Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres


Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres, commonly known as USMP, is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. In just their first season, the club began playing in the Peruvian top-flight, the Torneo Descentralizado, after they bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol. The team obtained their first Descentralizado title in 2007, the second in 2008 and their third in 2010.
The name comes from the Universidad de San Martín de Porres, a university in Lima.

History

In the 2004 Apertura, Universidad San Martin's results were poor. They accumulated 10 points and were positioned last on the table. Although the club managed to win 47 points and reached second place in the Clausura. In total, San Martin was placed 12° with 57 points. On the relegation table they placed eleventh, remaining in the first division. The following season, they did better and placed fourth, qualifying for the 2006 Copa Sudamericana. Although they were eliminated in the preliminary round, they won their first international game by defeating Bolognesi in a home game 3–2 but were eliminated because of the away goals rule. In 2006, they placed 6th on the aggregate table and did not qualify for any international tournament.
The beginning of the 2007 season smiled upon the "Santos". They won the Apertura for the first time after defeating Cienciano 2–1 in Cuzco, qualifying for the 2008 Copa Libertadores. Despite not finishing in the top 6 places in the Clausura tournament, thereby not fulfilling the condition to qualify for the national title playoff, the Clausura winners Coronel Bolognesi had not satisfied the condition in the Apertura either, so no playoff was played and San Martín were awarded the national title on the basis of its better aggregate record throughout the season.
In the 2009 Copa Libertadores, San Martin became the first Peruvian team to pass the group stage since 2004, eliminating River Plate of Argentina, Nacional of Paraguay, Nacional of Uruguay, and would lose in the round of 16 to Grêmio of Brazil 1–5 on aggregate.
On 12 December 2010, at Estadio Monumental, Universidad San Martin defeated León de Huánuco in Peru's two-legged final that gave Universidad San Martín the domestic championship.
On 20 February 2012, the club Universidad San Martín, for extra-sporting issues, announced their definitive retirement from the local tournament and professional football.
On 14 March 2012, the club Universidad San Martín returned to the local tournament and professional football.

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Stadium

U. San Martin currently do not own a stadium. Therefore, they play in the different stadiums of Lima. They have used the Estadio Nacional and Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the past. Today they choose the Estadio Miguel Grau which it shares with Sport Boys and Academia Cantolao. San Martin, however, are known to favor Universitario's stadium, Estadio Monumental "U". The stadium they choose mostly depends on how many people are expected to attend a game.

Honours

National

League

League history

CONMEBOL competitions

Current squad

Players

Managers

Current staff

Managerial history

NameNatFromToCompetitions
Juan Carlos Oblitas29 February 200425 April 200411128102252004 Torneo Descentralizado
:es:Jorge Machuca|Jorge Machuca2 May 200423 May 2004701641312004 Torneo Descentralizado
Fernando Cuellar9 June 200420 June 200440134912004 Torneo Descentralizado
César Chávez-Riva31 July 200422 August 200441033632004 Torneo Descentralizado
Oscar Malbernat12 September 20048 May 200536158134738532004 Torneo Descentralizado
2005 Torneo Descentralizado
Mario Flores11 May 200511 May 200510101112005 Torneo Descentralizado
Víctor Rivera15 May 200531 July 2005137332013242005 Torneo Descentralizado
Rafael Castillo6 August 20052 April 20063318785133612005 Torneo Descentralizado
2006 Torneo Descentralizado
Víctor Rivera16 April 200616 April 200610102212006 Torneo Descentralizado
Juan Antonio Pizzi23 April 200626 November 200633138123638472006 Copa Sudamericana
2006 Torneo Descentralizado
Víctor Rivera2 December 20063 September 20091436540382151462352006 Torneo Descentralizado
2007 Torneo Descentralizado
2008 Copa Libertadores
2008 Torneo Descentralizado
2009 Copa Libertadores
2009 Torneo Descentralizado
Gustavo Matosas4 September 200923 December 2009146441914222009 Torneo Descentralizado
Aníbal Ruiz18 January 20104 December 2011503181196511012010 Copa Sudamericana
2010 Torneo Descentralizado
2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Torneo Descentralizado
Franco Navarro15 December 201130 June 2012176472022222012 Torneo Descentralizado
Ángel Cappa1 July 201225 November 2012833200122012 Copa Sudamericana
2012 Torneo Descentralizado
Aníbal Ruiz7 December 201216 April 201300000002013 Torneo Descentralizado
Orlando Lavalle15 April 201315 May 201300000002013 Torneo Descentralizado
Julio César Uribe15 May 201321 November 201444179184742602014 Torneo del Inca
2014 Torneo Descentralizado
Christian Díaz3 January 201530 November 201544168184347572015 Torneo del Inca
2015 Torneo Descentralizado
José Guillermo del Solar4 January 201616 December 2016441510196172552016 Torneo Descentralizado
Orlando Lavalle3 January 2017Present2017 Torneo Descentralizado

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