Unión Comercio
{{short description|Peruvian association football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
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| fullname = Club Deportivo Unión Comercio
| nickname = El Poderoso de San Martín, El Poderoso del Altomayo
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994|6|15}}
| ground = Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García
| capacity = 8,000
| chairman = Freddy Chávez Ríos
| manager = Alejandro Russo
| league = Liga 2
| season = 2024
| position = Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated)
| website = https://www.unioncomercio.pe/
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Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru.{{cite web|access-date=25 June 2020|author=Alonso Huanilo Ramírez|date=2020|title=El que llegó más lejos: Unión Comercio de Nueva Cajamarca|url=https://peruanosdelexterior.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/de-la-selva-su-futbol-el-que-llego-mas-lejos-union-comercio/|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627205348/https://peruanosdelexterior.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/de-la-selva-su-futbol-el-que-llego-mas-lejos-union-comercio/|url-status=live}} The club plays in the Liga 2, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being relegated in 2024. Unión Comercio plays their home games at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto.
History
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 the Copa Perú.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
In 2003, the club were provincial champion of San Martín and qualified for the Departmental Stage of the Copa Perú, where it was eliminated in the semi-finals by Deportivo Pesquero de Moyobamba in a penalty shootout.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
Unión Comercio were champions of the Liga Provincial de Rioja in 2009 and again in 2010. They were also 2010 Liga Departamental champions, where they defeated Atlético Belén and Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca champions and were promoted to the Copa Peru.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage when they defeated Cultural Volante, Juventud Santa Rosa and Carlos A. Mannucci in the Region II's group A. Unión Comercio was the 2010 Copa Perú Champion when they defeated Alianza Unicachi in the final.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru2010.html#copa |title=Copa Perú 2010 |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210221027/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru2010.html#copa |url-status=live }} As a result, the team was promoted to the Peruvian First Division for the first time in the club's history.{{cite web |title=Unión Comercio se coronó campeón de la Copa Perú |url=http://www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?Id=uN4Z2i7lWWc= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630175748/http://www.andina.com.pe/Espanol/Noticia.aspx?Id=uN4Z2i7lWWc= |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2012 |access-date=31 March 2017}}
In its first season in the First Division of Peru, Unión Comercio was placed in sixth place achieving qualification to the Copa Sudamericana for the first time.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
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 against Águilas 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.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
Since 2011, the club played in the Liga 1 until it was relegated to the Liga 2 after placing bottom in the 2024 season.{{fact|date=June 2025}}
Historic badges
File:Unión Comercio 2010.jpg|alt=1994–10|{{center|1994–2010}}
File:Union Comercio.svg|{{center|2011}}
Stadium
Unión Comercio has multiple stadiums that they are available to play in. They currently play at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García, located in Tarapoto with a capacity of 7,000. Unión Comercio's originally home stadium was Estadio IPD de Moyobamba which has a capacity of 8,000. They also may play at Estadio IPD de Nueva Cajamarca with a capacity of 12,000.
Current squad
{{Updated|10 March 2025.}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=Argentina|name=Federico Nicosia}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Joaquín Delgado}}
{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=Colombia|name=Jhonny Mena}}
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Carlos Montoya}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Kelvin Sánchez}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Dustin Rengifo}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=Cristhian Vargas}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Neil Marcos|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=Colombia|name=Jesús Arrieta}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Mario Velarde}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=Argentina|name=Lucas Farías}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=Regis Quiroz}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Mirlon Coronel}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Cleyder Vargas}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=David Marines}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Denilson Vargas}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Johan Ayala}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Gabriel Delgado}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=Argentina|name=Gabriel Morales}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=Diego López}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Juan Muñoz}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Farihd Ortega}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Neyver Ordóñez}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=Álvaro Medrano}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Maelo Reátegui}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=Osama Jiménez}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=FW|nat=Colombia|name=Victor Perlaza}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Jamilton Isuiza}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=GK|nat=Peru|name=Homero Cachique}}
{{Fs player|no=32|pos=MF|nat=Peru|name=Cristian Becerra}}
