Club Sport Unión Huaral, more commonly known as Unión Huaral, is a

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club, from the city of

Huaral Huaral is a town in central Peru, capital of the Huaral Province, Huaral Province in the Department of Lima. It is located within the jurisdiction of the Regional Government of Lima-Provinces and is located on the central coast of the country. Et ...

. It was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the

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History

The Club Sport Unión Huaral was founded at the initiative of a group of enthusiastic young men who, meeting at the home of Don Nicolás Pintado, decided to form the neighborhood football team under the name of Club Unión, since most of them lived on Unión Street. This team would compete against teams from neighboring haciendas and neighborhoods. In 1974, after defeating 17 Lima teams and defeating Deportivo Sider Perú of

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in a third match on neutral ground, they won the Lima-North regional title and thus achieved their long-awaited promotion to the

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. That year, the usual Copa final was not played, as the number of teams in the decentralized championship was increased from 18 to 22, allowing the

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champions of each region to be promoted directly. The club won the First Division for the first time in

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the second time in

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. They were the first club to take the Peruvian title out of the traditional strongholds of

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and

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provinces. They were runners-up in 1974. From winning the First Division, they qualified for the

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in 1975 and 1977, where they were eliminated in the First Round on both occasions. The club has played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twenty four occasions, from

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until

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and from

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until

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, when it was relegated to the

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being relegated in 2007. Unión Huaral won the second division in 1992, 1994 and 2002. In the

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, the club was eliminated by

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in the Round of 16. In 2013, the club had a great campaign in the

finishing runner-up, losing the final against San Simon. They were once again promoted to the Peruvian Segunda División. However, they got disqualified during the 2024 Liga 2 season, being relegated to the

along with

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Stadium

Unión Huaral plays at Estadio Julio Lores Colán, named after the

Julio Lores Julio Lores Colán (born 15 September 1908 - death 15 July 1947) was a Peruvian- Mexican professional football forward who played for Peru in the 1930 FIFA World Cup and for Mexico. He played for Ciclista Lima, and later for the Mexican club ...

who represented Peru at the

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. Located in

, the stadium has a capacity of 6,000.

Current squad

Notable players

Honours

Senior titles

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 3 appearances ::1975: First Round ::1977: First Round ::1990: Second Round

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Union Huaral Football clubs in Peru Association football clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Peru