Defensor Sporting

Founded on 15 March 1913, as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. They played in the first professional league season in Uruguay, the 1932 Uruguayan Primera División

Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay that become successful players worldwide, It is the first club of numerous players like Jorge "Polilla" da Silva, Sergio "Manteca" Martínez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego "Ruso" Pérez, Nicolás Olivera, Martín Cáceres, Maxi Pereira, Álvaro González, and Tabaré Viúdez.

Legendary coach Prof. José Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.

In September 2007, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the IFFHS.{{Cite web|date=20 December 2007|title=The World's club Team of the Month|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edbc05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221203631/http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edbc05|archive-date=21 December 2007|access-date=17 November 2020|website=IFFHS}}

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Defensor plays its home games at its own stadium called Estadio Luis Franzini which has a capacity for 18,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 31 December 1963, and is located in Parque Rodó, Montevideo.

Defensor Sporting has had a rivalry with Danubio in recent years, because of the two clubs being the next biggest clubs in Uruguay after the historical two: Peñarol and Nacional. Matches between them are called the "Clásico de los medianos" (Spanish for Classic of the Mediums).{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

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• Copa Libertadores: 17 appearances

::1977: Group Stage

::1980: Group Stage

::1982: Group Stage

::1990: Round of 16

::1992: Round of 16

::1994: Round of 16

::1996: Round of 16

::2001: Group Stage

::2006: First Round

::2007: Quarter-finals

::2009: Quarter-finals

::2012: Group Stage

::2013: First Stage

::2014: Semi-finals

::2018: Group Stage

::2019: Third Qualifying Stage

::2024: First Qualifying Stage

• U-20 Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

::2012: Runner-up

• Copa Sudamericana: 8 appearances

::2005: Second Round

::2007: Quarter-finals

::2008: Round of 16

::2010: Round of 16

::2015: Quarter-finals

::2017: First Stage

::2018: Second Stage

::2023: First Stage

• Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances

::1995: First Round

::1997: First Round

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• {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Jaume

• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Hugo Bagnulo (1952–1957; 1960–1961)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Gregorio Pérez (1983–1984)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Juan Ahuntchaín (1996)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Ricardo Ortiz (1996–1997)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Juan Tejera (2004–2005)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Jorge da Silva (2005–2009)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Gustavo Ferrín (2009–2010)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Pablo Repetto (2010–2011)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Gustavo Díaz (2011–2012)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Tabaré Silva (2012–2013)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Fernando Curutchet (2013–2014)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Mauricio Larriera (2015–2016)
• {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Eduardo Acevedo (2016–2018)

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