Huracán Football Club, usually known simply as Huracán and sometimes called as Huracán del Paso de la Arena

Paso de la Arena

Paso de la Arena, also known by the composite name Paso de la Arena - Los Bulevares - Rincón del Cerro - Santiago Vázquez is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay...

, is an 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...

an football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in 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...

. It was founded in 1954.

History

Huracán Football Club was founded on August 1, 1954 through the merger of two clubs composed mainly of young students: the "Club Atlético Charrúa" and "La Esquinita Football Club". The new team's name was inspired by a former club "Huracán" that participated in Uruguayan leagues during early of 20th century. Colors adopted from Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

, bacause Huracán founders were fans of this Uruguayan giant.

Club was affiliated to the AUF in 1962. Their highest performance was in 1991, when Huracán fought for promotion to Uruguayan Primera División. However, in the final game at home they lost 0:4 to Liverpool, while their opponents River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)

Club Atlético River Plate is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Primera División. River is the result of the merger of former clubs Olimpia and Capurro....

 won in La Paz against Oriental

Club Oriental de Football

Club Oriental de Football are a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. The club were disaffiliated from the second division amateur of the Uruguayan Football Association in 2008-2009 and re-entered the league for 2010-2011 at the third level, which is the bottom and the only amateur level of the...

, achieving promotion.

In 2010 Huracán achieved promotion from Segunda División Amateur (third level) and returns to the Professional Second Division of Uruguay.

Titles

• Segunda División Amateur de Uruguay (3): 1983, 1990, 2009/10
• Primera "D" (Uruguay) (1): 1978

External links

• Official site of Huracán Fútbol Club (Montevideo)