Central Español

Central Español

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Full name	Central Español Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Palermitanos, centralófilos
Founded	January 5, 1905 (1905-01-05)
Ground	Parque Palermo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Guillermo Rodriguez Misa
Coach	Óscar Fernando Pacheco
League	Segunda División
2014–15	Segunda División, 6th
Home colours Away colours

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

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 Uruguayan 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.

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 managed by Liber Arispe during campaign.

Titles

• Primera División (1)

1984

• Segunda División Uruguay: (3)

1961, 1983, 2011–12

• Tercera División Uruguay: 1

1928 (as Central FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2006: First Round

Current squad

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	Giancarlo Ferré
—	GK	URU	Lucas Rodríguez
—	GK	URU	Joaquín Pintos
—	GK	URU	Mathías Rolero
—	DF	URU	Gonzalo Correa García
—	DF	URU	Néstor del Río
—	DF	URU	Gonzalo Correa García
—	DF	URU	Pablo Gutiérrez
—	DF	URU	Joaquín Martínez
—	DF	URU	Eduardo Mieres
—	DF	URU	Salvador Sasson
—	DF	URU	Emiliano Sosa
—	MF	URU	Jonathan Acuña
—	MF	ARG	Jorge Artigas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URU	Juan José Blanco
—	MF	URU	Gaston Bruno
—	MF	URU	Agustín Carballo
—	MF	URU	Santiago Correa
—	MF	URU	Pablo Luzardo
—	MF	URU	Sebastián Rodríguez
—	MF	URU	Santiago Stoppiello
—	MF	URU	Jonathan Vázquez
—	FW	PAR	Clementino González
—	FW	URU	Marcelo Guerrero
—	FW	URU	Pablo Daniel Olivera
—	FW	URU	Felipe Surraco
—	FW	COL	Cesar Taján
13	FW	URU	Sebastián Abreu

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–)

External links

• www.central.com.uy Central Español Official Site