Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional

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club based in the city of

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, Peru. The club plays in the

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, the top tier of Peruvian football. It is one of the few clubs from the

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that play in the first division. Despite being based in Nuevo Cajamarca, Unión Comercio plays at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in

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History

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

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. 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

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and Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca champions. They qualified for the Copa Peru. In the

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, the club qualified to the National Stage when they defeated Cultural Volante, Juventud Santa Rosa and

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in the Region II's group A. Unión Comercio was the

Champion when they defeated

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in the final. As a result, the team was promoted to the

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in the 2011 season for the first time in the club's history. In 2012, they qualified for the

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for the first time. Since then, the club played in the Liga 1 and was closen to relegation in

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Historic badges

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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

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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

Honours

National

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: ::''Runner-up (1):''

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Regional

* Región II: ::Winners (1):

* 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

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

Notable players

Managers

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(1 January 2011 – 12 May 2011) *

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(27 July 2011 – 24 April 2012) * Mario Viera (29 April 2012 – 29 November 2012) * Fernando Nogara (12 December 2012 – 2 May 2013) * Johano Bermúdez ''(interim)'' (3 May 2013 – 16 May 2013) *

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(17 May 2013–1?) * Javier Arce (23 September 2013 – 17 December 2013) *

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(1 January 2014 – 7 April 2014) * Walter Aristizábal (9 April 2014–)

References

External links

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Resultados del Club Deportivo Unión Comercio

Región II: Union Comercio a la Nacional
{{DEFAULTSORT:Union Comercio Football clubs in Peru Association football clubs established in 1994