C.A. Cerro
Club Atlético Cerro, Cerro short ( nickname: villeros, Albiceleste, Cerrense ), is a football club based in the district of Villa del Cerro in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.
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General
Cerro comes just as the Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club the district Villa del Cerro. The encounter between the two rivals set after the derby of the two big clubs of Uruguay, Nacional and Peñarol, the second most important derby of the Uruguayan football dar. play their home games, the club, whose head office is at Calle Grecia 3580, comprehensive in 25,000 spectators Estadio Luis Troccoli from. Current ( as at 21 December 2011) President of the Association is Alfredo Boris Jaureguiberry, who replaced Carlos Cairo in this function. The second team of the club plays in the Tercera División under coach Richard Martinez (as of 6 March 2011). Cerro also has a women's football department, whose team Campeonato Uruguayo " Diego Rodríguez " competes (as of 6 March 2011).
History
Start-up phase
The club was founded on December 1, 1922. On that day, 70 people gathered to the presence, at the corner of Grecia / China Café de Paniza in Montevideo. This was preceded by the arisen at the beginning of the 1920s idea of creating a the Barrio represents border team that was also the name of the district. Although the club is also located in Cerro Rampla Juniors was at that time already. But it was when the club was founded in the Ciudad Vieja not one which originally came from the barrio. A bigger problem was but in the foundation phase to agree on the colors of the jerseys dar. Since the club was formed from the merger of several teams, each wanted to enforce its previous colors as those of the new club. As a result, it was agreed to play one internal championships among the teams Cerros, whose winner was to determine the colors of the connection to be established in the new club in the wake. It involved, among other things, the teams reformer, Aldosiver, Sabiá, Combate, Punta Yeguas, Santa Rosa, Waterloo, Oriental, Relámpago, Treinta y Tres and 1 º de Mayo. The in white jerseys with light blue vertical stripes, black pants and gray piece An incoming, as the winner resulting from the Tournament Club Oriental thus was the inspiration for the now identical match clothing of the new association. An advance on the part of Jesus Mandilaharazu to take the name of the tournament winner, on the other hand was no majority. With 50 of the 70 votes, the choice fell on the still valid name Club Atlético Cerro.
20th century
Cerro rose in 1926 for the first time in the highest Uruguayan league on and came there in the first season in 1927 to 13th place. After 1928 even came third, designated as the Albiceleste team suffered relegation the following year. The return to the top flight was achieved only with the resurgence of the year 1946. During the 1950s and 1960s now broke to the most successful period of the club, as multiple third place was achieved in the championship. 1960 ended the team Cerros the season also as a runner with the greatest success of the club's history. In the playoff champions Club Atlético Peñarol with the Albiceleste defeated 1-2.
The thus most successful team in Cerros History was made up of the following players together: the core formed the respective inserts 18 having Julio Dalmao, Ruben Soria, Miguel de Brito, Juan O. Pinto and Angel Rodriguez, the two compulsory courses per 17 games Waldemar Gonzales and Ruben Coccinello and Pedro Gonzalez Acuña and Carretti came on 15 and 14 season Apps. In addition worked Wilfredo Brum ( 4), Leonel Conde ( 3), Bianchi ( 3) Sequeira ( 3), Oscar Vilariño ( 2), Baldi (1 ) Luis Calsagna (1) and Munir Kalik (1) with this success.
In 1963 the Cerro largest tour to date the club's history that led over a period of two Between May and July 1963 through Europe, the Soviet Union and Africa. To this were reinforced with the loan pledged only for this trip Héctor Silva. In Bucharest, Romania, with a match against FC Progresul Bucharest starting, they met in the course of the tour, among other things StiinTa Cluj, CSMS Iaşi, Farul Constanta, Chernomorets Odessa, the South African national football team and the selection of Rhodesia. As the balance of the ten completed encounters five wins, two draws and three losses were recorded. 1967, 1973 and 1975 led by the Cerro three other tours of the club's history.
1967, CA Cerro as New York Skyliners at the championship of the then official Football Association of the United States, the United Soccer Association and took part in the Eastern Division of the fifth and was second to last. Cerro came here with white and light blue striped jerseys and wore the home games at Yankee Stadium.
1973 Venezuela was with games against Portuguesa FC, Valencia FC and Estudiantes de Mérida the target, and two years later they came to seven games in Costa Rica, Honduras, and again in Venezuela.
In the years 1985, when they were third in the Primera División again, and 1986 is on the track record of the association each winning the Torneo Ciudad de Montevideo at Beech.
In 1995 the club at the Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent of the European Champions League, in part, after Sporting defeated in the play- off games the league Defensor before. There, however, one was eliminated in the first group stage after only could be achieved a victory against the Argentine club Independiente, as well as a draw with the other representatives of the Uruguayan Peñarol.
21st Century
After playing at least from 2002 in the highest Uruguayan league, Cerro increased in 2006 from the Primera División. The 2006/07 season the club spent in the Segunda División, the second- highest division of Uruguay. There they won the Torneo Apertura, finished second in the annual Appreciation third place and finally sat down in the play-off games against Juventud, Torneo Clausura 2007 the winner of the Segunda División, by. This Cerro returned after a year of abstinence back to the First League, in which one has since been included continuously. Successfully ran in the aftermath Torneo Clausura in particular the 2009, in which they finished the third place in the final, as well as in the overall table of the 2008/09 season. This eligible to participate in the Copa Artigas 2009, which won Cerro and thus qualified for the Copa Libertadores in 2010. The following season it was even runner-up in the National League Torneo Clausura operation in 2010.
Jersey Affiliate striped in white and blue shirts and white pants antretenden association were in the season 2010/ 11 on the jersey chest D & F Rulemanes and on the back of jerseys Medica Uruguaya. Ricardo " Tato " Ortíz had in the 2010/11 season from February 16, 2011 held as coach when he replaced Alejandro Apud. With him were assistant coach and goalkeeper coach Andrés Martínez Coco Aires to the side. Cerro also starred in the 2011/12 season in the highest Uruguayan league, La Liga. On December 21, 2011 gave coach Ricardo " Tato " Ortiz and the club by mutual consent separation known. As a new coach Hugo Parga was reported. He was assisted from the existing Alcides Machado, Fernando González and the goalkeeper coach Gonzalo Noguera coaching staff. Early as 2012, but Ricardo Ortíz returned to the coach chair Cerros.
The season 2012/13, graduated from Cerro Danubio than with the same point 10 of the final table. In the season 2013/14 care of, as well as at least partially in the preseason, Danilo Baltierra the team as a coach.
Current squad 2013/14
Source: (as of August 21, 2013 )
Transfers for Apertura 2013
Former Players
- Argentina Jorge Artigas
- Uruguay Rubén Bareño
- Joaquín Boghossian Uruguay
- France Uruguay Carlos Curbelo
- Argentina Rogelio Domínguez
- Argentina Gustavo Fuentes
- Uruguay Diego Godin
- Uruguay Matías González
- Uruguay Martín Ligüera
- Argentina Italy Rinaldo Martino
- Uruguay Pablo Melo
- Nigeria Audu Mohammed
- Uruguay Oscar Javier Morales
- Uruguay Héctor Morán
- Uruguay Rubén Morán
- Mario Regueiro Uruguay
- Uruguay Rodolfo Rodríguez
- Uruguay Adrián Romero
- Argentina Héctor Rubén Sosa
- Uruguay Horacio Troche
- Uruguay Liber Vespa
- Uruguay Waldemar Victorino
- Uruguay Héctor Vilches