Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres

Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club from the capital Lima. Currently the club plays in the highest Peruvian class, the Primera División Peruana.

General

The home kit of Universidad is predominantly white. Also, shorts and socks are decorated in white. The away jersey and shorts and socks are dark blue.

History

The club was founded in 2004. In the apertura, the first leg of the season, in the first year after its founding, the association was with only ten points to the last place. All the more impressive was the Clausura, as you managed to earn 47 points and came in second. After Gesamtberechung the club reached the first year the twelfth and thus secured the league. The next year Universidad did not so hard, made ​​it to fourth place and qualified for the first time for the Copa Sudamericana. There, they met in the first game to Coronel Bolognesi and lost 0:1. In the return match, the team sat down with goals from Fernando del Solar and Oscar Villareal by 3-2, but dropped out due to the away goals rule. Correct attention became the club then finally in 2007, when the Apertura was won. Thus, the team qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time. Nevertheless, it came to a disappointing seventh place only in the second half, the overall championship was won with a total of 71 points for the first time. The decisive factor was the better goal difference over Followers Club Sportivo Cienciano. Guarantor for this success were Pedro Alejandro García Hernán Rengifo with 15 goals and and Mario Leguizamón with 14 Torerfolgen. In the Copa Libertadores 2008/Gruppe five year failed to materialize on the successes and would retire with just two wins from as Table. Biggest triumph was a 2-0 home success against the Argentine club River Plate CA. With six points ahead of the Paraguayan team Club Nacional on the seats won three Universidad again in 2008 the national championship and qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2009. Having you missed it in 2008, survived to this time the group stage and referred River Plate, and four of the group 3 the worst second -placed and only team in the preliminary round with a minus goal difference took the team into the Round of 16. There was then but after 1:3 and 0:2 against the Brazilian team Gremio end.

Find out more

• The first game of the club's history in the Copa Libertadores was on 13 February 2008 against the Argentine representative CA River Plate. They lost 0:5.
• The first goal in club history in the Copa Libertadores achieved the attacker Mario Leguizamón in a 1-0 win against Mexican club Club América on 26 March 2008. It was also the first points win in the competition for Universidad.

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Nacional in Lima. The multi-purpose sports facility has a capacity of 45 574 spectators. The stadium looks back on a long history. Great events were sweeps the Copa America and the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2005. Behind the Estadio Monumental " U" and the Estadio Universidad San Marcos, the Estadio Nacional is the third largest stadium in Peru. Currently, the stadium is being expanded and updated for the umpteenth time. The renovated sports facility is scheduled to open in 2015.

Achievements

• Primera División Peruana ( 3): 2007, 2008, 2010 Apertura ( 1): 2007
• Clausura ( 1): 2008

Well-known former players

(Selection)

• Peru Leao Butrón (Current Peruvian national team )
• Peru Jorge Huamán (Former Peruvian national team )
• Colombia Martín Arzuaga (Former Colombian national team )
• Hernán Rengifo Peru (Current Peruvian national team )

Coach

Universidad has been supervised by twelve coaches and coaching staff. Within the first year after the founding trained five different football coach the club. With nearly two years (1 year and nine months), the Peruvian Victor Rivera holds the club 's internal record for the longest period of service as a coach.

(Updated: October 14, 2009)

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