Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from

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. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo. Throughout its history the club has also participated in other sports, such as

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and cycling. Its focus has always been on

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, a sport in which the club excels, having never been relegated from the top division. In international competition, Peñarol is the third-highest

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winner with five victories and shares the record for Intercontinental Cup victories with three. In September 2009, the club was chosen as the South American Club of the Century by the

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. Apart from men's football, other active sports sections of Peñarol are

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, women's football, and

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History

Origins

On September 28, 1891, employees of the Central Uruguay Railway Company established the

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(CURCC) of Montevideo, with the purpose of stimulating the practice of

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and "other male sports" (literal from the

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). The Central Uruguay Railway company had operated in Uruguay since 1878, with 118 employees, 72 British, 45 Uruguayan and one German. The club was known as CURCC in the neighborhood of Peñarol—the latter from the

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

neighborhood, about from

, whose name in turn derived from an Italian city. The club's first president was Frank Henderson, who remained in that position until 1899. In 1892, the CURCC shifted its focus from cricket and rugby to

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. The football club's first game was against a team of students from the English high school and ended with a 2–0 victory. In 1895, Uruguayan footballer

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was chosen as the team's first non-British

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First titles

In 1900 the CURCC was one of four charter members of the Uruguay Association Football League, making its debut in official competition on 10 June against

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and winning 2–1. The club won its first

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that year, repeating in

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1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

and

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

. In 1906 Charles W. Bayne took over the railroad, and refused to sponsor the football team due to financial and work issues. Conflict between the company and the football club led to the severance of their relationship in 1913. In 1908, the club left the Uruguayan league after the league rejected their request to replay a game with F.C. Dublín. CURCC had lost 2–3 on the road, and believed their poor showing was due to refereeing mistakes caused by pressure from rabid home fans. As a sign of good faith, Nacional also retired from the league, since both teams agreed that "Los Partidos se ganan en la Cancha", or "matches are won on the pitch". Back in competition the following year, relations between the CUR and the club became frostier after fans burned a train car used for rival teams. A year after the club's 1911 Uruguayan championship, the club attempted reforms to its policies. Proposals included greater participation by non-CUR players and a name change to "CURCC Peñarol". In June 1913, the proposals were rejected; the company wanted to distance itself from the club's local reputation. The railroad company, decided to separate the " foot-ball " section of the team from the company on Saturday 13 December 1913. That is when Peñarol was founded. The following day it was the first time a " Clasico " was officially played between Nacional and Peñarol. CURCC kept playing football in the amateurism until it was dissolved on 22 January 1915 and donated all their trophies to the British Hospital of Montevideo, not to Peñarol.

C.A. Peñarol

On 12 March 1914, Peñarol replaced CURCC's spot in the Uruguayan Football League after its foundation in 1913. A request submitted to the Uruguayan Football League two days later and approved the following day. During its first years Peñarol was not successful, although a new stadium (''Las Acacias'') opened on 19 May 1916. The club won its first two league titles in

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and

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. In November 1922 the

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(AUF) disqualified Peñarol because the club played an

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with

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, an Argentine club affiliated with

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(a dissident association established in 1919 that rivalized with the official entity, AFA). Peñarol and other clubs then organised a new league, the

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(FUF), and the club won the

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

championship. The league was short-lived; Peñarol won the

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

Copa del Consejo Provisorio, triggering a merger between the AUF and the FUF.

First European tour

In 1927, Peñarol made its first tour to Europe, playing a total of 19 matches against teams from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Czechoslovakia and France. The tour extended from April to June. The first match of the tour was vs. the Vienna combined, which Peñarol lost by 3–1. The Uruguayan team then played

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(1–2), SpVgg (1–2), Hertha BSC (Berlin) (0–1). The first win was v.

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(3–1). The lineup for that match was Luis Biscardi, Demis D’Agosto, José Benincasa, Pascual Ruotta, Gildeón Silva, Antonio Aguerre, Ladislao Pérez, Antonio Sacco, Pablo Terevinto, Peregrín Anselmo, Antonio Campolo. Goals were scored by Suffiotti (2) and Ruotta. The tour continued in Switzerland, v. Young Fellows (1–0),

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(0–5), then facing

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(losing by 1–0). On June 5, Peñarol played its first game in Spain v.

