Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

History

The F.U.F era

Together with Peñarol, Central founded FUF (Uruguayan football federation) in 1923 after being expelled from AUF. The FUF even made a parallel Uruguay national team (dissident to AUF) that played several international games based on Peñarol and Central squads. After 3 years of existence the new federation was dissolved and both teams returned to AUF.

Merging

Central append "Español" to its name after an agreement signed with a Spanish group in 1971. Central itself was born from a merge between "Solís Bochas" and "Soriano Polideportivo".

Champions

In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.

Titles

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(1) :: 1984 * Segunda División Uruguay: (3) :: 1961, 1983, 2011–12 * Tercera División Uruguay: 1 ::1928 (as Central FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

* Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance ::2006: First Round

Current squad

Managers

* Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06) * Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8) * Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8) * Mario Saralegui (Dec 2009–March 10) * Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11) * Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13) * Julio Acuña (Feb 2013–April 13) * Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–) *Maxi Viera (June 2022)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Central Espanol Football clubs in Uruguay Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Uruguay