Club Atlético Unión Santiago, mostly known as Unión Santiago or by its

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CAUS, is a sports entity of the city of

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. It was founded on December 19, 1982. Its main activity is

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. He currently participates in the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol tournaments and in the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur, the fourth category of football from Argentina. The first president of the club is Carlos Horacio Tragant and the current one is his son Carlos Ricardo Tragant. The first local title was won in 1983 and now it has 20 championships in the Santiagueña League with a few years of history, this being one of the 5 most big ones in that province. Previously, in terms of national competition, he had 3 participations in the Copa Argentina from the 2013-14 season until the 2015-16, in the Torneo Federal C and Torneo Federal B which merged to form the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur where he currently participates and was also in the

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where he only participated in 2 seasons. Players of caliber such as Luis Adolfo Galván (World Champion in

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), "Chango" Cárdenas passed through their ranks. (champion with Racing Club in the Copa Libertadores 1967 and the Copa Intercontinental 1967), Blas Mario Cano, Carlos Marcelo Almaraz, "Zorro" Martínez, Omar Orellano, Roger "Pinino" Gerez, "Puma" Rodríguez, Daniel "Talón" Juárez, César Coronel, "Pulga" and Ricardo Sily and "Petaco" Fernández, Joaquín “faraón” Uequin among others.

History

The origin and foundation of Unión Santiago

The club emerged at the end of 1982 through the merger of the institutions of Club Atlético Santiago and Club Atlético Unión, which also provided the colors red (of Atlético Santiago), blue and white (of Atlético Unión) to the shield. The relegation of Santiago to the Second Division of the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol led to the initiative to unify both to achieve better performance.

First Championships

In 1983 he won his first title in the Annual Tournament of the Santiagueña League and went down in history.

Promotion to Torneo Argentino A

He achieved promotion to the

in 1995-96 and was very close to being promoted to the

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on two occasions, in the 90s, where He was considered the most successful, but during the season tournament 1996-97 relegated to

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Relegation to Torneo Argentino B

After being relegated, he went on to play in the 1999-00 season of the tournament.

Torneo Federal B 2015

Unión Santiago lost in the neighboring province of Tucumán, where they lost 2 to 1 against Concepción FC in the first leg of one of the semifinals of the Torneo Federal B.

Torneo Anual 2023

On October 9, 2023, he became champion of the Gold Cup of the Annual ''“World Champions 2022”'' First Division Tournament organized by Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol and qualified for the 2023-24 Torneo Regional Federal Amateur.

Torneo Anual 2024

On September 22, 2024, Unión Santiago became champion of the Annual Tournament “Expreso Lo Bruno” of the Liga Santiagueña de Fútbol for the second consecutive time by defeating Vélez de San Ramón by 2-1 (aggregate 3-1), and qualified for the Torneo Regional Federal Amateur 2024-25.

Facilities

The stadium, which belonged to the extinct Club Atlético Unión, called Roberto "Tito" Molinari, is located on Rivadavia Avenue, a few meters from the San Francisco Solano bridge, which crosses the Río Dulce and connects the city of

with La Banda. Its capacity is approximately 7,500 people.

Rivalries

Its main rival is the Club Atlético Güemes, also from the same city with whom it competes in the '' Santiagueño classic''. Total seasons in AFA: 26 * Seasons in first division: 0 * Seasons in second division: 0 * Seasons in third division: 6 ** Torneo del Interior: 4 (1988-89, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95) **

: 2 ( 1995-96, 1996-97) *Seasons in fourth division: 13 **

: 2 (1999-00, 2013-14) ** Torneo Federal B: 5 (2014, 2015, 2016 , 2016 (complementary), 2017) ** Torneo Regional Federal Amateur: 6 (2019, 2020, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) *Seasons in fifth division: 7 **

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: 7 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) *Participations in National cups: 3 ** Copa Argentina: 3 ( 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)

Palmares

Total titles in the LSF: 21 * Torneo Anual: 9 (1983, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2008, 2012, 2023 and 2024) * Torneo Representación: 3 (1992, 1995 and 1999) * Torneo Apertura: 4 (1988, 1989, 1991 and 1999) * Torneo Clausura: 1 (1994) * Torneo Preparación: 1 (2008) * Liguilla Clasificatoria: 3 (1991, 1994 and 2005)

References

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