Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club
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| Full name | Deportivo Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club S.A. |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Ajedrezados (The Checkered) |
| Founded | 26 March 2002 |
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Estadio La Independencia Tunja, Colombia |
| Capacity | 20,630 |
| Chairman | Ricardo Hoyos Ángel |
| Manager | Jhon Jaime Gómez |
| League | Categoría Primera B |
| 2016 | Primera A, 20th (relegated) |
| Website | Club website |
Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja. In 2017, the team will play in the Categoría Primera B after having been relegated. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá Chicó F.C., named after one of the city's neighborhoods. After gaining promotion from Primera B in 2003 and playing one more season in the capital, the club was relocated to its current ground and renamed Boyacá Chicó F.C. They play their home games at the Estadio de La Independencia stadium.
The club was founded in 2002 as Chicó Futbol Club, after the district of Chicó, in Chapinero, where Eduardo Pimentel, the manager of the project and former player of Millonarios, América de Cali, Independiente Medellín, Deportivo Pereira and the Colombia national football team, was born. The club played their first season in Primera C, finished as champions and were promoted to Primera B. The club won the Primera B championship in 2003, beating Pumas de Casanare in the double-legged final series and earned further promotion to Primera A.
After its move to Tunja and the arrival of manager Alberto Gamero in 2006, Boyacá Chicó started enjoyed consistent results which allowed them to reach the semifinals of the domestic championship in the 2006 Finalización and both tournaments of the 2007 season, qualifying for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, the club won its first Primera A title, defeating América de Cali in the Torneo Apertura final. In 2016, after thirteen seasons in Primera A, the team was relegated.
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