Club Deportivo Asociación Estadio La Unión, commonly known as Deportivo AELU or simply AELU, is a

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vian football club, playing in the city of

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History

The Asociación Estadio La Unión was founded 1982 by the nikkei community of

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. The AELU, as popularly is known, was the 1987 Segunda División Peruana champion. The club have played at the highest level of Peruvian football on four occasions, from 1988 Torneo Descentralizado until

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when was relegated. In the 1993 Segunda División Peruana, the club was relegated to

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. The club returned in the

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until 2005.

Honours

National

* Peruvian Segunda División: 1 ::Winners (1): 1987 ::Runner-up (3): 1984, 1986, 2001

Regional

* Liga Departamental de Lima: ::Winners (1): 1996 * Liga Provincial de Lima: ::Winners (1): 1996 * Liga Distrital de Pueblo Libre: ::Winners (11): 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 ::Runner-up (2): 2011, 2013

History

Honours

National

Regional

See also