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, losing by 1–5. The second test was played one day later, finishing in a tie (1–1). Other notable games of the tour were the two tests v.

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(5–2 and 4–3). Peñarol played a total of 19 matches in 80 days (6 in Spain, 5 in Germany, 4 in Switzerland and 1 in Czechoslovakia and France), totalizing 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. The team scored 32 goals and received 33, with Antonio Sacco being the topscorer with 9 goals. After its first European tour in 1927, Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship in

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and

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

; the following year, the club defeated Olimpia 1–0 in its first game at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo.

Consolidation

In 1932, Peñarol and River Plate played the first game of the professional era. Peñarol won the first Uruguayan professional championship with 40 points, five more than runners-up

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. After placing second in 1933 and 1934, the club won four consecutive league tournaments between

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and

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; they also won the 1936 Torneo Competencia. The club stayed in second place until

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

, when Peñarol again won the Uruguayan Championship (defeating Nacional in a two-game final, 0–0 and 3–2). In

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the club retained the title, with

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and

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the top goal scorers of the playoffs with 21 apiece. Peñarol was again victorious in 1949, four points ahead of runner-up Nacional with

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the top scorer. After placing second in 1950, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship the following year; this was also the start of the Palacio Peñarol's four-year construction. During the 1950s, the club also won national championships in

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1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

and

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

International success

Their 1959 championship qualified Peñarol for the recently created

, an international competition then known as the Copa de Campeones de América. Peñarol won the first two tournaments, beating Olimpia of

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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and

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1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

. That year the club won its first Intercontinental Cup, defeating Benfica of Portugal 2–1 in the third game. Peñarol won three more league titles (

and

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

), for five consecutive championships. Béla Guttmann coached the team in 1962. After a quiet year in 1963, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in

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and

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

and the

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

, defeating River Plate 4–2. That year the club won its second Intercontinental Cup, defeating

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2–0 in Centenario Stadium and Santiago Bernabéu. During the next few years the club won national championships in

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and

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and the

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1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

(a tournament with South American Intercontinental Cup winners). Peñarol had the longest undefeated run in Uruguayan league history: 56 games, from 3 September 1966 to 14 September 1968. Copa Libertadores all-time top scorer

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played for Peñarol at this time. In 1970 the club again reached the Libertadores final again, losing to

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. The club set a tournament record for greatest goal difference, defeating

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11–2. With

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as the team's star, the club won the Uruguayan championship for three consecutive years, from 1973–75. After placing second in 1976 and 1977, Peñarol won again in 1978. That year, Morena set two records: most goals scored in a Uruguayan season (36) and most goals scored in a single game (seven, against

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on 16 July). The 1970s ended with another championship in 1979. Morena was top scorer in the Uruguayan tournament six straight times, and top Copa Libertadores scorer in 1974 and

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After beginning the 1980s with a third-place finish in

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, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship with Fernando Morena and

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(the tournament's top scorer). The next season the club again won the Copa Libertadores, defeating

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1–0 on a goal from Fernando Morena (the tournament's top scorer with seven goals) in the game's final minutes. Later that year the club won the Uruguayan championship and its third Intercontinental Cup, defeating

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2–0.

Despite financial problems during the 1980s, Peñarol won the national championship in

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and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

, and a fifth

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. The club defeated

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1–0 with a goal by

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in the final seconds of extra time, when a tie would have gone to the Colombians on the goal differential. It was the third Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol at the Nacional de Chile, following victories in

and

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Peñarol celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1991, despite a controversy ignited by archrivals

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concerning Peñarol's 1913 name change. With

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and the young Antonio Pacheco on the team and

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behind the bench, Peñarol again won the Uruguayan championship five straight times (

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– 97). The club also reached the

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final in 1994 and 1995, rounding out the century with a national championship in

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(defeating Nacional 2–1 in the final, despite

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on the bench). The next year, Peñarol lost the Uruguayan championship final against Nacional; many of the team's players were jailed after a tournament fight. Peñarol won the national championship again in

