Unión Sporting Club was a

Spanish football team The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football i ...

based in

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1922, the club was dissolved in 1939.

History

Unión SC was founded in 1922, from a merge of ''Comercial Football Club'' and ''Victoria Sport Club''. In the 1933–34 season, the club won the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, and disputed one campaign in Segunda División, finishing last in its group. In 1937, Unión SC was disbanded, mainly due to the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

. The club did not return to an active status, but the club's board and players joined ''Football Club Vigués'' in 1939, acting mainly as

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

's reserve team.

Seasons

* 1 season in '' Segunda División'' * 2 seasons in ''

External links

La Futbolteca history
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