Central Espanol
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- Uruguay - Segunda 218 Uruguay - Segunda B Nacional 16 Uruguay - Pokal 5
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Wikipedia - Central Español
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.[]
Central Español har vundet anden division i Uruguay én gang, i 2002. Klubben har også spillet i Primera División, den bedste række i Uruguay, flere gange, men er i øjeblikket i anden division.
Klubbens farver er rød og hvid, og deres logo har et våbenskjold med et rødt kors på en hvid baggrund.