Uruguay Cup 03/27 23:30 2 Penarol v Torque - Postponed
Uruguay Apertura 03/24 19:00 6 Penarol v Nacional De Football - Postponed
Uruguay Apertura 03/16 22:30 5 [9] Racing Club de Montevideo v Penarol [1] W 1-2
Uruguay Apertura 03/09 22:30 4 [2] Penarol v Cerro [15] W 3-0
Uruguay Apertura 03/03 23:00 3 [15] Rampla Juniors v Penarol [4] W 0-3
Uruguay Apertura 02/24 23:00 2 [6] Penarol v Miramar Misiones [13] W 2-0
Uruguay Apertura 02/18 23:00 1 [9] Cerro Largo v Penarol [9] W 1-2
Uruguay Cup 02/12 23:30 3 Penarol v Liverpool Montevideo W 3-1
Uruguay Cup 02/05 23:30 4 Penarol v Boston River W 2-0
Club Friendly List 01/24 00:30 - Penarol v Nacional De Football L 0-2
Club Friendly List 01/21 00:30 - Penarol v Belgrano W 1-0
Club Friendly List 01/18 00:45 - Nacional De Football v Penarol L 5-2
Club Friendly List 01/15 01:15 - Penarol v Newell's Old Boys L 0-1
Uruguay Grand Final 12/16 22:00 1 [4] Penarol v Liverpool Montevideo [1] L 0-1
Uruguay Grand Final 12/13 20:00 1 [1] Liverpool Montevideo v Penarol [4] L 2-0
Uruguay Grand Final 12/09 22:30 2 [1] Liverpool Montevideo v Penarol [4] W 0-1
Uruguay Clausura 12/06 20:00 15 [13] Montevideo Wanderers v Penarol [3] D 0-0
Uruguay Clausura 12/02 22:00 14 [3] Penarol v Racing Club de Montevideo [2] D 1-1
Uruguay Clausura 11/28 19:30 13 [5] Atletico Fenix Montevideo v Penarol [4] W 0-1
Uruguay Clausura 11/25 00:30 12 [4] Penarol v Plaza Colonia [8] D 0-0
Uruguay Clausura 11/19 19:30 11 [12] Danubio v Penarol [2] L 2-1
Uruguay Clausura 11/15 00:30 10 [2] Penarol v Cerro Largo [16] D 1-1
Uruguay Clausura 11/11 19:30 9 [3] Nacional De Football v Penarol [4] D 2-2
Uruguay Clausura 11/05 23:00 8 [1] Penarol v Liverpool Montevideo [2] L 0-1
Uruguay Cup 10/29 19:30 9 IA Sud America v Penarol W 0-3
Uruguay Clausura 10/22 19:00 7 [6] CA River Plate v Penarol [1] W 0-3
Uruguay Clausura 10/18 22:30 6 [8] Torque v Penarol [3] W 2-3
Uruguay Clausura 10/14 00:00 5 [11] Deportivo Maldonado v Penarol [4] W 0-1
Uruguay Clausura 10/07 21:30 4 [6] Penarol v Defensor Sporting [5] W 2-1
Uruguay Clausura 10/01 20:00 6 Torque v Penarol - Postponed

Wikipedia - Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ aˈtletiko peɲaˈɾol] ; English: Peñarol Athletic Club) —also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros, and (familiarly) Manyas— is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo. Throughout its history the club has also participated in other sports, such as basketball and cycling. Its focus has always been on football, a sport in which the club excels, having never been relegated from the top division. The club traditionally plays in yellow and black-striped shirts.

In international competition, Peñarol is the third-highest Copa Libertadores winner with five victories and shares the record for Intercontinental Cup victories with three. In September 2009, the club was chosen as the South American Club of the Century by the IFFHS .

Apart from men's football, other active sports sections of Peñarol are rugby union, futsal, women's football, and athletics.

History

Origins

On 28 September 1891, employees of the Central Uruguay Railway Company established the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (CURCC) of Montevideo, with the purpose of stimulating the practice of cricket, rugby football and "other male sports" (literal from the Spanish).[]

The Central Uruguay Railway company had operated in Uruguay since 1878, with 118 employees, 72 British, 45 Uruguayan and one German. The club was known as CURCC in the neighborhood of Peñarol—the latter from the Peñarol neighborhood, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Montevideo, whose name in turn derived from an Italian city. The club's first president was Frank Henderson, who remained in that position until 1899.

In 1892, the CURCC shifted its focus from cricket and rugby to association football. The football club's first game was against a team of students from the English high school and ended with a 2–0 victory. In 1895, Uruguayan footballer Julio Negrón was chosen as the team's first non-British captain.

