Penarol Athletic Club

The Club Atlético Peñarol is a sports institution in Montevideo, Uruguay. It takes its name from the Peñarol neighborhood, located northwest of the city. It currently plays in the First Division of Uruguay.

Its origin dates from September 28, 1891, with the emergence of the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (known by its acronym CURCC). change the name to CURCC Peñarol, but the CURCC leadership rejected the proposal by 25 votes to 12. On December 13, 1913, it was renamed Peñarol, adopting the final name of Club Atlético Peñarol on March 12, 1914. Some researchers, on the other hand, maintain that although Peñarol inherited its tradition from the CURCC and there is sociological continuity between the two, legally they are two different institutions, since the CURCC continued to exist until the year 1915 (although as a mere recreational unit for the employees of the railway company), and sold its assets donating the money obtained to the British Hospital, and therefore the date of foundation of the club would be December 13, 1913. This is the origin of the discussion on the deanery.

Although the CURCC colors were originally black and orange Peñarol throughout its history has always been identified with yellow and black, taken from the Rocket Locomotive and representative of the railway union in general. Throughout its history, it has dabbled in various sports, standing out in basketball and cycling. Despite this, its dedication has been almost exclusively to soccer, a sport for which it has obtained wide recognition.

The club plays its home games at the Campeón del Siglo stadium, inaugurated at the end of March 2016 and with a capacity for 40,005 spectators. It is located on Route 102 between Camino Mangangá and Camino de los Siete Cerros, in the department of Montevideo. Previously, Peñarol had its headquarters for several decades in the Centenario stadium, owned by the municipal government. The club also has a basketball stadium (Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi) and its training ground (Washington Cataldi Sports Complex).

At the local level, in the professional era Peñarol has won 42 tournaments, and considering the amateur era and the tournaments obtained by the CURCC, it has won 51 titles. Additionally, Peñarol was crowned champion of the Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF) in 1924 and the Provisional Council Tournament in 1926. At the international level, it is the third club that has won the Copa Libertadores on the most occasions, five times, and the first to obtain the Intercontinental Cup for the third time, an award that it shares with four other clubs.

Their classic rival in Uruguayan soccer is Nacional, the oldest soccer rivalry outside of the British Isles. They played more than 500 games against each other, with an advantage for Peñarol in history.

In September 2009, it was declared the South American Club of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) with 531.00 points, surpassing Independiente de Argentina (426.50) and Nacional (414.00).

History

Amateurism (1891-1931)

Party poster between Peñarol (CURCC) and Albion in 1900.

CURCC was founded on September 28, 1891, due to the impulse of employees and workers of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo, Limited (CUR), an English-owned company that had operated in Uruguay since 1878. Of the 118 members promoters of the club, 72 were of English nationality, 45 Uruguayans and one German. Due to the complexity of the name of the institution at the time —Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club— the club was usually known as CURCC or Peñarol, the latter in reference to the town of the same name located 10 kilometers from Montevideo, —whose name in turn derives from the Italian town of Pinerolo in the Piedmont region— and where the CURCC and club facilities were located in those years. The first president of the new institution was Frank Henderson, who remained in that position until 1899.

In 1892, the CURCC incorporated soccer into its sports practices, thus leaving rugby and cricket relegated, sports that had predominated in the club until then. The first match played by the soccer club was against a group of English High students and ended with a 2-0 victory for CURCC. In 1895, the club chose Julio Negrón as captain, this being the first Uruguayan footballer of the club to hold this distinction, since until that time Instantly only English players had led the team.

In 1900, CURCC was one of the four founding entities of the Uruguay Association Football League, debuting in its official competition on June 10, against Albion Football Club with a 2-1 victory. season the CURCC was awarded the Uruguayan Championship for the first time, an achievement that was repeated in 1901, 1905 and 1907. However, in 1906 the administration of the CUR was assumed by Charles W. Bayne who refused to preside over the company's soccer section due to the continuous economic and labor problems that this entailed, this being the starting point of a series of conflicts between the company and the CURCC that would end with the split of the latter in 1913.

The CURCC team in 1905.

On September 19, 1908, the club withdrew from the Uruguayan League upset by the decision not to repeat the match against F.C. Dublin, in which CURCC lost 2-3 as visitors, a defeat that in the club's opinion was due to refereeing errors, caused by pressure from the local public on the match judge. After returning to the competition in In 1909, the disagreements between the CUR and the club worsened after a group of fans of the Peñarol team burned one of the wagons that were used to transport players from rival teams.

After a new championship in 1911, the following year a study commission was organized in order to reform the CURCC estates. Among the proposals included the greater participation of members who were not CUR employees, as well as the change of name of the institution to "CURCC Peñarol". In June 1913, the CURCC board of directors rejected these proposals; The main reason for this decision was that the company wanted to disassociate the club from Villa Peñarol because of the damage that had developed around it, mainly related to violence. However, according to the official version, in November of that year the CURCC approved the delivery of the soccer section to the members in view of their intention to continue with the club, even if it was dissolved, a request that had been delivered by them to the CURCC on November 15, 1913. Finally on December 13 of that same year, the soccer section was completely separated from the company, keeping the name of CURCC Peñarol.

It is at this point where the main dilemma arises, where the official version of the club is that CURCC Peñarol would be the historical continuation of the soccer section of the club founded in 1891. This was generally accepted until the Peñarol celebrations for its fiftieth anniversary in 1941, when, based on editorials published in the newspaper El País, it began to be believed that CURCC Peñarol constituted from the outset a totally independent entity, without any relation to CURCC, beyond inheriting its tradition. This position was officially assumed by Nacional on the occasion of the celebrations by Peñarol of its centenary, in 1991, through a report that seeks to demonstrate that legally the CURCC and Peñarol were two different institutions. The CURCC disappeared definitively on January 22, 1915, stipulating in its act of dissolution the transfer of part of its assets to the British Hospital. This controversy has given rise to what is known as the discussion of the deanery.

Plantel de Peñarol in 1921.

The Uruguayan Football League, with the approval of all the clubs that comprised it, took note of the name change, according to its note dated March 17, 1914, Club Atlético Peñarol continuing to occupy the place of CURCC both institutionally and sportingly. In its first years under the name of Peñarol, the club failed to achieve great performances, the most important event during this period being the inauguration of the Las Acacias stadium on April 19, 1916. The first championships of the club, with its current name, arrived in 1918 and 1920. In 1921 Peñarol, who had won the previous Uruguayan championship, wanted to play the Aldao Cup with Racing (champion of the Amateur Football Association) instead of facing Huracán (winner of the Argentine Football Association)., but Article 7 of the Association did not allow its affiliates to play matches against clubs from the dissident Argentine Amateur Association.

In September 1922, a few days before traveling to Brazil to play the Copa América, Peñarol demanded from the AUF that the Uruguayan team not face the Argentine team, which was defended by players who participated in the AFA, affiliated with the FIFA. Peñarol threatened that if the AUF maintained its position, it would not release its players for the tournament. Finally, the AUF maintained its position, and went to play the Copa América without Peñarol players. In October of that year, and already with an established political rift, Peñarol and Central requested authorization to play friendlies against Racing and Independiente, which was denied by AUF authorities, despite warning that otherwise they would abandon the Uruguayan Championship if they were not authorized. Finally, aurinegros and Palermo people play friendlies against Avellaneda, Racing and Independiente, for which they were disaffiliated from the AUF, giving rise to the schism in Uruguayan football.

Jugadores aurinegros in 1929.

Meanwhile, Peñarol and Central, meeting at the coal headquarters, founded the Uruguayan Football Federation, which organized its own championships in parallel to those of the AUF, and of which it became champion in 1924. Within In the FUF there were several new teams, many created in honor of Peñarol, such as "Peñarol del Plata", "Roland Moor" or "Roberto Chery Montevideo".

