Club Sporting Cristal, commonly known as Sporting Cristal or simply Cristal, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in Lima, Peru, best known for its football team. The club competes in Liga 1, the highest tier of Peruvian football, and is one of the country's most successful and historically significant teams. This unofficial Sporting Cristal flag (Spanish: bandera no oficial del Sporting Cristal) features the club's official emblem placed on a sky-blue background with a white diagonal stripe, a design derived from the club's logo and visual identity.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The Sporting Cristal logo consists of a sky-blue shield crossed by a white diagonal stripe extending from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner, bearing the team's initials "SC". The upper section of the shield features a horizontal red-white-red band in the colors of the Peruvian national flag, connecting the club's identity with its Peruvian heritage. Three gold stars are positioned above the shield, representing Sporting Cristal's consecutive championship victories in 1994, 1995, and 1996. The three titles achieved in successive seasons form an important part of the club's history and are commemorated by the stars above the crest. The sky-blue color is a defining element of Sporting Cristal's visual identity, while the white diagonal stripe creates a distinctive contrast and provides the background for the club's initials. Together, the sky-blue shield, diagonal white stripe, "SC" initials, Peruvian red-and-white colors, and three championship stars represent Sporting Cristal's national identity, distinctive club colors, and successful footballing history.
| Team name: | Club Sporting Cristal |
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| Team nicknames: | Los Cerveceros (The Brewers), Los Rimenses (The Rimenses), Los Celestes (The Sky Blues), La Fuerza Vencedora (The Victorious Force) |
| Team abbreviation: | SC |
| Founded: | 1955 |
| Location: | Lima, Peru |
| Stadium: | Estadio Alberto Gallardo |
| Capacity: | 11,600 |
| League: | Liga 1 |
| Team Colors: | Sky-blue and white |
| Championships: | 20 |
| Second places: | 15 |
| Mascots: | - |
