Club Deportivo Los Chankas
Peruvian football club
The Club Deportivo Los Chankas, also known as Los Chankas, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the town of Andahuaylas. Founded in 1989, it owes its name to the ancient Chanka ethnic group. It participated in the Peruvian Segunda División until 2023, when it was promoted to the Primera División, becoming the first team from the department of Apurímac in history to do so.
History
Copa Peru
Los Chankas was founded on August 30, 1989 under the name Club Deportivo Cultural Santa Rosa, after the Peruvian saint Santa Rosa de Lima. The club would participate in the Liga Distrital de Talavera, the 7th division of the Peruvian football league system. In 1992, the club was runner-up the Liga Departamental del Apurímac, qualifying for the Copa Perú. They would also win the Región IX but was unable to be promoted to the Primera División.
In 2010, Los Chankas won the Liga Provincial de Andahuaylas and was runner-up of the Departamental League, qualifying for the Regional stage of the 2010 Copa Perú but was eliminated by Alianza Unicachi.
In the 2011 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated by Franciscano San Román and José María Arguedas.
In the 2013 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Regional Stage but was eliminated by Franciscano San Román and Fuerza Minera.
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