After the Schism had been maintained for three years and several attempts at reunification had failed, a representation of the Montevideo press requested the mediation intervention of the president of the republic, José Serrato. The ruling, decreed in October 1925, determined that in 1926 a Provisional National Football Council be established to end the existing rift. In 1926, the Provisional Council Cup was held, a competition that arose to reunify Uruguayan soccer, conquered by Peñarol.

After making a tour of Europe for the first time in 1927, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship again in 1928 and 1929. In the latter year Julio María Sosa was declared the club's first honorary president. The following year, Peñarol played an official match for the first time at the Centenario de Montevideo, which ended with a 1-0 victory over Olimpia.

Professionalism (1932-present)

Severino Varela Uruguayan champion with Peñarol in 1938.

In 1932 the Uruguayan Football League officially established professionalism, being Peñarol's debut against River Plate. That same year he obtained his first professional championship after accumulating 40 points, five above his closest rival, Rampla Juniors. After placing second in the 1933 and 1934 seasons, Peñarol won the first of four consecutive championships, between 1935 and 1938, in addition to the Competition Tournament in 1936.^{[citation required]}

The 1940s began with Peñarol once again placing itself in second position, a situation in which it remained until 1943. The following year, it won the Uruguayan Championship again by defeating Nacional in a double definition match, 0-0 and 3 -2. In 1945 the club repeated the title this time with Nicolás Falero and Raúl Schiaffino as top scorers in the tournament with 21 conquests and would win the title again in 1949, gaining a 4-point advantage over Nacional and with Óscar Míguez as top scorer of the tournament.

After placing second in 1950, Peñarol was champion of Uruguay again in 1951, the year in which it also tendered the works for the construction of the Peñarol Palace, which was finally inaugurated in 1955.^{[quote required]} The 1950s continued with obtaining national championships in 1953, 1954, 1958 and 1959, highlighting the figures of Juan Hohberg, Juan Romay and Julio César Abbadie.^{[citation required]}

Peñarol, champion of the Copa Libertadores de América in 1966.

In 1960, Peñarol qualified for the recently created Copa Libertadores, known at that time as the Copa de Campeones de América.^{[citation required]} In this competition, he became champion in their first two editions after beating Olimpia from Paraguay in 1960 and Palmeiras from Brazil in 1961 respectively. In the second part of the year, they won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time in their history in their second edition, defeating Benfica Portugal 2-1 in the decisive match. During this period, in addition, the institution won the Uruguayan Championship in 1960, 1961 and 1962, which earned it the first five-year period in its history (1958-1962). ^{[citation required]}

After a season without titles, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1964 and 1965,^{[citation required]} as well as a new Copa Libertadores in 1966, defeating River Plate 4-2. That year they also won their second Intercontinental Cup after beating Real Madrid 2-0, both at the Centenario and at the Santiago Bernabéu. In the following years, they continued to accumulate national and international achievements, standing out obtaining the national championships of 1967 and 1968, and the South American Super Cup of Intercontinental Champions in 1969, a contest that brought together the South American clubs that had won the Intercontinental Cup up to that time.^{[citation required]} Additionally, during this interval, he achieved the longest unbeaten record in the history of the Uruguayan Championship, which spanned 56 games between September 3, 1966 and September 14, 1968. Between The footballers who passed through the club during these years, highlighted the names of the Ecuadorian Alberto Spencer, Peñarol's all-time scorer in international matches, Juan Joya Cordero, and Pedro Rocha.^{[citation required]}

In 1970, Peñarol once again reached the final of the Copa Libertadores, in which they were defeated by Estudiantes de La Plata. It should be noted that in that tournament the club achieved the biggest win in the history of the competition, after beating Valencia de Venezuela 11-2.^{[citation required]} Later, with Fernando Morena as the main figure, the club obtained the Uruguayan Championship in 1973, an honor that it repeated in the following two years. After placing second in 1976 and 1977, Peñarol won his thirty-fifth Uruguayan Championship in 1978, a season in which Fernando Morena set two records, the one for the highest number of goals scored in a season (36) and the one for the most goals scored in a season. annotations in a game, when he converted 7 against Huracán Buceo on July 16, 1978. The decade of the 1970s closed in a good way with the obtaining of a new national championship. During this period, Morena also established himself as the top scorer in the Uruguayan Championship on six consecutive occasions, a distinction that he also achieved in the Copa Libertadores in 1974 and 1975.

After beginning the decade of the 1980s, placing itself in third place, in 1981 Peñarol became Uruguayan champion once again, beating Nacional by three points. In the champion team, the figures of Fernando Morena and Rubén Paz stood out, this last scorer of the tournament with 17 goals. The following season, Peñarol won the Copa Libertadores again after beating Cobreloa from Chile as a visitor 1-0, with a score by Fernando Morena, scorer of the continental competition with 7 goals, minutes from the end of the game. In the second semester, Peñarol repeated the Uruguayan Championship and won the Intercontinental Cup for the third time in its history, beating Aston Villa of England 2-0.

Despite the financial problems that the institution began to suffer from the mid-1980s, the club won the national titles in 1985 and 1986,^{[citation required]} in addition to the Copa Libertadores in 1987, when they beat América de Cali 1-0 with a goal by Diego Aguirre in the last minute of extra time, when the tie gave the Colombian team the championship. As a curiosity, this was the third Copa Libertadores obtained by the club in the National Stadium of Chile, after those achieved in 1966 and 1982.

Friendly in front of Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu on August 24, 2010.

In the context of a severe crisis at the sporting and institutional level, Peñarol commemorated its hundredth anniversary on September 28, 1991, despite the controversy that arose a year earlier with the formation of the "Deanery Commission& #3. 4; by the National Football Club, which openly rejected the centenary celebration, initiating the controversy surrounding the date of Peñarol's foundation and its relationship with the CURCC.^{[citation required]} With the incorporation of Pablo Bengoechea and under the technical leadership of Gregorio Pérez, Peñarol managed to solve its soccer problems, consecrating itself champion for five consecutive years of the Uruguayan Championship between 1993 and 1997, in what was the second five-year period for the club. On the other hand, at the international level, the club reached the final of the Conmebol Cup in 1994 and 1995. In 1999, it was crowned Uruguayan champion again, this time with Julio Ribas on the bench after beating Nacional 2-1 on February 13. November, in what became known as the 4x4 because the team scored a total of 47 goals in 14 games in the second half of the season.^{[citation required]}

Party to the end of the Copa Libertadores 2011 against Santos.

The first decade of the 21st century began with Peñarol placing runner-up in the Uruguayan Championship, after losing in the final of the tournament against Nacional, while players from both institutions remained in prison after a fight in the Clausura classic. In the following two seasons, despite making good presentations, Peñarol failed to reach the final of the Uruguayan Championship, finishing in second position in the Apertura 2001, Apertura 2002 and Clausura 2002 tournaments. At the leadership level, during this period the official inauguration stood out. from the club's Museum on September 28, 2001. In 2003, under the coaching leadership of Diego Aguirre and with a squad that included striker Carlos Bueno and Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert, Peñarol once again won the Uruguayan Championship after beating Nacional 1-0 on December 4, 2003 at the Centenario. After irregular campaigns, the club was crowned champion of the First Division again in the 2009-10 season, after winning the Clausura Tournament undefeated, winning 14 of the 15 games played in it, 12 of them consecutively. In the championship final they beat Nacional, winner of the Apertura Tournament, by an aggregate score of 2-1 with goals from Antonio Pacheco and Matías Aguirregaray,^{[citation required]} and along with the tournament, they managed to qualify directly for the group stage of the 2011 Libertadores, in which they reached the final, losing to Santos 2-1 in Brazil after drawing 0-0 in Montevideo.

Historical data of the club

I was amateur

CURCC table in 1900.

Peñarol played a total of 26 seasons in the Uruguay Association Football League from its beginning in 1900 until the end of the amateur era of Uruguayan football in 1931, its only absence being between 1923 and 1926, years in which it was disaffiliated with the AUF.

