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Union Magdalena
ID: team_139042
About
Unión Magdalena commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone), is a professional Colombian football club based in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. The club will play in the 2020 Categoría Primera B. The club's home ground is the Sierra Nevada Stadium, which it moved in 2018. Founded in March 10, 1951 as Deportivo Samarios, the club was re-founded as Unión Magdalena in 19 April 1953. The original playing squad was largely composed of Hungarians who were touring Colombia when their club, the Hungaria FbC Roma, was disbanded.
Stadium
Estadio Sierra Nevada
Estadio Sierra Nevada (Spanish: Estadio Sierra Nevada ) (also known as Estadio Unidad Bolivariana Bureche) is a football stadium in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia. The stadium was opened on 11 November 2017. It was the host stadium for the football matches at the 2017 Bolivarian Games and home stadium for local football club Unión Magdalena starting from 2018. Due to delays, the stadium could not be completed by the start of the Bolivarian Games. It was expected to be completed by March 2018, and then by 15 June 2018, but it still remains under construction.
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Roster (27)
View all →Janeth Alemán
Orles Aragón
Óscar Barreto
Ruyery Blanco
Eric Krame Camblong
Fabián Cantillo
Kleber Díaz
Eduar Esteban
Juan Diego Giraldo
Guillermo Gómez
Jesús Murillo León
Ricardo Márquez
Daniel Mera
José Mercado
Freddy Molina
Dairon Mosquera
David Murillo
Dilan Ortíz
Darwin Palomeque Palacios
Martín Payares
Rafael Pérez
Jhoan Pinto
Valentín Sánchez
Jannenson Sarmiento
Cristian Sención
Juan Tello
Óscar Vanegas
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