Alianza Atlético

Full name	Club Sport Alianza Atlético de Sullana
Nickname(s)	Alianza de Oro El Más Grande del Norte El Vendaval Los Churres
Founded	January 18, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-01-18)
Ground	Estadio Campeones del 36
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Lander Alemán
Manager	Gerardo Ameli
League	Liga 1
2024	Liga 1, 9th of 18
Website	http://clubalianzasullana.com/
Home colours Away colours

Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana, shorted to Alianza Atlético, is a Peruvian football club, located in the city of Sullana, Piura. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Peruvian Primera División, where they currently participate, in 1988 and again in 2015. Alianza Atlético has a long-standing rivalry with Atlético Grau and Atlético Torino, other clubs in the Piura Department. They are one of the only Peruvian top-tier clubs not based in a state capital.

Alianza Atlético were champions of the 2020 Liga 2, gaining promotion back to the Peruvian Primera División where they still stand. They were also runners-up of the Liga 2 the previous year. The club are the record holders of the Liga Distrital de Sullana with 35 titles to their name. They have also won the Liga Departamentales de Piura 4 times. The club plays their home games at the Estadio Campeones del 36.

A group of brave and enterprising citizens of Sullana met on January 18, 1920 at the home of Don José Taboada More, located on the fourth block of Grau Street in the heart of the Norte neighborhood of Sullana, and founded a sports institution that over time would become one of the best in all of Northern Peru, which they called Club Sport Alianza. The name was the initiative of Don Félix Peralta, who was in charge of calling the meeting. Fernando Herrera Agudo was named the first president of the nascent institution.

The birth of Club Alianza Atlético was greeted with the whistle of the railroads, which later carried in their wagons all the players who made up the Sport Alianza teams when they played matches on the fields of Piura, Paita, Talara, Chiclayo and Trujillo.

On March 12, 1920, it merged with Club Atlético Sullana. Since that date, it began to be known as Club Alianza Atlético Sullana, or Alianza Atlético. This name has prevailed even when in 1986 the institution was registered in Public Records as Asociación Deportiva Alianza Sullana.

The war cry "Long live Alianza de Oro" (Go Golden Alliance), which characterizes the 'Vendaval', was born from the so-called 'Golden Age' of Alianza Atlético, between 1943 and 1949. In this period, according to a compilation made by the newspaper El Tiempo some years ago, the Regional Championship won in Chiclayo in 1946 against the local Juan Aurich, the Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín and the Octavio Espinoza of Ica, in a quadrangular that could be considered a kind of outline of what two decades later would be consolidated as the Copa Perú.

The golden age of the club came to a close with the title of a departmental quadrangular held in Talara, for the inauguration of the Estadio Campeonísimo, in 1949. The champions of four Piuran provinces participated: Gardel from Talara, Estrella Roja from Piura, Sport Arequipa from Negritos and Alianza Atlético, which won the cup thanks to its great figure of those years: the forward Mercedes Ubillús, better known as 'Negro Meche'.

In 1967, they won the departmental title of champion of the Copa Perú by defeating Juan de Mori from Catacaos at the Estadio Miguel Grau in Piura, which allowed them to reach the Regional Stage of the tournament. However, in the decisive match to qualify for the final, they were eliminated by Juan Aurich after being defeated 1-2.

In 1984, for the first and only time, they reached the final of the Copa Perú played in Lima, after defeating Capitán Clavero from Iquitos 1-0 in the final match. They faced Los Espartanos from Pacasmayo, Universitario from Tacna, Bella Esperanza from Cañete, Guardia Republicana and Deportivo Educación from Abancay. The churres, led by Roberto 'Titín' Drago, won three matches, tied one and lost just one, against the champion Los Espartanos. They were left with the runner-up title and no reward.

Alianza Atlético would achieve promotion to Peruvian Primera División in 1987, after winning the Intermedia Norte. Thus, since 1988, Alianza Atlético played uninterruptedly for 23 years in Primera División, in which it debuted on May 29 of that year with a 2-2 draw against Deportivo Cañaña. Its first victory came a week later in Sullana against Carlos A. Mannucci (1-0), and its first defeat was also against the Carlist team: 1-0 in Trujillo on July 17 of the same year 1988.

In 1989 it was near to classify to the Copa Libertadores of America, falling 2–0 before Sporting Cristal in an extra match that defined the Regional Tournament.

The club has 3 appearances in three international cups. The first one was in the Copa Sudamericana 2004, in the first round they defeated Coronel Bolognesi but in the second round they were eliminated by Atlético Junior. Their second time that they played in an international cup was in the Copa Sudamericana 2005. In the first round they defeated Universitario and then they were eliminated by Universidad Católica. Their third time that they played in an international cup was in the Copa Sudamericana 2009. In the first round they defeated Deportivo Anzoátegui and then they were eliminated by Fluminense.

After the end of the era of regional championships in the First Division, the Churres were generally placed in the last positions, with some exceptions such as when they managed to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana and some others. For this reason, in the 2011 season, after another campaign in which they did not have a good time, in addition to being a rather eventful tournament, the Sullanenses together with Colegio Nacional de Iquitos were relegated to the Peruvian Segunda División. Alianza Atlético was relegated after 23 years and lost the category for the first time.

In 2015, they gained promotion back to the Primera División because of a FIFA Resolution where they still participate.^[1][2]

The home stadium of Alianza Atlético is Estadio Campeones del 36. The venue name, Champions of 1936, is misleading. No Peruvian League was actually played in 1936 as the national team was preparing itself to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany. Two main theories as of the origin of the name exist. The first is that Alianza Atlético won a special national tournament (representing their home state, Piura) governed by the Peruvian Football Federation, and the name stuck despite not being recognized officially as national champions thereafter. The second is that it was named as such for the heroic campaign of the Peru national football team at the 1936 Olympic football tournament over the controversial Peru vs. Austria quarterfinals match.

