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Defensor Sporting
Full nameDefensor Sporting Club
Nickname(s)El Violeta, La Viola, Tuertos, El Defe, La Farola y La Cometa
Founded15 March 1913; 111 years ago (1913-03-15)
GroundEstadio Luis Franzini,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity18,000
ChairmanUruguay Daniel Jablonka
CoachUruguay Eduardo Acevedo
LeagueUruguayan Primera División
2014–155th
Current season

Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Defensor plays several sports, football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant victories in Uruguay and internationally.

History

Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. They are a four-time national champion in Uruguay (1976, 1987, 1991, 2007–08).

Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay and are then transferred worldwide. It is the place of birth of numerous players like Jorge "Polilla" da Silva, Sergio "Manteca" Martínez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego "Ruso" Pérez, Nicolás Olivera, Martín Cáceres, Maxi Pereira, Álvaro González, Tabaré Viúdez.

Legendary coach Prof. José Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.

On September 2007, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the IFFHS.

Defensor's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos.

Stadium

Defensor plays its home games at its own stadium called Estadio Luis Franzini which has a capacity for 18,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 31 December 1963.

It is located in Parque Rodó, Montevideo.

Titles

Domestic

1976, 1987, 1991, 2008
1950, 1965

Other Official Domestic Honours

  • Apertura: 3
1994, 2007, 2010
  • Clausura: 3
1997, 2009, 2012
  • Liguilla Pre Libertadores: 8
1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006
  • Primero Invicto Uruguayo Especial: 1
2005
  • Copa Montevideana: 8
1976, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Campeón Nacional Copa Artigas: 1
1960
  • Liga Mayor: 1
1978
  • Cuadrangular: 1
1957
  • Torneo Honor: 1
1947

International

  • Copa de la Paz: 1
2011
  • Copa Suat: 1
2012

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1977: First Round
2007: Quarter-finals
2009: Quarter-finals
2014: Semi-finals
2012: Runner-up
2005: First Round
2007: Quarter-finals
2008: Round of 16
2010: Round of 16
2015: Quarter-finals
1995: First Round
1997: First Round

Kit Evolution

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Uruguay URU Guillermo Reyesl
2 DF Uruguay URU Guillermo de los Santos
3 DF Uruguay URU Nicolas Correa
5 MF Uruguay URU Claudio Rivero
6 DF Uruguay URU Emilio Zeballos
7 MF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Bueno
10 MF Uruguay URU Ayrton Cougo
11 MF Uruguay URU Nicolás Olivera Captain
15 MF Uruguay URU Diego Viera
16 MF Uruguay URU Matias Cabrera
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK Uruguay URU Gastón Rodríguez
18 MF Uruguay URU Facundo Castro
19 DF Uruguay URU Andrés Lamas
20 FW Uruguay URU Gonzalo Carneiro
22 DF Uruguay URU Mathías Suárez
24 MF Uruguay URU Miguel Amado
25 MF Uruguay URU Martin Rabuñal
26 FW Uruguay URU Héctor Acuña
29 DF Uruguay URU Matías Zunino
30 FW Uruguay URU Maximiliano Goméz

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Uruguay URU Fernando Arismendi (on loan to Rocha)
DF Uruguay URU Diego Ferreira (on loan to Argentina Atlético de Rafaela)
DF Uruguay URU Matías Lazo (on loan to Miramar Misiones)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Uruguay URU Diego Rodríguez (on loan to Argentina Godoy Cruz)
FW Colombia COL Yonatan Jordan (on loan to Miramar Misiones)
FW Uruguay URU Álvaro Navarro (on loan to Chile Cobresal)

2014 Winter transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Uruguay URU Joaquín Boghossian (transfer from Argentina Quilmes)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Uruguay URU Pablo Pintos
24 FW Uruguay URU Matías Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Uruguay URU Bruno Foliados
30 FW Uruguay URU Santiago Charamoni

Notable former players

Notable coaches