Unión Magdalena

Football club infobox
clubname = Unión Magdalena


fullname = Asociación Deportiva
Unión Magdalena
nickname = "El Ciclón Bananero"
founded = 19 April, 1950
ground = Estadio Eduardo Santos,
Santa Marta, Magdalena
capacity = 23,000 | chairman = José María Campo Alzamora
manager = Rubén Flotta
league = Primera B Colombia
season = 2006 Apertura
position = 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.

Currently (as of 2006) 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.

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance::Best: First Round in 1969