, the first World Cup.[34]
1930s Golden Generation
The 1930s proved to be Peru's best early years as the national team participated and won a variety of different tournaments. The squad followed a 5-3-2 formation and was generally composed of Alejandro Villanueva, Teodoro Fernandez, Adelfo Magallanes, Arturo Paredes and Jorge Alcalde as the forwards; Segundo Castillo, Carlos Tovar, and Pablo Pasache as the midfielders; Arturo Fernandez and Raul Chapel as the defenders; and Juan Valdivieso as the goalkeeper.[35][36][37]
In the 1930 FIFA World Cup, although the Peruvian team was not able to get past the group stages, the general populace of Uruguay was surprised by the good performance of the Peruvians.[38] By 1934, the skill of the Peruvian players attained popularity beyond Peru's borders, and in March of that year the Blanquirroja squad (composed mainly of players from Universitario de Deportes, Alianza Lima, and Atletico Chalaco) united with the Chilean squad (formed mainly by players from Colo Colo) to form the Combinado del Pacifico. The squad would make a tour in the European countries of England, Germany, France, and Spain until August of 1935; and Teodoro Fernandez became the team's top goal scorer with 48 goals in 39 games.[39]
Later, during 1936 Berlin Olympics, Peru made a great start by defeating the Finland national football team with a margin of 7-3. Even more surprisingly, the Peruvians defied all odds and managed to defeat Austria on a 4-2 result during over-time. However, the team formally withdrew due to a controversial situation with the International Olympic Committee and the German government that led to the nullification of Peru's victory against Austria and the ordering a re-match.[40][41]
In 1938, Peru's first international title would finally come during the first Bolivarian Games, which Peru won after winning all their games against the football teams of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.[42] Then, the Blanquirroja won Peru's first South American Championship (later known as Copa America) in 1939. Once again, the national squad lost none of its matches in their path to the final by defeating Ecuador, Chile, and Paraguay. The last game was played against Uruguay, and the Peruvians managed to beat the Uruguayans by a close score of 2-1.[43] Thus, Peru became the fourth nation after Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil to win the famed South American tournament.
Good Football, Few Titles
Nonetheless, due to a series of internal problems, Peru's football years after this first golden generation did not involve any other major accomplishments. The 1940s and 1950s flew by with only the achievements of a gold and bronze medal at the Bolivarian Games, and a couple of third places in the Copa America. During the 1960s Peru began to slowly show signs of improvement as the team won the Bolivarian Games of Barranquilla and qualified for the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome. Even though the team was only capable of beating the India national football team after losing to France and Hungary, the squad once again began to give its fans bright hopes for the future.
1970s Golden Generation
Once into the 1970s, the Peruvian "Blanquirrojas" rose with a spark of international victories and a string of young football stars that made the team once more a major competitive force in the world of football. Players like Teófilo Cubillas, Pedro Pablo Leon, Héctor Chumpitaz, Ramon Mifflin, Hugo Sotil, Roberto Challe, and César Cueto, helped make South American football a fierce competitor of European football at a time when teams throughout the world were becoming better at this sport.[44] The participations of Peru in the 1970, 1978, and 1982 FIFA World Cups made the national team once again leave its mark in international competitions as the world saw with awe the elegant and technical play of a Peruvian squad that had a thirst for victory.[45] The participation of Peru in the 1970 FIFA World Cup remains as one of the most memorable as the squad caused sensation as they advanced into the quarterfinals after first eliminating Argentina in the qualifiers, defeating Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing 0-2, losing 3-1 to Germany, and defeating Morocco 3-0. Moreover, their game against Brazil, which they lost 4-2, is usually considered as one of the best World Cup games to have ever been played. Not only that, but in 1975 Peru achieved its second Copa America title, and thus another set of players consolidated their mark in Peruvian sports history. Furthermore, the Peruvian squad once more took the title of football champions at the Bolivarian Games twice during these times.
1980s-1990s
Along with an increase of better teams within the Peruvian league, Peru kept up its game up well into the late 1980s.
Heading towards the 21st century, the 1990s were not very good years for the Peruvian football team. The terrible 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster further crushed the hopes for the team as a series of good players ready to play for the national team died. Although there were still several good players like Julio Cesar Uribe, Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro, and Jose del Solar, the team was no longer the "Golden Team" of the 70s. In terms of Copa America, the squad could only go as far as the quarterfinals before getting eliminated. Meanwhile, in the World Cup qualifiers, the team was not able to even get close to reaching another FIFA tournament until 1998, but that dream was also twarthed by a goal difference with Chile. The only important title the team won during these years was the Kirin Cup, were they shared first place with Belgium.
