C.A. Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol
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Full name Club Atlético Peñarol
Nickname(s) Manyas,Carboneros,Aurinegros,Mirasoles.
Founded September 28, 1891
Ground Estadio Centenario/Estadio Contador Damiani
(Capacity: 65,235 and 12,000)
Chairman Uruguay Juan Pedro Damiani
Manager Uruguay Manuel Keosseian
League Primera División
2009–10 1st overall
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Club Atlético Peñarol (Spanish pronunciation: [peɲaˈɾol]) is a sports club in Montevideo, Uruguay, best known for its traditional football team, a three-time Intercontinental Cup winner, and five time Libertadores Cup winner. Its foundation date is a matter of controversy: the club's official position is that it was founded on September 28, 1891 as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club by British railway workers, in the Peñarol suburb of Montevideo. Some Nacional fans and historians[1] contribute to the debate about Peñarol's foundation date stating that the present Aurinegro was indeed founded in 1913 as CURCC continued to exist as a club and played in minor leagues[2][3] even though AUF (Uruguayan Football Association) and FIFA recognises the 1891 founding.

Peñarol is named after its home neighborhood in Montevideo, which in turn takes its name from the city of Pinerolo in Italy. Club colors are yellow and black, deriving from the colors used in railway signs and barriers.

According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an international organization that is recognized by FIFA, Peñarol was elected the South America's best club of the 20th century.[4]

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Early years

Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (1891-1915)

C.U.R.C.C. in 1904.

The Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club was founded on September 28, 1891, through the impetus of employees and workers of Montevideo's Central Uruguay Railway (British-owned) company, which operated in Uruguay since 1878. Of the 118 founding members of the club, 72 were British, one German and 45 Uruguayans. Due to the complicated nature of the name for the Spanish-speaking followers, the club was usually known only as CURCC or "Peñarol" in honor of their town's chicken coup located 10 km from Montevideo.

The first chairman of the novel institution was Frank Henderson, who exercised his office until the year 1899. In 1892, CURCC joined football, leaving that way rugby and cricket somehow relegated, sports that previously had dominance in the club. The first match was disputed by the club facing a combination of students from English High, and it finished with a 2-0 CURCC win.

In 1895, the club chose Julio Negrón as captain, this being the first Uruguayan player to hold this award, until then only given to English players.

Already in 1900 CURCC, along with Atlético Uruguay, Deutscher Fussball Klub and Albion (Nacional), was a founder of the Uruguay Football Association League, debuting on June 10, with a 2-1 success over Albion, the first official goals of the club were scored by Juan Peña and William Davies. That same year took place the first match versus Club Nacional de Football, a rival that with the years became a traditional opposition. The match finished 2-0, to CURCC.

At the end of the 1900 season CURCC won for the first time the Uruguayan championship, a success they repeated the following year. In 1903, CURCC was the first club to reach over ten goals in an official match of the Uruguayan championship, after defeating Triunfo 12-0, mark equalled by Montevideo Wanderers in 1908.[5]

After witnessing the first crowning of Nacional, and the suspension of the championship because of the civil war in 1904, CURCC were again champions in 1905 and 1907. However, this year, W. Bayne took over the administration of CUR company, and rejected to preside the club, arguing the continuing economic problems and work it entailed, and that way being the first administrator of CUR railway company in refusing to be president of the club, with this going to the lower-ranking employees. This was to be the starting point for a series of conflicts between the company and the club, ended with the demerger of the latter in 1913.

In 1908, the club withdrew from the Uruguayan league in protest at the scheduling of the tournament, returning the following season, the same year that disagreements happened in CUR, after a group of team supporters burnt one of the wagons that were used to carry rival players.

After a new championship in 1911, the following year a study commission was designed to reform sectors of the club, among the proposals included the participation of partners who were not employees of CUR (the railway company), as well as changing the CURCC institutional name to Peñarol.

