Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan

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club based in

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History

The F.U.F era

Together with

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, 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

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.

Honours

National

* Primera División ** Winners (1):

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* Torneo Competencia ** Winners (1): 1944 * Segunda División Uruguay ** Winners (3): 1961, 1983, 2011–12 * Tercera División Uruguay ** Winners (1): 1928 (as Central FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2006: First Round

Current squad

Managers

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(July 2005–Dec 06) *

Gustavo Díaz Gustavo "Chavo" Díaz Domínguez (born 7 November 1974) is a Uruguayan football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business a ...

(Jan 2008–March 8) *

(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