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Unión Huaral

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Unión Huaral
Full nameClub Sport Unión Huaral
(Huaral Union Sport Club)
Nickname(s)Los Naranjeros
Los Pelícanos
El Buldócer
Los Huaralinos
FoundedSeptember 20, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-20)
GroundEstadio Julio Lores Colán
Capacity6,000
ChairmanPeru Arturo Sánchez Valencia
ManagerArgentina Adrián Blas Taffarel
LeagueLiga 3
2024Liga 2, 18th (Disqualified)

Club Sport Unión Huaral, more commonly known as Unión Huaral, is a Peruvian football club, from the city of Huaral. It was founded in 1947 and plays in the Peruvian Tercera División.

History

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The Club Sport Unión Huaral was founded at the initiative of a group of enthusiastic young men who, meeting at the home of Don Nicolás Pintado, decided to form the neighborhood football team under the name of Club Unión, since most of them lived on Unión Street. This team would compete against teams from neighboring haciendas and neighborhoods.

In 1974, after defeating 17 Lima teams and defeating Deportivo Sider Perú of Chimbote in a third match on neutral ground, they won the Lima-North regional title and thus achieved their long-awaited promotion to the Peruvian Primera División. That year, the usual Copa final was not played, as the number of teams in the decentralized championship was increased from 18 to 22, allowing the Copa Perú champions of each region to be promoted directly.

The club won the First Division for the first time in 1976 the second time in 1989. They were the first club to take the Peruvian title out of the traditional strongholds of Lima and Callao provinces. They were runners-up in 1974. From winning the First Division, they qualified for the Copa Libertadores in 1975 and 1977, where they were eliminated in the First Round on both occasions.

The club has played at the highest level of Peruvian football on twenty four occasions, from 1974 until 1991, 1993, 1995 and from 2003 until 2006, when it was relegated to the Peruvian Segunda División being relegated in 2007. Unión Huaral won the second division in 1992, 1994 and 2002.

Unión Huaral playing against San Simón

In the 2011 Torneo Intermedio, the club was eliminated by Deportivo Municipal in the Round of 16. In 2013, the club had a great campaign in the Copa Perú finishing runner-up, losing the final against San Simon. They were once again promoted to the Peruvian Segunda División. However, they got disqualified during the 2024 Liga 2 season, being relegated to the Peruvian Tercera División along with Juan Aurich.[1]

Stadium

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Estadio Julio Lores Colán

Unión Huaral plays at Estadio Julio Lores Colán, named after the Julio Lores who represented Peru at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Located in Huaral, the stadium has a capacity of 6,000.

Current squad

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As of 31 March, 2023

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 Argentina ARG Leonardo Silva
3 DF Peru PER Miguel Navarro
4 DF Peru PER Andy Paredes
5 MF Peru PER Juan Tuesta
6 DF Peru PER Álvaro Laura
8 MF Peru PER Josué Aragón
9 FW Colombia COL Alejandro Prisco
10 MF Peru PER Robert Ardiles
11 MF Colombia COL William Dávila
12 GK Peru PER Nikol Romero
14 DF Peru PER Ramón Rengifo
15 FW Peru PER Kristopher de la Cruz
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Peru PER Renzo Huacho
17 FW Peru PER Andree Cruz
18 FW Peru PER Luis Chávez
21 MF Peru PER Mathías López
22 DF Uruguay URU Robert González
23 FW Peru PER Joseph Valladolid
27 DF Peru PER Sebastián Huarcaya
29 MF Peru PER Roger Chinga
30 MF Peru PER José Marina
31 FW Peru PER Franco Torrejon
32 GK Peru PER Hubert Gamarra

Notable players

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Honours

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Senior titles

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Keys
  •   Record
  • (s) Shared record
Type Competition Titles Runner-up Winning years Runner-up years
National
(League)
Primera División 2 1 1976, 1989 1974
Segunda División 3 1992, 1994, 2002
Torneo Zonal 1 1992
Copa Perú 1 2013
Half-year / Short
tournament

(League)
Torneo Regional 1 2
Torneo Descentralizado 1
Torneo Clausura (Segunda División) 1 2021
Regional
(League)
Región IV 1 2013
Liga Departamental de Lima 1 1 1973 2013
Liga Provincial de Huaral 5 1 1972, 1973, 2009, 2011, 2012 2013
Liga Distrital de Huaral 6 1972, 1973, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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1975: First Round
1977: First Round
1990: Second Round

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mauricio, Por Alberto (2024-04-27). "Juan Aurich y Unión Huaral descendieron a la Liga 3: FPF rechazó pedidos de nulidad y no jugarán hasta 2025". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-14.
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