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Universidad San Martín

Full name	Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres
Nickname(s)	Los Albos (The Whites) Los Santos (The Saints)
Founded	2004
Ground	Estadio Nacional, Lima (Capacity: 45,000)
Chairman	Raul Bao García
Manager	Aníbal Ruiz
League	Primera División
2008	Champion
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division because it got 1st place in the Peruvian Second Division. The team obtained their first national title in 2007.

The name comes from the Universidad de San Martín de Porres, a university in Lima.

History

In the 2004 Apertura, Universidad San Martin's results was poorly. They accumulated 10 points and were positioned last on the table. Although that the club mananged to win 47 points and reached second place in Clausura. In total, San Martin was placed 12° with 57 points. On the relegation table they placed eleventh, remaining in the first division. The following season, they did better and placed fourth, qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana 2006. Although they were eliminated in the preliminary round, they won their first international game by defeating Bolognesi in a home game 3-2 but were eliminated because of the away goals rule. In 2006, they placed 6th on the aggregate table and did not qualify for any international tournament.

The beginning of the 2007 season smiled upon the "Santos". They won the Apertura for the first time after defeating Cienciano 2-1 in Cuzco, qualifying for the Copa Libertadores 2008. Despite not finishing in the top 6 places in the Clausura tournament, thereby not fulfilling the condition to qualify for the national title playoff, the Clausura winners Coronel Bolognesi had not satisfied the condition in the Apertura either, so no playoff was played and San Martín were awarded the national title on the basis of its better aggregate record throughout the season.

In the Copa Libertadores 2009, San Martin became the first Peruvian team to pass the group stage since 2004, eliminating Club Atlético River Plate of Argentina, Club Nacional of Paraguay, Club Nacional de Futbol of Uruguay, and would lose in the round of 16 to Gremio of Brasil 1-5 on aggregate.

The club was 2007 Champions

Current squad

As of August, 2009

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Leao Butrón 2 DF Jorge Huamán 3 DF Cristian Ramos 4 DF Jorge Reyes 5 DF Adán Balbín 6 MF John Hinostroza 7 FW Aurelio Saco-Vértiz 8 MF Christian Cueva 9 FW Martín Arzuaga 10 MF José Luis Díaz 12 GK Marco Flores 13 DF Atilio Muente 14 MF Josepmir Ballón 15 DF Guillermo Guizasola 16 FW Pedro García 17 FW Orlando Allende 18 MF Fernando Del Solar 19 MF Carlos Fernández 20 DF Guillermo Salas

No. Position Player 21 GK Ricardo Farro 22 FW Gonzalo Ludueña 23 MF Ronald Quinteros 24 MF Luis Gabriel García 25 MF Wilmer Carrillo 28 DF Antony Molina 29 MF Josepmir Ballón 30 DF Atilio Muente 31 GK Pedro Gallese 32 FW Luis Acuña 33 FW Renato Carrillo 34 MF Steven Castro 35 FW Gregory Celino 36 MF Sergio Gamarra 37 DF Daniel Revilla 38 DF Efrain Salas FW Germán Alemanno  ?? DF Aldo Corzo

Achievements

• Primera División Peruana:
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2008
• Apertura:
  • Winners (1): 2007
• Clausura:
  • Winners (1): 2008
  • Runner-ups (2): 2004, 2005

League history

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2009: Round of 16

2009 Record
Year	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Scorers
2009	Group 3	A	USMP 1 – 2 Nacional	Lost	Arzuaga  39'
	Group 3	H	USMP 2 – 1 River Plate	Won	Díaz  37' (pen.) Ludueña  55'
	Group 3	H	USMP 2 – 1 Nacional	Won	García  53'  58'
	Group 3	A	USMP 1 – 1 Nacional	Draw	Arzuaga  41'
	Group 3	H	USMP 1 – 1 Nacional	Draw	Ludueña  88'
	Group 3	A	USMP 0 – 3 River Plate	Lost
	Round of 16	H	USMP 1 – 3 Grêmio	Lost	Arzuaga  34'
	Round of 16	A	USMP 0 – 2 Grêmio	Lost

2008: First Round

2008 Record
Year	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Scorers
2008	Group 5	H	USMP 2 – 0 River Plate	Won	Ovelar  14' José Luis Díaz  91'
	Group 5	H	USMP 0 – 1 U. Católica	Lost
	Group 5	A	USMP 1 – 3 America	Loss	Silva  6'
	Group 5	H	USMP 1 – 0 America	Won	Leguizamón  36'
	Group 5	A	USMP 0 – 1 U. Católica	Lost
	Group 5	A	USMP 0 – 5 River Plate	Lost

• Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2006: First Round

2006 Record
Year	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Scorers
2006	Chile/Peru Preliminary	A	USMP 0 – 1 Coronel Bolognesi	Lost
	Chile/Peru Preliminary	H	USMP 3 – 2 Coronel Bolognesi	Won	Fernando del Solar 13'  40' Oscar Villareal 69'

2009:

Stadium

U. San Martin currently do not own a stadium. Therefore they play in the different stadiums of Lima. They have used the Estadio Nacional and Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the past. Today they choose the Estadio San Martin de Porres which is used by Sporting Cristal. San Martin, however, are known to favor Universitario's stadium, Estadio Monumental "U". The stadium they choose mostly depends on how many people are expected to attend a game.

Noted managers

Peru

• Víctor Rivera
• Juan Carlos Oblitas

Argentina

• Juan Antonio Pizzi

Managers history

Name	Nat	From	To	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Competitions
Juan Carlos Oblitas		29 February 2004	25 Abril 2004	11	1	2	8	10	22	5	Primera División Peruana 2004
Jorge Machuca		2 May 2004	23 May 2004	7	0	1	6	4	13	1	Primera División Peruana 2004
Fernando Cuellar		9 June 2004	20 June 2004	4	0	1	3	4	9	1	Primera División Peruana 2004
C. Chávez - Riva	-	31 July 2004	22 August 2004	4	1	0	3	3	6	3	Primera División Peruana 2004
Oscar Malbernat		12 September 2004	8 May 2005	36	15	8	13	47	38	53	Primera División Peruana 2004 Primera División Peruana 2005
Mario Flores		11 May 2005	11 May 2005	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	Primera División Peruana 2005
Víctor Rivera		15 May 2005	31 July 2005	13	7	3	3	20	13	24	Primera División Peruana 2005
Rafael Castillo		6 August 2005	2 April 2006	33	18	7	8	51	33	61	Primera División Peruana 2005 Primera División Peruana 2006
Víctor Rivera		16 April 2006	16 April 2006	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	Primera División Peruana 2006
Juan Antonio Pizzi		23 April 2006	26 November 2006	33	13	8	12	36	38	47	Copa Sudamericana 2006 Primera División Peruana 2006
Victor Rivera		2 December 2006	3 September 2009	143	65	40	38	215	146	235	Primera División Peruana 2006 Primera División Peruana 2007 Copa Libertadores 2008 Primera División Peruana 2008 Copa Libertadores 2009 Primera División Peruana 2009
Gustavo Matosas		4 September 2009	23 December 2009	14	6	4	4	19	14	22	Primera División Peruana 2009

* Only official tournaments. (FIFA, CONMEBOL, FPF)''

History

* Only official tournaments. (FIFA, CONMEBOL, FPF)''

External links

• Official website