Fútbol Club Luis Cruz Martínez, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Curicó, Maule Region, which honors Luis Cruz Martínez, the local hero of the War of the Pacific, who died into battle.

In the opening match against Lister Rossel at Linares, Luis Cruz achieved a 3–1 victory.

In the final Luis Cruz faced off with the reigning national champions Universidad Católica on their home ground, the Estadio Independencia in Santiago in front of a crowd of 10,000 people, 1,500 of them Luis Cruz Martínez fans who made the trip from Curicó to the Chilean capital city.

Luis Cruz won 2–1, and Verdugo and Riquelme scored the goals for the new champions.

Since then, the club struggles to show good results on the pitch, and they lose the category at the 1966 season, returning to the Curicó Amateur Football Association, until today.