2000-Present
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The early 21st century brought with it the same Peruvian team, a shadow of its former self. Nevertheless, the squad began getting new revivals once the team began getting new young players with new hopes and goals. As the years kept going, Peruvian football once more started to give signs of vitality as local teams from the league began doing rather well in international competitions. Yet, the results were still vastly the same for the Peruvian team in terms of both the Copa America and the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Quite surprisingly, Peru was able to do well when they were invited to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and even won another Kirin Cup in 2005. Meanwhile, in 2007, the football fans of Peru received another great surprise as the national U-17 squad qualified and reached the quarterfinals (for their first time) of their FIFA World Cup. This success from the young squad has gave new hopes to fans that things were turning for the better. With young star players like Jefferson Farfan and Jose Paolo Guerrero, the possibilities for Peru expanded, and the team sought to once more reach the best of the world in the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa. However, the Peruvian squad had a horrible season that left them at the bottom of the South American qualifiers at the end of the year 2008.
If that were not enough, in November 25, 2008, the Peruvian Football Federation, the Peruvian league, referees and officials, and national football team were suspended by FIFA due to the problems between the Peruvian Football Federation and the Peruvian Institute of Sport.[46] Almost a month later, in December 20, 2008, the suspension of Peru was lifted by FIFA president Joseph Blatter.[47]
Home stadium
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The Estadio Nacional is a 45,574-spectator stadium located in Lima, Peru.[48] On July 18, 1897, the field was inaugurated and named Estadio Guadalupe. The Liga Peruana de Futbol (known as the FPF today) used it for the first football tournaments held in Lima. In 1921, under the "embellecimiento" (beautifying) process for Lima under the presidency of Augusto B. Leguia, the stadium was renovated and renamed the Estadio Nacional. Later, under the government of Manuel Odria, the stadium was reconstructed and officially re-inaugurated on October 27, 1952.[49] Currently, the stadium houses the Peruvian team and has hosted several major international competitions such as all four Copa América's football competitions held in the nation (the more recent being the Copa America 2004) and the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
During the preparations for the U-17 championship, artificial turf was installed as a means of making the stadium look in better shape. Nonetheless, the artificial turf remained in the Estadio Nacional. In the year of 2005, Peru held the privilege of holding four of the eight "Star II" (the highest certification granted to artificial pitches in the world) artificial turf stadiums in the world.[50] Even though the national stadium was one of the four Peruvian stadiums that received the "Star II" certification,[51] it has received heavy criticism from clubs of the Peruvian First Division because of the alleged injuries it causes to players. Due to this reason, the national team has decided to temporarily not make use of the stadium.
Alternate Stadiums
The national team, for a series of different reasons, has tended to use a variety of venues to play against its rivals. The geographic variety of Peru is immense, and thus the national team has the option to use different stadiums that might prove as a benefit for the national team. At times, using the high altitude of the Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega in Cusco or the Amazonic climate Estadio Max Agustin of Iquitos can prove to be a good strategy for the team that may lead to both favorable results and an increase in national pride in regions far from the capital. Also, using popular stadiums in Lima, like the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, can sometimes be an option for the team due to the supportive crowd.[52] Recently, though, the more modern Estadio Monumental "U" has been selected to momentarily house the Peruvian football team due to the National Stadium's artificial turf.
