Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)
Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan professional association football, football club based in Montevideo. The team was first promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División, Primera División in 1919 and plays its home games at Estadio Belvedere. History The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin school in Nuevo París, which began playing in 1908. The club took on the name Liverpool as there were many cultural links between the two areas; the majority of coal ships arriving in Montevideo came from the English port. A number of clubs took on Anglicised names, such as league rivals Montevideo Wanderers F.C., Montevideo Wanderers. Liverpool plays home matches in Estadio Belvedere (Belvedere Stadium), formerly owned by the Montevideo Wanderers. In 2023 Liverpool won the Uruguayan Primera División, Primera División for the first time. They filled one of the final slots as they had the highest overall point tally during the ...
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Estadio Belvedere
Estadio Belvédère is a football stadium in the Belvedere district of Montevideo, Uruguay. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was inaugurated in July 1909. On August 15, 1910, the stadium hosted the match where the Uruguay national football team wore their signature light blue jerseys for the first time (as a tribute to the River Plate team that had defeated Alumni wearing a similar shirt). The game ended in a 3–1 victory over Argentina.Estadio Belvedere
on Montevideo Oeste.org The stadium was formerly owned by the . In August 1938 the Government of Uruguay leaded by