:Central Español
{{Short description|Uruguayan football club}}
{{Infobox Football club
| current = 2012–13 Uruguayan Primera División season
| clubname = Central Español
| image = 150px
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| fullname = Central Español Fútbol Club
| nickname = Palermitanos
Centralófilos
La roja del Palermo
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|1905|1|5}}
| ground = Parque Palermo,
Montevideo, Uruguay
| capacity = 6,500
| chairman = Guillermo Rodriguez Misa
| manager = Maxi Viera
| mgrtitle = Coach
| Website = http://www.central.com.uy
| league = Segunda División
| season = 2019
| position = Segunda División, 10th
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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.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
=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".{{cn|date=May 2023}}
=Champions=
In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
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
{{Updated|18 February 2020}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Erik Acevedo|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Axel Amoros|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Gabriel Araújo|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Santiago Morandi|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Diego Amaro|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Luciano Baeza|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Pablo Barrios|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Emanuel Beltrán|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Matías Cortizas|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Leonard Costa|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Ignacio Currais|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Jonathan Píriz|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Alejandro Villoldo|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Emiliano Ahuntchain|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Daniel Ceballes|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Gabriel Gotta|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Franco Martínez|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Facundo Pérez|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Pablo Porcile|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Lionel Silva|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Fabián Trujillo|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Mario Zipitría|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Ignacio Casas|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Argentina|name=Matías Roskopf|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Brazil |name=Jeferson Tanque|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=Santiago Ramírez Debali|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
Managers
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Mario Saralegui (Dec 2009–March 10)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13)
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Julio Acuña (Feb 2013–April 13)
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–)
- Maxi Viera (June 2022)
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|es}}
{{Central Español squad}}
{{Segunda División Uruguay}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Central Espanol}}
Category:Football clubs in Uruguay