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Institución Atlética Sud América

Sud América
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Full name Institución Atlética Sud América
Nickname(s) Buzones (postboxes), Naranjitas (oranges)
Founded February 15, 1914
Ground Parque Carlos Ángel Fossa
Montevideo, Uruguay
Ground Capacity 6000
Chairman José Vicente
Manager Spain José Riquelme Galiana
League Uruguayan Primera División
2014–15 8th

Institución Atlética Sud América, usually known as Sud América or just IASA, is a football club from San José de Mayo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division after winning the second level in mid 2013.

Sud América has won the Uruguayan 2nd Division on 7 occasions, this is a national record they share with Fénix. It was a hard-to-beat team back in the days and it was very economically stable.

After the relegation to 2nd Division in 1996, Sud América competed consecutively without success for 16 seasons, becoming the most popular team of the division. In the 2013 season (17th consecutive season in second) the club achieved the promotion to the Elite Division complying with its objectives wanting to return such division as a celebration of its centenary.

Sud América usually play their home games at Carlos Angel Fossa stadium, which is located in Montevideo, has a capacity of 6,000 spectators.




Sud América eliminated via penalties (4–3) due to draw on points 3–3.

As of December 23, 2015.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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