ADC Juan Pablo II College

Juan Pablo II College

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Cultural Juan Pablo II College
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de la Juventud
Capacity	2,500
League	Liga 1
2024	Liga 2, 2nd (Promoted)
Home colours

Asociación Deportiva Cultural Juan Pablo II College, sometimes referred as Juan Pablo II or Juan Pablo II College, is a Peruvian professional football club, playing in the city of Chongoyape, Chiclayo, Peru. The club was founded and is owned by president of the Peruvian Football Federation Agustín Lozano, which was brought controversy to the club about its high rise to the national stage.

It was founded in 2015, participating in the Copa Perú and being departmental champion in 2023 and reaching the semi-finals of the national stage, bring promoted to 2024 Liga 2. The club now participates in the Peruvian Primera División, after being promoted from the 2024 Liga 2 season from defeating Comerciantes in a controversial penalty shootout.

Being founded in 2015 on the initiative of the same Educational Institution (I. E. P. Juan Pablo II College), the academy began participating in the second division of the Chongoyape Districtal League, initially with the purpose of having the students of said institution be part of the sports academy, although later the hiring of players and athletes was allowed to achieve sporting excellence in the Copa Perú. The team was initially led by technical director Milton Pérez Cocha.

It would not be until 2022 —the year in which the district competition was resumed— that the team would become relevant. Juan Pablo II College managed to be runner-up in the first division of its district, gaining access to the Provincial Stage of the Copa Perú. The team reached round 4, being eliminated at that stage by Boca Juniors from Chiclayo.

The club was the 2023 Liga Departamental de Lambayeque champion for the first time after defeating Juventud La Joya in the final and qualified for the 2023 Copa Perú.^[1] Juan Pablo II College achieved promotion to Liga 2 for the first time and passage to the semifinals of the Copa Perú after defeating Diablos Rojos (Juliaca) in the quarter-finals.^[2][3] In the semi-finals of the tournament they were eliminated San Marcos.

In the clubs first season in the Liga 2, they advanced to the Group Stage from the Regional Stage. In the regional stage the club finished first advancing to the semi-finals against Comerciantes. After beating Comerciantes on penalties, Juan Pablo II achieved promotion to the Peruvian Primera División for the first time. However, the match brought a lot of suspicion and controversy to the club, as one of the goals scored by Juan Pablo II College was a meter offside, and Comerciantes player Kevin Lugo failed to score a penalty which led to people thinking that the club bribed the referee and player. It also does not help that the clubs owner, Agustín Lozano, president of the Peruvian Football Federation, has had numerous accusations on corruption and bribery. Comerciantes appealed to the federation to replay the match and for the disqualification of the club but the FPF has yet to respond. Since the match, the club has received much hate from around the country and from other clubs. Juan Pablo II College reached the final of the Liga 2 and lost to Alianza Universidad.

The home stadium of Juan Pablo II College is Estadio Municipal de la Juventud which is located in Chongoyape, Peru. The club shares the stadium with Pirata, who moved to the ground as their original stadium Estadio César Flores Marigorda is being renovated. The stadium has a capacity of 2,500.

Manager	Years
Milton Pérez Cocha	2015–17
Alejandro Vásquez	2023
Edwin Zelada	2023
Daniel Valderrama	2023
Santiago Acasiete	2024

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