During this stage, the club became champion of the Uruguayan Championship nine times, its best participations being in the years 1900 and 1905, seasons in which it won the title without defeat. Additionally, the club also finished undefeated in the years 1901, 1903 and 1907. On the other hand, its worst participation was in 1908, a season in which it withdrew from the Uruguayan League after having played only 10 games, being the 8 remaining awarded to their rivals. On the other hand, the biggest win recorded by the club occurred in this period, in 1903, after defeating Triunfo 12-0.

Regarding the championships organized by the FUF, he achieved second place in 1923, a season in which he reached the figure of 100 goals converted, and he was champion in 1924, his best result in tournaments being the victory by 10- 0 over Roberto Cherry in the suspended 1925 Uruguayan Championship.

He was professional

Peñarol was the first club in the world to celebrate three times champion of the Intercontinental Cup.

Since the beginning of the professional era in 1932, Peñarol and Nacional have been the only two clubs to participate in each of the Uruguayan Championship seasons. Additionally, Peñarol is the Uruguayan team that accumulates the most titles of the First Division, with 40 conquests between 1932 and 2018, as well as the club that was crowned champion undefeated on the most occasions during professionalism 1949, 1954, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975 and 1978). His best participations were in the years 1949 and 1964, seasons in which he finished the championship with 94.44% performance, while his worst campaign took place in the 2005-06 season after finishing in sixteenth place, obtaining 32.32% of the points in dispute. However, it is necessary to point out that the club was penalized by the AUF with a reduction of 12 points, as a result of incidents caused by a group of fans after a match against Cerro.

On the other hand, the biggest win achieved by Peñarol in national competitions was the 9-0 victory against Rampla Juniors in 1962, while the worst defeat occurred on December 14, 1941 after losing to Nacional by 0 -6. At the international level, they obtained their best result after beating Valencia of Venezuela 11-2 on March 15, 1970, their worst result being the 0-6 defeat against Olimpia of Paraguay on December 10, 1990 for the South American Super Cup.

In the same way, Peñarol is the holder of various records both in Uruguayan and international soccer, many of which are still maintained today. At the local level, Peñarol achieved the longest undefeated record in the history of the Uruguayan Championship, which spanned 56 games between September 3, 1966 and September 14, 1968, when they were defeated 0-2 by Liverpool. This mark It also corresponds to the longest unbeaten record obtained by a South American club in a professional First Division tournament and the second if the amateur stage is considered, behind Boca Juniors.

In the international arena, it was the first club to win the Copa Libertadores de América, doing so undefeated in 1960, a contest in which it also holds several records, including, together with Nacional, the one with the most participations with 44, 15 of them consecutive; the most semifinals played with 20 and together with Boca Juniors the most finals played with 10; the biggest historical win after beating Valencia 11-2 from Venezuela; and the key with the highest goal difference after beating Everest of Ecuador 14-1 on the aggregate score (5-0 and 9-1). Likewise, it was one of the five teams that won the Intercontinental Cup three times, being the first of these to achieve such a mark.

Uniform

Pictures of some Peñarol T-shirts

Some t-shirts used by Peñarol in recent decades.

Home uniform

Since its inception, the colors that have identified the club are yellow and black, taken from the Rocket Locomotive and representative of the railway union in general.

The first shirt worn by the CURCC in 1891 consisted of one divided into four square sections that alternated between orange and black. Starting in the same year, a shirt consisting of two vertical halves — black on the right and orange and black stripes on the left—, black pants and socks of the same color.

Peñarol's current shirt —yellow and black striped shirt— dates from 1910 and since then it has been used almost uninterruptedly with very few variations, including the color of the socks —alternating between yellow and black—, the color of the pants —yellow in 2001—, as well as some variations in the direction of the stripes on the shirt.

Peñarol's uniform varies historically both in the number of black batons on its jersey, as well as in the color of the shorts of its home kit. For certain matches, Peñarol continues to use the yellow short.

First uniform (CURCC)

First uniform

Evolution of CURCC and Peñarol

Current uniform

Alternate Uniform

As far as the alternate kit is concerned, the first kit used is believed to have been a checkered shirt in 1891, similar to the starting kit worn two years later, in black and orange checkered. Different models have been used since then, including a horizontally striped shirt in 1984, a yellow shirt and black pants in 1987, as well as all-black, gray or yellow uniforms worn in recent decades. Additionally, different colored shirts have been used for international matches, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2010, a gold shirt with a black collar began to be used as an alternative. As a third uniform, the shirt that was the main one in 1891 was used, divided in the middle, black on the right and yellow and black stripes on the left.^{[citation required]} The On February 4, 2013, new models were presented, with a black and a yellow uniform as alternatives.

First alternative uniform

(See evolution)

Current alternative uniform

Third uniform

For international matches, gray colored shirts have been used, clearly different from the traditional colors. This happened especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Also, for certain matches, Peñarol has used yellow shorts.

As a third uniform, in commemoration of the club's anniversaries, on some occasions the CURCC's main jersey has been used, divided in the middle: black on the right and yellow and black stripes on the left, or vice versa. The first one used by the club also stands out, in 1891, divided into four square sections alternating between yellow and black, replicated in 2011.

Since 2013, a completely yellow uniform has been permanently established as the third outfit, presented on February 4 of that year.

Special anniversary uniforms

1999

2011

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2020

Suppliers and sponsors

Indumentary

Period Supplier 1978-1984 Adidas 1984-1987 Le Coq Sportif 1987-1988 Topper 1988-1991 Puma 1991-1996 Nanque 1996-1998 Umbro 1998-2000 Reebok 2000 Covadonga 2001-2005 Umbro 2006-present Puma

Main sponsor

Period Sponsor 1984-1985 ANDA 1987-1989 Volkswagen 1992-2000 Parmalat 2000-2001 Sports YA 2001-2003 Double Uruguaya 2003-2008 Pirelli 2009-2022 Antel 2022-Presente Antel Directv Go

Sponsor sleeves

Period Sponsor 2012-2015 Tramontina 2016-2018 BGH 2018-Presente BBVA

Sponsored back

Period Sponsor 1992-2000 Parmalat 2000-2001 Sports YA 2001-2003 Double Uruguaya 2003-2008 Pirelli 2009-2013 Núñez 2013-2016 Conaprole Nuñez 2016-2021 Nissan Nuñez 2021-Presente Renault Nuñez

Supporter Short

Period Sponsor 2007-2009 Nuñez 2021-Presente Rexona

Symbols

Shield and flag

Official flag Official shield

The club's flag was designed by the architect Constante Facello, inspired by the Uruguayan flag, it has nine stripes, four yellow and five black, and a canton with eleven yellow stars on a black background.

Although during the beginnings of the club a shield with a single star was used, with the passing of the decades, this design also began to be applied in the institutional shields, which began to have eleven stars. The shield was also designed by the architect Constante Facello and currently has four horizontal yellow stripes on a black background at the bottom and eleven yellow stars on a black background at the top, the stars representing the eleven players who go out to the playing field. Currently the shield does not use the word "Peñarol", although he knew how to carry it for many years.

In 2009 the exact shades of the colors were defined by the club's marketing department, establishing that the yellow tone to be used would be 255-194-14 in RGB values, equivalent to the hexadecimal code #FFC20E, in a search to unify the institutional image. In any case, the shade of yellow continued to vary over the years.

For 2020 and due to the pandemic, Peñarol changed its shield for a few weeks, making a recreation of its first emblem with a single star. The reason for the change was to reaffirm the distance necessary to combat the spread of Covid 19.

