Uniautónoma F.C.

Uniautónoma
Full name Universidad Autónoma del Caribe Fútbol Club S.A.
Founded 2010
Dissolved 2015
Ground Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Barranquilla, Colombia
Ground Capacity 49,692
Chairman Fernando Borda Castilla
Manager Giovanni Hernández
2015 Categoría Primera A, 17th (relegated)
Website Club home page

Uniautónoma Fútbol Club, or UAC, was a professional Colombian football club based in Barranquilla, that played in the Categoría Primera A until its 2015 season. They played their home games at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.[1][2] As its name implied, Uniautónoma FC was founded by the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe.

History

Uniautónoma FC was founded in 2011,[3] after Atlético de la Sabana relocated from Sincelejo. However they themselves were founded after Córdoba moved from Montería.

The club won the Categoría Primera B title in 2013, and thus were promoted to the Categoría Primera A for 2014, where they remained for two years until their relegation at the end of the 2015 season. On 27 November 2015, the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe announced the club's dissolution in a release, arguing that the club represented a huge financial burden for the university and that the university's resources should be instead directed in their entirety toward its own missional objectives as an educational institution. Therefore, maintaining the club stopped being deemed as a priority for the institution.[4] The club's affiliation rights (ficha) were sold to Orsomarso S.C. from Palmira, who began playing in the Categoría Primera B from 2016 onwards.

Stadium

Honours

Winners (1): 2013

Players

International players

In bold players who had international appearances for their country while playing for Uniautónoma.

Records

Most capped players

Source: BDFA

R Player P Career App.
1 Colombia Michael Barrios FW 2011–2015 137
2 Colombia Daniel Machacón MF 2012–2015 135
3 Colombia Alonso Acosta DF 2011, 2012–2015 128
4 Colombia Nelino Tapia MF 2011–2015 123
5 Colombia John Edison Méndez MF 2011–2014 119
6 Colombia Orlando Niebles DF 2011–2014 115
7 Colombia Carlos Pérez GK 2011–2012 64
8 Colombia Carlos Saa DF 2013–2014 60
9 Colombia Gabriel Martínez DF 2011–2014 57
10 Colombia Giancarlos Torres MF 2011–2013 56

Top scorers

Source: BDFA

R Player P Career G.
1 Colombia Michael Barrios FW 2011–2015 32
2 Colombia Martín Arzuaga FW 2013, 2014 24
3 Colombia Harry Castillo MF 2011–2012 18
4 Colombia Yuberney Franco FW 2015 16
Colombia John Edison Méndez MF 2011–2014 16

References

  1. ↑ "Uniautonoma FC jugara en el estadio metropolitano Barranquilla". Barranquilla Estereo.com (in Spanish). 15 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Jorge Luis Mora (13 January 2014). "Uniautónoma jugará en el Metropolitano". Goal.com (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ "Historia". Uniautónoma FC Official Website (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "Uniautónoma FC desaparecerá del profesionalismo". El Heraldo. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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