Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes

Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simply Plaza Colonia are a football club from Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division.

Plaza Colonia
Full nameClub Plaza de Deportes Colonia
Nickname(s)Patas Blancas
FoundedApril 22, 1917
GroundEstadio Profesor Alberto Suppici
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Capacity12,000
ChairmanRafael González
ManagerMatias Rosa
LeaguePrimera División
2019Primera División, 6th

History

Plaza are the most successful team from the department of Colonia. They gained their affiliation with AUF in 2000. In 2001 they won promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya and in their debut season they finished in 7th place.

In 2005 the club finally fell to the Second Division after a poor campaign. In 2006 they did not present to the championship because of a lack of economic resources.

They re-entered official competitions for the 2006–07 season, playing once more in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.

Plaza's city rivals are Juventud Colonia, and department derby is against Deportivo Colonia.

In May 2016 they won the Clausura Championship for the first time, defeating Peñarol 2-1.

Current squad
As of 7 October 2019

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  URU Luis Cartés (on loan from Peñarol)
3 MF  URU Yvo Calleros
5 MF  URU Matias Caseras
6 DF  URU Santiago Brunelli
7 FW  ARG Elías Umeres
8 MF  ARG Iván Salazar
9 FW  URU Javier Fernández
10 MF  URU Agustín Miranda
11 FW  URU Marcelo Tabárez
12 GK  URU Nicolás Guirín
13 DF  URU Federico Pérez
14 DF  URU Facundo Kidd
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  URU Facundo Waller
16 DF  URU Haibrany Ruiz Díaz
19 MF  ARG Lucas Ruiz Díaz
20 MF  URU Ezequias Redín
21 FW  URU Franco Acosta (on loan from Villarreal B)
22 MF  ARG Javier Sequeyra
23 DF  ARG Mario Risso
25 MF  URU Leandro Suhr
26 MF  URU Álvaro Fernández
30 FW  PAN Cecilio Waterman
— DF  ESP Bidari García
— FW  URU Nicolás Dibble


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