Central Español

Central Español

Full name	Central Español Fútbol Club
Nicknames	Palermitanos Centralófilos La roja del Palermo
Founded	January 5, 1905 (1905-01-05)
Ground	Parque Palermo
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Guillermo Rodriguez Misa
Coach	Pablo de Ambrosio
League	Liga AUF Uruguaya
2025	Segunda División, 2nd of 14 (promoted)
Website	http://www.central.com.uy
Home colours Away colours

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

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.

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".

In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.

• 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)

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2006: First Round

As of 18 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

• 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)

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