Club Deportivo Comerciantes Unidos, shortened to Comerciantes Unidos, is a Peruvian professional
football
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club from
Cutervo,
Cajamarca
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. It was founded in 2002 and currently plays in the
Peruvian Primera División
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, after gaining promotion from the second time in
2023
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.
History
Comerciantes Unidos was founded as Los Comerciantes by Abdias Cieza Tapia, Juan Tarrillo Castro, and Jorge Salas Toro in 2001. That year they were promoted to their local district league. In 2002, they became an official club and changed their name to Club Social Deportivo y Cultural Comerciantes Unidos. In
2008
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*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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, they reached the
Copa Perú
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National Stage for the first time. In 2010, they were invited to participate in
La Liga Superior de Cajamarca which groups the best teams from the Cajamarca Region and gives direct access to the Department Stage of the Copa Perú. that same year they reached the National Stage of the Copa Peru once more.
In 2013, they once more reached the Copa Perú National Stage and were invited to participate in the
Peruvian Segunda División
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.
Comerciantes Unidos played its first season in the Peruvian Segunda División in the neighboring province of
Santa Cruz due to their home stadium being remodeled. This was very difficult for the team and their fans. The team finished the season 14th, only 5 points away from relegation. During the 2015 season, Carlos Cortijo, who had won the Segunda División tournament the year before, was hired as the new manager by club president Aníbal Pedraza Aguilar. Comerciantes Unidos was able to once again play its home matches at their local stadium,
Estadio Juan Maldonado Gamarra. The club won the tournament on 25 October 2015 after defeating
Sport Boys
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1–0 at a home match. Comerciantes Unidos had a great debut campaign in the
2016 Torneo Descentralizado
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Competition modus
The ...
where it finished 6th and qualified for the first time to an international tournament, the
2017 Copa Sudamericana
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.
Comerciantes Unidos returned back to the
First Division 1st Division or First Division may refer to:
Military
Airborne divisions
*1st Parachute Division (Germany)
*1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
* 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine)
* 1st Guards Airborne Division
Armoured divisions
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in 2023, after winning the
2023 Liga 2, their second, Second Division title.
Colours and badge
Comerciantes Unidos' colours are blue and yellow which can be seen on the club's home and away kits respectively.
The current badge was designed by club fan José Requejo Díaz in 2010. The three stars represent the three times that Comerciantes reached the National Stage of the Copa Perú.
Stadium
Comerciantes Unidos plays their home matches at
Estadio Juan Maldonado Gamarra. Located in
Cutervo, it has a capacity of 12,000 spectators. It was expanded from 8,000 spectators in 2014.
Current squad
Staff
Honours
Senior titles
References
External links
* - official site
*
Resultados de Club Deportivo Comerciantes Unidos
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