Peñarol
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| Full name | Club Atlético Peñarol |
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| Nickname(s) |
Manyas Aurinegros (Gold and Blacks) Carboneros (Coalmen) Mirasoles (Sunflowers) "Campeon Del Siglo" (Champion of the Century) |
| Founded | 28 September 1891 as CURCC |
| Ground | Estadio Campeón del Siglo |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Chairman | Juan Pedro Damiani |
| Manager | Leonardo Ramos |
| League | Primera División |
| 2016 | 14th |
| Website | Club home page |
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 from 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.
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 .
Peñarol was founded on the 28th of September 1891 when 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 Frank Henderson, who remained in that position until 1899.
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