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Club Atlético Peñarol is an Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. Founded as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club on 28 september, 1891, the club changed its name in 1913 to Club Atlético Peñarol.[1] The name Peñarol comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood, located in the outskirts of Montevideo.[2]
From its beginnings, two colours identified the club, black and yellow, which were taken from the Rocket locomotive and were representatives of the rail union in general.[3]
Even though the club has its own stadium, with a capacity of 12,000 people,[4] it is not available for Primera División games due to security issues. As a result and taking into account the fact that it is not big enough to hold large crowds, Peñarol uses the Estadio Centenario, of state property, for its home games, which is located in the Parque Batlle and has a capacity of 65,235 sitting spectators.[5]
Throughout its history the club has also participated in sports of the like of basketball[6] and cycling.[7] In spite of that, its dedication has been nearly exclusive to football, sport in which Peñarol has achieved great recognition.[8]
Peñarol holds the record for the most professional Uruguayan Primera División championships, with 37 trophies.[9] Likewise, when considering those won under the name of CURCC, it is the club with the most uruguayan champions in history, having won 46 trophies when including amateur titles.[9] In addition, Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship of the Federación Uruguaya de Football en 1924 and the cup of the Consejo Provisorio (Provisory Council) in 1926, giving it a total of 48 Uruguayan Primera División championships.[9]
When it comes to international tournaments, Peñarol is the club with the third most Copa Libertadores, having won it five times,[10] and the first club ever to get three Intercontinental Cups, being the one with the most titles in said competion, along with four other clubs.[11]
In september of 2009, Peñarol was chosen as the Best Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS. The Aurinegro led the points table with 531.00, leaving Independiente from Argentina (426.50) and its rivals in Uruguayan football, Nacional (414.00), in second and third place, respectively.[8]