Club Cienciano: is a football (soccer) club from Cusco, Peru. The club was founded in 1901 and was originally the team of the Faculty of Science of the University of Cusco (Ciencias meaning science in Spanish), from which it takes its name. It gained worldwide recognition after defeating River Plate from Argentina in the finals of the 2003 Copa Sudamericana and Boca Juniors in the Recopa Sudamericana 2004.