Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan
football
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club based in
Montevideo
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.
History
The F.U.F era
Together with
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football.
The nam ...
, 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
Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football.
The nam ...
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 "SolÃs Bochas" and "Soriano Polideportivo".
Champions
In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by
LÃber 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
Managers
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Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
*
Gustavo DÃaz (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
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Football clubs in Uruguay
Association football clubs established in 1905
1905 establishments in Uruguay