First titles

The 1905 CURCC team

In 1900 the CURCC was one of four charter members of the Uruguay Association Football League, making its debut in official competition on 10 June against Albion and winning 2–1. The club won its first Uruguayan championship that year, repeating in 1901, 1905 and 1907. In 1906 Charles W. Bayne took over the railroad, and refused to sponsor the football team due to financial and work issues. Conflict between the company and the football club led to the severance of their relationship in 1913.

In 1908, the club left the Uruguayan league after the league rejected their request to replay a game with F.C. Dublín. CURCC had lost 2–3 on the road, and believed their poor showing was due to refereeing mistakes caused by pressure from rabid home fans. As a sign of good faith, Nacional also retired from the league, since both teams agreed that "Los Partidos se ganan en la Cancha", or "matches are won on the pitch". Back in competition the following year, relations between the CUR and the club became frostier after fans burned a train car used for rival teams.

A year after the club's 1911 Uruguayan championship, the club attempted reforms to its policies. Proposals included greater participation by non-CUR players and a name change to "CURCC Peñarol". In June 1913, the proposals were rejected; the company wanted to distance itself from the club's local reputation. The railroad company, decided to separate the " foot-ball " section of the team from the company on Saturday 13 December 1913. That is when Peñarol was founded. The following day it was the first time a " Clasico " was officially played between Nacional and Peñarol.

CURCC kept playing football in the amateurism until it was dissolved on 22 January 1915 and donated all their trophies to the British Hospital of Montevideo, not to Peñarol.

C.A. Peñarol

In 1918, the club won its first domestic title under the name "Club Atlético Peñarol"

On 12 March 1914, Peñarol replaced CURCC's spot in the Uruguayan Football League after its foundation in 1913. A request submitted to the Uruguayan Football League two days later and approved the following day. During its first years Peñarol was not successful, although a new stadium (Las Acacias) opened on 19 May 1916. The club won its first two league titles in 1918 and 1920.

In November 1922 the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) disqualified Peñarol because the club played an exhibition game with Racing, an Argentine club affiliated with Asociación Amateurs de Football (a dissident association established in 1919 that rivalized with the official entity, AFA). Peñarol and other clubs then organised a new league, the Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), and the club won the 1924 championship. The league was short-lived; Peñarol won the 1926 Copa del Consejo Provisorio, triggering a merger between the AUF and the FUF.

First European tour

Players of Barcelona and Peñarol entering the pitch before their first test, 5 June 1927

In 1927, Peñarol made its first tour to Europe, playing a total of 19 matches against teams from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Czechoslovakia and France. The tour extended from April to June. The first match of the tour was vs. the Vienna combined, which Peñarol lost by 3–1. The Uruguayan team then played Bayern Munich (1–2), SpVgg (1–2), Hertha BSC (Berlin) (0–1). The first win was v. Eintracht Frankfurt (3–1). The lineup for that match was Luis Biscardi, Demis D’Agosto, José Benincasa, Pascual Ruotta, Gildeón Silva, Antonio Aguerre, Ladislao Pérez, Antonio Sacco, Pablo Terevinto, Peregrín Anselmo, Antonio Campolo. Goals were scored by Suffiotti (2) and Ruotta. The tour continued in Switzerland, v. Young Fellows (1–0), Rapid Vienna (0–5), then facing Sparta Prague (losing by 1–0).

On 5 June, Peñarol played its first game in Spain v. FC Barcelona, losing by 1–5. The second test was played one day later, finishing in a tie (1–1). Other notable games of the tour were the two tests v. Atlético Madrid (5–2 and 4–3).

Peñarol played a total of 19 matches in 80 days (6 in Spain, 5 in Germany, 4 in Switzerland and 1 in Czechoslovakia and France), totalizing 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. The team scored 32 goals and received 33, with Antonio Sacco being the topscorer with 9 goals.

After its first European tour in 1927, Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship in 1928 and 1929; the following year, the club defeated Olimpia 1–0 in its first game at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo.

Consolidation

The 1928 Peñarol team, Primera División champions

In 1932, Peñarol and River Plate played the first game of the professional era. Peñarol won the first Uruguayan professional championship with 40 points, five more than runners-up Rampla Juniors. After placing second in 1933 and 1934, the club won four consecutive league tournaments between 1935 and 1938; they also won the 1936 Torneo Competencia.

The club stayed in second place until 1944, when Peñarol again won the Uruguayan Championship (defeating Nacional in a two-game final, 0–0 and 3–2). In 1945 the club retained the title, with Nicolás Falero and Raúl Schiaffino the top goal scorers of the playoffs with 21 apiece. Peñarol was again victorious in 1949, four points ahead of runner-up Nacional with Óscar Míguez the top scorer.

After placing second in 1950, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship the following year; this was also the start of the Palacio Peñarol's four-year construction. During the 1950s, the club also won national championships in 1953, 1954, 1958 and 1959.

