Unión Carolina is a

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vian

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club, playing in the city of

Puno Puno ( Aymara and ) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was established in ...

History

In the 2005 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage, but was eliminated by the Senati FBC of

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara language, Aymara and ), also known by its nicknames of ''Ciudad Blanca'' (Spanish for "White City") and ''León del Sur'' (Spanish for "South's Lion"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous Arequipa (province), ...

. Its eternal rival is the

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, with which it disputes the derby of the city of

. At present it participates in the Liga Superior de Puno.Liga Superior de Puno: Al compás de ‘La Diablada’
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Rivalries

Unión Carolina has had a long-standing rivalry with Diablos Rojos,

and Real Carolino.

Honours

Regional

* Región VIII: ::Runner-up (1):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* Liga Departamental de Puno: ::Winners (3): 1966, 1967, 2006 :: Runner-up (1): 2005 * Liga Provincial de Puno: ::Winners (5): 1952, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1967 :: Runner-up (3): 1954, 2002, 2006 * Liga Superior de Puno: :: Runner-up (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Liga Distrital de Puno: ::Winners (3): 1993, 2002, 2005 :: Runner-up (1): 2024

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