History
While there are several teams in the Third Division (Primera C), Pereira is the only professional team in Risaralda.
Deportivo Pereira made its First Division debut (Primera A) in the season of 1949. Deportivo Pereira replaced Universidad, a soccer club founded in Bogota that had played its previous season in the 'Pearl of the Otún River', nickname of the city of Pereira.
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