Cerro Largo Fútbol Club is a football club from Melo,

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. They play their games at

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. They are followed by many fans since it is the only professional team that represents the Cerro Largo Department. They currently play in the

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History

The club was founded in 2002, making them one of the youngest teams in Uruguay. In their first ever season, they placed 9th in the final league table. In 2007, after an excellent campaign in the Uruguayan Segunda División, the club was promoted for the first time in their life to the Primera Division where they played for two consecutive seasons. In 2011, although they had finished 6th, they qualified for the promotion playoffs and were promoted after beating

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and Boston River. They were relegated in the 2013-14 season. They lost the Segunda Division promotion play off in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, after battling for three consecutive years, they won the Segunda Division and were promoted back to the Primera Division. In

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, they finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the

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for their first time ever.

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2012: First stage

Current squad

Managers

* Danielo Nunez (January 2009 - May 2013) *

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(June 2013 - November 2013) *

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(November 2013 - March 2014) *

Danielo Núñez Luis Danielo Núñez Maciel (born 25 October 1964) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Cerro. Career Núñez was born in Melo, and started his managerial career at the ag ...

(April 2014 - May 2015) * Gustavo Lucas (July 2015 - May 2017) * Adrian Fernandez (May 2017 - December 2017) * Danielo Nunez (January 2018- present)

Achievements

Segunda Division * Winner: 2018 * Runner-up: 2007-08, 2016

References

External links

Cerro Largo FC
- AUF Profile {{Primera División de Uruguay Football clubs in Uruguay Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Uruguay