C.D. Universidad de El Salvador
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Universidad de El Salvador |
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| Nickname(s) |
UES Los Pumas Los Universitarios La Ola Roja |
| Ground | Estadio Universitario UES |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman |
 Roberto Nieto |
| League |
Liga de Plata Salvadoreña
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| Liga de Plata Salvadoreña | Liga de Plata Salvadoreña |
| Website | Club home page |
Club Deportivo Universidad de El Salvador, commonly known as UES, is a professional football team in El Salvador.
Universidad represents the University of El Salvador (UES), the largest and oldest university in El Salvador.
On 6 June 2010, UES obtained promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional for the first time in 23 years, after beating Once Municipal 2–1.
Universidad was founded in 1956. They slowly progressed up from the third division up until the Liga de Ascenso (Segunda División) where they remained there for six years.
Universidad was promoted to El Salvador's first division football league (Liga Mayor A) in the 1963–64 season. One of the key signings was that of 18-year-old Mauricio "Pipo" Rodríguez, a slender footballer with a knack for scoring spectacular goals, having considerable power with either leg. He would become the club's most influential player, even to this day.
The club's first season back was not successful at all. In that 1963–64 season, Universidad barely staved off relegation by a single point over Dragón which had managed a mere 14 points. The following season, the club had a more respectable run where it climbed to the middle of the table; however goals were hard to come by, having scored only 18 in as many games.
The 1965–66 season remains by many the most successful in the team's history. During this time, the format of El Salvador's first division changed, 4 rounds were played (36 games) instead of the customary 2 (18 games). It was during this campaign that CD Universidad was transformed. Led by "Pipo" Rodríguez, the squad became an all out attacking unit, displaying the flair that captured many of the neutral fan's attention.
However, their attacking flair (69 goals) was more than matched by Alianza, which finished top of the table with 50 points, 3 ahead of Universidad. "Pipo" Rodríguez finished as top scorer with 23 goals (tied with Alianza's Cascarita Tapia). One of the key moments occurred in the tail end of the season when CD Universidad traveled to California, United States to play a couple of exhibition matches with only 3 games left in the campaign. Later that same week, Universidad arrived back in El Salvador to play against an Once Municipal team fighting relegation. Tired Universidad players could not cope and lost the game.
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