{{Fs player|no=33|pos=FW|nat=Peru|name=Francescoli Arevalo}}
{{Fs player|no=-|pos=DF|nat=Peru|name=Mauro Aguilar}}
{{fs end}}
Honours
= Senior titles =
{{small div|
;Keys
- {{legend|gold|outline=#999999|Record}}
- {{sup|(s)}} Shared record
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! Type ! width=250px| Competition ! Titles ! Runner-up ! Winning years ! Runner-up years |
rowspan=2 |National (League) ! scope=col|Segunda División | style="text-align:center;" |— |1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"| 2022 |
scope=col|Copa Perú
|1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2010 | style="text-align:center;" |— |
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rowspan=2 | Half-year / Short tournament (League) ! scope=col|Torneo Apertura (Segunda División) | style="text-align:center;" |— |1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2022 |
scope=col|Torneo Clausura (Segunda División)
| style="text-align:center;" |— |2 | style="text-align:center;" |— |
rowspan=4 | Regional (League) ! scope=col|Región VIII |1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2010 | style="text-align:center;" |— |
scope=col|Liga Departamental de San Martín
|1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2010 | style="text-align:center;" |— |
scope=col|Liga Provincial de Rioja
|2 | 1 | align="left"|2003, 2010 | align="left"|2009 |
scope=col|Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca
|1 | 1 | align="left"|2009 | align="left"|2010 |
=Under-20 team=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
! Type ! width=250px| Competition ! Titles ! Runner-up ! Winning years ! Runner-up years |
rowspan=1 |National (League) ! scope=col|Torneo de Promoción y Reserva | style="text-align:center;" |— |1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2015 |
rowspan=3 |Half-year / Short tournament (League) ! scope=col|Torneo Apertura | style="text-align:center;" |— |1 | style="text-align:center;" |— | align="left"|2015 |
Results
=Performance in CONMEBOL competitions=
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style="background:#efefef;" | Competition
! style="background:#efefef;" | A ! style="background:#efefef;" | P ! style="background:#efefef;" | W ! style="background:#efefef;" | D ! style="background:#efefef;" | L ! style="background:#efefef;" | GF ! style="background:#efefef;" | GA | |||||||
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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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Season
! Competition ! Round ! ! Club ! Home ! Away |
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style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2012
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|Copa Sudamericana | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|Q1 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} |0–0 |0–2 |
Notable players
{{for|a list of all former and current Unión Comercio players with a Wikipedia article|Category:Unión Comercio footballers}}
Managers
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Hernán Lisi (2011)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Julio César Uribe (2011-2012)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Leo Morales (interim) (2012)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Julio García Ruiz (interim) (2012)
- {{flagicon|URU}} Mario Viera (2012)
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Fernando Nogara (2013)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Johano Bermúdez (interim) (2013)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Édgar Ospina (2013)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Javier Arce (2013)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Alberto Castillo (2014)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Walter Aristizábal (2014-2015)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Raymundo Paz (interim) (2015)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Walter Aristizábal (2015-2016)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Julio César Uribe (2017)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Franco Mendoza (interim) (2017)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Miguel Augusto Prince (2017)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Gerardo Carrillo (interim) (2017)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Silva (2017)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Pacheco (2017)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Javier Arce (2017)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Walter Aristizábal (2018)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Rafael Castillo (2018)
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Vivas (2018-2019)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Alfredo Bernal / {{flagicon|PER}} Ytalo Manzo (interim) (2019)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Diego Barragán (2019)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Walter Aristizábal (2019)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Leo Morales (2020)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Ytalo Manzo (2020)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Richard Parra (2021)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Carlos Cortijo (2021)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Jesús Oropesa (2022-2023)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Jaime de la Pava (2023)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Raymundo Paz (interim) (2023)
- {{flagicon|VEN}} Daniel Farías (2023)
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcelo Vivas (2023)
- {{flagicon|PER}} Raymundo Paz (interim) (2023)
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Néstor Craviotto (2024)
- {{flagicon|COL}} Milton García (2024)
See also
References
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External links
- {{facebook|UCOMERCIO}}
- {{twitter|ucomercio}}
- {{instagram|ucomercio}}
- [https://www.flashscore.pe/equipo/u-comercio/AkMTpa6I/resultados/ Resultados del Club Deportivo Unión Comercio]
- [http://dechalaca.com/copaperu/etapa-regional-region-ii-2010/region-ii-transaccion-finiquitada Región II: Union Comercio a la Nacional]
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