Union Magdalena (Spanish pronunciation: [uˈnjon maɣðaˈlena]) commonly known as El Union, and nicknamed as El Ciclon Bananero (The Banana Cyclone), is a professional Colombian football club based in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. The club is currently playing in the Categoria Primera B. The club's home ground is the Sierra Nevada Stadium, which it moved to in 2018.
Founded on 10 March 1951 as Deportivo Samarios, the club was re-founded as Union Magdalena on 19 April 1953. The original playing squad was largely composed of Hungarians who were touring Colombia when their club, the Hungaria FbC Roma, was disbanded.
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