Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)
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| Full name | Liverpool Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Negriazules, Los negros de la cuchilla | |||
| Founded | February 12, 1915 | |||
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Estadio Belvedere, Montevideo, Uruguay | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Chairman | José Luis Palma | |||
| Coach | Gabriel Oroza | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2013–14 | 9th | |||
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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
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 1919–present
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1970, 1996
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 1995 away
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2006 away
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Honours
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.
- 1966, 1987, 2002
- Tercera División Uruguay: 2
- 1919, 1937
CONMEBOL appearances
- Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance
- 2011: First Stage
- Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances (2009 and 2012)
- 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.
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Managers
- Danilo Hodgisi
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Eugenio Galvalisi (19??−66) - 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–)
Other sports
Liverpool F.C. 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
- ↑ History. Official LFC Montevideo website. Retrieved on 2009-04-05.
- ↑ "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)