Central Español
# Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

## History

### The F.U.F era

Together with Peñarol, Central founded FUF (Uruguayan football federation) in 1923 after being expelled from AUF. The FUF even made a parallel Uruguay national team (dissident to AUF) that played several international games based on Peñarol and Central squads. After 3 years of existence the new federation was dissolved and both teams returned to AUF.

### Merging

Central append "Español" to its name after an agreement signed with a Spanish group in 1971. Central itself was born from a merge between "Solís Bochas" and "Soriano Polideportivo".

### Champions

In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.

## Titles

* Primera División (1)

       1984
* Torneo Competencia (1)

       1944
* Segunda División Uruguay: (3)

       1961, 1983, 2011–12
* Tercera División Uruguay: 1

       1928 (as Central FC)

## Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

* Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

       2006: First Round

## Current squad

    As of 18 February 2020

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | URU | Erik Acevedo |
| — | GK | URU | Axel Amoros |
| — | GK | URU | Gabriel Araújo |
| — | GK | URU | Santiago Morandi |
| — | DF | URU | Diego Amaro |
| — | DF | URU | Luciano Baeza |
| — | DF | URU | Pablo Barrios |
| — | DF | URU | Emanuel Beltrán |
| — | DF | URU | Matías Cortizas |
| — | DF | URU | Leonard Costa |
| — | DF | URU | Ignacio Currais |
| — | DF | URU | Jonathan Píriz |
| — | DF | URU | Alejandro Villoldo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | URU | Emiliano Ahuntchain |
| — | MF | URU | Daniel Ceballes |
| — | MF | URU | Gabriel Gotta |
| — | MF | URU | Franco Martínez |
| — | MF | URU | Facundo Pérez |
| — | MF | URU | Pablo Porcile |
| — | MF | URU | Lionel Silva |
| — | MF | URU | Fabián Trujillo |
| — | MF | URU | Mario Zipitría |
| — | FW | URU | Ignacio Casas |
| — | FW | ARG | Matías Roskopf |
| — | FW | BRA | Jeferson Tanque |
| — | FW | URU | Santiago Ramírez Debali |

## Managers

* Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
* Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
* Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8)
* Mario Saralegui (Dec 2009–March 10)
* Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11)
* Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13)
* Julio Acuña (Feb 2013–April 13)
* Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–)
* Maxi Viera (June 2022)
