Defensor Lima

Defensor Lima

Full name	Club Atlético Defensor Lima (Lima Defender Athletic Club)
Nickname(s)	Los Carasucias Los Tigres de Breña El Defensor Los ágiles de Breña Los Palomillas de Breña Los Carasucias de Breña El defensor
Founded	July 31, 1931; 93 years ago (1931-07-31)
Ground	Estadio Nacional del Perú Lima, Perú
President	Roberto Flores
Manager	Carlos Suarez
League	Liga Distrital de Cercado de Lima
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Defensor Lima is a Perúvian football club located in the district of Breña, Lima. The club was founded on July 31, 1931. [1][2]

The club plays in the Copa Perú, which is the third division of the Peruvian league.

History

The club was the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado champion.

The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twenty three occasions, from 1961 Peruvian Primera División until 1978 Torneo Descentralizado, and 1989 Torneo Descentralizado until 1994 Torneo Descentralizado, when it was relegated.

The club played in the 1974 Copa Libertadores, but was eliminated by Millonarios and São Paulo FC in the semifinals.

Data

• Foundation: July 31 1931
• Historical position among Peruvian teams in the Copa Libertadores de America: 11°
• Club Atlético Defensor Lima, Universitario, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal are the only Peruvian Clubs that have reached semi-finals.
• Historical position in First Division: 16°.

Honours

Senior titles

Keys

•   Record
• ^(s) Shared record

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Primera División	1	—	1973	—
	Segunda División	2	—	1960, 1988	—
National (Cups)	Torneo Plácido Galindo	1	—	1989	—
Regional (League)	Liga Mayor de Fútbol de Lima	—	1	—	1980
	Triangular de Ascenso a Segunda División	1	—	1957[3]	—
	Liga Provincial de Lima	2	—	1951, 1957	—
	Segunda División Regional de Lima y Callao	—	1	—	1949 Serie A
	Segunda División Provincial de Lima	1	—	1938 Zona Oeste	—
	Liga Distrital del Cercado de Lima	1	5	2003	1980, 1981, 2000, 2002, 2008
	Liga Distrital de Breña	—	1	—	2022
International (Cups)	Copa Simón Bolívar (FVF)	1^(s)	—	1974	—

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

1974: Semi-Finals

• Copa Simón Bolivar: 1 appearance

1975: Winners

References

1. "Del barrio de Chacra Colorada". Archived from the original on 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
2. "Defensor Lima - Historia". clubatleticodefensorlima.leaguerepublic.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
3. "Defensor Lima y su paso como animador de las ligas de Lima y Callao tiene frutos para el torneo de 1957 en el que enfrenta a los campeones de Lima, Callao y Balnearios (la precursora de los Interligas actuales) donde resulta campeón, obteniendo su ascenso a la Segunda División". Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2022-08-27.

See also

• Peruvian football league system