# Unión Comercio

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. 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 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. As a result, the team was promoted to the Peruvian First Division for the first time in the club's history.
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 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

    As of 10 September 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | — |
| Half-year / Short tournament (League) | Torneo Apertura (Segunda División) | — | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Half-year / Short tournament (League) | Torneo Clausura (Segunda División) | — | 2 | — | 2021, 2022 |
| Regional (League) | Región VIII | 1 | — | 2010 | — |
| Regional (League) | Liga Departamental de San Martín | 1 | — | 2010 | — |
| Regional (League) | Liga Provincial de Rioja | 2 | 1 | 2003, 2010 | 2009 |
| Regional (League) | 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 |

## 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–)