Rampla Juniors

Infobox Football club
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clubname = Rampla Juniors


fullname = Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club
nickname = Picapiedras, Rojiverdes,
founded = 7 January 1914
ground = Estadio Olímpico,
Montevideo, Uruguay
capacity = 9,500
chairman = Bernardo Serwiansky
manager = Luis López
mgrtitle = Coach
league = Primera División Uruguaya
season = Clausura 2008
position = 11th
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Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Rampla Juniors is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. Rampla's most famous supporter is Natalia Oreiro. Rampla in 1927 won the Uruguayan Primera División, the 1927 Squad is: Pedro Arispe (Captain), Pedro Aguirre, Enrique Ballestrero, Pedro Cabrera, Julio Nieto y José Magallanes, Juan M. Labraga, Luis Gaitán, Conrado Haeberli, Vital Ruffatti and Conrado Bidegain..Rampla was once called the third "big" (meaning popular or best) of Uruguay's clubs, Peñarol and Nacional being first and second, due to the huge amount of followers and positive results. In 2007, Rampla finished tied in 2nd place with Danubio F.C. in the Uruguayan 1st division. In 2007 there team record was ( 9 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses, in 15 games ).

Origin and colours

Rampla Juniors were founded in the Aduana area, (also the birthplace of River Plate FC), then moved first to the Aguada neighbourhood, and finally, around 1920, to the Cerro neighborhood. Their colours are taken from Fortaleza, a club that existed in the early years of Rampla's stint in the Cerro area. Another story is similar to how Boca Juniors supposedly got the idea for their kit colors from a Swedish flag on a ship. It is rumored that Rampla's founders took the red and green from an Italian flag on ship that arrived in Montevideo Bay. It is said that the basketball team C.A. Aguada (founded in 1922) took their colours from Rampla Juniors.

Derby

Rampla Juniors's archrivals are CA Cerro, and as such, the second biggest rivalry in the country.

Titles

*Uruguayan Primera División
**Amateur Era (1): 1927.
**Professional Era (0): .
*Segunda División Uruguay 1944, 1980, 1992
*Tercera División Uruguay

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*Copa Libertadores: 0 appearances:: :
*Copa Sudamericana: 0 appearances:: :
*Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances:: :

Famous Players

External links

* [http://www.rampla.com/ Rampla Juniors Official Site]