Club Universitario de Deportes

Club Universitario de Deportes

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The «U» is regarded as one of the big three of Peruvian football. It plays its home matches at the Estadio Monumental, which has a capacity of 80,093 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in South America and one of the largest in the world. To date it is the team that has won the most national championships in Peru, with a total of twenty-nine titles (seven in the amateur era and twenty-two in the professional era). In 1972 it was runner-up in the Copa Libertadores, the best performance of the first team in an international tournament. It also holds a U-20 Copa Libertadores won in 2011. One of the main characteristics of Universitario de Deportes is its multi-sport nature. In addition to its main section, football, the club has teams in other sports disciplines such as basketball, volleyball, futsal and women's football, among others. It also has a farm club of the first football team, called Club Deportivo U América, which competes in the Copa Perú. With 49 international appearances in official tournaments organized by CONMEBOL, it is, along with Sporting Cristal, the Peruvian club that has played the most continental cups, It is the second-best Peruvian team in the all-time table of the Copa Libertadores, and is considered by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics to be the best Peruvian team of the 20th century. In addition, a large number of the club's footballers have been selected to represent Peru in various international…

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Peruvian Primera División

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Peruvian football club based in Lima

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Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian professional sports club, in the capital city of Lima. It is primarily known for its football club, which has competed in Liga 1, the top tier of Peruvian football, since 1928. Popularly known as Universitario, they are one the most successful teams in Peruvian football, with 29 titles, and have never been relegated. The club was founded on 7 August 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of San Marcos, but was forced to rename itself in 1931.

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