Universitarios Football Club, also known as Universitarios FC, or UFC, is an American soccer club located in Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

. It was founded in 2007 by international grad students of the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

. The club started playing in the third division of the Albuquerque Soccer League in the season 2007/2008 where they got the sixth position. The club won the third division in the season 2008/2009, also winning the award of the best defense in the league.

On Sunday, April 25th, 2010, and with one game still pending, the club won the second division of the season 2009/2010.

History

The club was founded on July 1, 2007 by grad students of the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

. The original idea of creating a team based on the international students at University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

, mostly Peruvians, was proposed by Attilio Ferrari (Peruvian) in 2006. It was in the Summer of 2007 when Simon Barriga, Victor Murray, Sergio Murillo, Eduardo Castro (all Peruvians), Alexandre Franco (Brazilian) and Amadeo Casas (Spain) joined Attilio Ferrari to found the team.

The team was then composed by international graduate students from all around the world: Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, etc.

Notable players

• Peru Simon Barriga Eduardo Castro Attilio Ferrari Victor Murray Sergio Murillo
• Brazil Alexandre Franco/  Daniel Cabral Noe Nobrega Carlos Hiroshi Italo Neide
• Chile David Ramirez Fernando Torres Jorge Pezoa
• Mexico Ulises Martinez Daniel Jimenez Diego Carbajal Fabian Carbajal Arturo Cordova
• Italy Stefano Zucca Paolo Botta
• Argentina Bruno Gallo
• Spain Amadeo Casas
• Colombia Alejandro Mudvi Camilo Gamboa
• Equatorial Guinea Luciano Ela
• France David Barnes
• United States of America Mauro Bettini Anthony Cabrera Craig Milroy Matt Hall Erich Melville
• Ecuador Martin Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez Jose Holguin