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 (officially)
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Ciénaga, Ciénaga, Magdalena, Colombia
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	José María Campo Alzamora
Manager	Carlos Silva Socarrás
League	Categoría Primera B
2015	8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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 GK Ernest Sabeditch GK Rubén Rocha GK Jaime de la Spriella GK Zvonko Monsider DF Víctor Lanao DF Alejandro Negrescu DF Sandor Torok MF Gerro Hinduliak MF Joseph Samu MF Enrique Ortiz MF Nelson Pérez MF Rómulo Barrios

No. Position Player MF Felipe Fernández MF Rafael Botto FW Georgy Marik FW Joseph Kajml FW Gyula Zsengellér (also Manager) FW Orlando Granados FW Ladislao Fussesy FW Milos Dragolovich FW Rudolf Strittich FW Antonio Carrasquilla FW Alessandro Adam 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 GK Aldair Arnedo GK Juan Chaverra DF Brayan Correa DF Brian Flores DF Andrés Rodríguez DF César Rondón DF Andrés Sarmiento DF Guillermo Sierra DF Andrés Varón MF Enrique Correa MF Peter Domínguez MF Juan Guazá

No. Position Player MF Danis Guerrero MF Leonardo Lázaro MF Daniel Machacón MF Mauricio Marín MF José Muñoz MF Jahir Scott FW Juan Casarrubia FW Edison Giménez FW Andrés Mena FW Raúl Peñaranda FW Oscar Villareal FW Hansel Zapata

Honours

National Honours

• Fútbol Profesional Colombiano: 1

1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

Best: First Round in 1969

1969: First Round

Notable Players

• Gyula Zsengellér (1951–53)
• Georg Hanke (1951)
• Gabriel Rakosky (1952)
• Kalman Lami (1952)
• Ladislao Magyar (1952)
• Nicolás Hrotko (1952)
• Bruno Gerzelli (1952)
• Corrado Contin (1952)
• Manuel Rossi (1965)
• Nivaldo (1967)
• Arístides Del Puerto (1973)
• Luis Giribet (1976)
• Víctor Solar (1977)
• Carlos Valderrama (1981–84)
• Alfredo Arango
• Carlos Arango
• Aurelio Palacios

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