Unión Juventud is a
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club, playing in the city of
Chimbote
Chimbote ; ) is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the largest city in the Ancash Region and the List of cities in Peru, tenth most populous in Peru. With a population of 425,367 in 2017, it is the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote Dist ...
,
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
History
The club was founded on 1956 and currently plays in the
Copa Perú
The Copa Perú is a association football, football tournament in Peru and the fourth-highest division of the Peruvian football league system. Despite its name, it is not entirely an elimination-cup competition involving all Peruvian clubs, but ra ...
, which is the third division of the Peruvian football system.
In
2012 Copa Perú
The 2012 Copa Perú season (), the promotion tournament of Peruvian Association football, football, started on February.
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league Round-robin tournament, round-robin tournaments, ...
, the club qualified to the Regional Stage, but was eliminated by Cruzeiro Porcón and Juventud Bellavista
RSSSF - Copa Perú 2012
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Honours
Regional
* Liga Departamental de Ancash:
::Winners (2): 1991, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
* Liga Provincial de Santa:
::Winners (2): 2012, 2022
::Runner-up (1): 2004
* Liga Distrital de Chimbote:
::Winners (10): 1978, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2023
::Runner-up (4): 1970, 2004, 2019, 2024
* Segunda Distrital de Chimbote:
::Winners (1): 1966
See also
*List of football clubs in Peru
This is a non-exhaustive list of football (soccer), football clubs in Peru with the current 19 first division teams, 15 second division teams and 37 third division teams as of 2025. The Copa Perú has variable number of teams from the rest of the c ...
*Peruvian football league system
The Peruvian football league system is a complex system. Though the general outline includes the Liga 1, Liga 2, Liga 3 and Copa Perú. The Copa Perú is very large involving several stages and leagues within it. In addition, the Copa Perú is p ...
References
External links
Official Website
Football clubs in Peru
Association football clubs established in 1956
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