Defensor Sporting

Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievements in Uruguay and internationally.

Defensor Sporting
Full nameDefensor Sporting Club
Nickname(s)El Violeta, La Viola, Tuertos, El defe’ La Farola y La Cometa
Founded15 March 1913 (1913-03-15)
GroundEstadio Luis Franzini,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity16,000
ChairmanNey Castillo
CoachGregorio Pérez
LeaguePrimera División
2019Primera División, 11th
WebsiteClub website

It is the third most highest winning club in Uruguay, with 25 official titles, only surpassed by Peñarol and Club Nacional. The club's best performance at the international stage was in 2014, when they reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. They have won the Uruguayan Championship four times: in 1976, 1987, 1991, and 2007-08.

History

Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. They played in the first professional league season in Uruguay, the 1932 Uruguayan Primera División

Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay that become successful players worldwide, It is the first club of numerous players like Jorge "Polilla" da Silva, Sergio "Manteca" Martínez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego "Ruso" Pérez, Nicolás Olivera, Martín Cáceres, Maxi Pereira, Álvaro González, and Tabaré Viúdez.

Legendary coach Prof. José Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.

In September 2007, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the IFFHS.[1]

Defensor Sporting's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos.

Stadium
Main article: Estadio Luis Franzini

Defensor plays its home games at its own stadium called Estadio Luis Franzini which has a capacity for 18,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 31 December 1963, and is located in Parque Rodó, Montevideo.

Rivalries

Defensor Sporting has had a rivalry with Danubio in recent years, because of the two clubs being the next biggest clubs in Uruguay after the historical two: Peñarol and Nacional. Matches between them are called the "Clásico de los medianos" (Spanish for Classic of the Mediums).

Titles

Domestic
1976, 1987, 1991, 2008
1950, 1965

Other Official Domestic Honours
  • Apertura: 4
1994, 2007, 2010, 2017
  • Clausura: 4
1997, 2009, 2012, 2013
  • Liguilla Pre Libertadores: 8
1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006
  • Copa Montevideana: 8
1976, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Campeón Nacional Copa Artigas: 1
1960
  • Cuadrangular: 1
1957
  • Torneo Honor: 1
1947

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
1977: Group Stage
1980: Group Stage
1982: Group Stage
1990: Round of 16
1992: Round of 16
1994: Round of 16
1996: Round of 16
2001: Group Stage
2006: First Round
2007: Quarter-finals
2009: Quarter-finals
2012: Group Stage
2013: First Stage
2014: Semi-finals
2018: Group Stage
2019: Third Qualifying Stage
2012: Runner-up
2005: Second Round
2007: Quarter-finals
2008: Round of 16
2010: Round of 16
2015: Quarter-finals
2017: First Stage
2018: Second Stage
1995: First Round
1997: First Round

Kit Evolution

Current squad
As of 16 November 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  URU Matías Castro
2 DF  URU Lucas Rodríguez
3 DF  URU Gastón Álvarez
4 DF  URU Alejandro González
5 MF  URU Vicente Poggi
6 DF  URU Emilio Zeballos
7 FW  URU Diego Coelho
8 MF  URU Gonzalo Nápoli
9 FW  ARG Ignacio Colombini
10 MF  URU Juan Albín
11 MF  URU Ignacio Laquintana
12 GK  URU Bernardo Long
13 GK  URU Matías Dufour
14 DF  URU Facundo Mallo
15 MF  URU Álvaro González
16 FW  URU Kevin Méndez
17 FW  URU Luciano Boggio
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  URU Adolfo Lima
19 MF  URU Tabaré Viúdez
20 FW  URU Álvaro Navarro
21 DF  URU Rodrigo Rojo
22 DF  URU Renzo Rabino
23 MF  URU Mathías Cardacio
24 DF  URU Matías Rocha
25 MF  ARG Franco Zuculini
27 MF  URU Matías Ocampo
28 MF  URU Damián Silva
29 MF  URU Alan Rodríguez
30 DF  URU Andrés Lamas
77 FW  ARG Cristian Chávez (on loan from Independiente)
— DF  URU Jonathan González
— MF  URU Joaquín Valiente
— FW  URU Facundo Milán

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  URU Martín Rabuñal (at Juárez until 31 December 2020)
— MF  URU Ramiro Cristóbal (at Rentistas until 31 December 2020)
— MF  URU Martín Correa (at Liverpool Montevideo until 31 December 2020)
— FW  URU Owen Falconis (at Salamanca until 31 December 2020)
— DF  URU Mauro García (at Rocha until 31 December 2020)
— MF  URU Federico Larraura (at Villa Teresa until 31 December 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  URU Pablo López (at Deportivo Toluca until 30 June 2021)
7 MF  URU Cristian Barros (at Universidad de Chile until 30 June 2021)
— MF  URU Robert Ergas (at Olimpia until 31 December 2021)
— FW  URU Juan Manuel Boselli (at Cádiz CF B until 30 June 2022)

Notable former players

Notable coaches

References
  1. "The World's club Team of the Month". IFFHS. 20 December 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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