Estadio Monumental
The Estadio Monumental is a football stadium in Lima, Peru, which serves as home ground for the football club Universitario de Deportes. It was built throughout the 1990s, and oficially opened in they year 2000. Currently, it is Peru’s largest and most modern stadium. Also, it is the third largest stadium in South America, behind the Maracanã in Brazil and the Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Ecuador.[53] The stadium was built in accordance with FIFA’s manual of technical specifications for stadiums, and has a spectator-capacity of 80,093.[53][54]
Despite its size, it has never hosted any of the major sporting events that have come to Peru such as the 2004 Copa America and the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Nonetheless, it was chosen as the national team's venue for the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers by the manager Jose del Solar. Moreover, it has prominently hosted various concerts and other events not related to the football atmosphere. Even tough the situation seemed to point towards the stadium staying as the venue for the Peruvian team, problems with Gremco company (the builders of the stadium) and Universitario de Deportes led to the national team's return to the Estadio Nacional.[55]
FIFA World Cup record
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Qualifiers and participations
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Peru's first participation at a FIFA World Cup came in 1930, when it was held in Uruguay for the first time.[56] Prior to the start of the event, the national team of Peru only had one training match against Club Olimpia of Paraguay.[57] The tournament turned out to be more of a disaster for Peru for they were grouped against Uruguay, the recent Olympic champions, and Romania. The Blanquirroja lost both of its matches, although they allegedly played a dignifying match against Uruguay in the inauguration of the Estadio Centenario.[58] During the match against Romania, the Peruvian player Placido Galindo became the first player to be sent off during a World Cup.[59] Peru gained 10th place in this competition.[60]
Forty years would pass until Peru would once again qualify for the FIFA World Cup, this time to be played in Mexico. However, by this time important players appeared for the team such as Alberto Gallardo, Hector Chumpitaz, and Pedro Pablo Leon among others. The team, led by Waldir "Didi" Pereira, had a splendid qualification as they beat Argentina 1-0 and Bolivia 3-0 at home, and lost by the minimal difference to Bolivia in the altitude of La Paz.[61] However, one of the greatest moments of this qualification is the game remembered as "La Bombonera," in which Peruvian forward Oswaldo Ramirez helped tie and eliminate Argentina from a World Cup (for the first and only time in Argentine history).[62] Once in Mexico, the Peruvian squad continued their surprises as they beat Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing two goals behind the European team by half-time.[63] Teofilo Cubillas outshone himself in this tournament by scoring two goals in the 3-0 Peruvian victory over Morocco, Peru's only goal against Germany in their 3-1 loss, and the last goal of Peru in this tournament against Brazil in the 4-2 result of this quarterfinal match.[64][65] Peru had high hopes for the next World Cup that was going to be held in Germany, but the team was over-confident and Teofilo Cubillas was at odds with Peru's coach Roberto Scarone, which led to the team to play without its star player and face elimination at the hands of Chile by a score of 2-1 in the Estadio Centenario of Uruguay.[66]
The team would go on to qualify for the 1978 cup held in Argentina, where they famously beat Scotland 3-0[67][68] and infamously lost to Argentina in a game that is considered to have been set-up by the military junta that governed Argentina during those times.[69] Among other memorable events that took place during that world cup, Peru qualified first in its group for its first time after drawing with the Netherlands at 0-0 and beating Iran 4-1.[70][71] By the time the Spain 1982 World Cup came, the Peruvian squad was seen as a favorite, but Peru demonstrated little to nothing as they tied with Cameroon and Italy and, later, were beat by Poland with a score of 5-1.[72]
Peru almost qualified to the World Cup in two occasions, in the 1986 qualifier and the 1990 qualifier. In 1986, the Argentina of Diego Armando Maradona and Chile put a halt to Peruvian aspirations. In 1998, Peru lost a spot in the qualifiers by a goal difference with Chile. Currently, 27 years have passed since Peru entered a World Cup, and thus far continue the disasters of past qualification attempts with only the glory of times past remaining as a grateful memory.
Copa América record
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Participation history
After joining CONMEBOL in 1925, Peru has hosted the Copa America six times and won it twice. Peru has had two top goalscorers for the tournament, Teodoro Fernandez (7 goals, 1939) and Eduardo Malasquez (3 goals, 1983).[73] The 1927 tournament was held in Peru, and the national squad gained third place. Peru would go on to repeat the same stunt when it held the tournament in 1935. However, in 1939 Peru achieved its first Copa America title by defeating Ecuador 5-2, Chile 3-1, and Paraguay 3-0 in order to reach the final. With star players like Teodoro Fernandez and Jorge Alcalde, Peru defeated Uruguay in the final by the close score of 2-1.[74] Peru thus became the fourth nation, after Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina, to win the Copa America. The Blanquirroja would go on to host the Copa America two more times in 1953 and 1957, but would only reach as far as third on 1949 and 1955.
Finally, in 1975, the Peruvians won the first Copa America held without a fixed venue. The team first had to make it out of the group stages by defeating Chile and Bolivia. Once in the semi-finals, the team achieved the impossible by defeating Brazil at the Mineirão by a score of 3-1. Enrique Casaretto and Teofilo Cubillas made the difference in that game, but the victory would be sour as the squad would go on to lose in Lima's Estadio Alejandro Villanueva to Brazil by 2-0. Although by modern standards Peru should have directly qualified, at that point a sorting had to be made in order to randomly choose one of the two teams, and Peru won the spot.[75] Once in the final, Peru faced Colombia, who had earned their own merits by defeating Uruguay in order to reach the final. Peru lost its first game, but the two following games (the first played at Lima and the last match played at Caracas) were won by the Blanquirroja thanks to the goals of Juan Carlos Oblitas, Oswaldo Ramirez, and Hugo Sotil.