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for

, defeating Nacional in the final. The club did not win another national title until the 2009–10 season, when it won the Clausura tournament with 14 victories in 15 games (12 of them in a row). In the Clausura final, Peñarol defeated Nacional 2–1. The championship qualified the team for the Libertadores 2011, where Peñarol reached the

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with Santos. The club was congratulated on its 120th anniversary in September 2011 by presidents

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. and

Nicolás Leoz Nicolás Leoz Almirón (10 September 1928 – 28 August 2019) was President of CONMEBOL (''South American Football Confederation'') from 1986 to 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 (succeeding Teófilo Salinas Fuller) and in February 200 ...

Crest and colors

Badge

Throughout the club's history minor changes have been made to its symbols, but it has kept its original colors. The shield and flag were designed by architect Constante Facello and consist of five black stripes, four yellow stripes and eleven yellow stars on a black background (representing the eleven players).

Uniforms

Since its founding, Peñarol's colors have been yellow and black. They were inspired by the

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, which won an award in 1829. The first jersey was a plain shirt, divided into four square sections which alternated black and yellow. A variant had two vertical halves (black on the right and black-and-yellow stripes on the left), with black shorts and socks. Peñarol's official jersey (black and yellow stripes) dates back to 1911 and has been worn almost continuously, with only slight variations.

Inspiration for Romanian club FC Brașov

Peñarol inspired Romanian club FC Brașov to change its official colors in December 1966 from white and blue to yellow and black. The change came following a tournament of Romania's Olympic football team in Uruguay. After a match with Peñarol,

Csaba Györffy Csaba Györffy (9 July 1943 – 18 October 2018) was a Romanian footballer who played as a winger. Career Csaba Györffy was the one who influenced Steagul Roșu Brașov to change its official colors from white and blue to black and yellow. T ...

, player at FC Brașov, received from Peñarol's captain

the shirt with which he played. Györffy was fascinated by the combination of yellow and black stripes and decided at the return in the country to wear the shirt during his training sessions with the team. The decision to change the colors of the club was taken by coach

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, who considered that, in the new colors, the team will be seen better on the field. Since January 1967, the team from

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has yellow-black as official colors, recalling Peñarol.

Kit evolution

Kit manufacturers

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Facilities

Stadium

Peñarol's first stadium was the José Pedro Damiani, also known as ''Las Acacias''. It was bought in 1913 and inaugurated on 19 April 1916 with a 3–1 victory over Nacional. The stadium's gate was that of the former

Estadio Pocitos Estadio Pocitos was a multi-use stadium located in the Pocitos district of Montevideo, Uruguay. The stadium, owned by C.A. Peñarol, was mainly used for football matches from 1921 to 1933. It was demolished later in the 1930s when Peñarol star ...

, Peñarol's first stadium where the first goal in the history of the

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was scored in

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. The stadium is in the Marconi neighbourhood of Montevideo. Its pitch is of , and it has a capacity of 12,000. Because Peñarol was not allowed to play there due to security concerns, the club home ground was the city owned Estadio Centenario. Opened on 18 July 1930, the Centenario stadium is in

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and can hold 65,235. Las Acacias has acted as the home ground for all Peñarol's Youth Teams. On 28 September 2012, the club proposed a 40,000-capacity stadium in the outskirts of Montevideo, about from the Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco. The name of their newest stadium is Campeón del Siglo (CDS), opening in March 2016 and which has been the home ground ever since.

Palacio Peñarol

The Palacio Peñarol, in downtown Montevideo, is the club's headquarters and basketball stadium. It was opened on 21 June 1955; and is located. The Palacio has in addition to basketball, it is home the club's museum and offices. After the October 2010 collapse of the

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, the Palacio Peñarol became an important venue for Uruguayan basketball.

Complejo Deportivo Washington Cataldi

The Complejo Deportivo Washington Cataldi, commonly known as Los Aromos, is a training ground for the main team. In Villa Los Aromos of Barros Blancos, in the

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, Los Aromos was bought in 1945; under the direction of architect José Donato, it was built in two years.

