Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan
football
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club based in
Montevideo
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.
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 "SolÃs Bochas" and "Soriano Polideportivo".
Champions
In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by
LÃber Arispe during campaign.
Titles
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Primera División
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
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Torneo Competencia (1)
:: 1944
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Segunda División Uruguay: (3)
:: 1961, 1983,
2011–12
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Tercera División Uruguay: 1
::1928 (as Central FC)
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
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Copa Sudamericana
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: 1 appearance
::2006: First Round
Current squad
Managers
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Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
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Gustavo DÃaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
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Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8)
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Mario Saralegui
Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (born 24 April 1959 in Artigas) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Career
Having made his official debut on May 31, 1979, against Brazil (1-5), Saralegui obtained a tot ...
(Dec 2009–March 10)
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Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11)
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Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13)
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Julio Acuña Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to:
*Julio (given name)
*Julio (surname)
*Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
(Feb 2013–April 13)
*
Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–)
*Maxi Viera (June 2022)
External links
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Football clubs in Uruguay
Association football clubs established in 1905
1905 establishments in Uruguay