Afterwards, the national squad gained two consecutive third places in 1979 and 1983. When the tournaments once again began to be hosted by individual countries, Peru's best place was in 1997 when they gained fourth place after losing to Mexico for the third place match. In 2004, Peru once again became the hosts of the tournament, but did not manage to get beyond the quarterfinals. This same story would repeat itself in 2007, and now the team looks on to the 2011 tournament to be held in Argentina.
Olympic Record
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Participation history
Peru was invited to join the Olympics for its first time in 1936,[76] when they were to be held at Berlin. Among the line of players featured in this first parcipation of the Blanquirroja were Alejandro Villanueva, Teodoro Fernández, Juan Valdivieso, and Adelfo Magallanes.[77] The Peruvian players, after arriving to Germany by transport of an Italian ship, were awestruck by the modern stadiums and the German idolatry of Adolf Hitler.[78] The first match against Finland was played in August 6, 1936, and was won with great ease by the Peruvians with a 7-3 result.[79] Peru's next match was against Austria in the quarterfinals. The match was highly contested, and the game went into overtime when the Peruvians tied the Austrians after being two goals behind. Peru scored 5 goals during overtime, of which 3 were nulled by the referee, and won by the final score of 4-2.[80]
The Austrians demanded a rematch on the grounds that Peruvian fans had stormed the field and because the field did not meet the requirements for a football game.[81][82] Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade.[83] At the end, the Peruvian defense was never heard, and the Olympic Commitee sided with the Austrians. The rematch was scheduled to be taken under close grounds on August 10, and later re-scheduled to be taken on August 11.[84] As a sign of protest against these actions, which the Peruvians deemed as insulting and discriminatory, the complete Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany.[85][86] To this day, it is not known with certainty what exactly happened at Germany, but it is popularly believed that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi authorities might have had some involvement in this situation.[87]
After 24 years, Peru once again qualified for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome with their U-23 football team. The team started out with a surprise as Angel Uribe scored a 1st minute goal against France.[88] Peru would go on to lose 2-1 against the French, and were later beaten by Hungary in a result of 6-2, with only Alberto Ramirez scoring goals for the Blanquirroja.[89] The last match was played against India, and Peru won it with a 3-1 score with goals of Nicolas Nieri and Thomas Iwasaki.[90]
Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament. Starting on 2007, the qualification tournament focused only on the U-20 football team, leaving the senior sides out of the Olympic tournaments.
Other tournaments
CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup | |||||||
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Total: 0 Titles | |||||||
Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1963-1998 | Not Invited | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Semi-Finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
2002-2007 | Not Invited | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 1/19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
The national football team of Peru has been invited to join a variety of different tournaments throughout the world. The first invitation took place in 1986, when Peru participated int he Nahser Cup of India. Later, in 1989, Peru took place in the Copa Centenario de Armenia 1989, which took place in the city of Armenia, Colombia. The Peruvian squad, led by Coach Jose Fernandez, tied with Chile 0-0, lost to Colombia 1-0, and tied the Colombian U-19 Squad 1-1; which led the team to a third place in the competition.[91] That same year, Peru participated in the Marlboro Cup, and Peru was able to get away with a second place after defeating América de Cali 2-1 and losing to the United States 3-0.[92] Eight years later, Peru was invited to join the 1997 U.S. Cup. The Blanquirroja had a decent showing as they started out beating the United States by 1-0 with an eigth minute goal by German Carty,[93] lost to Denmark 2-1, and tied with Mexico (the eventual champions of the competition) with a 0-0 tie.[94]
In the year 2000, the Blanquirroja was invited to join the young tournament along with Colombia and South Korea.[95] Positioned in Group B of the tournament, Peru had a bad start at the competition as they tied 1-1 with Haiti, and lost to the United States 1-0.[96] Surprisingly, the tie with Haiti was enough to bring Peru to the next round, and there the Peruvians were to face Honduras, which had ended first in their group.[97] However, Peru was able to win the quarterfinals match with a surprising 5-3 result, and the team thus advanced to the semifinals in their first participation of this CONCACAF tournament.[98] The final match of the team turned out disastrous as the Peruvian defenders made a series of mistakes, including an own goal by Marcial Salazar, and the only goal of Peru against Colombia came thanks to Roberto Palacios; Colombia defeated Peru 2-1.[99]