Centro de Alto Rendimiento

For the club's 118th anniversary, the Centro de Alto Rendimiento was inaugurated. The new facility, which opened on 28 September 2009, includes five football pitches, a weight room and a gymnasium with artificial turf.

Frank Henderson School

The Frank Henderson School, named in honor of the club's first president, is a few kilometers away from the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. It was built to develop the club's young players, and houses those who come from other areas.

Supporters

In Uruguayan football, loyalty to Peñarol or Nacional divides the country. The clubs are evenly matched, and have a large fan base. Many surveys of public opinion have been conducted, but none have been conclusive. In 1993 the Factum consulting firm reported that Peñarol was the favorite team of 41 percent of football fans, while 38 percent supported Nacional. Factum conducted another survey in 2006, confirming its previous results: Peñarol with 45 percent and Nacional with 35 percent. MPC Consultants surveyed 9,000 Uruguayans; Peñarol had 45 percent of the supporters, and Nacional 38 percent. An online survey on the webpage Sportsvs.com showed Nacional with 50.35 percent and Peñarol with 49.45 percent. Since its formation, Peñarol's ''

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'' has been involved in violence against other clubs and the Uruguayan police. Incidents provoked by these fans have cost Peñarol 31 points since 1994; the penalties cost the team three tournaments ( Apertura 1994, Clausura 1997 and Clausura 2002).

Fan club

In 2010 the club attempted to increase its fan base to improve its sustainability. During Clausura 2010 promotions were offered, marketing managers hired and the ''peñas'' (local fan clubs) encouraged. The campaign was successful; in February 2013 the club had over 62,000 members, the largest fan club in Uruguay.

Rivalries

The Uruguayan Derby between Peñarol and

goes back to 1900, the oldest football rivalry outside the

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. The first game ever played between Nacional and CURCC was on 15 July 1900 and ended 2–0 in favor of CURCC. CURCC was ahead at first, but Nacional caught up during the late 1910s. Nacional took the lead by fourteen games in 1948, and would not surrender it until the late 1970s (except briefly in 1968). Since then, Peñarol has been the leader; its longest lead was 26 games in January 2004. Including the amateur and professional eras, league and friendly games, the teams have met 511 times in the past with 182 victories to Peñarol, 166 to Nacional and 163 ties. A notable game for Peñarol fans is occurred on 9 October 1949 in the Uruguayan Cup first round, and is known as the ''Clásico de la fuga'' (the "escape derby"). At the end of the first half Peñarol was leading 2–0, but at halftime Nacional decided not to return. While Peñarol fans believe that Nacional did not want to be defeated by a Peñarol team known as the ''Máquina del 49'' ("Machine of 49"), Nacional supporters claim it was a protest against poor officiating. On 23 April 1987 for a friendly game, Peñarol and Nacional were tied 1–1 with 22 minutes remaining when three Peñarol players (

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, José Herrera and

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) were ejected after a foul and subsequent protests. Peñarol then had to face a full Nacional team with only eight players on the pitch. With eight minutes remaining

set up Jorge Cabrera, who scored the winning goal. This win by the ''aurinegro'' was known as the ''Clásico de los 8 contra 11'' (the "8 against 11 derby"). Peñarol and Nacional have faced each other in the final game of the

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thirteen times, with Peñarol winning eight. The most recent was in 2018, when Peñarol won the championship 2–1.

''Manyas: The Movie''

In early October 2011 ''Manyas: The Movie'', a documentary about Peñarol's fans, was released in Uruguay. Produced by Kafka Films and Sacromonte and directed by Andrés Benvenuto, the film features interviews with fans, football journalists, psychologists and politicians. ''Manyas: The Movie'' was deemed of cultural interest by the Culture and Education Ministry of Uruguay and of ministerial interest by Uruguay's Ministry of Tourism and Sport. The film had the most-successful premiere of any Uruguayan film, selling 13,000 tickets during its first weekend and 30,000 over its first fifteen days.

