Unión Comercio

Unión Comercio
Full name	Club Deportivo Unión Comercio
Nickname(s)	El Poderoso de San Martín
Founded	June 15, 1994; 30 years ago
Ground	Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García
Capacity	18,000
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 as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru.^[1] The club plays in the Peruvian Segunda División, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being relegated in 2024. Despite being based in Nueva Cajamarca, Unión Comercio plays their home games at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto.

History

Unión Comercio was founded on June 15 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.

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.

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.

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.^[2] As a result, the team was promoted to the Peruvian 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 the Copa Sudamericana for the first time

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.

Since 2011, the club played in the Liga 1 until it was relegated to the Liga 2 after placing bottom in the 2024 season.

Historic badges

1994–2010
2011

Stadium

Unión Comercio has multiple stadiums that they are available to play in. They currently play at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García, located in Tarapoto with a capacity of 18,000. 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

As of 10 September 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	URU	Ignacio Barrios
2	DF	PER	Jeremy Salas
3	DF	PAR	Teodoro Paredes
4	MF	PER	Vieri Pérez
5	MF	PER	Kelvin Sánchez
7	FW	PER	Miguel Carranza
8	MF	PER	Valentino Sandoval
9	FW	ECU	Marlon de Jesús
10	FW	PAR	Hernán Pérez
11	FW	PER	Alejandro Figueroa
12	GK	PER	Willy Díaz
13	FW	ECU	Byron Angulo
15	FW	PER	Osama Vinladen
16	DF	PER	Roberto Villamarin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	PER	Denilson Vargas
18	MF	PER	Jack Carhuallanqui (on loan from Universitario)
23	DF	PER	Jhon Alvarez
24	MF	PER	Luis Navea (on loan from Alianza Lima)
26	FW	PER	Jorge Tandazo
29	FW	PER	Héctor Zeta
30	MF	PER	Josue Torres (on loan from Universitario)
32	MF	PER	Sandro Rengifo
33	DF	PER	Joaquin Aguirre
34	DF	PER	Sebástian Aranda (on loan from Alianza Lima)
35	DF	PER	Alvaro Olaya
38	MF	PER	Erinson Ramirez
93	DF	PER	Hansell Riojas

Honours

Senior titles

Keys

Record
^(s) Shared record

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Segunda División	—	1	—	2022
National (League)	Copa Perú	1	—	2010	—
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

Under-20 team

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Torneo de Promoción y Reserva	—	1	—	2015
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo Apertura	—	1	—	2015

Results

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2012	Copa Sudamericana	Q1		Envigado	0–0	0–2

Notable players

Managers

Hernán Lisi (1 January 2011 – 12 May 2011)
Julio César Uribe (27 July 2011 – 24 April 2012)
Mario Viera (29 April 2012 – 29 November 2012)
Fernando Nogara (12 December 2012 – 2 May 2013)
Johano Bermúdez (interim) (3 May 2013 – 16 May 2013)
Edgar Ospina (17 May 2013–1?)
Javier Arce (23 September 2013 – 17 December 2013)
Agustín Castillo (1 January 2014 – 7 April 2014)
Walter Aristizábal (9 April 2014–)

References

^ Alonso Huanilo Ramírez (2020). "El que llegó más lejos: Unión Comercio de Nueva Cajamarca". Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Copa Perú 2010". Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^ "Unión Comercio se coronó campeón de la Copa Perú". Retrieved 31 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

[1] Alonso Huanilo Ramírez (2020). "El que llegó más lejos: Unión Comercio de Nueva Cajamarca". Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[2] "Copa Perú 2010". Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

[3] "Unión Comercio se coronó campeón de la Copa Perú". Retrieved 31 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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