Shield evolution

1924	1926	1929	1931	1936	1942	1962	1967

1987	1990	1996	2000	2002	2004	2008	2015-presente

Anthem

In January 2011, during the presentation of that year's squad, Peñarol premiered a new hymn, called "Campeón del Siglo" in honor of being chosen as the South American Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS. The anthem was composed by Roberto Martínez Barone with the help of Raúl Medina and the participation of Julio Pérez, Damián Dewaily, Felipe Castro, Florencia Pasquet and Gabriel Groba. An institutional logo was also created to commemorate the recognition of the IFFHS, present since uninterruptedly for several years on the club's shirts, and in the name and design of the main stand of its stage, the Campeón del Siglo Stadium.

Bloated

Pictures of the swollen Peñarol

The Peñarol fans are characterized by being numerous. The club's brava bar is known as Barra Ámsterdam or La Caterva. The passionate nature of the fans means that they are involved in numerous acts of violence, both against similar groups from other clubs and against the Uruguayan police. The incidents caused by this group of fans have cost Peñarol the loss of 31 points since 1994, which among other things meant the club the loss of three championships (Apertura 1994, Clausura 1997 and Clausura 2002), in addition to force him to play a tiebreaker match with Liverpool for the 1995 Apertura that Peñarol finally won. beating the latter on goal difference, during the 2005-06 season. In this sense, within the Peñarol fans there are several subgroups or factions that dispute the leadership of the fans, the so-called "barras bravas". Due to having a large fan base, the fan base has several bands in bid.

Swollens tend to paint the club on the streets of the capital.

However, although the parity between Peñarol and Nacional is evident in terms of the number of tickets sold by both clubs, and that after winning the Uruguayan Championship in 2003, the carbonero had a significant decrease in the number of tickets sold (being 20% below Nacional between the 2004 Qualifying Tournament and the 2006 Closing Tournament), since then Peñarol reversed this situation. The club sold a total of 219,782 tickets during the remainder of the tournament, equivalent to 81.6% of the sum of tickets sold by all First Division clubs. During said championship, Peñarol set a record by selling 50,045 tickets against Danubio, being the biggest sale of a "big" against a lesser team in the history of the Uruguayan Championship. In total, between 2005 and 2009, despite the fact that the institution did not achieve good results in the sports field, Peñarol was the team with the highest number of calls in the First Division of Uruguay, with more than 1,000,000 tickets sold during this period, more than 20% over the second placed.

The fans don't leave their passion for the aurinegroNot even in the nationally selected matches.

Within Uruguayan society it is argued that Uruguay is divided into two, alluding to the fans of one club and the other, and it is considered that both institutions are very even in terms of popular support. In the football field, Peñarol and Nacional dispute the preferences of the fans, monopolizing the vast majority of fans. The various public opinion studies carried out in this regard are not conclusive, as there are several that place Peñarol as the club with the highest number of supporters, while others place Nacional in that position. Indeed, a survey carried out by the consultancy FACTUM in 1993, placed Peñarol as the club with the largest number of supporters with 41% of the preferences, while Nacional ranked second with 38%. In the same In this sense, according to what was published in the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador, another similar study carried out by FACTUM in 2006 ratified these results, giving Peñarol 45% of the preferences, ten percentage points over Nacional.

Likewise, a survey carried out by the company MPC Consultores among 9,000 inhabitants of the entire territory of Uruguay, placed Peñarol as the club with the highest number of preferences with 45.1% of the total sample, followed by Nacional with 38.6%. In turn, the pollster Cifra conducted a telephone survey in July 2013 that, out of a sample of 1,021 people, placed Peñarol with 46% of fans, compared to 35% for Nacional. An example of the opposite is a survey carried out online in November 2010 by the Sportsvs.com website that asked users their preference between Peñarol and Nacional, with the result being 50.35% in favor of Nacional and the rest in favor of Peñarol.

Partners

In 2010 the club focused on increasing the social mass to achieve self-sustainability. For this reason, several measures were implemented. For example, from the 2010 closing championship, balls signed by the players and official shirts were given away. In turn, that same year the Club's Supporters' Clubs Commission was formed, the purpose of which is their permanent contact with the institution. As a complement to this measure, they began to travel to the interior with the Rally 19 Capitales associating people from the interior of Uruguay. On the other hand, in March 2013 the category of adherent member was launched, which by paying a single fee equivalent to one peso per day (about twenty dollars per year) entitles the member to a ticket for a match of their choice in the year, in addition to the benefit of advance sales for tenant parties. In March 2016, the institution had more than 85,000 members.

Giant flag

The flag, deployed in the Centenary of Montevideo.

Flag deployed in the Champion of the Century Stadium in 2018.

After raising $35,000 from the fans, through bonuses and raffles organized by a group of supporters, and the manufacturing process that came from the hand of the Argentine painter of giant flags, Rody Soria, on April 12, 2011 Peñarol fans unveiled the largest flag in the world at that time, 309 meters long and 46 meters high, which is equivalent to about 14,214 square meters. The manya cloth covered the Amsterdam grandstand and a large part of the Olympic grandstand of the Centenario stadium, during the exit to the pitch of the aurinegro team players before playing the last match group 8 match of the 2011 Copa Libertadores against Independiente.

On April 4, 2018, the flag was unfurled for the second time, this time at the Campeón del Siglo stadium, the first time it was unfurled in this venue. This time it was against Atlético Tucumán, before the start of the match for the last date of group C of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

It is worth mentioning that the flag was modified for this occasion, being segmented into two parts for its correct display in the Washington Cataldi and José Pedro Damiani stands.

On May 12, 2019, in the run-up to the clásico against Nacional for the Apertura Tournament at the Campeón del Siglo stadium, the Washington Cataldi grandstand was covered by one of the segments of the flag.

Facilities

Champion of the Century Stadium

Panoramic view of the stadium, in a nocturnal match.

The project for Peñarol's own stadium dates back to the 20th century, but it never came to fruition. After many previous projects, the stadium was built on a property located between Camino Mangangá and Camino de los Siete Cerros, a few meters from Route 102 and within the Bañados de Carrasco area, although some proposals intended to move it to the Peñarol neighborhood.

The stadium has a capacity for 40,005 seated spectators, between the four stands: Frank Henderson Stand (North Stand), José Pedro Damiani Stand (South Stand), Washington Cataldi Stand (West Stand) and Gastón Güelfi Stand (East Stand), who owe their names to leaders linked to the club's history: Frank Henderson, José Pedro Damiani, Washington Cataldi and Gastón Güelfi.

The work has the support of the Uruguayan company Tenfield, which is the main partner of the project. Tenfield collaborated so that the Banco República granted the loan to Peñarol for its construction, and paid for the stadium to carry a commercial name for the next 15 years, to be designated by the company. The project, officially called "Peñarol Stadium", is owned by the firm "Complejo Deportivo y Cultural Peñarol S.A." with headquarters at Luis Alberto de Herrera 1248, being its sole shareholder Peñarol. In turn, the stadium will have the proceeds from the sale of boxes and seats together with a loan requested from the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay, having a Total planned cost of $40 million. The new Peñarol stadium will have a giant broadcast screen, a 105 m x 68 m pitch, a conference room for 70 people, Club Atlético Peñarol headquarters and museum, commercial premises, parking lots, complying with FIFA recommendations.

In reference to the capacity, it would have 107 boxes with capacity for 16 people each (2660 spectators). The grandstand and box stalls will have a capacity for 9,444 people, the grandstand and facing stalls will have a capacity for 11,141 spectators and each end between the grandstand and stalls will have 8,380, making a total of 40,005 spectators. At the beginning of November 2013 the The club obtained the approval of the loan from the Bank of the Republic and the authorization of the Municipality of Montevideo. In a ceremony held on December 19, the foundation stone of the new stadium was laid and works began in early 2014.

The company Dédalo Films confirmed that it will make a documentary with all the audiovisual material that was recorded throughout the construction process of the stadium, including the recordings of its inauguration.

Jose Pedro Damiani Stadium

Peñarol has since 1916 the José Pedro Damiani Stadium.

