Centro Atlético Fénix

Fénix

Full name	Centro Atlético Fénix
Nickname(s)	Albivioletas, Los de Capurro, Mugrientos, Maquina de Capurro
Founded	July 7, 1916
Ground	Estadio Parque Capurro Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Romeo Vidart
Manager	Rosario Martínez
League	Primera División Uruguaya
2009–10	11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Centro Atlético Fénix are a sports club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Montevideo, who are their all-time rivals.

History

The club were founded on July 7, 1916 by a group of young men, they named the club Fénix (Phoenix) after the mythological bird. They wear a violet and white kit, they chose the colour violet to represent eternity and white to represent purity.

In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time, a feat they repeated in 2003, but the club were relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.

Titles

• Segunda División Uruguay: 7

1956, 1959, 1973, 1977, 1985, 2007, 2009

• Tercera División Uruguay: 3

1942, 1949, 1991

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2003: First Round

2004: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2011:

Current squad 2011-12

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Danilo Lerda 2 DF Maximiliano Perg 3 MF Gonzalo Papa 4 DF Alejandro Silva 5 MF Claudio Rivero 6 DF Cristian Machín 7 FW Luciano Cardenali 8 MF Mateo Carro 9 FW Román Cuello 10 MF Hernán Novick 11 FW Juan Manuel Ortiz 12 GK Maximiliano Lauz

No. Position Player 14 DF Martín Cardozo 15 MF Fabián Trujillo 16 MF Fernando Sellanes 17 MF Fernando Ruocco 18 DF Santiago Tabárez 19 DF Leonel Pilipauskas 20 MF Jonathan Píriz 21 DF Jonathan Soto 22 MF Matías Sebastián Porcari 23 FW Cecilio Waterman 25 GK Juan Obelar MF Fabián Canobbio

Notable players

Javier Cámpora Nelson Barahona Luis Mejia Edgardo Adinolfi Maximiliano Bajter José Cancela Juan Ramón Curbelo Fabián Estoyanoff Henry Giménez Mauro Guevgeozián

Germán Hornos Diego Ifrán Fernando Kanapkis Alejandro Lago Víctor López William Martínez Maximiliano Pérez Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez Sebastián Taborda Andreé González

External links

• Official Website