Defensor Sporting

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

Defensor Sporting
Full nameDefensor Sporting Club
Nickname(s)El Violeta, La Viola, Tuertos, El defe’ La Farola y La Cometa
Founded15 March 1913 (1913-03-15)
GroundEstadio Luis Franzini,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity16,000
ChairmanNey Castillo
CoachAlejandro Orfila
LeaguePrimera División
2019Primera División, 11th
WebsiteClub website

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

Stadium
Main article: Estadio Luis Franzini

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
  • Uruguayan Primera División: 4
1976, 1987, 1991, 2008
  • Segunda División Uruguay: 2
1950, 1965

Other Official Domestic Honours
  • Apertura: 4
1994, 2007, 2010, 2017
  • Clausura: 3
1997, 2009, 2012
  • Liguilla Pre Libertadores: 8
1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006
  • Copa Montevideana: 8
1976, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Campeón Nacional Copa Artigas: 1
1960
  • Cuadrangular: 1
1957
  • Torneo Honor: 1
1947

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
2 DF  URU Emiliano Álvarez

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9 FW  URU Facundo Milán
12 GK  URU Gastón Rodríguez
15 MF  URU Ayrton Cougo
17 GK  URU Agustin Lopez
24 DF  URU Gonzalo Maulella
25 MF  URU Ramiro Cristóbal
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF  URU Nicolás Correa
30 DF  URU Ernesto Goñi
44 GK  URU Guillermo Reyes
— DF  URU Joaquín Salvatto
— FW  URU Pablo López
— MF  URU Gonzalo Napoli
— MF  URU Damián Waller

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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  URU Guillermo de los Santos (At CD Universidad Católica until 31 December 2019)
— GK  URU Facundo Ospitaleche (At River Plate until 31 December 2019)
— MF  URU Joaquín Piquerez (At River Plate until 31 December 2019)
— MF  URU Robert Ergas (At Albacete Balompie until 30 June 2020)
— FW  URU Juan Manuel Boselli (At Atletico Paranaense until 31 December 2019)

Notable former players
  • Federico Raul Fernandez Moreno (FW)

Notable coaches
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