Plaza Colonia
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Plaza Colonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Club Atlético Plaza de Colonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Patas Blancas, Merengues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | April 22, 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Estadio Profesor Alberto Supicci Colonia, Uruguay |
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Capacity | 12,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | Milton Gonnet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Raúl Sellanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Segunda División Profesional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[edit] Club Plaza Colonia
Club Atlético Plaza are a football club from Colonia in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.
Plaza are the most successful team from the department of Colonia. They gained their affiliation with AUF in 2000. In 2001 they won promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya and in their debut season they finished in 7th place.
They re-entered official competitions for the 2006/2007 season, playing once more in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.
Plaza's city rivals are Peñarol Colonia,and department derby is versus Deportivo Colonia.
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Segunda División Uruguay (2006/07) |
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| Atenas De San Carlos | Basañez | Cerro | Cerro Largo FC | Deportivo Maldonado | Durazno FC | El Tanque Sisley | Fenix | Juventud de Las Piedras | La Luz | Paysandú | Platense | Plaza Colonia | Racing Club | Sud América | Uruguay Montevideo | |