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.
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Full name | Club Plaza de Deportes Colonia | ||
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Nickname(s) | Patas Blancas | ||
Founded | April 22, 1917 | ||
Ground | Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay | ||
Capacity | 12,000 | ||
Chairman | Rafael González | ||
Manager | Matias Rosa | ||
League | Primera División | ||
2019 | Primera División, 6th | ||
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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 |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
Luis Cartés (on loan from Peñarol) |
3 | MF | ![]() |
Yvo Calleros |
5 | MF | ![]() |
Matias Caseras |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Santiago Brunelli |
7 | FW | ![]() |
Elías Umeres |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Iván Salazar |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Javier Fernández |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Agustín Miranda |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Marcelo Tabárez |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Nicolás Guirín |
13 | DF | ![]() |
Federico Pérez |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Facundo Kidd |
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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15 | FW | ![]() |
Facundo Waller |
16 | DF | ![]() |
Haibrany Ruiz Díaz |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Lucas Ruiz Díaz |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Ezequias Redín |
21 | FW | ![]() |
Franco Acosta (on loan from Villarreal B) |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Javier Sequeyra |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Mario Risso |
25 | MF | ![]() |
Leandro Suhr |
26 | MF | ![]() |
Álvaro Fernández |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Cecilio Waterman |
— | DF | ![]() |
Bidari García |
— | FW | ![]() |
Nicolás Dibble |