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Centro Atlético Fénix are a sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

from Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

in Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division

Primera División Uruguaya

The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...

. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division.Racing Club is known as "La Escuelita" due to the excellent players that resulted from the team, it was like a player machine...

, who are their all-time rivals.

History

The club were founded on July 7, 1916 by a group of young men, they named the club Fénix (Phoenix) after the mythological bird. They wear a violet and white kit, they chose the colour violet to represent eternity and white to represent purity.

In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time, a feat they repeated in 2003, but the club were relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.

Titles

Segunda División Uruguay
Segunda División Uruguay
Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system. The league is sometimes referred to as Primera B.The Uruguayan 2nd division was established in 1942.-Season 2011–2012 Teams:* Atenas* Boston River...

: 7

1956, 1959, 1973, 1977, 1985, 2007, 2009

Tercera División Uruguay: 3

1942, 1949, 1991

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2003: First Round

2004: First Round

Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

: 1 appearance

2011:

Current squad 2011-12

Notable players

Javier Cámpora

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Nelson Barahona

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Luis Mejia

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Edgardo Adinolfi

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Maximiliano Bajter

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José Cancela

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Juan Ramón Curbelo

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Fabián Estoyanoff

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Henry Giménez

Henry Damián Giménez

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Mauro Guevgeozián

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Germán Hornos

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Diego Ifrán Fernando Kanapkis

Fernando Kanapkis

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Alejandro Lago

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Víctor López

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William Martínez

Wílliam Pablo Martínez is a former Uruguayan footballer. He played 54 times for the Uruguay national football team between 1950 and 1965....

Maximiliano Pérez

Maximiliano Daniel Pérez Tambasco is an Argentine naturalized Uruguayan who plays for C.A. Peñarol in the Uruguayan Primera División.-External links:...

Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez

Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez Núñez is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas in the Primera División de Mexico.Rodríguez received first cap at the friendly match against Japan on August 20, 2008....

Sebastián Taborda

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Andreé González

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External links

Official Website

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