In June 1913, the assembly of CURCC rejected these proposals, the main reason for this being that the company wanted to dissociate the club from the Peñarol village, because of prejudices that had been formed around, mainly related to violence. However, in November of that year, CURCC approved the subjects to the section of soccer fans in view of the intent of these continuing with the club. That request was delivered to CURCC on November 15, 1913. Finally on December 13, the football section dissociated itself completely from CURCC, retaining the name of CURCC Peñarol.

In early 1914, both AUF and the Uruguayan government recognised Peñarol as the continuity of CURCC, but CURCC never did and gave their trophies to the " Hospital Britanico" where are held until today.[6].

One of the main pledges against the two clubs being the same is that they co-existed until 1915 and played matches simultaneously and between them[7]. However, that fact is contested by Peñarol, stating that while the CUR employees did engage in sports activity, those activities were merely recreational and not official in any way, as the football section was already independent from CUR, which is, again, contested by Nacional fans[3], as CURCC seemed to continue as a club with its own activities and pasrticipated as CURCC in the Uruguayan championships in 1914 and 1915, confronting and beating the Peñarol team.

Amateur era (until 1931)

On the 12th of march, 1914 the CURCC Peñarol officially changed its name to the Club Atlético Peñarol, as the CURCC authorities claimed that they cannot share the same name an forced the new institution to change its name,[8] change being approved by the Uruguayan league on March 14. On May 13 of that year the executive power of the government granted legal personality to the club. Thus confirming the position held by Nacional.

In their first years under the name of Peñarol, the club failed to win the Uruguayan Championship, losing the final to River Plate FC in 1914, and finishing second to Nacional in 1915, 1916 and 1917, and during this period the most important event was the inauguration of the Los Gallineros field, on May 19, 1916.

The first club championships under the new denomination arrived in 1918 and 1920. However, in 1922, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) disaffiliated Peñarol and Central, which together gave birth to the Uruguayan Football Federation, parallel organ unrecognized by the AUF.

In 1926, Peñarol won the championship of the so-called Provisional Council, competition that arose following the reunification of the Uruguayan football (AUF and FUF) occurred a year before, currently unrecognized by the AUF as an official championship, even though it was the sole Uruguayan Championship of that year.

After performing for the first time a tour of Europe in 1927, Peñarol again lifted with the Uruguayan championship in 1928 and 1929. This last year, Julio María Sosa was declared as the first honorary president of the club. The following year, Peñarol played for the first time an official match in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, which ended with a 1-0 win over Olimpia Asunción.

Professionalism and first titles (1932-1959)

Severino Varela, Uruguayan champion with Peñarol in 1938.

On April 29, 1932, the AUF officially introduced professionalism, with the debut of Peñarol versus River Plate. That same year Peñarol won his first professional championship with 17 victories in 27 matches, which enabled them to accumulate 40 points, 5 over their nearest persecutor, Rampla Juniors. Also in 1932, the club played its first classic of the professional era, which the aurinegros won 2-0.

Having placed second in the season 1933, in which John Young became the first scorer of the club in a professional tournament with 33 goals, Peñarol won the first of 4 championships in a row (1935–38), in addition to the Championship Competition in 1936. During this period the club appointed Francisco Tochetti as the second honorary president.

Peñarol closed the decade of the 1930 with a second place, after losing a match to Nacional, in a tournament marked by the first strike of professional footballers in Uruguay.

After three years of drought, Peñarol won the title in 1943, retaining it the following two years. That year also the club bought the land where years later was built the Peñarol Palace (the world's biggest chicken coup,opened in 1955).

After the strike decreed by the Uruguayan Mutualist of Professional Footballers in 1948 due to which the Uruguayan championship was suspended, in 1949 Peñarol got a new crown, with a 4-point lead over Nacional, Óscar Míguez being the league's topscorer. Finishing second in 1950, Peñarol was again champion in 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958 and 1959. Nacional was the first team obtaining the "quinquenio" (five years champion in a row), and has done it twice.

