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| Full name | Cusco Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los cusqueños Los dorados El Imperio Guerreros dorados La máquina dorada | |||
| Founded | August 28, 2008 as Real Garcilaso | |||
| Ground | Estadio Garcilaso | |||
| Capacity | 45,056 | |||
| President | Julio Gerardo Vásquez Granilla | |||
| Manager | Luis Flores | |||
| League | Liga 1 | |||
| 2024 | Liga 1, 5th of 18 | |||
| Website | http://www.cuscofc.com/ | |||
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Cusco Fútbol Club (known as Real Garcilaso until 2019), commonly known as Cusco, or Cusco FC, is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Cusco, that currently competes in the Peruvian Primera División, the top flight of Peruvian football. It was founded on 28 August 2008 as Real Garcilaso, changing their name to Cusco FC in 2019.
Cusco were runner-up of the Primera División three times in 2012, 2013, and 2017 and won the Peruvian Segunda División in 2022, getting promoted back to the Primera División after being relegated in 2021. They also won the Copa Perú in 2011 Cusco were one of the fastest clubs in Peru to reach the Primera División, doing so in only two years after its founding.
The teams home stadium is Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, which is shares with city rivals Cienciano and Deportivo Garcilaso, whom they compete with in the Clásico Cusqueño. It has a capacity of 45,036 and one of the largest stadiums in Peru.