Defensor Sporting
The Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. The club's colors are purple and white.
- 4.1 Transfers for Apertura 2013
- 6.1 Achievements
History
Creation and time of amateur football
The club was founded on 15 March 1913 as Football Club Defensor in Barrio Punta Carretas, near Parque Urbano. The jersey colors of the club were originally designed completely green. However, since already a team in the league used these colors with Belgrano, opted for a black shirt with light blue stripes. In the further course of history then you waved to on today's purple jersey. First president of the association was Nicolás Podesta. After enrollment in the League Uruguaya de Football was started in the Tercera División. The first official game was the club there in the championship in 1913 against Independencia. The game ended 5-0. After promotion to the First Division was adjusted in 1914 walkover in the the time configured as an amateur league Primera División safe. The debut in Uruguay's top flight then the Association celebrated on April 8, 1915, a 0-0 draw against Wanderers. A little later we went on an international level for the first time in appearance, as they met on May 25, 1915 the Argentine first division team Club Atlético Atlanta. The ending with a 2-1 victory in favor Defensor friendly match was played in Parque Chacabuco. The first pitch Defensor was located at the former Calle Zamayúa, Julio Herrera y Reissig today next to today's engineering department ( Facultad de Ingeniería ) of the Universidad de la República. From there they moved in 1915 to a situated on the José Ellauri, corner Joaquín Núñez place. Again, two years later they carried the games in the Parque Ricci from the road Capitán Videla between Alarcón and Diego Lamas. In 1917, then you got out of the Primera División table than last and only came in 1923, again at the highest level league in appearance. This time, however, during the phase of cleavage of the organizational structure of the Uruguayan football in the same championship of the Federación Uruguaya de Football ( FUF ), and under the name Club Atlético Defensor. Club president was in that year José Capozzoli, 1925 took over Luis Franzini this office. After a 11th place in 1923 to 1924 Table fifth. In 1927 the club played back perfectly under the umbrella of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF). Already on September 21, 1926 had inaugurated the new, located in Parque Rodó now playing field which should be renamed the Estadio Luis Franzini, 1963. When ending with a 4-1 win opening match of the day against the team of Club Atlético Cerro Santiago Celsi scored the first goal at the new place of work. Until the introduction of professional football in Uruguay in 1932 Defensor was then first class. In the season 1929 Defensor achieved the best result with rank three of the final table.
Professional football
The first encounter in the configured now than professional league Primera División completed Defensor on May 22, 1932 against Bella Vista. The first year as a pro was finished as a table in fourth. Henceforth Defensor continued to play in the top division. 1937, it would only be just the descent, as you suggested Racing in the relegation 4-1. For the year 1941, the beginning of the second term of office lasting until 1962, that year also deceased Luis Franzini is listed a little later the namesake of the stadium Defensor was. After going up to that point in the professional era remained without winning the title, but the hitherto best finish had been in the years 1944 and 1945 in the league, each with a third place in the professional league, recorded Defensor finally in 1947, winning the Torneo de Honor
The team that at the time ensured the triumph, consisted of the following players:
Juan Bianchini, Julio Barrios, José Vázquez, Alfredo Young, José Riobo, Carlos Chagas, Alcides Manay, Juan Emilio Píriz, Ramon Castro, Jose " loncha " García, Walter Clavares, Raul and Ramon Sarro Ferrés
In this title you also gain first unofficially reached the Uruguayan Vice - championship when they prevailed in the relevant play-offs against the teams Peñarols and Rampla Juniors. However, as the Defensor game was not played against Rampla Juniors ( Defensor had Peñarol defeated 3-1, the Rampla Juniors against Peñarol 1:2 lost ) this Second Cup ranking has not been officially awarded. 1960 was assured by another trophy, as they kept the upper hand in Copa Torneo Nacional Artigas.
1976 succeeded Defensor under coach Ricardo de León became the first football club since the introduction of professional football league in Uruguay, to break the dominance of Nacional and Peñarol and Uruguay to win the title.
The squad champion year consisted among other things of the players listed below, from the existing next de León Julio Santos ( preparador Físico ) and Alberto Silva ( kit manager ) training team were led to Title:
Gregorio Pérez, Francisco Salomón, Baudilio Jauregui, Fredy Clavijo, Beethoven Javier, Liber Arispe, Luis Cubilla, José G. Gómez, Pedro Graffigna, Pedro Álvarez, Rudy Rodriguez, Ricardo Conde, Ricardo Meroni, Ricardo Ortíz, Rodolfo Rodríguez, Alberto Santelli, Guillermo Flores, Jacinto Calleros, Fernando Álvez, Daniel Mayol, Julio Fillipini, Omar Mondada, Alfredo Cáceres and Julio Leiva
By also won in 1976, winning the Liguilla Defensor reached the international competition for the Copa Libertadores, where one since then until today (June 2013) for the first time participated eleven times. Coach Raul Moller led Defensor then 1987 second national championship in club history. 1989, after a merger with the Basketball Club Sporting Club Uruguay renamed Defensor Sporting Club. In 1991 triumphed under the aegis Juan Ahuntchaíns again in the championship. 2007 is classified in both the Copa Libertadores and in the Copa Sudamericana (a total of one participated in this competition so far twice in part ) in fifth place. The last and fourth thus winning a championship, dating from the 2007 /08 season. Jorge Da Silva took part in this responsibility as a coach. 2009 was reached in the Copa Libertadores quarter-final, failed there but later in the overall winner Estudiantes de La Plata. In the recent past, the club won in 2009 and 2012 Torneo Clausura the. In the season 2012/13 the club finished the Apertura after the second place in the standings. The allowed again to win in the Clausura follow so that you qualified for the playoffs for the Uruguayan championship against Peñarol. There, they lost, however.
Fernando Curuchet
Origin of the name
Regarding the association's name and its origin, there are two different versions of essentially. After that, the club affiliated workers of the nearby glass factory to him during the labor disputes prevailing at that time as " Defensores de la Huelga " ( in German about: "Defenders of the strike " ) have referred. The second version says that the team got its name symbolically as "defenders " of the barrio and the area around Punta Carretas. It is also reported that factory founded in 1904, even had the name " Defensores de la Huelga " worn and Alfredo Ghierra have therefore named after the club.
Achievements
- 4 x Uruguayan champion: 1976, 1987, 1991, 2007/ 08
- Torneo Apertura 3 x: 1994, 2007, 2010
- 4 x Torneo Clausura: 1997, 2009, 2012, 2013
- 8 x winning the Liguilla pre Libertadores (national preliminaries to the Copa Libertadores ): 1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006
- 8 x Copa Montevideo: 1976, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997
- Campeonato Nacional General Artigas: 1960
- Mayor League: 1978
- Torneo Honor: 1947
- Torneo cuadrangular: 1957
Stadium
Home stadium of Estadio Luis Franzini Defensor is the ( approximately 18,000 seats) located in Montevideo Parque Rodó district.
Current squad 2013/14
Source: (as of August 17, 2013 )
Transfers for Apertura 2013
Coach
- Hebert Silva Cantera
- At least since 2013 to 25 November 2013: Tabaré Abayuba Silva
- Since November 26, 2013: Fernando Curuchet ( Assistant coach: Gerardo Miranda, preparador físico: Paolo Copatti )
Basketball Division
Since 1918, Defensor Sporting 18 times the national championship of Uruguay has won and is one of peak power in the country. Highlight two victories in the South America Cup champion in the second half of the 1950s.
Achievements
- Americas Cup Champion: 1956, 1958
- Master of Uruguay: (18 × ) in 1918, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1980, 1985, 2003