Champion of America and the World (1960-1969)

Peñarol champion of the Libertadores Cup in 1966.

Peñarol has won the Copa America twice and the Copa Libertadores three times, matching with its rival Nacional, that is also three times world champion. Peñarol was the team that lost the most Copa America finals in the history.

In 1960, Peñarol qualifyied as a champion of the Uruguayan championship in 1959, to the then newly created Champions Cup of America (current Libertadores Cup), competition that brought together the champions from seven countries affiliated to the CONMEBOL (although the representatives of Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela did not attend the tournament). Peñarol made its debut in this tournament on April 19, against Club Jorge Wilstermann of Bolivia in a 7-1 thrashing, with the first goal of the match (and the tournament) coming courtesy of Luis Borges.

After eliminating San Lorenzo de Almagro in semifinals, the club won its first continental championship after beating Olimpia of Paraguay. Late in the season, the club lost the final of the Intercontinental Cup, also created that year, after a 0-0 home draw against Real Madrid, in front of 71,872 spectators, losing 1-5 in Spain. Domestically, Peñarol added another title.

In 1961, played a new version of the Champions Cup, but retained its continental title against Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras; 1-0 at home, with goal by Alberto Spencer, and 1-1 in São Paulo. In the second half of the year Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship, and for the first time in its history, the Intercontinental Cup, by defeating S.L. Benfica of Portugal by a 5-1 aggregate.

The next year, the club was one step away from achieving the consecration of the third Champions Cup. However, after losing in the first leg 0-1 and winning the second 3-2, in a game marked by incidents, a third match was needed against Santos Futebol Clube (which included Pélé), being played in neutral field at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires. Galina fell 0-3, with the consolation being obtaining the Uruguayan championship again, which earned the club its first five consecutive years(1958–1962), which would befall again from 1993-97.

After a season without a title, highlighted at the international level by obtaining greatest goal-difference in a Libertadores tie, against Everest of Ecuador, 14-1 overall (5-0 and 9-1),[9] Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship in 1964 and 1965, reaching and losing the Libertadores final in the latter year (to Independiente de Avellaneda). However, in 1966 Peñarol won its third continental silverware, after defeating Club Atlético River Plate in a third match played in Santiago, Chile, 4-2. That same year, a second Intercontinental Cup was won, after overcoming Real Madrid 2-0, both in the Centenario and in Madrid.

In the following years, Peñarol continued its title achievements both nationally and internationally, adding the South American Supercup in 1969 of Intercontinental Champions in 1969, tournament that brought together South American clubs that had won the Intercontinental Cup, being officially recognized by the CONMEBOL in 2005.

During this period Peñarol had also the highest recorded unbeaten period in the Uruguayan championship, which was extended to 56 matches between September 3, 1966 and September 14, 1968, when they fell 0-2 to Liverpool Montevideo.[10] This marked is also the longest unbeaten done by any South American professional club at the first division and the second if one considers the amateur stage, behind Boca Juniors.[11]

Notable past Peñarol players include Luis Cubilla, Pedro Virgilio Rocha, Alberto Spencer and Juan Joya, among others.

The transition (1970-1979)

In 1970, Peñarol again reached the finals of Copa Libertadores, which it lost to Estudiantes de La Plata. It is worth mentioning that at that tournament the club achieved the greatest goal-difference in the history of the competition after beating Valencia in Venezuela by 11 to 2.[9] The following year, in a tournament divided in two phases, Peñarol ranked second behind Nacional. After the first stage, the club accumulated 32 points, same amount that Nacional, however they were unable to keep pace in the final phase, which added 7 units, 1 less than the tricolours. After finishing runner-up in 1972 and 1973, the year in which Fernando Morena, one of Uruguay's most historical goal scorers arrived, the club won the Uruguayan championship, in 1974 and 1975. In 1974 Peñarol became the first Uruguayan club to win a Libertadores match in Argentina, after defeating Club Atlético Huracán in Buenos Aires 3-0.

