Unión Magdalena

Unión Magdalena

Full name	Club Unión Magdalena S.A.
Nickname(s)	El Ciclón Bananero (The Bananaquit Cyclone)
Founded	10 March 1951 (as Deportivo Samarios) 19 April 1953 (1953-04-19) (officially)
Ground	Estadio Federico Serrano Soto, Riohacha, Colombia
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	José María Campo Alzamora
Manager	Carlos Silva Socarrás
League	Categoría Primera B
2016	13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Unión Magdalena (Spanish pronunciation: [uˈnjon maɣðaˈlena]) is a professional Colombian football team based in Santa Marta, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Federico Serrano Soto stadium, in Riohacha, because their previous stadium, the Eduardo Santos stadium, will be demolished.

Founded in March 10, 1951 as Deportivo Samarios, the club was re-founded as Unión Magdalena in April 19, 1953. The original playing squad was largely composed of Hungarians who were touring Colombia when their club, the Hungária FC, was disbanded.

Unión has only won one championship, in 1968, playing against Deportivo Cali in the final. Carlos Valderrama, one of the most famous Colombian footballers, started his career here.

Red and blue stripes compose the traditional shirt of the team. It is also nicknamed El Ciclón Bananero (The Bananaquit Cyclone), based in San Lorenzo de Almagro, which is also based its uniform.

Players

Current squad

As of 22 October 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	COL	Aldair Arnedo
—	GK	COL	Juan Chaverra
—	DF	COL	Brayan Correa
—	DF	ARG	Brian Flores
—	DF	COL	Andrés Rodríguez
—	DF	COL	César Rondón
—	DF	COL	Andrés Sarmiento
—	DF	COL	Guillermo Sierra
—	DF	COL	Andrés Varón
—	MF	COL	Níver Arango
—	MF	COL	Enrique Correa
—	MF	COL	Peter Domínguez
—	MF	COL	Juan Guazá

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	Danis Guerrero
—	MF	COL	Leonardo Lázaro
—	MF	COL	Daniel Machacón
—	MF	COL	Mauricio Marín
—	MF	COL	Luis Mosquera
—	MF	COL	José Muñoz
—	MF	COL	Jahir Scott
—	FW	COL	Juan Casarrubia
—	FW	PAR	Edison Giménez
—	FW	COL	Andrés Mena
—	FW	COL	Oscar Villareal
—	FW	COL	Hansel Zapata

First Team (Deportivo Samarios - 1951)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	HUN	Ernest Sabeditch
—	GK	COL	Rubén Rocha
—	GK	COL	Jaime de la Spriella
—	GK	YUG	Zvonko Monsider
—	DF	COL	Víctor Lanao
—	DF	ROU	Alejandro Negrescu
—	DF	HUN	Sandor Torok
—	MF	HUN	Gerro Hinduliak
—	MF	HUN	Joseph Samu
—	MF	COL	Enrique Ortiz
—	MF	COL	Nelson Pérez
—	MF	COL	Rómulo Barrios

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	COL	Felipe Fernández
—	MF	ARG	Rafael Botto
—	FW	HUN	Georgy Marik
—	FW	HUN	Joseph Kajml
—	FW	HUN	Gyula Zsengellér (also Manager)
—	FW	COL	Orlando Granados
—	FW	HUN	Ladislao Fussesy
—	FW	YUG	Milos Dragolovich
—	FW	AUT	Rudolf Strittich
—	FW	COL	Antonio Carrasquilla
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Adam
—	FW	COL	Apolinar Pérez

Honours

National Honours

• Fútbol Profesional Colombiano: 1

1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

Best: First Round in 1969

1969: First Round

Notable Players

• Gyula Zsengellér (1951–53)
• Georg Hanke (1951)
• Gabriel Rakosky (1952)
• Kalman Lami (1952)
• Ladislao Magyar (1952)
• Nicolás Hrotko (1952)
• Bruno Gerzelli (1952)
• Corrado Contin (1952)
• Manuel Rossi (1965)
• Nivaldo (1967)
• Arístides Del Puerto (1973)
• Luis Giribet (1976)
• Víctor Solar (1977)
• Carlos Valderrama (1981–84)
• Alfredo Arango
• Carlos Arango
• Aurelio Palacios

External links

Media related to Unión Magdalena S. A. at Wikimedia Commons