2017 Peñarol season

Peñarol

2017 season
Club Atlético Peñarol's crest
President	Juan Pedro Damiani
Manager	Leonardo Ramos
Stadium	Campeón del Siglo Montevideo, Uruguay
Primera División	tbd
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores	tbd
Top goalscorer	League: Nahitan Nández (4 goals) Lucas Cavallini (4 goals) Junior Arias (4 goals) All: Nahitan Nández (4 goals) Lucas Cavallini (4 goals) Mauricio Affonso (4 goals) Junior Arias (4 goals) Gastón Rodríguez (4 goals)
Biggest win	4-0 (Primera División) vs. El Tanque Sisley, Montevideo Wanderers, Sud América
Biggest defeat	6-2 (Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores) vs. Jorge Wilstermann
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The 2017 Uruguayan Primera División season is Peñarol's 117th consecutive season in the top-flight of Uruguayan football, and 126th year in existence as a football club. They entered this season looking to rebound from a disappointing 2016 season, when they finished 14th in the table. The season covers the period from 5 February 2017 to the end of the same year, marking the transition from a biannual season to an annual season.

Squad

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Previous Club	Type of Transfer	Reference
23	FW	Mauricio Affonso	Racing Club de Montevideo	End of Loan
	FW	Octavio Colo	Racing Club de Montevideo	End of Loan
	FW	Gabriel Leyes	Plaza Colonia	End of Loan
	DF	Fabrizio Buschiazzo	Defensa y Justicia	End of Loan
	GK	Washington Aguerre	Cerro Largo F.C.	End of Loan
21	DF	Ramón Arias	Liga de Quito	Transfer
19	FW	Lucas Cavallini	C.A. Fénix	Transfer
12	GK	Kevin Dawson	Plaza Colonia	Loan
27	DF	Lucas Hernández	C.A. Cerro	Loan
24	DF	Iván Villalba	Rubio Ñú	Loan
10	MF	Matías Mier	Muaither SC	Free
7	MF	Cristian Rodríguez	C.A. Independiente	Free
3	CB	Ronaldo Conceição	Atlético Minero	Free

Competitions

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores

Peñarol qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage after becoming champion of the 2015-16 Primera División. The club entered sorting from Pot 1 as Uruguay 1.