| Full name | Corporación Deportiva de la Costa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | El Único (The Only One) La U de la Costa (The Coast's "U") | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Dissolved | 1999 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Romelio Martínez | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Enrique Chapman | ||
Corporación Deportiva de la Costa, better known asDeportivo Unicosta orUnicosta, was a professional Colombianfootball club based inBarranquilla, that played in theCategoría Primera A until its1998 season. They played their home games at theEstadio Romelio Martínez.
Deportivo Unicosta was founded by businessman Enrique Chapman in 1995 and entered the Colombian second tier tournamentCategoría Primera B that same year, earning promotion toCategoría Primera A by winning the 1996–97 Primera B tournament. There they topped the final group, placing ahead ofLanceros Boyacá,Deportivo Pasto, and Atlético Córdoba, and promotion was clinched with a draw inTunja against Lanceros on 1 June 1997.[1][2]
Their first tournament in the top tier was the1997 Adecuación, in which they only won four matches and barely managed to avoid relegation with a 3–2 away victory overMillonarios on the final day of the regular season.[3]
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.[4] The club folded in 1999, and its participation rights inDIMAYOR were sold to Deportivo Soledad, which replaced Unicosta in Primera B.[5]
Deportivo Unicosta played its home matches atEstadio Romelio Martínez inBarranquilla, which had formerly been used byJunior.[6]
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