Rocha FC

The Rocha Fútbol Club, short Rocha (nicknamed Celeste ), is a football club from the city, in the department of Rocha Rocha eponymous town in southeastern Uruguay. He played in the 2013/14 season in the second highest Uruguayan league, the Segunda División.

History

The club was founded on August 1, 1999. This was a grouping of 40 clubs from different cities within the department Rocha. The twelve clubs River Plate, Palermo, Tabaré, Plaza Congreso, Lavalleja, Irineo de Espada, Nacional, Deportivo Artigas, Rampla Juniors, Peñarol, Defensor Sporting and Deportivo La Paloma innovations came from the city of Rocha, and the others were in the cities of Chuy (San Vicente, Nacional, Deportivo Internacional, Peñarol and Las Piedras ), Cebollatí ( Santos, Deportivo Estero, Colombes, Cebollatí and Deportivo Unión ), Velázquez (San Lorenzo, Mevir, Racing and Independiente ), La Coronilla (Santa Teresa, Deportivo Punta del Diablo, Olimpia and Salinas ), Lascano ( Banfield, Deportivo El Can, La Curva and El Molino ) and Castillo (Nacional, Peñarol, Wanderers, Valizas, Amanecer and Deportivo Uruguay) home. As the first president of the new association had the roche Malaysian football official Juan Ángel Delgado. Juan Ramón Carrasco took over the function of the players coach.

Since the UP was keen represented in the dominated montevideanischen League clubs to see clubs from the interior of the country, you stepped right in the Primera División on. The first game was worn then on 18 February 2000 at the Estadio Luis Troccoli in Montevideo against Racing from. The match ended 1-1. The first goal in professional football shot Daniel " Canario " Rosello for Rocha.

The team first professional game of the club here was composed of the following players: César Olivera, Julio Lancieri, Enrique Saravia, Angelo Lamanna, Ruben Pereira, Mario Carballo, Martín González, Héctor Méndez, Daniel Rosselló, Juan Ramón Carrasco and Jair Rosa.

In the first six series of the 2000 season they finished in the Apertura 13th place. Goalscorer of the team was with nine goals scored on par with player-coach Carrasco Daniel Rosselló. A 16th place after completion of the Clausura meant finally, the one the premiere season overall as tables - 14th completed. The following year they finished only 18 and thus last place in the Torneo Clasificatorio and finally had to make the transition in the Segunda División. At the beginning of the year Carrasco held as coach, but was later replaced by the Roch Enser Nelson González. At the end of the 2002 season, for those with Carlos Dante Cadoso a new coach has been committed to one occupied the seventh place overall. In the 2003 season they won first under coach Alberto Martínez Torneo Apertura which the second division after as a table in the first playoff final second leg on 27 September 2003 ( the first leg had to deal with lost 0:2 ) against the Paysandú FC with Result 4: prevailed before 1 4,000 spectators.

The first title in the history of the club presented the following eleven safe: Álvaro García, Pablo Seijas, Martín González (son of former coach Nelson González ), Charlie Santos, Angelo Lamanna, Matías González (son of former coach Nelson González ), Leonardo Maldonado, Luis Maguregui, Sergio Recoba, Heber Caro and Pedro Cardoso.

Goalscorer of the mid- series on pages Rochas was Pedro Cardoso ( seven goals ). In the overall standings after the Clausura one was authorized in third place and the best team from the inland, first to rise from the second division in the Primera División, so you absence took after two years there, starting the following year.

2004 initially triggered Julio Acuña Martínez from a coach who was soon replaced by Héctor Méndez after you got into relegation danger. However, by a victory over Deportivo Maldonado to the Pedro Cardoso contributed two goals, we avoided the transition into the second tier just under the the losing opponent had to play it. 2005 you could by a fifth under coach Luis González in mid-season the changeover of the ligand - host mode on the European system with mid-season of the year, the Torneo Especial, win the Apertura the season 2005 /06.

For Rochas team included, among others: Álvaro García, Matías González, Diego Sosa, Darwin NOGUEZ, the 2005 Come from the youth Peñarols left-back Diego Ciz, Pablo Esquivel, Martín González, Luis Maguregui, Heber Caro, Pedro Cardoso and Mauro Aldave.

The order reached finals at the Uruguayan championship after the Clausura ( in which one was only 15 ) on 22 and June 25, 2006 but they lost against Nacional Montevideo, so in the end there was only the runner-up title. 2006 but it was assumed by the Copa Libertadores so far the only representative from Uruguay in part, is not from the capital, Montevideo. After the first round this so far only appearance at international competition level, however, was ended again. The three home games of this group stage is carried out in the neighboring Maldonado Maldonado Department.

After Progreso points with 13 of the final overall table was in season 2006/ 07, you had to unsubscribe to the relegation play-offs against this club two. The first leg 0:2 defeat a week earlier was followed on 27 May 2007, a 0:3 defeat. This Rochas second Premiership relegation was sealed. Since then it plays in Segunda División, where one is located in the table mainly in midfield.

In the 2013/14 season is classified according to the Apertura in second place in the table. Goalscorer in the current season is not yet Cristian Gutierrez with six goals scored.

Curiosities

Players of the financially weak clubs, the live on a monthly budget of $ 12,000 must, according to the club president, also had to share their training ground with a herd of cattle to the successful club times, so players symbolically after winning the Apertura then a lap of honor with a cow completed.

More departments

In addition to the youth football department exists under the umbrella of the association, a women's football team.

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Mario Sobrero built in 1955. This has according to the source location through a crowd of 8,000 or 10,000 people and holds twelve cabins Press ago.

Achievements

• Torneo Apertura Primera División ( 2005/ 06)
• Uruguayan Vice- Champion 2005 /06
• Copa Libertadores participation in 2006
• Torneo Apertura Segunda División (2003)
• Promotion to the Primera División (2003)

Former coach

• 2000-2001: Juan Ramón Carrasco
• 2001: Nelson González
• 2002: Carlos Dante Cadoso
• 2003-2004: Alberto Martínez
• 2004: Julio Acuña
• 2004 -? ? Héctor Méndez
• 2005: Luis González
• Season 2008/ 09: Gustavo Machain
• ?? -12/2011: Fernando Álvez
• José Luis Bitabares
• Cesar Olivera