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UTC
Full name	Club Cultural y Deportivo Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca
Nickname(s)	El Gavilán del Norte ; La UTC ; Cremas del Norte
Founded	July 14, 1964; 60 years ago
Ground	Estadio Héroes de San Ramón
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Joaquín Ramírez
Manager	Guillermo Sanguinetti
League	Liga 1
2024	Liga 1, 15th of 18

Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca (usually referred to as UTC) is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Cajamarca, Peru and is the largest in the city. It was founded in 1964 and play in the Peruvian Primera División, also known as the Liga 1, which is the top flight of the Peruvian football league system. They are nicknamed El Gavilán del Norte, The Sparrowhawk of the North. The clubs logo is very similar to another Peruvian club, Universitario de Deportes. The teams home ground is Estadio Héroes de San Ramón which has a capacity of 18,000.

UTC were Copa Perú champions twice in 1981 and 2012. They were runner-up in the 1985 Torneo Descentralizado, losing the title to Universitario and qualifying for the Copa Libertadores that same year where they were eliminated in the group stage with three points.

History

UTC was officially founded on 14 July 1964^[1] by Oswaldo Silva Marín and Wílder Tejada Arribasplata, clerks at Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca,^[1] known today as Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca (National University of Cajamarca),^[2] with the aim of giving the university a place in the local soccer league.^[1] Prior to that date, the club had been playing for three months in the local league alongside Club Juventud Victoria as one team, before the official foundation date.^[1]

In 1970, UTC wins the local league of the District of Cajamarca and again in 1971 through 1974.^[1] They would go on to also win the Liga Departamental de Cajamarca in that same time.

The club was 1981 Copa Perú champion, when it defeated Atlético Grau, Juventud La Palma, Deportivo Garcilaso, and Sportivo Huracán.

The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twelve occasions, from 1982 Torneo Descentralizado until 1993 Torneo Descentralizado when it was relegated. In the 1985 Torneo Descentralizado, they were Runners-up and fell short to Universitario in the Liguilla Final stage by four points. They qualified for the 1986 Copa Libertadores as a result and got eliminated in the Group Stage with three points.

In the 2011 Torneo Intermedio, the club was eliminated by Real Garcilaso in the Round of 16.

In the 2011 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by Los Caimanes.^[3]

UTC won the 2012 Copa Perú under manager Rafael Castillo after defeating Alfonso Ugarte in the final. The club won 2–0 at home in Cajamarca and lost 3–2 in Puno, but won due to a better goal difference. With the win, they qualified for the 2013 Torneo Descentralizado, the top flight of Peruvian football; they finished sixth and classified for the second international tournament in their history, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana. In 2018, 2019, and 2021 UTC qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and got eliminated in the First Stage in every edition.

Stadium

UTC's home stadium is Estadio Héroes de San Ramón which has a capacity of 18,000. For the 2024 season, the club plays at Estadio Germán Contreras Jara which has a capacity of 6,300.

Players

As of 12 September 2024

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	PER	Patrick Zubczuk
3	GK	PER	Jonathan Medina
4	DF	PER	Koichi Aparicio
5	DF	COL	Jonathan Segura
6	DF	PER	Jefferson Portales (on loan from Cienciano)
7	FW	PER	Jose Cuero
8	MF	PER	Ángel Ojeda
9	FW	COL	Victor Perlaza
10	MF	PER	Joel Sanchez
11	FW	COL	Jarlín Quintero
12	GK	PER	Jorge Stucchi
13	DF	PER	Luis Cano
14	FW	PER	Kevin Ruiz
15	MF	ARG	Cristian Ojeda
16	MF	PER	Jimmy Pérez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	PER	Carlos Fernández
18	DF	PER	Jean Pierre Sánchez
19	MF	PER	Neil Marcos
20	MF	PER	Ángel Romero
21	MF	PER	Maycol Infante
22	DF	PER	Diego Acosta
24	DF	PER	Darwin Tapia
25	DF	PER	Pedro Requena
26	DF	PER	Branco Serrano
27	MF	PAR	Mario Otazu
28	MF	PER	Richard Guevara
29	FW	PER	Luis Aliaga
30	FW	PER	Tiago Cantoro
—	DF	PER	Flavio Alcedo (on loan from Sporting Cristal)
—	GK	PER	Antony Cabanillas

Honours

Senior titles

Keys

Record
^(s) Shared record

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Primera División	—	1	—	1985
National (League)	Copa Perú	2	1	1981, 2012	1996
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo de Verano	—	1	—	2017
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo Descentralizado	—	1	—	1985
Regional (League)	Región I	2	—	1995, 1996	—
	Región II	4	1	1998, 2005, 2011, 2012	2003
	Liga Departamental de Cajamarca	13	2	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011	2004, 2005
	Liga Superior de Cajamarca	1	—	2011	—
	Liga Provincial de Cajamarca	4	—	1971, 2001, 2002, 2003	—
	Liga Distrital de Cajamarca	11	—	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980	—

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Competition	A	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Copa Libertadores	1	6	1	1	4	7	13
Copa Sudamericana	3	6	1	2	3	4	11

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1986	Copa Libertadores	Group Stage	Universitario	1–3	0–2
			Bolívar	2–2	1–2
			Jorge Wilstermann	3–2	0–2
2014	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Deportivo Cali	0–0	0–3
2018	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Rampla Juniors	2–0	0–4
2019	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Cerro	1–1	1–3
2021	Copa Sudamericana	First Stage	Sport Huancayo	0–1	0–4

Notable players

Managers

César "Chalaca" González (May 5, 2011–1?)
Rafael Castillo (2012–2014)
Carlos Galván (2014)
José Eugenio Hernández (2014–2015)

Name	Dates
Javier Arce	2015
Rafael Castillo	2015-2016
Franco Navarro	2016-2019
Gerardo Ameli	2019
Franco Navarro	2020
Pablo Garabello	2021
Mario Viera	2021
Franco Navarro	2022
Marcelo Grioni	2022-2023
José Infante	2023
Francisco Pizarro	2023
Carlos Ramacciotti	2023-

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "El Club". UTC - Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca. Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca - Reseña Histórica". Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "Copa Perú 2011". Archived from the original on 2023-02-24. Retrieved 2023-02-24.