Unión Local Andina F.C.
Venezuelan football club
Unión Local Andina Fútbol Club, usually known as Universidad de Los Andes, or by the acronym ULA, was a Venezuelan football club based in Mérida.
History
The club was founded on 28 February 1977, as Universidad de Los Andes Mérida Fútbol Club. In 2017, they changed name to Unión Local Andina Fútbol Club.
ULA played their last season in 2022 before selling his place in the Segunda División to Marítimo de La Guaira.
Honours
National
Primera División
Winners (2): 1983, 1990–91
Copa Venezuela
Winners (1): 1995–96
Segunda División
Winners (2): 1986, 1994–95
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances
1984: Semi-Finals
1992: First Round
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Copa Libertadores participations
ULA played in the Copa Libertadores three times: in 1984, in the first stage, the club was in the same group of Portuguesa, of Venezuela, and two Peruvian teams, Sporting Cristal, and Melgar. The club finished in the first position, together with Sporting Cristal. A first place playoff was played, and ULA won 2–1. In the second stage, the club was in the same group of two Brazilian clubs, Flamengo, and Grêmio, and was eliminated after finishing in the last position [1].
In 1992, the club was, in the first stage, in the same group of S.C. Marítimo, of Venezuela, and Barcelona and Valdez, of Ecuador. ULA and Marítimo finished in the third position, so, a third place playoff was played.
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