Centro Atlético Fénix

For the Argentine club, see Club Atlético Fénix.

Centro Atlético Fénix is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The football team currently plays in Uruguayan Segunda División. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Montevideo, which is its all-time rival.

Fénix

Full name	Centro Atlético Fénix
Nickname(s)	Albivioletas El Ave Los de Capurro La Máquina de Capurro Los Mugrientos
Founded	7 July 1916; 109 years ago (1916-07-07)
Ground	Estadio Parque Capurro, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Héctor Repetto
Manager	Ignacio Pallas
League	Segunda División
2024	Primera División, 15th of 16 (relegated by average)
Website	www.cafenix.com.uy
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 7 July 1916 by a group of young men who named the club "Fénix" (Phoenix) after the mythological bird. The club's colors are violet (chosen to represent eternity) and white (to represent purity). They later took part in 1985 edition of historic IFA Shield in India.^[1][2]

In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time after winning the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América title, a feat they repeated in 2003. The club were later relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.

Titles

• Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 2
  • 2002, 2003
• Segunda División: 7
  • 1956, 1959, 1973, 1977, 1985, 2007, 2009
• Tercera División: 3
  • 1942, 1949, 1991

Performance in Conmebol competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2003: First Round

2004: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances

2011: First Round

2016: First Round

2020: Round of 16

2021: First Round

Players

Current squad

As of 30 July 2024

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 1 GK  URU Aarón Soria 4 DF  URU Maximiliano Perg 5 MF  URU Andrés Schetino 7 MF  URU Wiston Fernández 8 MF  BRA Breno Caetano 9 FW  URU Sebastián da Silva 10 MF  URU Diego Vicente 11 MF  URU Fabián Estoyanoff 12 GK  PAR Pedro González (on loan from Olimpia) 13 DF  URU Guillermo Pereira 14 MF  URU Agustín Alfaro (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) 15 DF  URU Agustín Chopitea 16 MF  URU Braulio Guisolfo (on loan from Peñarol) 17 FW  URU Sergio Cortelezzi 18 FW  URU Axel Pérez (on loan from Racing de Montevideo) 19 FW  URU Maximiliano Juambeltz

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  URU Santiago Franca 21 MF  URU Santiago Viera 22 DF  URU Agustín Da Silveira 23 DF  URU Adrián Argachá 24 DF  URU Juan Álvez 25 GK  URU Emiliano Márquez 26 FW  URU Sebastián De Marco 27 FW  ARG Mauro Cachi 28 DF  URU Facundo Rodríguez 30 MF  URU Matías Cabrera 31 MF  BRA Dudu 32 FW  URU Rodrigo Hernández 33 GK  URU Agustín Requena 40 FW  URU Facundo de León (on loan from Nacional) 44 DF  URU Emanuel Carlos 54 MF  URU Santiago Scotto

Managers

• Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (Jan 1, 1994 – Dec 31, 1994)
• Juan Ramón Carrasco (Jan 1, 2002 – April 21, 2003)
• Antonio Alzamendi (April 21, 2003 – May 3, 2004)
• Miguel Ángel Piazza (May 3, 2004 – May 16, 2005)
• Jorge González (Oct 17, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
• Pablo Repetto (July 1, 2006 – Feb 28, 2008)
• Manuel Keosseián (Feb 28, 2008 – June 1, 2008)
• Jorge Giordano (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Luis López (July 2009 – September 2009)
• Julio César Ribas (Oct 5, 2009 – Jan 4, 2010)
• Rosario Martínez (Jan 5, 2010 – May 14, 2012)
• Lorenzo Carrabs 2012
• Eduardo Favaro 2012–2013
• Lorenzo Carrabs 2013
• Juan Tejera 2013–2014
• Gustavo Bueno 2014
• Rosario Martínez 2014–2016
• Marcelo Escudero 2016
• Gustavo Ferrín 2017
• Nathaniel Revetria 2017–2018
• Juan Ramón Carrasco 2018–2021
• Ignacio Pallas 2021–2022
• Damián Santín 2023
• Leonel Rocco 2023–2024
• Nicolás Vigneri 2024
• Ignacio Pallas 2025–

Other teams

Centro Atlético Fénix also has a esports division, with squads of NBA 2K, Formula 1 and FIFA games.^[3]