International success

Peñarol celebrating the 1966 Copa Libertadores, the third for the club after beating Argentine club River Plate by 4–2

Their 1959 championship qualified Peñarol for the recently created Copa Libertadores, an international competition then known as the Copa de Campeones de América. Peñarol won the first two tournaments, beating Olimpia of Paraguay in 1960 and Palmeiras of Brasil in 1961. That year the club won its first Intercontinental Cup, defeating Benfica of Portugal 2–1 in the third game. Peñarol won three more league titles (1960, 1961 and 1962), for five consecutive championships. Béla Guttmann coached the team in 1962.

After a quiet year in 1963, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1964 and 1965 and the Copa Libertadores in 1966, defeating River Plate 4–2. That year the club won its second Intercontinental Cup, defeating Real Madrid 2–0 in Centenario Stadium and Santiago Bernabéu. During the next few years the club won national championships in 1967 and 1968 and the Intercontinental Champions' Supercup in 1969 (a tournament with South American Intercontinental Cup winners). Peñarol had the longest undefeated run in Uruguayan league history: 56 games, from 3 September 1966 to 14 September 1968. Copa Libertadores all-time top scorer Alberto Spencer played for Peñarol at this time.[]

In 1970 the club again reached the Libertadores final again, losing to Estudiantes de La Plata. The club set a tournament record for greatest goal difference, defeating Valencia of Venezuela 11–2. With Fernando Morena as the team's star, the club won the Uruguayan championship for three consecutive years, from 1973 to 1975. After placing second in 1976 and 1977, Peñarol won again in 1978. That year, Morena set two records: most goals scored in a Uruguayan season (36) and most goals scored in a single game (seven, against Huracán Buceo on 16 July). The 1970s ended with another championship in 1979. Morena was top scorer in the Uruguayan tournament six straight times, and top Copa Libertadores scorer in 1974 and 1975.

Peñarol in a friendly match with Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu, August 2010

After beginning the 1980s with a third-place finish in 1981, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship with Fernando Morena and Rubén Paz (the tournament's top scorer). The next season the club again won the Copa Libertadores, defeating Cobreloa of Chile 1–0 on a goal from Fernando Morena (the tournament's top scorer with seven goals) in the game's final minutes. Later that year the club won the Uruguayan championship and its third Intercontinental Cup, defeating Aston Villa 2–0.

Peñarol players posing for photographers before 2013 Copa Libertadores preliminary game against Vélez Sarsfield

Despite financial problems during the 1980s, Peñarol won the national championship in 1985 and 1986, and a fifth Copa Libertadores in 1987. The club defeated América de Cali 1–0 with a goal by Diego Aguirre in the final seconds of extra time, when a tie would have gone to the Colombians on the goal differential. It was the third Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol at the Nacional de Chile, following victories in 1966 and 1982.[]

Banner awarded by FIFA for the club's 120th anniversary, September 2011

Peñarol celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1991, despite a controversy ignited by archrivals Nacional concerning Peñarol's 1913 name change. With Pablo Bengoechea and the young Antonio Pacheco on the team and Gregorio Pérez behind the bench, Peñarol again won the Uruguayan championship five straight times (1993–97). The club also reached the Copa Conmebol final in 1994 and 1995, rounding out the century with a national championship in 1999 (defeating Nacional 2–1 in the final, despite Julio Ribas on the bench).[]

The next year, Peñarol lost the Uruguayan championship final against Nacional; many of the team's players were jailed after a tournament fight. Peñarol won the national championship again in 2003 for Diego Aguirre, defeating Nacional in the final. The club did not win another national title until the 2009–10 season, when it won the Clausura tournament with 14 victories in 15 games (12 of them in a row). In the Clausura final, Peñarol defeated Nacional 2–1. The championship qualified the team for the Libertadores 2011, where Peñarol reached the final with Santos.

The club was congratulated on its 120th anniversary in September 2011 by presidents Joseph Blatter, Michel Platini, and Nicolás Leoz.

Peñarol is a professional soccer team based in Montevideo, Uruguay. The team was founded in 1891 and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in South America. Peñarol has won numerous domestic and international titles, including five Copa Libertadores championships and three Intercontinental Cups. The team plays its home matches at the Estadio Campeon del Siglo, which has a capacity of 40,000 spectators. Peñarol is known for its passionate fan base, who are known as "Manyas" and are considered some of the most loyal and dedicated supporters in the world. The team's colors are black and yellow, and its crest features a stylized version of a Uruguayan sun. Peñarol has produced many legendary players over the years, including Diego Forlan, Enzo Francescoli, and Carlos Aguilera. The team is currently managed by Mauricio Larriera and features a talented roster of players from Uruguay and around the world.