Cr. José Pedro Damiani stadium, also known as "Las Acacias", is located in the neighborhood of the same name, on a property that was purchased in 1913 and inaugurated as an official stadium on April 19 of 1916 under the presidency of Dr. Francisco Simón, with a classic match in which Peñarol triumphed 3-1. The box and the entrance gate were part of the mythical and disappeared Pocitos Stadium, where the first goal was scored in the history of the soccer world cups in 1930.

The name of the stadium is in honor of the late president of the institution, José Pedro Damiani, and it has an area of 37,949 square meters and a capacity for 7,000 spectators.

When the club sought to move away from Villa Peñarol, it began to rent the Belvedere Stadium (currently owned by Liverpool Fútbol Club, but at the time the field of the Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club), until Las Acacias was inaugurated in 1916. Except for brief periods, the stadium is not used by the club due to its lack of infrastructure and capacity, in addition to not being authorized by the Municipality of Montevideo. For this reason, projects for a stadium began to exist in the 20th century. own for Peñarol, which could not materialize until the construction of the Campeón del Siglo Stadium, and the club served as premises in the Centenario, municipally owned.

Within the field is the Las Acacias Sports Complex, used by the club's training categories for training, also having an auxiliary court, gym and changing rooms.

Palace Accountant Gastón Güelfi

Main entrance to the Peñarol Palace court.

The Palacio Contador Gastón Güelfi, also known as Palacio Peñarol, is a basketball stadium and official headquarters of Club Atlético Peñarol, inaugurated in 1955. It is located in the city of Montevideo, in the crossroads of Galicia and Minas streets in the Cordón neighborhood and various sporting and cultural events are held there.

It bears the name of the president who was in charge of the institution for the longest time, Gastón Güelfi, between 1958 and 1972. After the destruction of the Municipal Cylinder in 2010, it is the largest venue for this sport in Uruguay, therefore which since then has received the playoffs of the Uruguayan Basketball League.

At the entrance on Calle Magallanes, is the headquarters of the Peñarol Club, there are different administrative offices, the members' department and the meeting room of the board of directors.

Washington Cataldi Sports Complex

The Washington Cataldi Sports Complex, commonly known as Los Aromos, is located at kilometer 23 of National Route 8, in Villa Los Aromos, in the town of Barros Blancos, department of cannelloni. It is a sports complex that is used for the training of the team's main squad, as well as to host its concentrations.

The 4-hectare piece of land where it is located was acquired in 1945 and its construction lasted until 1947 by the architect José Donato.

High Performance Center

The High Performance Center, commonly abbreviated as CAR, is a sports complex designed exclusively for the youth categories of the club. It is located at kilometer 25.5 of Avenida Giannattasio, in the Montes de Solymar neighborhood of Ciudad de la Costa, department of Canelones.

It is a seven-hectare plot, which was built under the presidency of Juan Pedro Damiani. The works were presented on September 28, 2009, on the occasion of the club's 118th anniversary celebrations, and cost approximately two million dollars. Among other facilities, the complex has 5 courts, one illuminated, a weight room and a gym.

Frank Henderson College

Colegio Frank Henderson, named after the institution's first president, is located less than a kilometer from the Center for High Performance. It was built with the objective of training the players of the youth divisions of the club, serving in turn as a shelter for young people who live in the interior of the country.

Uruguayan soccer classic

• Updated data as at 14 June 2015.

Marcelo Zalayeta looking to intercept a center, during a classic in front of the National, for the Uruguayan championship 2011-12.

The first confrontation between CURCC and Nacional dates from July 15, 1900, the date on which CURCC won 2-0 with Aniceto Camacho scoring. Due to the above, the Uruguayan Clásico is considered the oldest football rivalry outside the British Isles. However, this position is disputed due to the controversy surrounding the relationship between CURCC and Peñarol. Under the current name de Peñarol, the first confrontation against Nacional took place on December 14, 1913 and ended with a 2-2 result.

Although Peñarol took advantage in the balance of confrontations between the two clubs during the first matches, between 1914 and 1915 Nacional managed to prevail for six consecutive games, which, at the end of the 1910s, allowed it to match the record of matches, even surpassing Peñarol during some seasons. Nacional managed to ratify this situation during the 1940s, leading Peñarol by 14 games in 1948 and remaining at the forefront of the record, with the exception of the 1968 season, until the second half of the 1970s. However, since the middle of said decade, Peñarol began to obtain a series of good results against Nacional, corroborating this trend during the 1980s and late 1990s that put it at the forefront in the statistics, being the greatest advantage achieved by Peñarol in 26 games, after beat Nacional 1-0 on January 27, 2004.

Considered both stages, amateur and professional, in official and friendly matches, both local and international, and including the results obtained by CURCC, both clubs met 541 times, with 192 "Manyas" and 174 "Tricolores", ending the remaining 170 games in a tie. In the head-to-head balance, Peñarol has led Nacional since January 16, 1982.^{[citation required]}

Later in time, on April 23, 1987, for a friendly triangular tournament in which Betis from Spain also participated, Peñarol tied with Nacional 1-1 when 68 minutes into the game the Mirasol team saw themselves expelled three of its players, José Perdomo, José Herrera and Ricardo Viera, as a result of a foul and subsequent protests. Peñarol was left with eight players and had to face a Nacional that remained with eleven. However, 82 minutes into the game, after a pass from Diego Aguirre, Jorge Cabrera scored another goal for Peñarol, putting the team up 2-1, a result that would remain until the end. This match is known as the "Classic of the 8 against 11".

In total, including the results of the CURCC, Peñarol and Nacional have met in 28 finals of different tournaments, with 18 tricolor victories over 10 aurinegros. Considering only the Uruguayan Championship, on the other hand, the advantage corresponds to Peñarol, with 8 wins over 6 of his rival in a total of 14 finals. The black victories were in 1944, 1959, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2010 and 2018.

Administration

Frank Henderson was the first president of the CURCC.

During the constitutive assembly of the institution, chaired by Roland Moor on September 28, 1891, it was stipulated that the position of president of the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club be held by the main administrator of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo.^{[citation needed]}Thus, the first president of the CURCC was Frank Henderson, who held office until 1899.

The resolution to designate the administrators of the CUR as presidents of the sports club was maintained until 1906, the year in which the direction of the CUR was entrusted to Charles W. Bayne, with the aim of increasing the company's profits, as well as to control the union conflict that he was going through at the time and that led to the strike declared by the Railroad Union in 1908. At the time of being notified, Charles Bayne refused to preside over the CURCC, arguing that only the repair of the wagons, damaged by the transfer of the club's fans, had cost the company £1,850, in addition to the continuous absence from work of several officials who were playing for the club at the same time. maintenance functions in the company.^{[citation required]} However, the administrative resolutions of Charles Bayne affected the club during the following years, causing the dissolution of the honor squad to beginning of 1908, a season in which the institution was close to ceasing its activities.

The foregoing meant the beginning of a series of conflicts between the administration of the CUR and the CURCC, which would end, according to the official version of Club Atlético Peñarol, with the split of the federated soccer section of the latter on the 13th of December 1913, totally disassociating himself from the railway company. Among other demands to release the soccer section, the company requested that Jorge Clulow be chosen as president, a Uruguayan national and English origin, who remained in office from then until 1915.

