Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)

Liverpool Montevideo

Full name	Liverpool Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Negriazules, Los negros de la cuchilla
Founded	February 12, 1915
Ground	Estadio Belvedere, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	José Luis Palma
Coach	Mario Saralegui
League	Primera División
2013–14	9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Liverpool Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club joined the Uruguayan top flight in 1919.

History

The club has its roots in the student team from the Catholic Capuchin school in Nuevo París, which began playing in 1908. The club took on the name Liverpool as there were many cultural links between the two areas; the majority of coal ships arriving in Montevideo came from the busy English port.^[1] A number of clubs took on Anglicised names, such as league rivals Montevideo Wanderers; in this case, the team paid homage to Liverpool FC.

For the 2005–06 season, the away kit changed to a new all red one, thus looking exactly like the English Liverpool FC. Liverpool plays home matches in Estadio Belvedere (Belvedere Stadium), formerly owned by the Montevideo Wanderers.

Kit evolution

1917

1919–present

1970, 1996

1995 away

2006 away

Source: Liverpool (Montevideo) Page – BDFA.com.ar

Honours

A view of the club's ground, Estadio Belvedere

Liverpool have failed to win any top flight domestic titles. They reached the final of the Torneo Apertura and Liguilla, both in 1995 only to be beaten by Peñarol and Defensor Sporting respectively. They are famously dubbed as the greatest team in the league never to win the title of champions.

• Segunda División Uruguay: 3

1966, 1987, 2002

• Tercera División Uruguay: 2

1919, 1937

CONMEBOL appearances

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

2011: First Stage

• Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2009: First stage

2012: Round of 16

Current squad

As of 29 April 2014.^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Guillermo de Amores 2 DF Luis Torrecilla 3 DF Martín Díaz 4 DF Pablo Pereira 5 MF Sebastián Rodríguez 7 FW Sebastián Fernández 8 MF Diego Ferreira 9 FW Junior Arias 10 MF Gustavo Aprile 11 FW Renato César 13 DF Christian Almeida 14 MF Federico Martínez 15 DF Jonathan Sandoval

No. Position Player 16 MF Carlos Sención 17 FW Jonathan Silveira 18 MF Nicolás De La Cruz 19 FW Bruno Toledo 20 MF Gonzalo Freitas 21 FW Diego Martiñones 22 MF Lucas Tamareo 25 GK Jorge Bava 26 DF Facundo Mallo 29 FW Jhonatan Candia 30 DF Matías Goyeni 31 DF Damián Macaluso

Managers

• Danilo Hodgisi
• Eugenio "Pato" Galvalisi (19??−66)
• José Sasía (1976)
• Gerardo Pelusso (1991)
• Julio Antúnez (Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999)
• Julio César Ribas (Jan 1, 2002 – March 22, 2004)
• Carlos Barcos (March 22, 2004 – Aug 31, 2005)
• Juan Tejera (July 1, 2006 – May 21, 2007)
• Carlos Manta (July 1, 2007 – Nov 26, 2007)
• Eduardo Favaro (Jan 1, 2008 – June 9, 2011)
• Diego Demarco (June 16, 2011 – Oct 3, 2011)
• Julio César Antúnez (Oct 4, 2011 – Nov 5, 2012)
• José Puente (Nov 6, 2012 – Dec 14, 2012)
• Raúl Möller (Jan 1, 2013 – June 2, 2013)
• Eduardo Favaro (June 26, 2013–1?)
• Juan Verzeri (2015)
• Mario Saralegui (2016–)

Other sports

Liverpool FC had a basketball team until the 1990s, playing in the stadium that still exists behind the north tribune of Estadio Belvedere. The team never reached first division.

References

1. History. Official LFC Montevideo website. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
2. "Squad season 2011/2012". acmilan.com. Liverpool Fútbol Club. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

External links

• Official Liverpool Fútbol Club web site (Spanish)
• Unofficial Liverpool Fútbol Club web site (Spanish)
• Website charting Liverpool F.C. in England and Uruguay (English)