Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

Central Español

Full name	Central Español Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Palermitanos Centralófilos La roja del Palermo
Founded	January 5, 1905; 120 years ago (1905-01-05)
Ground	Parque Palermo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Guillermo Rodriguez Misa
Coach	Maxi Viera
League	Segunda División
2019	Segunda División, 10th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^{[citation needed]}

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".^{[citation needed]}

Champions

In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

National

• Primera División
  • Winners (1): 1984
• 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

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2006: First Round

Current squad

As of 18 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  URU Erik Acevedo — GK  URU Axel Amoros — GK  URU Gabriel Araújo — GK  URU Santiago Morandi — DF  URU Diego Amaro — DF  URU Luciano Baeza — DF  URU Pablo Barrios — DF  URU Emanuel Beltrán — DF  URU Matías Cortizas — DF  URU Leonard Costa — DF  URU Ignacio Currais — DF  URU Jonathan Píriz — DF  URU Alejandro Villoldo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URU Emiliano Ahuntchain — MF  URU Daniel Ceballes — MF  URU Gabriel Gotta — MF  URU Franco Martínez — MF  URU Facundo Pérez — MF  URU Pablo Porcile — MF  URU Lionel Silva — MF  URU Fabián Trujillo — MF  URU Mario Zipitría — FW  URU Ignacio Casas — FW  ARG Matías Roskopf — FW  BRA Jeferson Tanque — FW  URU Santiago Ramírez Debali

Managers

• Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
• Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
• Julio Antúnez (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

• Official website (in Spanish)