Unión Magdalena

Unión Magdalena commonly known as El Unión, and nicknamed as El Ciclón Bananero (The Banana Cyclone), is a professional Colombian football club based in Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia. The club will play in the 2020 Categoría Primera B. The club's home ground is the Sierra Nevada Stadium, which it moved in 2018. Founded in March 10, 1951 as Deportivo Samarios, the club was re-founded as Unión Magdalena in 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.