Rampla Juniors

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Rampla Juniors

Full name

Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club

Nickname(s)

Picapiedras, Rojiverdes,Gallinas

Founded

7 January 1914

Ground

Estadio Olímpico,
Montevideo, Uruguay

Capacity

6,000

Chairman

Bernardo Serwiansky

Coach

Oscar Del Solar

League

Primera División Uruguaya

Clausura 2006

8th





Home colours





Away colours

Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Rampla Juniors is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. Rampla's most famous supporter is Natalia Oreiro. Rampla was once called the third "big" (meaning popular or best) of Uruguay's clubs, Peñarol and Nacional being first and second, due to the its huge amount of followers and positive results. Nowadays, Defensor is the first attendance club among "small" teams in Uruguay.

1 Origin and colours
2 Titles
3 Kit Evolution
4 External links

[edit] Origin and colours

Rampla Juniors born in the Aduana zone,(same as River Plate FC),then moved first to Aguada neighbour,and finally,near 1920,to the Cerro.Colours are taken from Fortaleza,a club that existed until first years of Rampla in the cerro zone.Another source is a story similar to Boca juniors-Sweden ship;they took red and green from a ship that arrived in the Montevideo Bay.It is said that the basketball team C.A Aguada (founded 1922) took colours from Rampla Juniors.Other versions are attributed to the Italian flag.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Kit Evolution





1914-present





1914 away





1995





1997





2005-06 away

[edit] External links

Rampla Juniors Official Site

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