World's Biggest flag

After raising $35,000 in raffles and donations, on 12 April 2011 Peñarol fans unveiled the largest flag ever unfurled in a stadium up to that moment. Nacional unfurled a bigger one years later that covered three stands of the stadium. The flag, long and wide for a surface area of , covered one-and-a-half grandstands in Centenario Stadium. In 2013, Club Nacional de Football displayed a flag which was 600 metres long by 50 metres wide. This is now the world's biggest flag.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Noted players

Néstor Gonçalves Néstor Goncálvez Martinicorena (27 April 1936 – 29 December 2016) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a midfielder for Uruguay in the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups. He mainly played for C.A. Peñarol and is considered to have been one of ...

has the most official games in the club's history (571 matches), between 28 April 1957 and 28 November 1970. The team's all-time top scorers in the Primera División are Fernando Morena (203),

(113) and

(107). Morena's (whose 230 goals—203 with Peñarol and 27 with River Plate—make him the highest-scoring player in the Uruguayan League) 440 goals with Peñarol are a record as well. He scored the most goals in a single Uruguayan season (36 in

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), and is the club's second-best goal scorer in international competition with 37 goals (behind

, who scored 58 goals between 1960 and 1970). Spencer and Morena are the top scorers in Copa Libertadores history, with 48 and 37 goals respectively for Peñarol.

scored 54 times in the

, 48 with Peñarol and 6 with

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. Peñarol has made a large contribution to the

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. Three Peñarol players were on the Uruguayan team which played Argentina in 1905. Five Peñarol players were on the Uruguayan squad which won the

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: goalkeeper

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, defender Peregrino Anselmo and midfielders Lorenzo Fernández, Álvaro Gestido and

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. Peñarol had nine players on the Uruguayan squad which won the

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: goalkeeper

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, defenders

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and

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, midfielders

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and

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and forwards

Ernesto Vidal Ernesto José Vidal Cassio, "El Patrullero", (November 15, 1921 – February 20, 1974) was an Italian Uruguayan footballer. He was born Ernesto Servolo Pietro Vidal Cassio in Buie d'Istria, Italy (now Croatia). He was part of the Uruguay natio ...

Julio César Britos Julio César Britos Vázquez (18 May 1926 – 27 March 1998) was an Uruguayan footballer, who played for CA Peñarol and Real Madrid. Britos was born in Montevideo. He was part of the Uruguay national football team that won the 1950 FIFA World C ...

and

Alcides Ghiggia Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (; 22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan-Italian football player, who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the ...

. Schiaffino and Ghiggia scored the team's two goals in the Maracanazo, the final game against Brasil. Peñarol is the only club which has represented Uruguay in all its World Cup appearances.

Managers

While there is no hard information about managers in the amateur era of Uruguayan football, Peñarol has had a total of 62 coaches during its professional era. The first manager was

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, who coached the team for two years and won the Uruguayan Championship (the first professional tournament in Uruguay) in 1932. Of these 62 managers, 53 were Uruguayan; two were Hungarian ( Emérico Hirschl and Béla Guttmann), two British ( John Harley and

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), one Serbian (

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), two Brazilian (

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and

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), one from Chile ( Mario Tuane) and two from Argentina ( Jorge Kistenmacher and

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Hugo Bagnulo Víctor Hugo Bagnulo Fernández (23 July 1915 – 7 February 2008) was a Uruguayan football player and manager. He is most famous for his managing success at Uruguayan giants Peñarol, with whom he won five national league titles. Career Bagnu ...

and

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(born 16 January 1948 i ...

have coached Peñarol the longest, leading the first team for eight seasons: Bagnulo for four stints and Pérez for five. Athuel Velásquez had the longest uninterrupted coaching period for Peñarol (five straight years, between 1935 and 1940). Bagnulo has the most Uruguayan championships (five); Pérez and Velásquez follow, with four each. In international competition

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was the most successful manager, winning two Copa Libertadores and an Intercontinental Cup with Peñarol.