After finishing second in 1976 and 1977, the following year, Peñarol won its twenty-fourth championship, season in which Morena obtained two records, the highest number of misses in a season (36), and the largest number of goals against in a game, converting 7 versus Huracán Buceo.

Again at the top (1980-1989)

After starting the 1980s in third place, in 1981 Peñarol was champion again after overcoming Nacional by three points. The champion team featured the figures of Rubén Paz, tournament's topscorer with 17, and Morena, who returned to the club by a then record fee: U.S. $1,029,000. The following year, Peñarol won the Libertadores Cup after defeating Cobreloa away 1-0, with a last minute goal by Morena, who was also the competition's best scorer at 7. In the second half of the year, Peñarol repeated the win of the Uruguayan championship, again with Morena as scorer with 17 goals, and won for the third time in its history the Intercontinental Cup, against Aston Villa F.C. (2-0, at Tokyo).

In 1983, the club had a discreet role at the local level, placing seventh place, but not at the international level, in which the club reached the Libertadores final after ousting Nacional, but fell short to Grêmio Porto Alegre. In 1984 and 1986, the club rose up again with the Uruguayan championship, being the last of these conquests particularly unique, since the club's economic problems did not allow the team to play the first match of this year, losing points accordingly. However, it was agreed that in the case that Nacional surpassed Peñarol by less than 2 points, a definition match had to be played. At the end of season Nacional finished top of Peñarol by a point, and thus the final was played; Peñarol won 4-3 on penalties.

In 1987 the club, despite the myriad economic problems as well as the youth of the squad, with a 22-year-old average, was crowned champion of Libertadores for the fifth time, beating América de Cali, in another third match played in Chile, which was decided with a goal by Diego Aguirre, in the 119th minute, which marked the third trophy the aurinegros lifted in that stadium. In the league, Peñarol only finished eighth, and would not win any tournament, domestic or continental, until 1993.

The Second Quinquenio (1993-1997) Five Championships in a Row

Between 1993 and 1997, Peñarol achieved five championships in a row. This was the second time it had done this and at the same time became the first team in Uruguayan history to do so. The team was led by Gregorio Perez as coach and by winning many games from behind including a well remembered 4-3 against Nacional when it came from behind in 3 different occasions.

2009-2010 Championship

In 2010, Peñarol had an unbeaten streak of 15 games and won the Uruguayan Clausura championship undefeated. It was the first team to do so in this championship format. By achieving this it erased an 11 point deficit with rivals Nacional in the Annual Standings and ended the Championship ahead in these standings. The finals then involved the classic rivals and Peñarol was victorious in a 2 game playoff, it was the 8th time Peñarol defeated Nacional in 12 final definitions.

The old rivalry

The first clash between Peñarol and its traditional rival, Nacional, dates from December 14, 1913. The biggest ever victory in the Nacional - Peñarol derby dates from another December 14, this time in 1941, when Nacional won 6-0. December 14 is remembered every year as 10-0 Day, because Nacional won 4-0 in the opening match.

During the amateur era, National obtained a slight advantage, but with the advent of professionalism Peñarol reversed this trend. Throughout this era, several episodes were placed in the fans' memories: in one of the most remembered derbies, the "Classic of the leak", occurred on October 9, 1949 for the first round of the Uruguayan Cup. At the end of the first half Peñarol led 2-0 but, during the break, Nacional decided not to take the field and withdraw. Later Nacional would alegate to what they perceived as referee misscalls.

Uniform

Home kit

Since its inception the colors that represented the CURCC and subsequently Peñarol have been yellow and black feathers. This distinctive was taken from the railway, which in turn comes from the Rocket locomotive, designed and built by George Stephenson, winner of an aptitude test in 1829, thus making the contract for the Liverpool–Manchester railway line, from where the model expanded to the rest of the world.

