Unión Magdalena
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Full name | Asociación Deportiva Unión Magdalena |
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Nickname(s) | El Ciclón Bananero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | 19 April 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Estadio Eduardo Santos, Santa Marta, Magdalena |
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Capacity | 23,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | José María Campo Alzamora | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Rubén Flotta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Primera B Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 Apertura | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unión Magdalena is a Colombian soccer team founded in the year 1950 as "Los Samarios" (April 19) and based on Santa Marta. It has only won one championship, in the year 1968 against Deportivo Cali in the final. Red and blue stripes compose its shirt. It is also nicknamed "El Ciclón Bananero" in Colombia.
Currently (as of 2006) it is playing in the Colombian Second Division.
Unión Magdalena plays in the stadium Eduardo Santos with a capacity of 23.000.
Carlos Valderrama, one of the most famous Colombian footballers, started his career here.
Colombian Categoria Primera B 2007 teams: |
Academia FC | Alianza Petrolera | Atlético Bello | Bajo Cauca FC | Barranquilla FC | Bogotá FC | Centauros Villavicencio | Córdoba FC | Cortuluá Depor FC | Deportivo Rionegro | Expreso Rojo | Girardot FC | Envigado FC | Real Santander | Patriotas FC | Unión Magdalena | Valledupar FC |