Corporación Deportiva de la Costa, better known as Deportivo Unicosta or Unicosta, was a professional Colombian

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club based in

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, that played in the

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until its 1998 season. They played their home games at the

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History

Deportivo Unicosta was founded by businessman Enrique Chapman in 1995 and entered the Colombian second tier tournament

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that same year, earning promotion to

by winning the 1996–97 Primera B tournament. There they topped the final group, placing ahead of

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, and Atlético Córdoba, and promotion was clinched with a draw in

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against Lanceros on 1 June 1997. Their first tournament in the top tier was the 1997 Adecuación, in which they only won four matches and barely managed to avoid relegation with a 3–2 away victory over

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on the final day of the regular season. In the following season, Deportivo Unicosta placed last in the Torneo Apertura with 30 points in 36 matches and also last in the Torneo Finalización with 7 points in 14 matches, being relegated to Categoría Primera B. The club folded in 1999, and its participation rights in DIMAYOR were sold to Deportivo Soledad, which replaced Unicosta in Primera B.

Stadium

Deportivo Unicosta played its home matches at

, which had formerly been used by

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Honours

: ::Winners (1): 1996–97

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deportivo Unicosta Association football clubs established in 1995 Association football clubs disestablished in 1999 Defunct football clubs in Colombia Football clubs in Colombia Categoría Primera A clubs Categoría Primera B clubs 1995 establishments in Colombia