CLUB
Tarapacá Ferroviario
Peru
Overview
Tarapacá Ferroviario is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Peru. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Peru
- City
- Lima
- 1930 name
- Tarapacá Ferroviario
- Club status
- defunct
- Founded
- 1911
- Dissolved / identity ended
- c. 1938
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Stadium
- Estadio Nacional (old Lima stadium)
- 1930 team context
- Peru
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Tarapacá Ferroviario already had a documented club history extending from 1911 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
OriginsDescription: Founded in Callao on 15 October 1911 as Club Sportivo Tarapacá by migrants from the Tarapacá region.
1930 eraDescription: By the 1930 World Cup era the club was a regular Peruvian top-flight side and supplied Antonio Maquilón to Peru’s tournament squad.
End of the clubDescription: After finishing last in the 1937 top division, Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril was relegated. In 1938 it transferred its league place to Centro Iqueño and disappeared as a football club.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: A Lima club founded in 1911 with railway/worker roots and a place in Peru’s early organised league history.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Tarapacá Ferroviario is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: Following relegation from the top level in 1937, its league place was transferred to Centro Iqueño in 1938 and the old Tarapacá Ferroviario identity disappeared.
Historical timeline
1911Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Tarapacá Ferroviario identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Tarapacá Ferroviario already had a documented club history extending from 1911 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
OriginsDescription: Founded in Callao on 15 October 1911 as Club Sportivo Tarapacá by migrants from the Tarapacá region.
1930 eraDescription: By the 1930 World Cup era the club was a regular Peruvian top-flight side and supplied Antonio Maquilón to Peru’s tournament squad.
End of the clubDescription: After finishing last in the 1937 top division, Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril was relegated. In 1938 it transferred its league place to Centro Iqueño and disappeared as a football club.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Antonio Maquilón.
c. 1938Description: After relegation from the Peruvian top flight in 1937, the club transferred its league place to Centro Iqueño in 1938 and disappeared.
Season-by-season history
1911Season: 1911 · Competition: Club formation / Callao football · Finish: Founded · Notes: Founded 15 October 1911 by migrants from Tarapacá.Founding milestone.
1920sSeason: 1920s · Competition: Callao association football · Finish: Pioneer participant · Notes: One of the clubs involved in efforts that led to organized Callao league football.No full roster asserted.
1926Season: 1926 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 3rd · Notes: Third place in the first FPF-organized top-flight tournament.No full roster asserted.
1927Season: 1927 · Competition: Peruvian FPF tournament · Finish: 5th in the documented tournament table · Notes: Recorded 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the shortened 1927 tournament.Documented players: Santiago UlloaKnown international-linked player plus competition record; not a full club squad.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: Top-flight participant · Notes: Continued in the first division.No full roster asserted.
1930Season: 1930 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División — selection/competition championship · Finish: 4th in initial group; 2nd in relegation group / survived · Notes: Lost all three initial-group matches, then drew both relegation-group fixtures to remain above relegated Sport Progreso.Documented players: Antonio MaquilónWorld Cup-linked club player only; not a full squad.
1931Season: 1931 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 6th — 11 played, 4 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses, 20–25 goals · Notes: Railway-company support was reflected in the Ferrocarril/Ferrocarril Central identity used by the club.Competition statistics recorded; no full roster asserted.
1932Season: 1932 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 7th — 7 played, 0 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses, 9–17 goals · Notes: Finished above Circolo Sportivo Italiano and remained in the enlarged 1933 top division.Competition statistics recorded; no full roster asserted.
1933Season: 1933 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 6th — 9 played, 3 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses, 17–18 goals · Notes: The reserve side topped the reserve table, adding a 5.75 bonus to the first-team total under that season’s rules.Competition statistics recorded; no full roster asserted.
1934Season: 1934 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 5th — 8 played, 3 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, 11–7 goals · Notes: Finished safely above the four relegated clubs as the first division was reduced for 1935.Competition statistics recorded; no full roster asserted.
1935Season: 1935 · Competition: Peruvian Primera A · Finish: 4th in the recorded played-match table · Notes: Played two validated matches (one draw, one loss); several scheduled/awarded matches were not validated by the FPF, so Footballopedia does not present a conventional full-season record.Competition record is explicitly qualified because the 1935 tournament table is incomplete/irregular.
1936Season: 1936 · Competition: Division de Honor (non-official FPF tournament) · Finish: Eliminated in first stage · Notes: Lost 1–3 to Sporting Tabaco in the non-official tournament held while Peru’s national side was occupied with Olympic/international commitments.Competition milestone only; no full roster asserted.
1937Season: 1937 · Competition: Peruvian Primera División · Finish: 10th / relegated — 9 played, 0 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses, 6–24 goals · Notes: Finished last and was relegated, setting up the final administrative end of the club identity the following year.Competition statistics recorded; no full roster asserted.
1938Season: 1938 · Competition: Peruvian football administration · Finish: League place transferred / identity ended · Notes: The club transferred its league place to Centro Iqueño and disappeared as a football club; Footballopedia treats this as the end of the historical Tarapacá Ferrocarril identity.Identity-ending milestone.
Competition chronology
1911Description: Club formation / Callao football | Founded | Founded 15 October 1911 by migrants from Tarapacá.
1920sDescription: Callao association football | Pioneer participant | One of the clubs involved in efforts that led to organized Callao league football.
1926Description: Peruvian Primera División | 3rd | Third place in the first FPF-organized top-flight tournament.
1927Description: Peruvian Primera División / international context | Top-flight participant | Callao selection faced Real Madrid during the Spanish club’s visit; Tarapacá was part of the local football scene.
1928/29Description: Peruvian Primera División | Top-flight participant | Continued in the first division.
1930Description: Peruvian Primera División | Top-flight participant | World Cup-era club of Antonio Maquilón.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Peruvian top-flight participation in the pre-professional era; detailed trophy claims remain source-gated.
Stadium and ground history
Estadio Nacional (old Lima stadium)Description: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: shared 1930 Lima championship venue context.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Antonio MaquilónDescription: DF · Peru · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: Following relegation from the top level in 1937, its league place was transferred to Centro Iqueño in 1938 and the old Tarapacá Ferroviario identity disappeared.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril
End of original identityDescription: Relegated in 1937; league place transferred in 1938; club disappeared.
Successor / lineageDescription: No direct club successor is treated as the same canonical entity.
Legacy and identity note
Footballopedia preserves Sportivo Tarapacá Ferrocarril as a historical canonical club. Centro Iqueño receiving its league place does not make Centro Iqueño the same club.
Squad
Antonio MaquilónPosition: DF · National Team: Peru · Player Slug: antonio-maquilon
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: A transferred league place does not automatically transfer canonical club identity.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
PeruRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Estadio Nacional (old Lima stadium)Role: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue