The Rocha Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan

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club from the city of

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. It was founded in 1999 and plays in the second professional division of Uruguay. Rocha was the first club from outside

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to have played in the

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, having competed in

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. The club was established in 1999 and won the promotion to the Uruguayan top division in 2003. In 2005, after capturing the Apertura title, the team notably did their lap of honour with their mascot, a cow owned by journalist Robert Santurio. The Rocha FC kit is also the kit of the Rocha provincial team that plays in OFI (inner country football organization).

Multiple Merge

Rocha F.C is the merge of 40 clubs from different cities in Rocha department: *12 from Rocha capital *5 from Chuy *4 from Velázquez *5 from Cebollatí *4 from La Coronilla *4 from Lazcano *6 from Castillos

Titles

* Torneo Apertura: 1: 2005 * Segunda División Uruguay: 1: 2003

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

: 1 appearance ::2006: First Round

Kit Evolution

Current squad

References

External links

Official Fansite (in Spanish)
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