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| Full name | Club Deportivo Unión Comercio | |||
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| Nicknames | El Poderoso de San Martín,El Poderoso del Altomayo | |||
| Founded | 15 June 1994; 31 years ago (1994-06-15) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| Chairman | Freddy Chávez Ríos | |||
| Manager | Alejandro Russo | |||
| League | Liga 2 | |||
| 2024 | Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated) | |||
| Website | https://www.unioncomercio.pe/ | |||
Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known asUnión Comercio, is a Peruvian professionalfootball club based in the city ofNueva Cajamarca,San Martín, Peru.[1] The club plays in theLiga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being relegated in 2024. Unión Comercio plays their home games atEstadio Carlos Vidaurre García inTarapoto.
Unión Comercio was founded on 15 June 1994 by merchants of the Central Market of Nueva Cajamarca, and participated in local tournaments in Tarapoto until 2010 where they played in theCopa Perú.[citation needed]
In 2003, the club were provincial champion of San Martín and qualified for the Departmental Stage of theCopa Perú, where it was eliminated in the semi-finals by Deportivo Pesquero de Moyobamba in a penalty shootout.[citation needed]
Unión Comercio were champions of theLiga Provincial de Rioja in 2009 and again in 2010. They were also2010 Liga Departamental champions, where they defeatedAtlético Belén andLiga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca champions and were promoted to the Copa Peru.[citation needed]
In the2010 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage when they defeated Cultural Volante, Juventud Santa Rosa andCarlos A. Mannucci in the Region II's group A. Unión Comercio was the2010 Copa Perú Champion when they defeatedAlianza Unicachi in the final.[2] As a result, the team was promoted to thePeruvian First Division for the first time in the club's history.[3]
In its first season in the First Division of Peru, Unión Comercio was placed in sixth place achieving qualification to theCopa Sudamericana for the first time.[citation needed]
In 2014 the campaign improved by placing fourth in the tournament, which was its best participation in the first division, achieving another qualification to the Copa Sudamericana. In 2015, they finished eighth and were eliminated again in the first round againstÁguilas Doradas (2-0 in the first leg and a 1-1 draw in the second leg). In 2016, they finished 10th, in 2017 in 14th and in 2018 in 10th.[citation needed]
Since 2011, the club played in the Liga 1 until it was relegated to the Liga 2 after placing bottom in the2024 season.[citation needed]
Unión Comercio has multiple stadiums that they are available to play in. They currently play atEstadio Carlos Vidaurre García, located in Tarapoto with a capacity of 7,000. Unión Comercio's originally home stadium wasEstadio IPD de Moyobamba which has a capacity of 8,000. They also may play atEstadio IPD de Nueva Cajamarca with a capacity of 12,000.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Type | Competition | Titles | Runner-up | Winning years | Runner-up years |
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| National (League) | Segunda División | — | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Copa Perú | 1 | — | 2010 | — | |
| Half-year / Short tournament (League) | Torneo Apertura (Liga 2) | — | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Torneo Clausura (Liga 2) | — | 2 | — | 2021,2022 | |
| Regional (League) | Región VIII | 1 | — | 2010 | — |
| Liga Departamental de San Martín | 1 | — | 2010 | — | |
| Liga Provincial de Rioja | 2 | 1 | 2003, 2010 | 2009 | |
| Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Type | Competition | Titles | Runner-up | Winning years | Runner-up years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National (League) | Torneo de Promoción y Reservas | — | 1 | — | 2015 |
| Half-year / Short tournament (League) | Torneo Apertura (Reserva) | — | 1 | — | 2015 |
| Competition | A | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa Sudamericana | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
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| 2012 | Copa Sudamericana | Q1 |  | Envigado | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Hernán Lisi (2011)
Julio César Uribe (2011-2012)Leo Morales(interim) (2012) Julio García Ruiz(interim) (2012)
Mario Viera (2012)Fernando Nogara (2013) Johano Bermúdez(interim) (2013)Édgar Ospina (2013)Javier Arce (2013)Alberto Castillo (2014)Walter Aristizábal (2014-2015) Raymundo Paz(interim) (2015)Walter Aristizábal (2015-2016)Julio César Uribe (2017)Franco Mendoza(interim) (2017)Miguel Augusto Prince (2017) Gerardo Carrillo(interim) (2017)Carlos Silva (2017)Hernán Pacheco (2017)Javier Arce (2017)Walter Aristizábal (2018)Rafael Castillo (2018)Marcelo Vivas (2018-2019) Alfredo Bernal /Ytalo Manzo(interim) (2019)Diego Barragán (2019)Walter Aristizábal (2019)Leo Morales (2020)Ytalo Manzo (2020)Richard Parra (2021) Carlos Cortijo (2021)Jesús Oropesa (2022-2023)Jaime de la Pava (2023) Raymundo Paz(interim) (2023)
Daniel Farías (2023)Marcelo Vivas (2023) Raymundo Paz(interim) (2023)Néstor Craviotto (2024) Milton García (2024)| National teams | |||||
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