Deportivo Unicosta
| Full name | Corporación Deportiva de la Costa | ||
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| Nickname(s) | El Único (The Only One) La U de la Costa (The Coast's "U") | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Dissolved | 1999 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Romelio Martínez | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Enrique Chapman | ||
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Corporación Deportiva de la Costa, better known as Deportivo Unicosta or Unicosta, was a professional Colombian football club based in Barranquilla, that played in the Categoría Primera A until its 1998 season. They played their home games at the Estadio Romelio Martínez.
History
[edit]Deportivo Unicosta was founded by businessman Enrique Chapman in 1995 and entered the Colombian second tier tournament Categoría Primera B that same year, earning promotion to Categoría Primera A by winning the 1996–97 Primera B tournament. There they topped the final group, placing ahead of Lanceros Boyacá, Deportivo Pasto, and Atlético Córdoba, and promotion was clinched with a draw in Tunja against Lanceros on 1 June 1997.[1][2]
Their first tournament in the top tier was the 1997 Adecuación, in which they only won four matches and barely managed to avoid relegation with a 3–2 away victory over Millonarios on the final day of the regular season.[3]
In the following season, Deportivo Unicosta placed last in the Torneo Apertura with 30 points in 36 matches and also last in the Torneo Finalización with 7 points in 14 matches, being relegated to Categoría Primera B.[4] The club folded in 1999, and its participation rights in DIMAYOR were sold to Deportivo Soledad, which replaced Unicosta in Primera B.[5]
Stadium
[edit]Deportivo Unicosta played its home matches at Estadio Romelio Martínez in Barranquilla, which had formerly been used by Junior.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Winners (1): 1996–97
References
[edit]- ^ "Especiales del Bestiario: Unicosta" [Bestario specials: Unicosta] (in Spanish). Bestiario del balón. 20 March 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "LANCEROS SE CONFORMÓ DE NUEVO CON EL SUBCAMPEONATO" [LANCEROS SETTLED FOR A RUNNER-UP FINISH AGAIN] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 3 June 1997. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Unicosta, un equipo que llego sorpresivamente a la "A"" [Unicosta, a team that surprisingly reached the A] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Colombia 1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Equipos del tintero: Deportivo Unicosta, el club que defendió la categoría contra Millonarios FC" [Teams from the inkwell: Deportivo Unicosta, the club that defended the category against Millonarios FC] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "MAL COMIENZO DEL UNICOSTA EN EL ROMELIO" [POOR START FOR UNICOSTA AT THE ROMELIO] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 14 July 1997. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