The first kit used by CURCC in 1891 was divided into two halves, black to the right and yellow and black stripes on the left, black trousers and socks. This kit was reintroduced for the 1996 Clausura tournament, and for the debut game of the Libertadores Cup in 1998, in a 2-1 success over rivals Nacional. This game was also the first of Peñarol hosted for the cup in the inner country, at the Campus Municipal at Maldonado.The CURCC kit returned in September 2009.

In 1901 and 1908 the club wore for some games a shirt with yellow and black in squares. The current kit of Peñarol - yellow and black stripes - dates from 1905 and since then has been used almost continuously with few variations, like socks alternating between black and yellow, as well as some variations in the number of stripes on the shirt.

1891,1996,2009-
1901
1908
1905-

Alternative kit

Regarding the away uniform, it is known with relative certainty that the first used was a squared shirt, similar to the kit used in 1901, but with black and orange squares. Since then there have been used different models, including one with horizontal stripes in 1984, yellow shirt and black shorts in 1987, as well as uniforms totally black, gray or yellow used in the past decade.

Additionally, other colours have been used for international friendlies, especially in the decade of the 1960 and 1970, like green against Inter Bratislava for the Montevideo Cup. In 2010,a new gold away shirt was introduced.

1891
1971[12]
1984
1987
1995-2009
2001-2008
2004-2008
2010-

On June 3, 1919, in Rio de Janeiro, for the "Roberto Chery Cup", Brazil and Argentina tied 3-3, respectively wearing Peñarol and Uruguay kits. The cup was then gifted to Peñarol, as Chery was the club's goalkeeper. He died on May of that year, after the 1919 Copa América in Brazil.

Brazil NT June-3-1919
Argentina NT June-3-1919

The club uniforms adopted after Peñarol were:

Stadium

Estadio Centenario, where Peñarol frequently squats.

Peñarol plays often in the Estadio Centenario state-owned and which was inaugurated on July 18, 1930. It has a capacity of 65,000 spectators[13], while the playing field has dimensions of 110 x 70 metres. It is located in Batlle Park, Montevideo.

However, Peñarol has an own stadium, now known as José Pedro Damiani (formerly "The Acacias"), inaugurated on April 19, 1916 and has capacity for 12,000 spectators. Normally it is not used for lack of space and consistent infrastructure for the development of a game of the institution, although it has been used on several occasions, the last one in August 1997 against Rampla Juniors.

Currently there are negotiations by the investor group, Ficus Capital, and the club, to build a stadium that could meet the requirements to host not only local fixtures but also international competitions. Primarily the idea is to build a stadium of approximately 80,000 seats, or remodel "Acacias" to reach such capacity. Currently, Peñarol is begging the Ministry of Works to give the club a vast plot of public land which has been selected for the building of the stadium and a Brazilian firm is in the running to build this new stadium which aims to become the most modern in South America.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Uruguay GK Sebastián Sosa
2 Uruguay DF Yefferson Moreira
3 Uruguay DF Gerardo Alcoba
4 Uruguay DF Alejandro González
5 Uruguay DF Egidio Arévalo
6 Uruguay DF Guillermo Rodríguez
7 Uruguay FW Nicolas Mezquida
8 Uruguay MF Antonio Pacheco
9 Uruguay FW Diego Alonso
10 Argentina FW Alejandro Martinuccio
11 Uruguay FW Fabian Estoyanoff
12 Uruguay GK Ernesto Hernández
13 Uruguay DF Matías Aguirregaray
14 Uruguay MF Rodrigo Alvez
No. Position Player
17 Uruguay MF Matías Corujo
18 Uruguay MF Marcelo Sosa
19 Uruguay FW Jonathan Ramis
20 Uruguay MF Cristian Palacios
22 Uruguay DF Darío Rodríguez
23 Uruguay MF Héber Collazo
24 Uruguay MF Emiliano Albín
25 Argentina MF Nicolás Domingo
-- Argentina MF Santiago Solari
-- Colombia MF Cristian Mejía
-- Uruguay DF Pablo Castro
-- Argentina FW Jonathan Lopez
-- Uruguay FW Mauricio Tort

