Sporting Cristal

Sporting Cristal will have a tough debut on Wednesday, April 5th, in Group D of the Copa Libertadores 2023 against Fluminense at the Estadio Nacional, their home for international matches.

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'Celestial' fans already know what it's like to cheer for goals against Brazilian opponents in Lima for the continent's most important club tournament, and the club refreshed the memory of their fans on social media with some of these historic goals.

Through their social media channels and prior to the match against 'Flu', the institution published a video with seven goals against top teams such as Gremio de Porto Alegre, Cruzeiro, Palmeiras, Athletico Paranaense, and Santos.

The statistics indicate that Sporting Cristal has scored 11 goals against Brazilian clubs at home in the Copa Libertadores. The first of them was against Criciuma in the round of 16 of the 1992 edition, and the last so far was in 2017 against Santos.

• Sporting Cristal 1-2 Criciuma | Franco Navarro | 30-04-1992 | Copa Libertadores 1992
• Sporting Cristal 1-0 Cruzeiro | Julinho | 19-02-1997 | Copa Libertadores 1997
• Sporting Cristal 1-0 Gremio | Nolberto Solano | 07-03-1997 | Copa Libertadores 1997
• Sporting Cristal 4-1 Coritiba | Jorge Soto, Luis Bonnet (x2), Sergio Junior | 10-02-2004 | Copa Libertadores 2004
• Sporting Cristal 1-0 Palmeiras | Irven Ávila | 18-04-2013 | Copa Libertadores 2013
• Sporting Cristal 2-1 Athletico Paranaense | Irven Ávila, Carlos Lobatón | 29-01-2014 | Copa Libertadores 2014
• Sporting Cristal 1-1 Santos | Jorge Cazulo | 09-03-2017 | Copa Libertadores 2017

Sporting Cristal has played 12 matches against Brazilian opponents at home. They have won five, drawn two, and lost the remaining five. Their last victory was in 2014 against Athletico Paranaense in the preliminary stage of that year.