Presidents of Club Atlético Peñarol

Chairman Period Frank Henderson 1891-1899 Frank Hudson 1899-1905 Roland Moor 1906-1908 Percy Sedgfield 1909-1913 Jorge Clulow 1914-1915 Francisco Simón 1916-1917 Felix Polleri 1918 César Batlle Pacheco 1919 Felix Polleri 1920 Julio María Sosa 1921-1928 Arturo Abella 1929 Luis Giorgi 1930-1931 Juan Scasso 1932

Chairman Period Alberto Demichelli 1933-1934 Pedro Viapina 1934 Luis Giorgi 1935-1936 Francisco Tochetti 1937 Alberto Mantrana Garín 1938 Eduardo Alliaume 1939 Francisco Tochetti 1940 Bolívar Baliñas 1941-1942 Alvaro Macedo 1942 Armando Lerma 1943 Constant Turturiello 1944-1948 Eduardo Alliaume 1949-1951 José Buzzetti 1952-1955

Chairman Period Raúl Previtali 1956 Eduardo Alliaume 1957 Gaston Guelfi 1958-1972 Washington Cataldi 1973-1984 Carlos José Lecueder 1985-1986 José Pedro Damiani 1987-1990 Washington Cataldi 1991-1992 José Pedro Damiani 1993-2007 Juan Pedro Damiani 2008-2017 Jorge Barrera 2018-2020 Ignacio Ruglio 2021-present

Former President Julio María Sanguinetti was appointed Honorary President in 2018.

Directive Committee 2017-20

Juan Pedro Damiani, former president of the institution (2008-2017).

In December 2017, elections were held to determine who would be in charge of the leadership of Peñarol for the next three years. Of the eleven positions available, lists 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 21 and 33 of the ruling party obtained 40.4% of the votes, which supported Jorge Barrera to be the next president of the club and granted him four charges (Barrera, Catino, Evaristo González and Pablo Torres) of the aforementioned eleven charges. On the other hand, the motto that grouped the lists Listas 2809, 8, 53, 1960 and 1987 obtained four directors (Areco, Isaac Alfie, Carlos Schersener and Juan Antonio Rodríguez), and finally the 1891 list received three places (Juan Ignacio Ruglio, Álvaro Queijo and Eduardo Barbieri).

Cargo	Name
Chairman	Dr. Jorge Barrera
Vice President	Mr. Rodolfo Catino
Secretary-General	Cr. Evaristo González
Pro Registrar	Pr. Pablo Torres
Treasurer	Ec. Isaac Alfie
General Institutional Coordinator	Cr. Juan Fernández Methol
Counsellors	Alejandro Ruibal
	Marcelo Areco
	Carlos Scherschener
	Ignacio Ruglio
	Alvaro Queijo
	Eduardo Barbieri
Delegates to the AUF	Gaston Teladi
	Juan Antonio Rodríguez
	Gonzalo Moratorio

Institutional and sports relations

Cargo	Name
Sports Manager	To define
Marketing Manager	Pablo Nieto
General Manager	Alvaro Alonso
Relationship manager institutional and sports	Fernando Morena

Squad

Atlético Peñarol Club Template

Players	Technical body		More used tactical scheme
N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Eq. provenance Cont. Porteros 1 Uruguay! 0BY Thiago Cardozo 26 years Deportivo Maldonado 31/12/2023 Peñarol 12 Uruguay! 0BY Jonathan Lima 23 years Inferiors 31/12/2023 Peñarol 16 Uruguay! 0BY Randall Rodríguez 19 years Inferiors 31/12/2024 Peñarol Defenders 2 Brazil! 1DEF Leonardo Coelho 29 years Atletico San Luis 31/12/2025 National 3 Uruguay! 1DEF Hernán Lessse 36 years Deportivo Cali 31/12/2023 Freedom 4 Uruguay! 1DEF Joaquín Ferreira 19 years Inferiors 31/12/2026 Peñarol 13 Uruguay! 1DEF Matías Aguirregaray 34 years Students 31/12/2023 Peñarol 15 Uruguay! 1DEF Yonatthan Rak 29 years Club Tijuana 30/06/2023 Look at Misiones 17 Uruguay! 1DEF Valentín 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2024 Peñarol 20 URU! 1DEF Pedro Milans 21 years Youth of the Stones 31/12/2025 Youth of the Stones 22 Uruguay! 1DEF Juan Manuel Ramos 26 years Spezia Calcio 31/12/2023 Wanderers 26 Uruguay! 1DEF Nahuel Herrera 18 years Inferiors - Peñarol 27 Uruguay! 1DEF Lucas Hernández 30 years Atletico Mineiro 30/06/2024 Wanderers 30 Uruguay! 1DEF Pablo López 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2025 Peñarol Midfielders 5 Uruguay! 2MED Sebastian Cristóforo 29 years Cartagena 31/12/2023 Peñarol 6 Uruguay! 2MED Rodrigo Saravia 22 years Racing 31/12/2026 Peñarol 7 Uruguay! 2MED Carlos Sánchez 38 years Santos 31/12/2023 Liverpool 8 Uruguay! 2MED Sebastián 30 years Emelec 31/12/2024 Danubio 10 Uruguay! 2MED Kevin Méndez 27 years Defender Sp. 31/12/2023 Peñarol 14 Uruguay! 2MED Damián García 19 years Inferiors 31/12/2025 Peñarol 18 Uruguay! 2MED Matías Ferreira 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2026 Peñarol 28 Uruguay! 2MED Santiago 19 years Inferiors 31/07/2024 Peñarol Delanteros 9 Uruguay! 3OF THE Oscar Cruz 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2025 Peñarol 11 Uruguay! 3OF THE Nicolás Rossi 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2023 Peñarol 19 Uruguay! 3OF THE Matías Arezo 20 years Grenada 31/12/2023 River Plate 21 Uruguay! 3OF THE Diego Rolan 30 years Juárez 31/12/2023 Defender Sp. 23 Uruguay! 3OF THE Abel Hernández 32 years Atletico San Luis 31/12/2023 Central Spanish 24 Uruguay! 3OF THE Brian Mansilla 21 years Inferiors 31/12/2026 Peñarol 29 Uruguay! 3OF THE Maximum Alonso 20 years Inferiors 30/08/2025 Peñarol 33 Uruguay! 3OF THE Bruno Betancor 19 years Inferiors 31/12/2025 Peñarol	Coach(s) Alfredo Arias Deputy(s) Miguel Falero Physical Preparer(s) Ignacio Berriel Neighborhood Mathias Coach(s) of porters Oscar Ferro Legend Captain Mission quarry (club-trained) Training (association-trained) European passport Aliens Extracommunity without restriction Lost to the club Granted to another club Discarded / No chip Updated on 12 March 2023 Official web template		4-2-1-3 URU! BY 1 DEF 20 DEF 3 DEF 2 DEF 27 MED 5 MED 8 MED 28 OF THE 10 OF THE 17 OF THE 19

International players

Note: in bold players part of the last call in the corresponding category.

Selection	Category	#	Player(s)
Uruguay Uruguay	Absolute	5	Matías Aguirregaray, Abel Hernández, Carlos Sánchez, Diego Rolán, Matías Arezo
	Sub-20	7	Thiago Cardozo, Randall RodríguezKevin Méndez, Sebastián Cristóforo, Sebastián Rodríguez, Damián García, Santiago
	Sub-17	1	Pedro Milans

Note: in bold players part of the last call in the corresponding category.

Ups and downs 2023

Altas
Player	Position	Proceedings	Type
Leonardo Coelho	Defence	Atletico San Luis	Transfer
Lucas Hernández	Defence	Atletico Mineiro	Free
Carlos Sánchez	Camper center	Santos	Free
Sebastián	Camper center	Emelec	Free
Abel Hernández	Delantero	Atletico San Luis	Free
Matías Arezo	Delantero	Grenada	Cession
Diego Rolan	Delantero	Juárez	Free

Low
Player	Position	Destination	Type
Kevin Dawson	Porter	Deportivo Cali	End of contract
Neto Volpi	Porter		End of contract
Facundo Bonifazi	Defence	Ombudsman Sporting	End of contract
Ezequiel Busquets	Defence	River Plate	End of contract
Agustín Da Silveira	Defence	Phoenix	Cession
Nicolás Milesi	Camper center	Al-Ahli	Contract termination
Agustín Álvarez	Camper center	Montevideo City Torque	Transfer
Walter Gargano	Camper center	River Plate	Contract termination
Billy Arce	Delantero	Deportivo Pasto	Contract termination
Brian Lozano	Delantero	Atlas	Contract termination
Sergio Núñez	Delantero	AE Larissa	Contract termination
Rubén Bentancourt	Delantero	Liverpool	Contract termination
Hernán Rivero	Delantero	River Plate	Contract termination
Lucas Viatri	Delantero		End of contract
Ignacio Laquintana	Delantero	Red Bull Bragantino	Transfer

Players

Fernando Morena, Peñarol maximum scorer with 440 goals.