In 2024, with help from the Peruvian Football Federation, Alianza Atlético opened their own training ground in Sullana known as the Villa Deportiva Alianza Sullana.^[3] It became one of the few Peruvian football club to have its own training ground. he training ground includes three playing fields and a gym. It is owned and used by the club but is also open to the public and smaller clubs. T

Alianza Atlético also has a long-standing rivalry with Atlético Grau and Atlético Torino, other clubs in the Piura department. These three clubs are among the largest in the north and in Piura. These rivalries are known as the

Although Alianza Atlético is the biggest team in Sullana, it has always faced Jorge Chávez as a bitter historical rival. There is a marked rivalry with the Aviador squad, which remains alive in the clashes in the Sullana District League, when the Alianza Atlético subsidiary squad faces the Aviador squad.

As of 3 September 2024.^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Diego Melián 2 DF  ARG Eric Tovo 3 DF  PER Christian Vásquez 4 DF  ARG José Villegas 5 MF  URU Santiago Arias 7 MF  ARG Rodrigo Castro 8 MF  ARG Federico Illanes (on loan from Rangers de Talca) 9 FW  PAR Adrián Fernández 10 MF  PER Christian Flores 12 GK  PER Sebastián Amasifuén (on loan from Alianza Lima) 13 DF  PER Horacio Benincasa 14 DF  PER Luiggi Alburqueque 15 DF  PER Jesús Mendieta 16 MF  PER Stefano Fernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  PER Hideyoshi Arakaki 18 FW  PER Santiago Rebagliati 19 FW  PER Leonardo de la Cruz 20 MF  PER Jeremy Canela 21 DF  PER Alessandro Milesi 22 FW  PER Guillermo Larios 23 FW  PER Roberto Siucho (on loan from Universitario) 24 FW  PER Renato Espinoza 26 DF  PER Hernan Lupu 28 MF  PER Jorge del Castillo 30 DF  PER Aldair Perleche 55 DF  PER Francisco Duclós 95 GK  PER Daniel Prieto

• Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances

2004: Preliminary Round

2005: First Round

2009: Round of 16

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home Leg	Away Leg	Aggregate
2004	Copa Sudamericana	Preliminary phase: Colombia/Peru		Coronel Bolognesi	4–1	1–0	4–2
		Preliminary phase: Colombia/Peru		Junior	0–2	4–1	1–6
2005	Copa Sudamericana	Preliminary phase: Chile/Peru		Universitario	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–1p)
		Preliminary phase: Chile/Peru		Universidad Católica	2–0	5–0	2–5
2009	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage		Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0	1–2	2–1
		Round of 16		Fluminense	2–2	4–1	3–6

• Roberto Drago (1984)
• Vito Andrés Bártoli (1988)
• José Fernández (1989)
• José del Castillo (1989–1990)
• Vito Andrés Bártoli (1990–1991)
• Julio Gómez (1992)
• Vito Andrés Bártoli (1992)
• Ronald Amoretti Cavero (1993)
• Vito Andrés Bártoli (1993-1994)
• Rafael Abelardo Castañeda Castañeda (1994)
• Oreste Passapera / Roberto Aliaga Tovar (1994)
• Roberto Drago (1994)
• Ramón Quiroga (1995)
• Roberto Aliaga Tovar / Gustavo Vallejo (1995)
• Freddy Ternero (1995)
• Juan Ramón Silva 1996
• Vito Andrés Bártoli (1996)
• Rufino Bernales Francia (1997)
• Miguel Ángel Arrué (1997)
• Teddy Cardama (1997–1999)
• Mario Palacios (1999)
• Mario Jacquet (1999)
• Rafael Castillo (2000–2001)
• Mario Palacios (2001)
• Teddy Cardama (2002)
• José Torres (2002)
• Mario Palacios (2002)
• Eduardo Malásquez (2003)
• Johano Bermúdez Montero (2003)
• Teddy Cardama (2003–2004)
• Mario Palacios (2004)
• Teddy Cardama (2005)
• José Torres (2005)
• Omar Gárate (2006)
• Mario Palacios (2006)
• Eduardo Asca (2006–2007)
• Teddy Cardama (2007–2010)
• Héctor Valle Jiménez (Interino) (2010)
• Johano Bermúdez Montero (2010)
• Roque Alfaro (2011)
• Roberto Arrelucea (2011)
• Héctor Valle Jiménez (2012–2013)
• Jorge Gómez Barrios (2014)
• Teddy Cardama (2015)
• Gustavo Roverano (2016)
• Miguel Miranda (2017)
• Teddy Cardama Gallardo (Interino) (2017)
• Nahuel Martínez (2017)
• Jorge Arteaga (2017)
• Walter Aristizábal (2017)
• Flavio Robatto (2018)
• Guido Medina (2018–2019)
• Orlando Lavalle (2019)
• Gustavo Roverano (2019)
• Teddy Cardama (2020)
• Jahir Butrón (2020–2021)
• Teddy Cardama (2021)
• Héctor Valle Jiménez (2001)
• Marcelo Vivas (2021)
• Mario Viera (2022)
• Carlos Desio (2023)
• Jorge Ágapo Gonzales (Interino) (2023)
• Carlos Compagnucci (2023)
• Luciano Theiler (2024–)

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