Unión Lara S.C.

Unión Lara SC

Full name	Unión Lara Sport Club
Nickname(s)	El equipo del Barrio La máquina Roja
Founded	1999
Ground	Estadio Farid Richa Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Capacity	12.480
Chairman	Wilfredo Sanchez
Manager	Jorge Aguero
League
Home colours Away colours

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Unión Lara Sport Club (Originally Union Lara Soccer Club) is a Venezuelan football team founded in 1999, based in Barquisimeto, Lara State disputes its home games at the Farid Richa Stadium in the Venezuelan city. managed to ascend to the First Division of Venezuela in the year 2007.

During its participation in the First Division it maintained a staunch rival with the Lara FC and the Guaros FC, after the descent of the Union and the disappearance of Lara and Guaros these rivalries disappeared. Currently there is no rivalry with any club.

History[]

The Union Lara FC, had its first game in the Copa República Bolivariana de Venezuela (2000) against Caracas Fútbol Club.

He took part in the where he was champion of the 'Apertura Tournament' and played the final with , which would retain the title, after losing in the definition by penal 4–1, after which the global result finished 2–2, remaining one more season in the category of silver of the Venezuelan football.

The 2004–2005 season of the began with the 'Apertura Tournament' , where the Larense team achieves a total of 35 units in 20 games played. For the 'Closing Tournament' , he finishes in 2nd place with 42 points, 5 less than the champion of the season Aragua Fútbol Club, remaining in the a more season

The started with the '2005 Apertura Tournament' , where Unión Lara is part of the Central-Eastern Group, where it manages to be 4th with 25 points, product of 6 victories, 7 draws and a single defeat throughout the semester, which allows him to advance to the 'Closing Tournament 2006' where he fought for the promotion to the . In the 'Closing Tournament 2006' , "The Neighborhood Team" is really close to the long-awaited promotion, culminating the tournament in the third box, with 37 points, one less than the promoted Portuguesa Fútbol Club and Zamora Fútbol Club.

Before the start of the Copa América 2007, the makes the decision to expand both the and the , and as a result of this, the Larense team manages to play in the top category for the 2007–2008 season. the started with the 'Opening Apertura 2007' , of national scope, where Union Lara only achieves 3 victories in all the semester and ends penultimate with 14 points, surpassing in the only to . For the 'Closing Tournament 2008' , the situation would be practically the same: penultimate in the standings with 14 points again, and a total of 9 losses in the entire tournament. It would be last in the accumulated Table of the season, with which it descends to the for the following season.

The started with the 'Opening Apertura 2008' , where the team finished in the 11th square of the tournament, achieving a total of 18 points in 15 contested matches. For the 'Clausura 2009' , he would achieve a total of 5 wins and add 17 units, to finish eleventh again. In the Accumulated Table of the season, it culminated in the tenth box.

For the an ambitious project merges between three (3) Larenses teams, namely: 'Unión Lara FC' , and which joined together to form the revival of Lara Fútbol Club, a team with a long history as the first non-capital national champion in 1965, the first Larense champion in the top category and for participating in the Copa Libertadores of 1966; (The Lara Fútbol Club remained in the silver category, even came to play the Ascent Tournament in the , before the economic problems led to the disappearance) . As the reborn Lara Fútbol Club played in the with the quota of , the quota left by Unión Lara was occupied by the , the Larense painting disappearing due to the aforementioned merger.

Rebirth of the Union[]

For the 2012–2013 Tournament and after many rumors, the Lara Union squad is reborn, now with the Sport Club name, which participates in the . The 2012–2013 season of the Third Division () began with the '2012 Apertura Tournament' , where the Larense squad takes part of the Central Group II, in which it ends 3 .º with a total of 11 points, product of 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, having to play for his stay in the category in the following semester of the season. The next tournament of the season, is the 'Clausura 2013' where the teams that did not manage to qualify for the '2013 Promotion and Permanence Tournament' and those teams and institutions that wish to enter the category, participate commonly called "aspirants". The team is part of the Central-Western Group, where last group finishes with only 6 points and only one victory in the entire semester.

For the , it is part of the Central Group II of the 'Opening 2013' , where it managed to add a total of 13 units, classifying the next tournament of the season as one of the best third places. He took part in the Central Group of the 'Tournament of Promotion and Permanence 2014' , a tight group that was defined in the last day, where the Larense team managed to finish in second place with 23 units and a total of 7 victories throughout the semester, thus achieving the promotion to the for the following season.

Name changes[]

Club information[]

• 'Seasons in 1st' : 1 ()
• 'Seasons in 2nd' : 5 (, , , , )
• 'Seasons in 3rd' : 3 (, , , 15–16)

Stadium[]

The is a football infrastructure located in the capital city of Lara State, Barquisimeto, in the center of Venezuela, it is the headquarters of the local football team of first division 'Unión Lara Sport Club' and two other teams ( and ), was baptized with that name in homage to a prominent player of origin Lebanese Farid Richa, was reopened in 2001, and has a capacity of approximately 12,480 spectators.

References[]

Links[]

• Unofficial website
• Unión Lara Sport Club on Twitter