Centro Atlético Fénix

For the Argentine club, see Club Atlético Fénix.

Centro Atlético Fénix is a 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.

Fénix

Full name	Centro Atlético Fénix
Nickname(s)	Albivioletas El Ave Los de Capurro Mugrientos Máquina de Capurro
Founded	7 July 1916; 107 years ago (1916-07-07)
Ground	Estadio Parque Capurro, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Mario Sanseverino
Manager	Leonel Rocco
League	Primera División
2023	Primera División, 15th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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). They later took part in 1985 edition of historic IFA Shield in India.^[1][2]

In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time after winning the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América title, a feat they repeated in 2003. The club were later relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.

Titles

• Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 2
  • 2002, 2003
• 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 2023

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 6 DF   URU Francisco Martirena 7 MF   URU Kevin Alaníz 9 FW   URU Ignacio Pereira 11 MF   URU Fabián Estoyanoff 14 FW   URU Bruno Scorza 15 DF   URU Andrés Barboza 18 MF   URU Gonzalo Vega

No. Pos. Nation Player 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   BRA Dudu — MF   URU Ernesto da Rosa

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

•   Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (Jan 1, 1994 – Dec 31, 1994)
•   Juan Ramón Carrasco (Jan 1, 2002 – April 21, 2003)
•   Antonio Alzamendi (April 21, 2003 – May 3, 2004)
•   Miguel Ángel Piazza (May 3, 2004 – May 16, 2005)
•   Jorge González (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)
•   Lorenzo Carrabs (May 14, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
•   Eduardo Favaro (July 1, 2012 – June 3, 2013)
•   Lorenzo Carrabs (July 6, 2013 – Oct 28, 2013)
•   Juan Tejera (Oct 29, 2013–)

Other teams

Centro Atlético Fénix also has a esports division, with squads of NBA 2K, Formula 1 and FIFA games.^[3]

References

1. King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Cruickshank, Mark (30 May 2013). . RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022.
2. . threadreaderapp.com. @ebfchistory (East Bengal Club official fanbase). 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
3. "Fénix sorprende en e-sports y gana torneos en juegos de NBA y Fórmula 1 en Argentina". El Observador (in Spanish). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

 

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