Selected former players

  • Uruguay Julio Abbadie
  • Uruguay Nelson Acosta
  • Uruguay Carlos Aguilera
  • Uruguay Diego Aguirre
  • Uruguay Fernando Alvez
  • Uruguay Antonio Alzamendi
  • Uruguay José Andrade
  • Uruguay Juan Arremón
  • Uruguay Daniel Baldi
  • Uruguay Pablo Bengoechea
  • Uruguay José Benincasa
  • Uruguay Joe Bizera
  • Uruguay Carlos Borges
  • Uruguay Miguel Bossio
  • Uruguay Omar Caetano
  • Uruguay Ceferino Camacho
  • Uruguay Antonio Campolo
  • Uruguay José Cancela
  • Uruguay Nuber Cano
  • Uruguay Ernesto Fabián Canobbio
  • Uruguay Braulio Castro
  • Uruguay Gabriel Cedrés
  • Uruguay Roberto Chery
  • Uruguay Walter Corbo
  • Uruguay Alejandro Correa
  • Uruguay Fernando Correa
  • Uruguay Julio César Cortés
  • Uruguay Leonardo Crossley
  • Uruguay Luis Cubilla
  • Uruguay Juan Delgado
  • Uruguay Carlos Diogo
  • Uruguay Víctor Hugo Diogo
  • Uruguay Fabian Estoyanoff
  • Uruguay Nicolás Falero
  • Uruguay Lorenzo Fernández
  • Uruguay Oscar Ferro
  • Uruguay Pablo Forlán
  • Uruguay Alvaro Gestido
  • Uruguay Alcides Ghiggia
  • Uruguay Guillermo Giacomazzi
  • Uruguay Jorge Gonçalves
  • Uruguay Néstor Gonçalves
  • Uruguay Edgardo González
  • Uruguay Juan Carlos González
  • Uruguay Isabelino Gradín
  • Uruguay Nelson Gutiérrez
  • Uruguay Scotland John Harley
  • Uruguay José Herrera
  • Uruguay Argentina Juan Eduardo Hohberg
  • Uruguay Julio César Jiménez
  • Uruguay Ernesto Ledesma
  • Uruguay Julio Losada
  • Uruguay Federico Magallanes
  • Uruguay Luis Maidana
  • Uruguay William Martínez
  • Uruguay Roque Maspoli
  • Uruguay Argentina Gustavo Matosas
  • Uruguay Roberto Matosas
  • Uruguay Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
  • Uruguay Oscar Miguez
  • Uruguay Paolo Montero
  • Uruguay Fernando Morena
  • Uruguay Walter Olivera
  • Uruguay Washington Ortuño
  • Uruguay Walter Pandiani
  • Uruguay Rubén Walter Paz
  • Uruguay Juan Pena
  • Uruguay José Perdomo
  • Uruguay Eduardo Pereira
  • Uruguay Diego Pérez
  • Uruguay José Antonio Piendibene
  • Uruguay Venancio Ramos
  • Uruguay Pedro Rocha
  • Uruguay Cristian Rodriguez
  • Uruguay Marcelo Romero
  • Uruguay José Sacia
  • Uruguay Juan Alberto Schiaffino
  • Uruguay Raúl Schiaffino
  • Uruguay Darío Silva
  • Uruguay Gideón Silva
  • Uruguay Héctor Silva
  • Uruguay Obdulio Trasante
  • Uruguay Obdulio Varela
  • Uruguay Italy Ernesto Vidal
  • Uruguay Pedro Young
  • Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta
  • Argentina Rubén Capria
  • Argentina Raúl Castronovo
  • Argentina Pablo Cavallero
  • Argentina Miguel Lauri
  • Argentina Matías Manrique
  • Argentina José Alberto Percudani
  • Argentina Hebert Revétria
  • Brazil Uruguay Matías Aguirregaray
  • Brazil Jair Gonçalves Prates
  • Brazil Leônidas da Silva
  • Brazil Luiz Luz
  • Brazil Sylvio Pirillo
  • Brazil Yeso Amalfi
  • Cameroon Joseph Akongo
  • Chile Elías Figueroa
  • Colombia Arnulfo Valentierra
  • Costa Rica Roy Myers
  • Ecuador Alberto Spencer
  • Haiti Jean-Jacques Pierre
  • Honduras Edgar Álvarez
  • Honduras Iván Guerrero
  • Honduras Júnior Izaguirre
  • Honduras Danilo Turcios
  • Israel Islam Cana'an
  • Japan Yoshika Matsubara
  • Libya Uruguay Luis de Agustini
  • Panama Roberto Brown
  • Panama Armando Dely Valdés
  • Paraguay José Luis Chilavert
  • Paraguay Juan Vicente Lezcano
  • Peru Juan Joya
  • Spain Leonardo Cilaurren
  • Venezuela Andreé González

