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| Full name | Asociación Deportiva Unión Magdalena | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Ciclón Bananero | ||
| Founded | 19 April 1950 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Eduardo Santos, Santa Marta, Magdalena (Capacity: 23,000) |
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| League | Primera B Colombia | ||
| 2006 Apertura | 18 | ||
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Unión Magdalena is a Colombian soccer team founded in the year 1950 as "Los Samarios" (April 19) and based on Santa Marta. It has only won one championship, in the year 1968 against Deportivo Cali in the final. Red and blue stripes compose its shirt. It is also nicknamed "El Ciclón Bananero" in Colombia, arguably after San Lorenzo de Almagro, which uniform design shares.
Currently (as of 2009) it is playing in the Colombian Second Division.
Unión Magdalena plays in the stadium Eduardo Santos with a capacity of 23.000.
Carlos Valderrama, one of the most famous Colombian footballers, started his career here.
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