Unión Comercio

Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru.[1] The club plays in the Peruvian Primera División, the top tier of Peruvian football. It is one of the few clubs from the Peruvian rainforest that play in the first division. Despite being based in Nuevo Cajamarca, Unión Comercio plays at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto.

Unión Comercio
Full nameClub Deportivo Unión Comercio
Nickname(s)El Poderoso de San Martín
FoundedJune 15, 1994 (1994-06-15)
GroundEstadio Carlos Vidaurre García
Capacity18,000
ChairmanFreddy Chávez Ríos
ManagerMarcelo Vivas
LeagueLiga 1
2023Liga 1, 16th of 19
WebsiteClub website

History

Unión Comercio was founded on June 15 1994 and participated in local tournaments in Tarapoto until 2010 where they played in the Copa Perú.

Unión Comercio were champions of the Liga Provincial de Rioja in 2009 and again in 2010. They were also 2010 Liga Departamental champions, where they defeated Atlético Belén and Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca champions. They qualified for the Copa Peru.

In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club classified to the National Stage when they defeated Cultural Volante, Juventud Santa Rosa and Carlos A. Mannucci in the Region II's group A. Unión Comercio was the 2010 Copa Perú Champion when they defeated Alianza Unicachi in the final.[2] As a result, the team was promoted to the Peruvian First Division in the 2011 season for the first time in the club's history.[3] In 2012, they qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana for the first time. Since then, the club played in the Liga 1 and was closen to relegation in 2023.

Historic badges
  • 1994–10
    1994–2010

Stadium

Unión Comercio has multiple stadiums that they are available to play in. They currently play at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García, located in Tarapoto with a capacity of 18,000. Unión Comercio's originally home stadium was Estadio IPD de Moyobamba which has a capacity of 8,000. They also may play at Estadio IPD de Nueva Cajamarca with a capacity of 12,000.

Current squad
As of 31 January, 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Uruguay URU Ignacio Barrios
2 DF Peru PER Jeremy Salas
3 DF Paraguay PAR Teodoro Paredes
4 MF Peru PER Vieri Pérez
5 MF Peru PER Kelvin Sánchez
7 FW Peru PER Miguel Carranza
8 MF Peru PER Valentino Sandoval
9 FW Ecuador ECU Marlon de Jesús
10 FW Paraguay PAR Hernán Pérez
11 FW Peru PER Gino Guerrero
12 GK Peru PER Willy Díaz
13 FW Ecuador ECU Byron Angulo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Peru PER Osama Vinladen
17 DF Peru PER Denilson Vargas
19 MF Peru PER Carlos Uribe
20 DF Colombia COL Carlos Ramírez
25 MF Colombia COL Donald Millán
27 DF Peru PER Luis Trujillo (captain)
28 DF Peru PER Víctor Labrín
29 FW Peru PER Héctor Zeta
31 MF Peru PER Piero Serra
32 MF Peru PER Jack Carhuallanqui
— FW Peru PER Ítalo Regalado

Honours

National
  • Peruvian Segunda División:
Runner-up (1): 2022
Winners (1): 2010

Regional
Winners (1): 2010
  • Liga Departamental de San Martín:
Winners (1): 2010
  • Liga Provincial de Rioja:
Winners (2): 2009, 2010
  • Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca:
Winners (1): 2009
Runner-up (1): 2010

Under-20 team
  • Torneo de Promoción y Reserva:
Runner-up (1): 2015-II

Results

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Competition A P W D L GF GA
Copa Sudamericana3402215

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2012 Copa Sudamericana Q1 Colombia Envigado 0–0 0–2

Notable players

Managers
  • Argentina Hernán Lisi (1 January 2011 – 12 May 2011)
  • Peru Julio César Uribe (27 July 2011 – 24 April 2012)
  • Uruguay Mario Viera (29 April 2012 – 29 November 2012)
  • Argentina Fernando Nogara (12 December 2012 – 2 May 2013)
  • Peru Johano Bermúdez (interim) (3 May 2013 – 16 May 2013)
  • Colombia Edgar Ospina (17 May 2013–1?)
  • Peru Javier Arce (23 September 2013 – 17 December 2013)
  • Peru Agustín Castillo (1 January 2014 – 7 April 2014)
  • Colombia Walter Aristizábal (9 April 2014–)

See also

References
  1. Alonso Huanilo Ramírez (2020). "El que llegó más lejos: Unión Comercio de Nueva Cajamarca". Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. Copa Perú 2010
  3. "Unión Comercio se coronó campeón de la Copa Perú". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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