In 1999 and 2005, Peru was invited to join an event hosted in Japan known as the Kirin Cup. This event would become the third international tournament, after the Copa America and the Bolivarian Games, in which Peru would emerge victorious. In 1999, the Blanquirroja tied with Belgium 1-1 after leading in the game after a goal in 6th minute by Flavio Maestri. In the second game of this tournament, Peru tied with Japan by a score of 0-0; and thus achieved a shared first place with Belgium.[100] In 2005, Peru started out in the tournament by defeating Japan by a score of 0-1 with a 91st minute goal of Gustavo Vassallo. However, the team would later achieve a 0-0 tie agains the United Arab Emirates, whom would later go on to also beat Japan 1-0. Thus, Peru repeated the past tournament's result and shared the title with the United Arab Emirates.[101]
Kit evolution
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The Peruvian team has officially used four official kits, but it also has used several alternatives. The classic colors used are red and white, which compose the flag of Peru. During the presidency of Augusto B. Leguia, the kit of Peru was taken from one of the most popular and successful teams of the Peruvian tournaments held between clubs of Lima and Callao, Alianza Lima. The kit of that particular club came about as a result of the team taking Augusto Leguia's stable shirts as a model for their design. Hence, the first kit of Peru honored both the most successful club of Peru at that time and the president of the nation. The only difference between the kits was the use of red stripes instead of Alianza's blue stripes, and the use of white shorts instead of Alianza's blue shorts. The team officially used this first uniform in the South American Championship (later renamed Copa America) of 1927 and later used it once more in the South American Championship of 1929. Originally, the kit was apparently going to remain the official kit of the national team, but when the 1930 FIFA World Cup came up, the Peruvian team was forced to change their shirts due to Paraguay registering their football kit first.
The white shirt used had a red collar and the players used red socks. After Peru lost both its games in the World Cup, the team once more looked for a new kit that would be more characteristic of the national colors of Peru. The first change came for the 1935 South American Championship, a tournament that Peru would hold for a third time. Although the team did not win, their unique white shirt with a red horizontal stripe made the first official appearance of the new design. The team's loss in the tournament is what probably once again led the team to look for a better shirt, and finally in 1936 developed a white shirt with a red stripe that crossed the chest from the left shoulder to the right hip. There is no valid conclusion as to how this shirt came to be part of the new Peruvian kit, but the usage of it during Peru's excellent performance in the 1936 Berlin Olympics would consolidate it as the new official kit of the team. Later, during the Bolivarian Games, Peru would once again bring fame to this kit as the team won the inaugural tournament of the competition. The team went on to win several more Bolivarian Games and participate in the 1960 Summer Olympics using this kit, but it was during the 1970 FIFA World Cup when the shirt reached its height in international popularity as the Peruvian team defeated several important opponents and reached the quarterfinals of that tournament. Although Peru also used their alternative kit at that time as a result of color television, the first kit of the team amounted the most prestige. Peru's current alternate kit is similar but uses a complete red kit with a white horizontal stripe. Up to this day, the unique style of the "Blanquiroja" kit has led it to become a symbol of Peru in various international tournaments.
Official First kits
- The first uniform was that of the red stripes, white shorts, and white socks. This model was only used in the Copa América 1927 and was left aside due to its similarity with the kit of Paraguay.
- The second uniform was that of the white shirt with red collar, white shorts, and red socks. Peru used this model when the team participated in the 1930 World Cup.
- The third uniform was composed of a white shirt with a horizontal red stripe that crossed the chest from left to right. The shorts and socks were white.
- The fourth and current uniform is composed of a white shirt with a diagonal red stripe that crosses the chest from the left shoulder to the right side of the hip. The shorts and socks are white (Although red socks are also being used lately).
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Alternative kits
- The first uniform was used during the 1970s as an alternative, and in the World Cups (1970 and 1978) of that year.[102]
- The second uniform was used during the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[103]
- The third uniform is currently used as the official alternative kit.
- The fourth uniform was an alternative used in the Copa America 2007 match against Venezuela, but it has recently been used in several other tournaments (including the U-20 Tournament); and apparently has become the team's third kit.