Professional-era managers

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(1932–34) *

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(1934) * Athuel Velásquez (1935–40) *

(1940–41) *

(1941) * Luis Manuel Morquio (1941) * Lorenzo Fernández (1941–42) * John Harley (1942) *

(1942–43) *

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(1943) * Pedro de Hegedüs (1943) * Aníbal Tejada (1944) * Alberto Suppici (1945) * Aníbal Tejada (1946) *

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(1947) *

(1948) * Emérico Hirschl (1949–51) * Juan López (1952–55) * ''

'' and ''

'' (1955–55) * Emérico Hirschl (1956) *

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(1957) *

(1958–59) *

(1959–61) * Béla Guttmann (1962) * Pelegrín Anselmo (1962) *

(1963–67) * Rafael Milans (1968–69) *

(1969–70) *

(1970–71) *

Juan Eduardo Hohberg Juan Eduardo Hohberg (8 October 1926 – 30 April 1996) was an Argentine-born Uruguayan football player and coach. He is best remembered as a player for Peñarol (1949-59) where he won 6 Uruguayan Primera División title wins (1949, 1951, 1953, 1 ...

(1971) *

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(1972) *

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(1972–73) *

(1973–74) * José María Rodríguez (1974) *

(1974–75) *

(1975–76) *

(1976) *

(1977–80) * Mario Tuane (1980) * ''

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'' (1980) *

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(1980) * '' Jorge Kistenmacher'' (1980) *

(1980) *

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(1981) *

(1982–83) *

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(1983) *

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(1984) *

(1984–85) *

(1985–86) *

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(1986) *

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(1987) *

(1988) *

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(1988–89) *

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(1989) * Roberto Fleitas (1989–90) *

(1990–91) * '' Juan Duarte'' (1991) * Ricardo "Tato" Ortiz (1991–92) *

(1992) * ''

'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''

'' (1992) *

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(1993–95) * Jorge Fossati (1996) * ''

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'' (1996) *

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(1997–98) *

(1999–01) *

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(2002) *

(2003–05) *

(2005) * Luis Garisto (2006) * ''

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'' (24 April 2006 – 30 June 2006) *

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(15 July 2006 – 30 June 2007) *

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(2007) * Mario Saralegui (11 March 2008 – 19 January 2009) *

(20 January 2009 – 14 September 2009) * ''

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'' (14 September 2009 – 14 December 2009) *

(7 December 2009 – 6 June 2010) * Manuel Keosseian (1 July 2010 – 23 November 2010) * ''

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(7 December 2010 – 6 September 2011) *

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(6 September 2011 – 27 February 2012) * '' Jorge Gonçalves'' (27 February 2012 – 1 March 2012) *

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(1 March 2012 – 30 June 2013) *

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'' (2014–15) *

(2015–16) *

(2016–October 2016) * '' Fernando Curutchet'' (October 2016-December 2016) * Leonardo Ramos (December 2016 - June 2018) * Diego López (June 2018 – December 2019) *

Diego Forlán Diego Martín Forlán Corazo (born 19 May 1979) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation, Forlán is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi T ...

(January 2020 – September 2020) * Mario Saralegui (September 2020 – December 2020) *

Mauricio Larriera José Mauricio Larriera Dibarboure (born 26 August 1970) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a right back. Career Larriera started his managerial career with Club Sol de América. After that, he coached Racing Club d ...

(December 2020 – present)

Current staff

*Coach:

*Assistant coaches: Dario Rodriguez *Trainers: Eduardo Del Capellán *Goalkeepers' Coach:

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*Fitness coach: Alejandro Valenzuela *Assistant fitness coach: Sebastián Roquero *Head of medical department: Edgardo Rienzi *Club Doctor: Horacio Deccia *Nurses: Miguel Domínguez, Fernando Robaina *Kinesiologists: Marcos Sosa, Mauricio Velázquez *Equipier: Miguel Santos *Props man: Germán Pellejero

Administration

During a meeting presided over by Roland Moor on 28 September 1891, it was stipulated that responsibility for the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club would belong to the principal administrator of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo. The first president of the club was Frank Henderson, who remained in that office until 1899. After Henderson CUR administrators remained as chairmen of the sports club until 1906, when Charles W. Bayne took over the CUR. Bayne refused to sponsor the CURCC because of vandalism by fans and absenteeism by workers. He was replaced by CUR employee Roland Moor. Conflicts remained between the company and the sports club, which resulted in the separation of CURCC's football section from the company and a name change to Club Atlético Peñarol. Jorge Clulow, an Englishman with Uruguayan nationality, was chosen chairman of the club; he remained in office from 1914 to 1915.

