They protested against their relegation and were suspended from participating in any football tournament.

Club Ovacion Miraflores was founded in 1969 in Chimbote, which would later become Ovación Sipesa.

They played in the First Division of Chimbote and received sponsorship from the fishing trade union Sipesa.

In 2000, Deportivo Pesquero and Deportivo Wanka merged, giving Huancayo access to the Primera División Peruana The team aroused controversy in 2004 when it moved its base to Cerro de Pasco, the highest city in the world and almost certainly the world's highest venue for professional football, at an altitude of 4,380 m (13,973 ft) above sea level, well above the point where altitude sickness becomes a problem.

Its opponents criticised the move as an attempt to stave off relegation by playing in conditions that no other team could tolerate, including hail, rain, near-freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen from the high altitude.