Central Español
Association football club in Uruguay
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| current | 2012–13 Uruguayan Primera División season |
| clubname | Central Español |
| image | Escudo Central Español 2020.png |
| upright | 0.6 |
| fullname | Central Español Fútbol Club |
| nickname | Palermitanos |
| Centralófilos | |
| La roja del Palermo | |
| founded | |
| ground | Parque Palermo |
| capacity | 6,500 |
| chairman | Guillermo Rodriguez Misa |
| manager | Pablo de Ambrosio |
| mgrtitle | Coach |
| website | http://www.central.com.uy |
| league | Liga AUF Uruguaya |
| season | 2025 |
| position | Segunda División, 2nd of 14 (promoted) |
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Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.
History
The F.U.F era
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.
Merging
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".
Champions
In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.
Honours
National
- 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)
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance ::2006: First Round
Current squad
Managers
- Uruguay Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
- Uruguay Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
- Uruguay Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8)
- Uruguay Mario Saralegui (Dec 2009–March 10)
- Uruguay Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11)
- Uruguay Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13)
- Uruguay Julio Acuña (Feb 2013–April 13)
- Argentina Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–)
- Maxi Viera (June 2022)
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