With 54 annotations, Alberto Spencer is the club's top scorer in the Copa Libertadores.

Throughout its history, there have been hundreds of footballers who have played at least one match with the Peñarol first team jersey. Among them, Néstor Gonçálves was the player who played the most official matches in the club's history, with 574 appearances between April 28, 1957 and November 28, 1970.

The players who have scored the most goals for the club in First Division matches are Fernando Morena (203), Alberto Spencer (113) and Óscar Míguez (107). Fernando Morena, who is also the all-time scorer in the Uruguayan championship with 230 goals, is also the player who scored the most goals in total with the Peñarol shirt with 440 goals, the player who scored the most goals in a season with 36 goals in 1978 and the second top scorer for international matches with 37 goals, behind Alberto Spencer who, between 1960 and 1970, scored 58 times. Spencer and Morena are additionally the top two scorers in the history of the Copa Libertadores de América with 48 and 37 goals, respectively, playing for Peñarol.

On the other hand, the club "aurinegro" He has contributed greatly to the formation of the Uruguayan team. In fact, the first CURCC footballers to be selected were Luis Carbone, Juan Pena, Ceferino Camacho and Aniceto Camacho, who were part of the squad that played the third international match in the history of the national team, against Argentina on August 15, 1905 within the framework of the Lipton Cup. The first Peñarol soccer players to be selected were Alfredo Granja, John Harley and Piendibene on August 30, 1914 for the "Premio de Honor" in a match against Argentina. In the same sense, the squad that became champion of the first Soccer World Cup in history in 1930, had five Peñarol players among its members: goalkeeper Miguel Capuccini; defender Anselmo; and midfielders Lorenzo Fernández, Álvaro Gestido and Carlos Riolfo Secco. Likewise, the 1950 World Cup champion team was attended by nine members of the Peñarol squad: goalkeeper Roque Gastón Máspoli; defenders Juan Carlos González and Washington Ortuño; forwards Ernesto Vidal, Julio Britos, Óscar Míguez and Alcides Ghiggia; and the midfielders Juan Schiaffino and Obdulio Varela. Schiaffino and Ghiggia were also the authors of the two goals in the Maracanazo, the remembered final match of the tournament against Brazil. In addition, the institution was the only one from their country to have represented the Uruguayan team in all the World Cups that it has played with the exception of the 2014 edition, although it has not been represented in the Team that won the gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games.

Coaches

Gregorio Pérez led the club on five occasions.

While there is no accurate data on the chronology of the coaches in the amateur era, Peñarol has had a total of 62 soccer coaches throughout the professional era of Uruguayan soccer. The first of these was Leonardo de Luca, who led the team for two years in which they won the first professional Uruguayan championship in history.

Of the 64 coaches the club has had, a vast majority, 54, have been Uruguayan. Among the rest are two Hungarians (Emérico Hirschl and Bela Guttman), two Scotsmen (John Harley and Randolph Galloway), a Serb (Ljupko Petrović), two Brazilians (Osvaldo Brandao and Dino Sani), a Chilean (Mario Tuane), and two Argentines (Jorge Kistenmacher and César Luis Menotti).

Hugo Bagnulo and Gregorio Pérez have been in charge of the institution for more seasons, having led the club for eight seasons during different periods, four in the case of Bagnulo and five for Pérez. On the other hand, the longest-serving player in a period was Athuel Velásquez, who held office for five consecutive years between 1935 and 1940. In turn, Bagnulo is the coach who won the most Uruguayan championships with five titles, while in the second position are Athuel Velásquez and Gregorio Pérez with four each. Internationally, the Uruguayan Roberto Scarone has to his credit two Copa Libertadores and one Intercontinental with Peñarol.

Summarized honors list

Arévalo Rios celebrating the 2009-10 Uruguay Championship with the sponsor's cup, Coca-Cola.

The club's 145 official titles are divided into 131 at the national level and 14 at the international level, among which 9 were organized by Conmebol and FIFA, while 5 were organized jointly between AFA and AUF.

National tournaments

National Tournaments
Competition	Titles
Uruguayan Championship (51):	1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999,
♪ Opening Tour (6):	1995, 1996, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2023
♪ Closing Tour (10):	1994, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021
Supercopa Uruguaya (2):	2018, 2022
Pre-Liberators of America (12):	1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2004

FIFA/CONMEBOL international tournaments

The club has nine official international titles organized by FIFA and CONMEBOL.

Organized by FIFA and CONMEBOL
International jurisdiction	Titles	Subtitles
Intercontinental Cup (3/2)	1961, 1966, 1982. (shared record)	1960, 1987.
Copa Libertadores de América (5/5)	1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987.	1962, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2011. (shared record)
Intercontinental Champions Super Cup (1/0)	1969. (shared record)	-
Copa Conmebol (0/2)	-	1993, 1994. (Récord)

International Youth Tournaments

Organized by CONMEBOL and UEFA
International jurisdiction	Titles	Subtitles
Copa Libertadores Sub-20 (1/0)	2022.
Intercontinental Cup Sub-20 (0/1)		2022.

International tournaments between countries

The club has five official titles in tournaments organized between associations.

Organized by AFA and AUF
Competition	Titles	Subtitles
Copa de Honor Cousenier (3/1)	1909, 1911, 1918.	1907.
Competition Cup "Chevalier Boutell" (1/4)	1916.	1904, 1905, 1907, 1909. (Record)
Rio de La Plata Cup - Dr. Ricardo Aldao (1/5)	1928.	1918, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945 (Record).
Organized by IFA
Competition	Titles	Subtitles
IFA Shield (1)	1985.	-
Organized by the FMRF and CAF
Competition	Titles	Subtitles
Trophy Mohamed V (1)	1974	-

South American Club of the 20th century according to the IFFHS

Trophy delivered by IFFHS.

In 2009, the International Federation of Soccer History and Statistics released the results of a study that determined the best South American clubs of the 20th century. The winner was Peñarol, followed by Independiente from Argentina.

The IFFHS explains that "as for Europe and the other continents, the IFFHS has determined 'The Club of the Century of South America' and with it, the continental ranking of the 20th century is included based exclusively on the results of the continental club competitions. National competitions are limited to being a prerequisite for eligibility for continental club competitions. The six decades before the introduction of the Copa Libertadores could not be ignored, where the first half of the 20th century has been dominated by the game of Argentines and Uruguayans. In turn, the Ricardo Aldao Cup, which was held from 1916 to 1947 —although not annually—, the Champions Cup (1948) and the Atlantic Club Cup (1956) have also been taken into account. In the last two tournaments mentioned, the development of the level of play of the Brazilian clubs was one of the characteristics".

The 10 best South American clubs of the 20th century according to the IFFHS:

Pos.	Equipment	Country	Pts.
1	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	531,00
2	Independent	Argentina	426.50
3	National	Uruguay Uruguay	414,00
4	River Plate	Argentina	404,25
5	Olympia	Paraguay Paraguay	337,00
6	Boca Juniors	Argentina	312,00
7	Cruzeiro	BrazilBrazil	295,50
8	São Paulo	BrazilBrazil	242,00
9	Americas of Cali	ColombiaColombia	220,00
10	Palmeiras	BrazilBrazil	213.00

Peñarol in popular culture

Philately

• The Uruguay Mail has issued several commemorative stamps to some sporting achievements of the club.

