Central Español

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

Central Español

Full name	Central Español Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Palermitanos Centralófilos La roja del Palermo
Founded	January 5, 1905 (1905-01-05)
Ground	Parque Palermo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Guillermo Rodriguez Misa
Coach	Maxi Viera
League	Segunda División
2019	Segunda División, 10th
Home colours Away colours

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 Uruguay 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 was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.

Honours

National

• Primera División
  • Winners (1): 1984
• Torneo Competencia
  • Winners (1): 1944
• Segunda División Uruguay
  • Winners (3): 1961, 1983, 2011–12
• Tercera División Uruguay
  • Winners (1): 1928 (as Central FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2006: First Round

Current squad

As of 18 February 2020

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	URU	Erik Acevedo
—	GK	URU	Axel Amoros
—	GK	URU	Gabriel Araújo
—	GK	URU	Santiago Morandi
—	DF	URU	Diego Amaro
—	DF	URU	Luciano Baeza
—	DF	URU	Pablo Barrios
—	DF	URU	Emanuel Beltrán
—	DF	URU	Matías Cortizas
—	DF	URU	Leonard Costa
—	DF	URU	Ignacio Currais
—	DF	URU	Jonathan Píriz
—	DF	URU	Alejandro Villoldo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URU	Emiliano Ahuntchain
—	MF	URU	Daniel Ceballes
—	MF	URU	Gabriel Gotta
—	MF	URU	Franco Martínez
—	MF	URU	Facundo Pérez
—	MF	URU	Pablo Porcile
—	MF	URU	Lionel Silva
—	MF	URU	Fabián Trujillo
—	MF	URU	Mario Zipitría
—	FW	URU	Ignacio Casas
—	FW	ARG	Matías Roskopf
—	FW	BRA	Jeferson Tanque
—	FW	URU	Santiago Ramírez Debali

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–)
• Maxi Viera (June 2022)

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)