Unión Magdalena

Unión Magdalena
Full name Club Unión Magdalena S.A.
Nickname(s) El Ciclón Bananero (The Bananaquit Cyclone)
Founded 10 March 1951 (as Deportivo Samarios)
19 April 1953 (1953-04-19) (officially)
Ground Estadio Municipal de Ciénaga,
Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Colombia José María Campo Alzamora
Manager Colombia Carlos Silva Socarrás
League Categoría Primera B
2015 8th
Website Club home page

The Asociación Deportiva Unión Magdalena (Spanish pronunciation: [uˈnjon maɣðaˈlena]) is a professional Colombian football team based in Santa Marta, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Municipal de Ciénaga stadium, in the nearby town of Ciénaga, because their previous stadium, the Eduardo Santos stadium, will be demolished.

Founded in March 10, 1951 as Deportivo Samarios, the club was re-founded as Unión Magdalena in April 19, 1953. The original playing squad was largely composed of Hungarians who were touring Colombia when their club, the Hungária FC, was disbanded.[1]

Unión has only won one championship, in 1968, playing against Deportivo Cali in the final. Carlos Valderrama, one of the most famous Colombian footballers, started his career here.

Red and blue stripes compose the traditional shirt of the team. It is also nicknamed El Ciclón Bananero (The Bananaquit Cyclone), based in San Lorenzo de Almagro, which is also based its uniform.

First Team (Deportivo Samarios - 1951)

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

No. Position Player
Hungary GK Ernest Sabeditch
Colombia GK Rubén Rocha
Colombia GK Jaime de la Spriella
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia GK Zvonko Monsider
Colombia DF Víctor Lanao
Romania DF Alejandro Negrescu
Hungary DF Sandor Torok
Hungary MF Gerro Hinduliak
Hungary MF Joseph Samu
Colombia MF Enrique Ortiz
Colombia MF Nelson Pérez
Colombia MF Rómulo Barrios
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Felipe Fernández
Argentina MF Rafael Botto
Hungary FW Georgy Marik
Hungary FW Joseph Kajml
Hungary FW Gyula Zsengellér (also Manager)
Colombia FW Orlando Granados
Hungary FW Ladislao Fussesy
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FW Milos Dragolovich
Austria FW Rudolf Strittich
Colombia FW Antonio Carrasquilla
Italy FW Alessandro Adam
Colombia FW Apolinar Pérez

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Colombia GK Aldair Arnedo
Colombia GK Juan Chaverra
Colombia DF Brayan Correa
Argentina DF Brian Flores
Colombia DF Andrés Rodríguez
Colombia DF César Rondón
Colombia DF Andrés Sarmiento
Colombia DF Guillermo Sierra
Colombia DF Andrés Varón
Colombia MF Enrique Correa
Colombia MF Peter Domínguez
Colombia MF Juan Guazá
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Danis Guerrero
Colombia MF Leonardo Lázaro
Colombia MF Daniel Machacón
Colombia MF Mauricio Marín
Colombia MF José Muñoz
Colombia MF Jahir Scott
Colombia FW Juan Casarrubia
Paraguay FW Edison Giménez
Colombia FW Andrés Mena
Colombia FW Raúl Peñaranda
Colombia FW Oscar Villareal
Colombia FW Hansel Zapata

Honours

National Honours

1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: First Round in 1969
1969: First Round

Notable Players

References

  1. Ascencio, Jose Orlando (5 November 1999). "A la tierra del olvido" [Land of oblivion] (in Spanish). El Tiempo.

External links

Media related to Unión Magdalena S. A. at Wikimedia Commons


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