Uniautónoma Fútbol Club, or UAC, was a professional Colombian

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club based in

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, that played in the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

until its 2015 season. They played their home games at the

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, commonly known as Estadio Metropolitano, or colloquially, El Metro, is a multi-use All-seater stadium, all-seater association football, football stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia. It is the home stadium o ...

. As its name implied, Uniautónoma FC was founded by the

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History

Uniautónoma FC was founded in 2011, after Atlético de la Sabana relocated from

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. However they themselves were founded after

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moved from

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. The club won the

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title in 2013, and thus were promoted to the

for 2014, where they remained for two years until their relegation at the end of the 2015 season. On 27 November 2015, the

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. The club's affiliation rights (''ficha'') were sold to Orsomarso S.C. from Palmira, who began playing in the

from 2016 onwards.

Stadium

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (1):

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Players

International players

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

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(2013) *

Edgar Zapata Edgar Alonso Zapata Pérez (born September 1, 1979) is a Colombian football defender. Zapata has had spells in Mexico and has been capped by the Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team (), nicknamed ''Los Cafet ...

(2014–15) *

Giovanni Hernández Giovanni Andrés Hernández Soto (; born 17 June 1976), is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Atlético F.C. in the Colombian Categoría Primera B, and formerly managed Uniautónoma, Real Cartagena and ...

(2014) * Javier Araújo (2014) *

José Amaya José Antonio "Ringo" Amaya Pardo (born 16 July 1980) is a retired Colombian footballer. Amaya, who played as a defensive midfielder, was capped with the Colombian U-20 squad before being part of the senior squad that took part in Copa Americ ...

(2014–15) *

Martín Arzuaga Martín Enrique Arzuaga Coronel (born July 23, 1981) is a retired footballer who played as striker. Career Arzuaga's previous clubs include Rosario Central of Argentina, CD Veracruz of Mexico and Godoy Cruz of Argentina. He debuted as a prof ...

(2013, 2014) *

Orlando Ballesteros Orlando Enrique Ballesteros Santos Maria (born 24 October 1972) is a Colombian former footballer who played as a forward. Life and career Ballesteros started his career with Colombian side Alianza Llanos. In 1995, he signed for Colombian side ...

(2011) *

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(2014)

Former players

Records

Most capped players

Source
BDFA

Top scorers

Source

External links

*
Universidad Autónoma del Caribe Official Site

References

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