Centro Atlético Fénix

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Fénix

Full name	Centro Atlético Fénix
Nickname(s)	Albivioletas El Ave Los de Capurro Mugrientos Máquina de Capurro
Founded	7 July 1916; 105 years ago (1916-07-07)
Ground	Estadio Parque Capurro, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Mario Sanseverino
Manager	Ignacio Pallas
League	Primera División
2021	Primera División, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Centro Atlético Fénix is an Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The football team currently plays in Primera 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.

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).

In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time, a feat they repeated in 2003, but the club were relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.

Titles[]

• 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: 3 appearances

2011: First Round

2016: First Round

2020: Round of 16

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 7 October, 2021

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 Francisco Casanova 2 DF  URU Fernando Souza 3 DF  URU Jonathan Toledo 4 DF  URU Emanuel Carlos 5 MF  URU Andrés Schetino 6 DF  URU Francisco Martirena 7 MF  URU Kevin Alaniz 8 FW  URU Maureen Franco 9 FW  URU Ignacio Pereira 10 FW  URU Rodrigo Amaral 11 MF  URU Fabián Estoyanoff 12 GK  PAN Luis Mejía 14 FW  URU Bruno Scorza 15 DF  URU Andrés Barboza

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  URU Ignacio Pallas 18 MF  URU Gonzalo Vega 20 MF  URU Juan Boselli 22 MF  URU Agustín Alfaro 23 MF  URU Adrián Argachá 24 DF  URU Juan Álvez 25 GK  ARG Jeremías Young 26 MF  URU Richard Núñez 27 MF  URU Ángel Rodríguez 29 FW  URU Nicolás Machado 31 MF  URU Ernesto da Rosa 44 DF  URU José Luis Rodríguez — FW  URU Gustavo Viera (on loan from Santa Clara)

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  URU Juan Viacava (at Rampla Juniors until 30 June 2020) — FW  URU Cristian Cruz (at Cerro until 31 December 2020)

Managers[]

• (Jan 1, 1994 – Dec 31, 1994)
• Juan Ramón Carrasco (Jan 1, 2002 – April 21, 2003)
• Antonio Alzamendi (April 21, 2003 – May 3, 2004)
• (May 3, 2004 – May 16, 2005)
• (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)
• (May 14, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
• Eduardo Favaro (July 1, 2012 – June 3, 2013)
• (July 6, 2013 – Oct 28, 2013)
• Juan Tejera (Oct 29, 2013–)

External links[]

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• Official website