Presidents

* 1891–99: Frank Henderson * 1899–05: Frank Hudson * 1906–08: Roland C.J. Moor * 1909–13: Percy Sedgfield * 1914–15: Jorge H. Clulow * 1916–17: Francisco Simón * 1918: Félix Polleri * 1919:

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* 1920: Félix Polleri * 1921–28: Julio María Sosa * 1929: Arturo Abella * 1930–31: Luis Giorgi * 1932:

Juan Antonio Scasso Juan Antonio Scasso (14 January 1892 - 2 October 1973) was a Uruguayan architect and urbanist. He was also an association football leader at C.A. Peñarol, of which he was chairman. Works * Escuela Experimental de Malvín (1927) * Estadio Centena ...

* 1933–34:

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* 1934: Pedro Viapina * 1935–36: Luis Giorgi * 1937: Francisco Tochetti * 1938: Alberto Mantrana Garín * 1939: Eduardo Alliaume * 1940: Francisco Tochetti * 1941–42: Bolívar Baliñas * 1942: Álvaro Macedo * 1943: Armando Lerma * 1944–48: Constante Turturiello * 1949–51: Eduardo Alliaume * 1952–55: José Buzzetti * 1956: Raúl Previtali * 1957: Eduardo Alliaume * 1958–72: Gastón Guelfi * 1973–84: Washington Cataldi * 1985–86: Carlos José Lecueder * 1987–90:

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* 1991–92: Washington Cataldi * 1993–07:

* 2008–2017:

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* 2017-2020: Jorge Barrera * 2020- : Juan Ignacio Ruglio Honorary * 1929: Julio María Sosa * 1938: Francisco Tochetti * 1949: Constante Turturiello * 1953: Mantrana Garin * 1953: Carlos Balsán * 1961: Gastón Guelfi * 1978: Washington Cataldi * 1991:

Year denotes receipt of award *

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Board members 2020–2023

Statistics

Peñarol played 26 seasons of the Uruguay Association Football League, from its creation in 1900 until the end of the amateur era in 1931 (absent 1923–26, when the club was disaffiliated from the AUF). During this period Peñarol won the

nine times, with its best years in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

and

(when the club won the championship without conceding any points). Peñarol was undefeated in

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

and

.Moreover, in

CURCC did not lose during the regular season, but lost the tiebreaker final against Nacional 2–3. Its worst year was 1908; the team left the league after ten games, forfeiting the other eight. Peñarol's largest goal difference in a game during its amateur era was in 1903, when they defeated Triunfo 12–0. The club placed second in

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

(when they scored a record 100 goals), and won in

; its most impressive victory was a 10–0 win over Roberto Cherry during the cancelled 1925 season. Both tournaments were organised by dissident body

(FUF). Since the beginning of the professional era in

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

, Peñarol and

are the only teams who have played every season for the Uruguayan championship.In 1948 the tournament was cancelled because of a player strike. Peñarol has the most Uruguayan League titles (winning 38 times between

and

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) and the greatest number of undefeated championships (

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

and

). Its best performances were in

and

, seasons when the team scored 94.44 percent of possible points; its worst season was 2005–06, when it finished in 16th place after winning 32.32 percent of possible points. A 12-point deduction given the team by the AUF because of unrest after a game with Cerro relegated them to that position. Peñarol's best victory was a 9–0 win against

in 1962; its worst defeat was 0–6 against Nacional. On the international scene, its best result was an 11–2 win over

on 15 March 1970; its worst was against Olimpia of

, a 0–6 loss on 10 December 1990 during the

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. Peñarol holds a number of national and international records. The club has the longest undefeated run in the Uruguayan league: 56 games, from 3 September 1966 to 14 September 1968. This is also the longest undefeated run in South American professional football (second place if amateur leagues are counted). It was the first club to win the

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undefeated, in

. Peñarol has the greatest number of appearances in the Copa Libertadores (40), and the most appearances in the finals (10). The club holds the record for the biggest win (11–2 against Valencia), and the biggest goal difference in a two-legged elimination (defeating

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from

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5–0 and 9–1). Peñarol is one of the teams with five Intercontinental Cup appearances, the first to reach that number.

