C.A. Cerro

Club Atlético Cerro
Full name	Club Atlético Cerro
Nickname(s)	Villeros; Albicelestes; Cerrense
Founded	December 1, 1922; 98 years ago
Ground	Estadio Luis Tróccoli,; Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Graciela Castro
Manager	Nathaniel Revetria
League	Segunda División
2020	Primera División, 16th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Ondino Viera with Club Atletico Cerro players and officials on a souvenir postcard printed in 1967

Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro, is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Founded in 1922, the club plays its home games at Estadio Luis Tróccoli.

Uruguay's second most important derby is played between Cerro and Rampla Juniors, called "Clásico de la Villa". It is only behind the Uruguayan Clásico between Peñarol and Nacional.

History[]

The club was founded on 1 December 1922. The Uruguayan Segunda División was founded in 1942, and Cerro was one of its founders. It spent five years there, and was promoted to the Primera División in 1947, where it stayed for 50 consecutive years until 1997, when the club was deducted points due to an incident with Nacional fans.^[1]

Cerro came close to winning the league title in 1960. It finished runner-up to Peñarol, and lost in a heated final to them 3–1.^[2]^[3]

Cerro was considered as Uruguay's third biggest club in the 1960s, because they finished third in the league in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968.

By defeating Defensor Sporting in a league play-off in December 1994, Cerro qualified for the 1995 Copa Libertadores. The Estadio Luis Tróccoli was renovated to meet the regulations, including the construction of four lighting poles. Cerro had one victory in the campaign, defeating Argentine club Independiente 1–0 at home, and finished last in the group stage.

After winning the 2009 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores, Cerro qualified for their second Copa Libertadores in their history: the 2010 Copa Libertadores. At home they played in the Estadio Centenario and the Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera. The club finished third in their group, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses.

Cerro participated in the 2017 Copa Libertadores, where they were eliminated in the second qualifying stage by Chilean club Unión Española.

The following year, the club participated in the 2018 Copa Sudamericana, its first ever Copa Sudamericana appearance. Cerro began the tournament by beating Peruvian club Sport Rosario 0–2 on aggregate in the first stage. It was eliminated in the second stage by Brazilian club Bahia 3–1 on aggregate (2–0 and 1–1).

Cerro participated in the Copa Sudamericana again for the 2019 edition, being eliminated by Montevideo Wanderers in the second stage.

Imported to USA[]

Cerro was one of the clubs imported to the United Soccer Association, a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada; the club played as the New York Skyliners. The league survived only one season (1967). All the teams in the league were imported from Europe and South America.

Titles[]

Segunda División Uruguay: 2 (1946, 1998)
: 2 (1940, 1941)

Other Official Domestic Honours[]

Tercera Extra: 1 (1923)
División Intermedia: 1 (1924)
Copa Montevideo: 1 (1985)
Torneo Presentación: 1 (1988)
Campeonato Integración: 1 (1993)
Torneo Apertura de Segunda División: 1 (2006)
Liguilla Pre-Libertadores: 1 (2009)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances

1995: First Round

2010: Second Round

2017: Qualifying stages

Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2018: Second Stage

2019: Second Stage

Current squad[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	URU	Rodrigo Formento
2	DF	URU	Martín González
3	DF	URU	Emiliano Díaz
4	DF	URU
5	MF	URU	Richard Pellejero (Captain)
6	DF	URU
7	FW	URU	Facundo Peraza
8	MF	BRA	Felipe Klein
9	FW	URU	Nahuel Roldán
10	FW	URU	Maureen Franco
11	FW	URU	Diego Casas
12	GK	AUS	Ricardo Rizzo
13	DF	URU


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	URU	Gonzalo Porras
15	MF	URU	Richard Núñez
17	FW	COL	Ignacio Yepez
18	FW	URU
19	FW	URU	Alexander Machado
20	DF	URU	Rodrigo Izquierdo
22	MF	URU	Santiago Viera
23	MF	URU
26	DF	URU	Mauro Brasil
27	FW	URU	Franco López
30	DF	URU	Agustín Hernández
32	MF	URU	José Luis Tancredi

Managerial history[]

Washington Etchamendi
Enrique Fernández
José Sasía
Ondino Viera (1965)
Gerardo Pelusso (1993–95)
(Jan 1, 1998 – Dec 31, 2001)
Gerardo Pelusso (Jan 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003)
Roland Marcenaro (Jan 20, 2004 – June 24, 2004)
(May 16, 2005 – March 5, 2006)
(March 6, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006)
(Aug 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008)
Pablo Repetto (July 1, 2008 – Feb 25, 2009)
(interim) (Feb 2009)
Eduardo Mario Acevedo (Feb 2009 – Aug 09)

Guillermo Sanguinetti (Aug 13, 2009 – Dec 2, 2009)
Pablo Repetto (Dec 15, 2009 – May 23, 2010)
Alejandro Apud (May 26, 2010 – Feb 15, 2011)
(Feb 17, 2011 – Dec 21, 2011)
Hugo Parga (Dec 28, 2011 – May 3, 2012)
(May 3, 2012 – July 4, 2012)
(July 5, 2012 – Feb 26, 2013)
Danilo Baltierra (Feb 27, 2013 – Nov 19, 2013)
(Nov 21, 2013 – March 2, 2014)
Pablo Rodríguez (March 5, 2014 – Jul 1 2015)
Eduardo Acevedo (Jul 1, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015)
Gustavo Ferrín (Jan 4, 2016 – )

References[]

^ "LUTO EN EL FÚTBOL URUGUAYO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1 April 1996. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "Cerro, el primero de los chicos en llegar a la final". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ "A 60 años de una final histórica para el fútbol uruguayo". El Pais Uruguay (in Spanish). 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "LUTO EN EL FÚTBOL URUGUAYO". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1 April 1996. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[2] "Cerro, el primero de los chicos en llegar a la final". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[3] "A 60 años de una final histórica para el fútbol uruguayo". El Pais Uruguay (in Spanish). 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

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