Filmography

• In early October 2011 premiered in Uruguay Manyas, the filmA documentary about Peñarol's swollen. Directed by Andrés Benvenuto and with the production of Kafka Films and Sacromonte, the film recounts testiomonies and experiences of various fans of the country, with opinions of various journalists of the football world. In addition, it has the point of view of Uruguayan psychologists and politicians who give their views and their views on Peñarol's swollen. The film was declared a cultural interest of the Ministry of Education of Culture of Uruguay, in addition to being considered of ministerial interest by the Ministry of Tourism and Sport. In turn, he imposed a new box office record by becoming the most open Uruguayan film, having sold 13 000 tickets on his first weekend and 30 000 in his first fifteen days.

Influence on clubs

• Several clubs in the region took the name or colors of Peñarol.
• When Peñarol and Central disaffiliated from the AUF and founded the Uruguayan Federation of Football, which would organize their own championships in parallel to those of the AUF, they registered several new teams that emerged in honor of Peñarol, such as "Peñarol del Plata", "Roland Moor" or "Roberto Chery Montevideo".

Tours

• It is usual that on the day of the heritage, train trips are made to the terminal of the Peñarol neighborhood, traveling places linked to the history of the area and the club.

Other branches of sports

Women's Soccer

He is officiating at the José Pedro Damiani Stadium. It disputes the First Division of the Uruguayan Soccer Championship. Champion was crowned three consecutive times: 2017, 2018 and 2019.

In 2012 he played his first Uruguayan Championship. In 2017, she became champion of the Uruguayan Women's Soccer Championship, after winning the Apertura Tournament and being first in the Annual Table. In this way, he cut Colón's five-year term, he obtained the first championship in the senior category since he competed in AUF. and he played the Copa Libertadores Femenina for the first time in 2018, achieving one victory and two defeats in it, achieving the 9th ° position in the tournament.

In 2018 the club won the two-time championship after defeating Colón 1-0 and 2-2 in the finals, and qualified for the 2019 Women's Copa Libertadores. year, qualifying for the 2020 Women's Copa Libertadores, disputing it in 2021.

Tournaments

National Tournaments
Competition	Titles	Subcamponatos
Uruguayan Championship (3):	2017, 2018, 2019	2020
Opening Tour (2):	2017, 2019
Closing Tour (2):	2018, 2019

Participation in the Women's Copa Libertadores de América: 2018, 2019, 2020

Basketball

The first precedents of the basketball branch of Club Atlético Peñarol date from the late 1920s with the formation of Club Piratas, an entity that in 1931 became Peñarol. Its debut in official competitions took place in 1940, the year in the one who entered the fourth promotion division of Uruguayan basketball. In subsequent years, the club managed to rise consecutively until making its debut in the first division in 1943, a season in which the management of Ramón Esnal fell to third place. The following year, Peñarol was crowned champion of the First Division Federal Tournament for the first time, an event that brought together the main basketball clubs of the city of Montevideo, which in 2003 was replaced by the Uruguayan Basketball League.

In 1945, Peñarol was one of the clubs that decided to disaffiliate from the Uruguayan Basketball Federation in order to establish a parallel professional championship. However, after the failure of this project, it rejoined the federation in 1947 Subsequently, in 1952 Peñarol once again became champion of the Federal Tournament, as well as the Winter Tournament in 1953 and 1955. After going through a bad period on the sporting front, which included a relegation in 1968, in the 1970s the club it again obtained good results by winning the 1973, 1978 and 1979 championships, the latter the first professional Uruguayan basketball championship. In 1982 the basketball section had the best season in its history after winning the Federal Tournament, the Torneo de Invierno and in 1983 the South American Championship of Champion Clubs. However, in 1985 the club was relegated in category, thus beginning a series of bad results that, together with the economic problems that the institution went through, led to the definitive disaffiliation of the club in 1997. Two decades later, in 2018, he returned to compete in the Third Division of Ascent, managing to promote to El Metro undefeated.

Cycling

The cycling branch of Peñarol has participated in the Uruguay Cycling Tour since it began in 1939. In its first performances the club made good presentations. The first consecration of a cyclist under the Peñarol jersey occurred in the 9th edition, in 1952, when Dante Sudatti finished first with a time of 48 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds. The club's cyclists won the individual category consecutively between 1953 and 1956, this last year the club also became team champion for the first time.^{[citation required]}

After consecrating first by teams again in 1959, the club entered a bad period in which, except in 1964 and 1989, they did not make good presentations. However, in 1990 and 1991 the club consecutively won first place in both the individual (Federico Moreira) and team categories.^{[citation required]}

Apart from the Vuelta del Uruguay, Peñarol has won other important cycling competitions, among which the obtaining of the Rutas de América by José María Orlando in 1990 stands out.

Cricket

From 2019 the club added a new cricket section and began to play the Uruguayan Cricket League.

Futsal

The practice of indoor soccer at Peñarol dates back to 1968. During its first decades the team achieved important national and international victories, among which the Interclub World Championship in 1987 stands out.^{[citation required]}

After the structuring of indoor soccer by FIFA in 1995, Peñarol began to compete in the official championships organized by the AUF. Peñarol obtained the Uruguayan Championship in the first three years in which it was played, from 1995 to 1997, in addition to winning the tournament in 1999. On the other hand, it later obtained only one championship in the following ten years, but returned to having better performances, once again obtaining a three-time championship after becoming Uruguayan Champion in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Local tournaments

Uruguayan League of Football Room
Competition	Titles
Uruguayan League of Football Room (13):	1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
Opening Tour (5):	2002, 2010, 2011, 2012
Closing Tour (4):	2005, 2010, 2012
Metropolitan Championship (2):	2003, 2012
Copa de Honor (Liguilla Pre Libertadores) (1)	2007

International Tournaments

Beach soccer

In January 2013, Peñarol officially inaugurated its branch of beach soccer. Diego Monserrat, goalkeeper for the Uruguayan National Team for many years, was the institution's first coach in the discipline, while goalkeeper Felipe Fernández was designated as the the club's first captain in this sport. In the second half of that month, Peñarol won one of the three groups of five teams that were part of the "Super Liga" qualifier, the name by which the club is known. Uruguayan Championship of the discipline. After triumphing in the quarterfinals and semifinals, Peñarol was declared champion of that tournament without the need for a final after the other semifinal was suspended. In November of that same year, He debuted in the Mundialito de Clubes. He also became champion in January 2014 of the promotional beach soccer tournament, winning all the games he played. Tournaments

Uruguayan League of Football Beach
Competition	Titles
Uruguayan League of Football Beach (2):	2013, 2014

Rugby

Peñarol Rugby, the franchise was born in November 2019 as a Uruguayan member of the American Super League, a South American Rugby project to professionalize rugby on the continent and with financial support from World Rugby. The team belongs to the Uruguayan Rugby Union, which bears the costs, and Club Atlético Peñarol grants its name to the franchise, in addition to providing initial capital in exchange for a share of the profits obtained, so its appearance will not imply an expense for the club.

For the first edition of the American Super League, Uruguay will have only one representative. Peñarol and Nacional applied to obtain the franchise, but Sudamérica Rugby opted for the aurinegro because the negotiations were more on track.

Peñarol's first rugby match in history was a friendly against Corinthians from Brazil, played in February 2020, with a 45-14 victory. 28) and in 2022 he was crowned continental champion after beating Selknam from Chile 24-13.

In May 2023, he defeated the Georgia Black Lions team, Champions of the 2022 edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, crowning himself champion of the Challenge of Champions of America and Europe tournament.

Organized by: South America Rugby (SAR) and World Rugby
International jurisdiction	Titles	Subtitles
Super American Rugby League	2022	2021
Challenge Cup of the Americas		2022

Volleyball

In 2019 Peñarol created a Women's Volleyball team, participating in "Livosur" in division "C", to date "04/21/2019" they have been playing 4 games and winning the same 3-0 all.

Esports

Peñarol has an electronic sports section, with teams that compete in the FIFA and League of Legends leagues organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Federation.