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.^[1] 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.

Unión Comercio

Full name	Club Deportivo Unión Comercio
Nicknames	El Poderoso de San Martín, El Poderoso del Altomayo
Founded	15 June 1994; 31 years ago (1994-06-15)
Ground	Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Freddy Chávez Ríos
Manager	Alejandro Russo
League	Liga 2
2024	Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Website	https://www.unioncomercio.pe/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Unión Comercio was founded on 15 June 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2011, the club played in the Liga 1 until it was relegated to the Liga 2 after placing bottom in the 2024 season.^{[citation needed]}

Historic badges

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  1994–2010
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  2011

Stadium

Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García

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 March 2025.

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  ARG Federico Nicosia 2 DF  PER Joaquín Delgado 3 DF  COL Jhonny Mena 4 DF  PER Carlos Montoya 5 MF  PER Kelvin Sánchez 6 MF  PER Dustin Rengifo 7 FW  PER Cristhian Vargas 8 MF  PER Neil Marcos (captain) 9 FW  COL Jesús Arrieta 10 MF  PER Mario Velarde 11 FW  ARG Lucas Farías 12 GK  PER Regis Quiroz 13 DF  PER Mirlon Coronel 14 DF  PER Cleyder Vargas 15 MF  PER David Marines 17 DF  PER Denilson Vargas

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  PER Johan Ayala 19 MF  PER Gabriel Delgado 20 MF  ARG Gabriel Morales 21 GK  PER Diego López 22 DF  PER Juan Muñoz 23 DF  PER Farihd Ortega 24 DF  PER Neyver Ordóñez 25 FW  PER Álvaro Medrano 26 DF  PER Maelo Reátegui 28 FW  PER Osama Jiménez 29 FW  COL Victor Perlaza 30 DF  PER Jamilton Isuiza 31 GK  PER Homero Cachique 32 MF  PER Cristian Becerra 33 FW  PER Francescoli Arevalo - DF  PER Mauro Aguilar

Honours

Senior titles

Keys

•   Record
• ^(s) Shared record

Type	Competition	Titles	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
National (League)	Segunda División	—	1	—	2022
	Copa Perú	1	—	2010	—
Half-year / Short tournament (League)	Torneo Apertura (Segunda División)	—	1	—	2022
	Torneo Clausura (Segunda División)	—	2	—	2021, 2022
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 (Reserva)	—	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

For a list of all former and current Unión Comercio players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Unión Comercio footballers.

Managers

• Hernán Lisi (2011)
• Julio César Uribe (2011-2012)
• Leo Morales (interim) (2012)
• Julio García Ruiz (interim) (2012)
• Mario Viera (2012)
• Fernando Nogara (2013)
• Johano Bermúdez (interim) (2013)
• Édgar Ospina (2013)
• Javier Arce (2013)
• Alberto Castillo (2014)
• Walter Aristizábal (2014-2015)
• Raymundo Paz (interim) (2015)
• Walter Aristizábal (2015-2016)
• Julio César Uribe (2017)
• Franco Mendoza (interim) (2017)
• Miguel Augusto Prince (2017)
• Gerardo Carrillo (interim) (2017)
• Carlos Silva (2017)
• Hernán Pacheco (2017)
• Javier Arce (2017)
• Walter Aristizábal (2018)
• Rafael Castillo (2018)
• Marcelo Vivas (2018-2019)
• Alfredo Bernal / Ytalo Manzo (interim) (2019)
• Diego Barragán (2019)
• Walter Aristizábal (2019)
• Leo Morales (2020)
• Ytalo Manzo (2020)
• Richard Parra (2021)
• Carlos Cortijo (2021)
• Jesús Oropesa (2022-2023)
• Jaime de la Pava (2023)
• Raymundo Paz (interim) (2023)
• Daniel Farías (2023)
• Marcelo Vivas (2023)
• Raymundo Paz (interim) (2023)
• Néstor Craviotto (2024)
• Milton García (2024)

See also

• List of football clubs in Peru
• Peruvian football league system