Selected former managers

Achievements

National competitions

Five championships won by the club known as C.U.R.C.C. are not counted. Peñarol claims this titles should be included within the official record, but there's no doubt Peñarol and C.U.R.C.C. are different clubs, as the C.U.R.C.C. left the AUF in 1913 but continued playing football from 1913 to 1915 in other organizations such as the F.A.U.F. (Federación Anglo-Uruguaya de Football). Peñarol is nothing more than the club that took the slot left empty by the C.U.R.C.C. when this one decided to leave the AUF.[3]
From 1922 to 1925 the Uruguayan Football was divided in two organisations: Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), recognised by FIFA, and the dissident Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), of which Peñarol was one of the founders and competed in the three tournaments organised by that federation in 1923, 1924 and 1925 (not finished). These championships are not recognised by the AUF. Peñarol won one of those FUF championship (1924).
The 1926 title, won undefeated by Peñarol, was regulated by a "Consejo Provisorio" conformed by the merger of both Uruguayan associations (AUF and FUF), was however not recognised as an Official Uruguayan Championship (there was no Uruguayan Championship that season).

International competitions

Achievements and records

Professional era statistics 1932-2008

(Last tournament included: Apertura 2008)

Team GP W D L GF GA DIFF
Basáñez 4 3 1 0 11 1 +10
Bella Vista 94 64 17 13 201 90 +111
Central Español 88 67 11 10 230 88 +142
Cerrito 8 4 3 1 13 8 +5
Cerro 118 82 20 16 268 107 +161
Cerro Largo 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
Colón FC 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
Danubio 121 79 21 21 234 130 +104
Defensor Sporting 162 101 39 22 357 175 +182
Deportivo Colonia 6 4 0 2 18 5 +13
Deportivo Maldonado 11 8 2 1 29 13 +16
El Tanque Sisley 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Fénix 51 38 10 3 121 48 +73
Frontera Rivera 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5
Huracán Buceo 56 31 20 5 110 60 +50
Juventud 11 8 2 1 24 10 +14
Liverpool 122 84 22 16 297 114 +183
Miramar Misiones 36 26 6 4 102 37 +65
Nacional 184 70 64 50 252 213 +39
Paysandú 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Paysandú Bella Vista 8 6 2 0 18 5 +13
Plaza Colonia 10 6 1 3 19 15 +4
Progreso 38 21 11 6 69 34 +35
Racing 76 58 11 7 204 76 +128
Rampla Juniors 115 77 22 16 257 98 +159
Rentistas 42 26 11 5 84 35 +49
River PLate 121 71 26 24 254 124 +130
Rocha 9 7 1 1 26 15 +11
Sud América 86 61 17 8 222 70 +152
Tacuarembó 19 13 5 1 36 15 +21
Villa Española 9 6 2 1 20 8 +12
Wanderers 138 68 45 25 238 147 +91

