{{Short description|Peruvian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Enrique Lau Chun | image = | fullname = Club Estudiantes Lau Chun | nickname = Lau Chun | founded = {{Start date and age|1978|12|8|df=yes}}<ref name="dechalaca">{{cite web|author=Gerardo Espinoza|title=Marca Fútbol: De vuelta a clases|trans-title=Marca Fútbol: Back to school|url=https://dechalaca.com/hemeroteca/marca-futbol/marca-futbol-de-vuelta-a-clases|website=dechalaca.com|language=es|date=29 August 2013|access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref> (as ''Club Enrique Lau Chun'') | ground = Estadio Unión Barranco, <br/>Lima | capacity = 6,000 | chairman = | manager = | league = Copa Perú | season = | position = | pattern_la1=_black_stripes |pattern_b1=_blackstripes |pattern_ra1=_black_stripes |leftarm1=0000FF |body1=0000FF |rightarm1=0000FF |shorts1=000000 |socks1=000000 }}
'''Estudiantes Lau Chun''' is a Peruvian football club originally located in the district of La Molina (Lima), before moving to Barranco.
==History== Founded by Jorge Lau Kong, president of the Lau Chun bookstore company, who used the name of his father, Enrique Lau Chun, to create a football club that initially played in the amateur league of the La Molina district, in Lima, with players from the Lau Chun bookstore factory.<ref name="tusanaje">{{cite web|author=Jallo Tang|title=Club Enrique Lau Chun|url=https://www.tusanaje.org/2022/04/21/club-enrique-lau-chun/|website=tusanaje.org|language=es|date=21 April 2022|access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref>
The club was promoted to the second division in 1988. They won the second division championship in 1991 but were unable to reach the first division due to a reduction in the number of teams in the top tier.<ref name="dechalaca" /> In 1993, they relinquished their second-division status to Centro Iqueño, with a promise of a merger between the two clubs that ultimately never materialized.<ref>{{cite web|author=Roberto Castro|title=Diamantes al alba|trans-title=Diamonds at dawn|url=https://dechalaca.com/especiales-dechalaca/75-anos-de-centro-iqueno/diamantes-al-alba|website=dechalaca.com|language=es|date=12 October 2010|access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref> Lau Chun continued to play in the second division until 1994, but financial difficulties forced them to sell their license to Lawn Tennis FC.<ref name="dechalaca" />
The club reappeared in 2013 under the name '''Club Estudiantes Lau Chun''', playing in the Barranco district league.<ref name="dechalaca" />
==Honours== ===National=== *'''Peruvian Segunda División:''' ::'''Winners''': 1991<ref name="dechalaca" /><ref name="tusanaje" />
===Regional=== *'''Región IX Metropolitana:''' ::'''Winners''': 1987 (Serie A)
== Notable players == Eduardo Aguilar, Francisco Ñiquen (goalkeeper), Alfonso Dulanto, Eloy Ortiz, Adrián Gatti and Rodolfo Miñán passed through the club when it was playing in the second division.<ref name="dechalaca" />
==See also== *List of football clubs in Peru *Peruvian football league system
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Copa Perú}} {{Football in Peru}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Estudiantes Lau Chun}} Category:Football clubs in Lima Category:Association football clubs established in 1978 Category:1978 establishments in Peru
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