Universitario de Deportes

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Club Universitario de Deportes, also known as Universitario, or more popularly as "U," is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. It is the most successful football club in Peru. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federaci n Universitaria by students of the National University of San Marcos but was forced to rename in 1931. Since 1928, the club competes in the top tier of Peruvian football, the Torneo Descentralizado. In 2000, they opened the 80,000-capacity stadium Estadio Monumental, currently the largest stadium in Peru, retiring their smaller Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez. Universitario and Alianza Lima are involved in a derby called el cl sico, which has its roots in the club's first participation in the Primera Divisi n in 1928. It has traditionally had other rivalries with Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Municipal, and Sport Boys.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5513286823
• ISBN13: 9785513286820
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
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