Sport Coopsol was a Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, playing in the city of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

.

History

Sport Coopsol was founded in 2000 when business group "Grupo Cooperativa Solar (Coopsol)" acquired the club Telefunken 20, which last played in the 1999 Segunda División Peruana season. Under its new name, the club played its first season in the Peruvian Second Division in the 2000 Segunda División Peruana season, where they finished in 8th place out of 13. The club was the 2003 Segunda División Peruana champion and won promotion to the First Division for the 2004 Torneo Descentralizado season. However, Sport Coopsol decided to sell their spot in the Peruvian First Division to Universidad de San Martín de Porres

Universidad de San Martín de Porres

The Universidad de San Martín de Porres is a private university located in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1962 by the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church.The university counts with two large branches in Lima and Chiclayo....

 who decided to form their own club, Universidad San Martín de Porres

Universidad San Martín de Porres

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

.

Notable players

• José Carlos Fernández
  José Carlos Fernández (Peruvian footballer)
  José Carlos Fernández is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a center forward for Peruvian First Division club Alianza Lima....
  
  
• Víctor Anchante
  Víctor Anchante
  Victor Raul Anchante Licht is a Peruvian footballer who plays as defender. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal.-Profile:...
  
  
• Jaime Muro Solis
• Jorge Alegría
• Marco Ruiz
• Manuel Ugaz

See also

• List of football clubs in Peru
• Peruvian football league system
  Peruvian football league system
  The Peruvian football league system is a complex system. Though the general outline includes the Torneo Descentralizado, Segunda División and Copa Perú, the Copa Perú is very large involving several stages and leagues within it. In addition, the Copa Perú is played within a year...