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Squad of then Juventud Melgar in 1915

FBC Melgar was founded on 25 March 1915 as Juventud Melgar by a group of young football fans in Arequipa. The name was chosen in honor of the poet Mariano Melgar. The club would take part in their first championship in 1918, the Liga Provincial de Arequipa. In 1919, the club travled to Lima to participate in friendlies where their performance was widespread across the city. Melgar won their first title in the 1921 Liga Distrital de Arequipa, defeating Independencia. They would win the championship again in 1923, 1925 and 1926. They later would be champions of Arequipa in 1928.

In 1930, Melgar would begin a tour across Chile, being their first international appearance. Their debut would be against Valparaíso which resulted in a draw. They would later meet again which resulted in a 5–0 loss. Melgar would later play against clubs such as Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Coquimbo, and Antofagasta. A year later, the Bolivian club Club Bolívar would visit Arequipa to play matches with the local clubs and clubs of nearby Mollendo. Melgar faced Bolivar and won for the first time against a foreign club. The win resulted in a rivalry between the two clubs. In the same decade, changes were made on the football of Arequipa, some of which reduced the amount of teams participated in the Primera Division and relegations. Melgar suffered from these reforms, not winning any titles and were relegated to the Segunda Division of Arequipa. They missed promotion in 1933 to Deportivo Ciclón. In the same years, Melgar sparked a rivalry with another club in Arequipa known as FBC Aurora. In 1939, Melgar got promoted back to the first division but did not win any titles.

Melgar against rivals Aurora

The club was relegated to the Arequipa second division again in 1957, where it stayed for four years until it defeated Independiente de Miraflores where it got promoted back to the first division. They would go on to win the Liga Distrital de Arequipa in 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970. They were also champions of the Liga Departamental de Arequipa for 3 consecutive years since 1967 and won the Copa Perú in 1971. This championship allowed them to return to the First Division Campeonato Descentralizado where they currently remain.

Melgar won the National Championship in 1981 for the first time, and Melgar was the runner-up of the national championship in 1983. They would beat giants such as Alianza Lima, Universitario and Sporting Cristal in the final. It was the first southern team of Peru to win the national championship. In both these years this qualified them to play in the Copa Libertadores of 1982 and 1984, where they got eliminated in the Group stage in both editions.

Melgars winning 2015 squad

In 2014, Juan Reynoso, who came from México, was appointed as the new manager. He signed players like Piero Alva, Nelinho Quina, Minzum Quina, Luis Hernández, Alejandro Hohberg, Lampros Kontogiannis and Edgar Villamarín to make an impressive campaign where Melgar was the best team during the whole season finishing 1st in the accumulated table, but due to some bad results in the final matches and the poor organization of the tournament they weren't able to dispute the Play-off for the championship and only qualified for the Copa Sudamericana, where there was an intense match with Deportivo Pasto, winning by four goals in the first game, but lost by five in the second, being eliminated in the qualifying round.

In 2015, the year of Melgar's centenary, and still with Reynoso as the manager, the team signed important players like Raúl Ruidíaz, Carlos Ascues, Johnnier Montaño, Rainer Torres and Daniel Ferreyra to make an impressive team and fight for the title. Then, Melgar won the national championship, besting Sporting Cristal with a score in the final minute by Bernardo Cuesta. As a result, they classified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores, and again in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In ally editions, they were eliminated in the second stage. Melgar classified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, which would be their best performance in an international competition. They were able to qualify for the Group stage after defeating rivals Cienciano in the qualifying round. They topped their group and went on to the Round of 16 and Quarter-finals, defeating large South american clubs such as Deportivo Cali of Colombia and SC Internacional of Brazil. They were then eliminated in the Semi-finals by Independiente del Valle of Ecuador. In the 2022 season, Melgar won the Torneo Aperture, classifying for the semi-finals, defeating Sporting Cristal and advancing to the final. They would meet Alianza Lima in the final, winning 1–0 at home but lost 2–0 away and lost the final. They would classify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores as a result and got eliminated in the Group stage. Melgar would again classify for the 2024 Copa Libertadores but were eliminated by debuting club Aurora from Bolivia, (not to be confused with Melgar rivals FBC Aurora) losing 2–1 on aggregate.

Peru Liga 1	04/21 19:30	12	아틀레티코 그라우 vs FBC 멜가르	-	View
Peru Liga 1	04/28 22:30	13	FBC 멜가르 vs 아리안자 리마	-	View
Peru Liga 1	05/05 20:00	-	FBC 멜가르 vs 스포츠 보이즈	-	View
Peru Liga 1	05/12 18:00	-	UTC 데 카자마르카 vs FBC 멜가르	-	View

Peru Liga 1	04/13 22:00	11	^[5] FBC 멜가르 v 카를로스 마누치 ^[17]	W	2-0
Peru Liga 1	04/06 18:00	10	^[12] 쿨투랄 산타 로사 v FBC 멜가르 ^[4]	D	2-2
Peru Liga 1	03/30 21:45	9	^[8] FBC 멜가르 v Cienciano ^[4]	W	2-0
Peru Liga 1	03/14 02:00	8	^[2] 스포팅 크리스탈 v FBC 멜가르 ^[8]	W	1-2
Peru Liga 1	03/09 20:30	7	^[11] FBC 멜가르 v Asociacion Deportiva Tarma ^[9]	W	3-1
Peru Liga 1	03/02 20:45	6	^[8] 코메르시안테스 U. v FBC 멜가르 ^[14]	D	0-0
Peru Liga 1	02/24 22:30	5	^[15] FBC 멜가르 v 유니온 코메르시오 ^[16]	W	2-1
Peru Liga 1	02/18 01:00	4	^[2] 유니버시타리오 Dep. v FBC 멜가르 ^[13]	L	2-0
Copa Libertadores Qualification	02/15 00:30	14	FBC 멜가르 v CD 오로라	D	1-1
Peru Liga 1	02/10 20:00	3	^[16] FBC 멜가르 v 아리안자 아틀레티코 ^[13]	W	1-0
Copa Libertadores Qualification	02/08 00:30	14	CD 오로라 v FBC 멜가르	L	1-0
Peru Liga 1	02/03 01:00	2	^[12] U. Cesar Vallejo v FBC 멜가르 ^[11]	L	3-2

	Total	Home	Away
Matches played	46	25	21
Wins	23	15	8
Draws	12	5	7
Losses	11	5	6
Goals for	80	53	27
Goals against	54	24	30
Clean sheets	15	9	6
Failed to score	6	2	4

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