Plaza Colonia

The Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, shortly Plaza Colonia, (nicknamed patas blancas ), is a sports club from the city, in the department of Colonia del Sacramento Colonia city in southwestern Uruguay.

Club structure

The club is best known for its football department. In addition to the first men's team is also has a U- 19 and U- 17 teams and seven for the seven to thirteen year old children. In addition, the swimming section of the club with an existing team of 60 athletes of importance. For this, the club stops in front of an Olympic swimming pool with 25-meter path length. The swimmers of the club were able to celebrate winning several national titles and a total of 30 times you were inneruruguayischer Master ( Campeón del Interior ). More represented in the club sports are baseball and cycling. The volleyball players of the club in 1993 Uruguayan champion. Also, the Uruguayan marathon champion Ulises Usuca emerged from the club. The club sports hall is also used by multiple Uruguayan futsal champion club Old Christians.

The association, whose headquarters is located on Avenida Gral. Flores is 272, plays its home games of the football team at the Estadio Prof. Alberto Suppici.

Football

History

The club was founded on 22 April 1917. In the course of its existence, the footballers won the championship 24 times the Liga de Fútbol de Colonia. In addition, it was in the years 1969, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 champion on departamentaler level. This one became the most successful football club Colonias. In 2000, the club held its first meeting in the framework of the Uruguayan professional football. After a short Segunda División belonging to one recorded in 2001 at the end of the promotion to the Primera División. The local Intermezzo, however, was not of long duration. The club finished in the Torneo Clasificatorio, one of February played out in that year to May qualifying tournament for the highest Uruguayan League, first to fifth place, which resulted from the group victory in Group C in the Grupo del Interior, where allowed Deportivo Maldonado behind. In the following Apertura it was then eight out of ten teams. In the Clausura after all, they finished sixth. Goalscorer of the club in this whole season was Mario Leguizamón with 14 Goals. In the season overall standings this also had the sixth place result, which one qualified for the Liguilla Pre- Libertadores. This one ended but as Table. A qualification for the Copa Libertadores did not come promoted the order given. In the second Erstligajahr they finished in the Apertura and Clausura respectively ranked 16th and avoided relegation in the subsequent relegation round only because the team Juventuds proved to be even weaker. In 2004, when Miguel Ximénez leading scorer Plaza Colonias was qualified to Apertura and Clausura, while supporting, finished second in the overall table but ultimately the tenth and final rank.

Was in 2005, when the Uruguayan league football season on the European system changed with it into the new year extending outward and return lap and therefore a mid-season was completed, Plaza Colonia classified in this as 16 and thus third from bottom. Because of the descent control in this intermediate phase, however, the placement in the Torneo Apertura 2005/ 06 led to the had the club at the end of the year in the play-offs, where the descent in the two relegation matches against CA Cerro through the leg goals from Diego Godin sealed on 18 December 2005 been. Since 2006 Plaza played in the second highest Uruguayan league, Segunda División Profesional de Uruguay.

From August 2013, there are reports that Plaza Colonia in the upcoming 2013/14 season due to lack of a necessary Investor temporarily wanted División Report no team for the game operation of the Segunda for a year. Ultimately, you went to but still.

Achievements

  • 24x champion of Liga de Fútbol de Colonia (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995)
  • 6x Champion of the department (1969, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Former coach

Former Players

  • Uruguay Mario Barilko
  • Uruguay Mariano Bogliacino
  • Uruguay Sergio Leal
  • Uruguay Diego Lugano
  • Uruguay Mauricio Victorino
  • Uruguay Daniel Vidal
  • Uruguay Gilmar Villagran
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