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Football rivalries
Peru and Chile have a rivalry that dates back from the War of the Pacific. Previously, the two nations had been on friendly terms sharing mutual alliances during the South American wars of independence and in the Chincha Islands War, in which both the combined armies of Peru and Chile defeated the Spain in the Pacific Ocean. However, territorial, maritime, and cultural disputes have fueled tensions since the ending of the War of the Pacific. These historical feuds and lingering bitterness have led to a large football rivalry between both nations. The games between them tend to be very rough, but very competitive nevertheless. As a result of this, their games have gained the nickname of Clasico del Pacifico, meaning the "Derby of the Pacific."[104][3]
Peru's football rivalry against Ecuador is not as great, but still important to mention. Such a rivalry comes from disputes ongoing disputes between Ecuador and Peru over territory in the Amazon regions near the Equator. The rivalry is greater from the Ecuadorian side, but Peru follows close behind it. The games are also rough like those played against Chile, but the determination of both sides is generally interesting to see as both teams are usually on the attack.
Notable players
1930s to 1950s
- Alejandro Villanueva (Manguera): Forward.[105][106]
- Teodoro Fernández (Lolo): Forward.[107]
- Jorge Alcalde (Campolo): Forward .[108]
- José Soriano (El caballero del deporte): Goalkeeper .[109]
- Valeriano López (Tanque de Casma): Forward .[110]
- Alberto Terry (Toto): Midfielder.[111]
- Juan Valdivieso (El Mago): Goalkeeper.[112]
1960s to 1980s
- Gerónimo Barbadillo (Patrulla): Forward.[113]
- Julio Baylon: Forward.[114]
- Alberto Gallardo (Jet): Forward.[115]
- Pedro Pablo Leon (Perico): Forward.[116]
- Franco Navarro: Forward.[117]
- Juan Carlos Oblitas (El Ciego): Forward.[118]
- Oswaldo Ramirez (Cachito): Forward.[52][119]
- Hugo Sotil (El Cholo): Forward.[116]
- Teófilo Cubillas (El Nene): Midfielder.[120][116]
- Roberto Challe (Niño Terrible): Midfielder.[116]
- Cesar Cueto (Poeta de la Zurda): Midfielder.[116]
- Germán Leguía (Cocoliche): Midfielder.[121]
- Ramon Mifflin: Midfielder.[122]
- Julio César Uribe (Diamante): Midfielder. [123]
- Héctor Chumpitaz (Capitan de America): Defender.[116]
- Nicolas Fuentes (El Cordobes): Defender.[124]
- Ramon Quiroga (El Loco): Goalkeeper.[125]
1990s
- Germán Carty (Avestruz): Forward.[126]
- Flavio Maestri (El Tanque): Forward.[127]
- Roberto Martinez: Midfielder.[128]
- Roberto Palacios (El Chorri): Midfielder.[129]
- Nolberto Solano (Ñol): Midfieler.[130][131]
- José del Solar (Chemo): Midfielder.[132]
- Jorge Soto (Camello): Midfielder.[133]
- Juan Reynoso (Cabezon): Defender.[134][135]
- Jose Soto (Pepe): Defender.[136]
Managers
Name | Peru career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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1927 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
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1929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
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1930-1933 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
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1934-1935 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
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1936-1937 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 42.86 |
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1938-1939 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
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1940-1941 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14.29 |
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1942-1945 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67 |
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1946-1647 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.57 |
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1948-1950 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.43 |
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1951-1952 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40.00 |
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1953 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 |
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1953 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40.00 |
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1954-1955 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42.86 |
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1956 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10.00 |
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1957-1959 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 |
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Totals | 92 | 35 | 16 | 41 | 38.04 |
Statistics provided up to György Orth.[137]
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Squad 2009
- Player caps & goals are just for FIFA World Cups or qualifying (including World Cups U-17 & U-20), until October 16, 2008.
Last Squad
Head coach: Hector "Tito" Chumpitaz.
- Call-up for the friendly match against Extremadura on December 27, 2008.[138]
- This squad includes players from Peru U-20 team.
Recent and future matches
See also
- Federación Peruana de Fútbol
- Chile and Peru football rivalry
- Peru national under-17 football team
- Sport in Peru
- CONMEBOL
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- ^ "Jose Soto se retira del futbol". Futbolperuano.com. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ http://jaimepulgarvidal.blogspot.com/2007/02/los-primeros-30-aos-de-per.html
- ^ "Perú: Ya están los convocados para viajar a España". Goal.com. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
External links
- Peru FA
- FIFA team profile
- All about Peru in FIFA World Cup (spanish)
- All about Peru in Olimpic Games (spanish)
- All about Peru in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 (spanish)
- All about the FIFA U-17 World Cup Peru 2005 (spanish)