this union of the groups turned out to be a great decision - in the very next year, during its first official parade, the new organization would take the carnival by storm and win the championship of the third division.

from that point on it would be a constant presence in the second for almost a decade, managing even to climb to the first in two occasions.

in the first years of the 1980s a series of bad results brought the unidos to the lower rankings, an issue from which it would recover in 1982 with yet another victory, this time in the second division - the feat would be repeated in 1986.