Honours

National

* Primera División (AUF) (51):

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

;

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

, 2009–10,

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, 2015–16,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

* Primera División ( FUF/CP) (2): 1924 FUF, 1926 CP *

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(2):

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International

Stamp of Armenia - 2019 - Colnect 926198 - Penarol Intercontinental Football Cup Winners

* Intercontinental Cup (3):

(5):

(1):

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( AFA/ AUF)Established before

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was created, this Cup was organized by the

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and

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Associations, between teams that belonged to them. (3):

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(AFA/AUF) (1):

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(AFA/AUF) (1):

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(

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)Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the

( W.B.), and played between the local clubs of

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and other invited ones. (1): 1985

Youth tournaments

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(1):

South American Club of the Century

In 2009, the

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released a list of the best clubs of the 20th century on each continent. The organization awarded points for each victory in a quarterfinal or higher in international competition but only took into account games played after 1932 for the Professional era. Peñarol was the number-one team in South America, above Independiente of Argentina and arch-rivals Nacional.

Other sports

Basketball

Peñarol's basketball records date back to the late 1920s, when Club Piratas was formed; in 1931, it became Peñarol. Its first league game (in the fourth division of Uruguayan basketball) was played in 1940. By 1943 the team, playing in the first division for Ramón Esnal, finished third. The following year Peñarol won the Federal Championship, a tournament attracting the best basketball teams in Montevideo; in 2003, the league changed its name to

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. In 1945, Peñarol jumped from the Uruguayan Basketball Federation to play in a new league; when the upstart league failed, the club rejoined the federation in 1947. In 1952 Peñarol again won the Federal Championship, winning the Winter Tournament in 1953 and 1955. After a low period (with relegation in 1968), Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1973, 1978, and 1979;the latter was the first professional tournament in league history. In 1982 the club enjoyed its most successful season, winning the Federal Championship and the Winter Tournament The club also won the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes in 1983. In 1985 the club was relegated, beginning a downward spiral which ended with its expulsion from the league in 1997. However, the club rejoined in 2018 the Federación Uruguaya de Basket Ball, in the third tier.

Cycling

Peñarol has participated in the ''

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'' (Tour of Uruguay) since it began in 1939. Although the team rode well during its early years, it was not until the ninth edition (in 1952) that a Peñarol cyclist would win the race (Dante Sudatti, with an overall time of 48 hours, 38 minutes and 38 seconds). Peñarol cyclists also won the general classification 1953 and 1956; in the latter year, the club won the team championship. After again winning the team championship in 1959, Peñarol would only win one individual championship in 1964. The team later improved, winning three individual titles in a row from 1989 to 1991 and the team victory in 1990 and 1991. 2002 was the fourth year that the club won both the individual and team classifications. Peñarol has competed in other road races, including José María Orlando's 1990 victory in the

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Futsal

Peñarol began playing

in 1968. During its first two decades, the club won on the national and international levels (including a victory in the 1987 World Interclub Championship). In 1995 FIFA took over the sport, and Peñarol began competing in AUF tournaments. The team won the first three Uruguayan Championships (1995, 1996, and 1997), also finishing at the top in 1999 and 2004. It won another three consecutive tournaments in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Beach soccer

In January 2013 Peñarol inaugurated its

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section. Diego Monserrat, goalkeeper of the Uruguay national team for many years, was the institution's first coach in this sport, while also goalkeeper Felipe Fernández was the club's first captain. In the second half of the same month, Peñarol won one of the three groups of five teams, that formed the qualification tournament to the "Super Liga", name given to the Uruguayan Championship of the discipline. After victories on quarterfinals and semi-finals, Peñarol was declared champion of the tournament without the need of a final, after the other semi-final was suspended.

Rugby

Peñarol have announced that they will form a

section to compete in the inaugural 2020 season of the

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, to be start in February 2020.

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will be the only representative of Uruguay at the competition. Peñarol Rugby was the Champion of the

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Esports

Peñarol also has a

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division, with squads competing in

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and

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leagues organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Association.

Notes

References

External links

*
C.A. Peñarol profile
at

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