Statistics in Primera División Uruguaya

Professional era 1932-2008

Amateur Era 1900-1931

CONMEBOL all-time club rankings

The all-time club rankings of CONMEBOL is held to reflect which team have had the best performance since the beginning of international official competitions (1960).[14]

Pos. Team Country Points
1 Boca Juniors  Argentina 1195
2 Peñarol  Uruguay 1098
3 Nacional  Uruguay 1064
4 River Plate  Argentina 954
5 Olimpia  Paraguay 918
6 Independiente  Argentina 899
7 São Paulo  Brazil 798
8 Cruzeiro  Brazil 621
9 Colo-Colo  Chile 613
10 Cerro Porteño  Paraguay 586

*As of 13 December 2009

Other sports

Currently Peñarol competes in football, futsal and boxing, although historically the club had several sports, being successful in each of them, specially basketball, and cycling. The latter returned for a short period in 2002, with the club featuring the multi-champion Federico Moreira, and winning again the Vuelta ciclista del Uruguay and Rutas de América, as in the old days.2002 Cycling champions link

Titles in other sports

Basketball

[15]

Cycling

Motorcycling

The club was Uruguayan and South American Champion in this speciality.

Futsal

Other achievements:

Women's football

Peñarol have competed in the old era of Uruguayan women's football. The first match was a 4-0 victory over classic rivals Nacional in 1933 at the Centenario stadium. The club did not field a major team since the new system established in 1996, only youths squads in certain seasons.

Namesakes

There are a lot of football clubs around the World that honoured Peñarol by taking its name. Obviously, the highest number of these teams are from Uruguayan minor cities.

Uruguay (39)

There were also a lot of other teams that are not competing nowadays. The oldest of those clubs was Club Atlético Peñarol from San José, founded on 17/06/1906. There were also Peñarol namesakes on: Tomás Gomensoro, Paso Carrasco, Nueva Helvecia, Rosario, Minas, Aiguá, Paysandú, Fray Bentos, Santa Clara de Olimar, Vergara, Velázquez, Achar, Nuevo Berlín, Las Piedras, Pando, Migues, Pueblo Castillo, 25 de Mayo, Orgoroso and Ciudad del Plata.

Argentina (23)

Rest of America (20)

Europe (3)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.decano.com/decanocms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=16
  2. ↑ http://www.decano.com/decanocms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=44
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Topic 11 http://www.decano.com/decanocms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=46.
  4. ↑ "South America's club of the Century". IFFHS official website. http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20e52c00f23808f15. Retrieved 2009-09-17. 
  5. ↑ Double Digits Domestical
  6. ↑ http://www.carbonero.com/index.php/Portadas/intro-por-la-verdad.html
  7. ↑ Topic 10 http://www.decano.com/decanocms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=46
  8. ↑ "Nacional-Peñarol, la fiesta del fútbol uruguayo". Don Balón. 2006. http://www.donbalon.com/front/default.asp?OPT=RER&RERID=1821. Retrieved 2008. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Copa Libertadores trivia
  10. ↑ Diego Antognazza (2006). "Peñarol's series of 56 matches unbeaten in the Uruguayan League". Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unb-penarol-56.html. Retrieved 2008. 
  11. ↑ Karel Stokkermans (2008). "Unbeaten in the Domestic League". Rec. Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html#leag. Retrieved 2008. 
  12. ↑ vs FK Inter Bratislava
  13. ↑ http://www.estadiocentenario.com.uy/el-estadio/capacidad-por-tribunas.html
  14. ↑ Ranking de Clubes de la CONMEBOL
  15. ↑ [1]

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