Villa Española
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Villa Española
Nickname(s)El Villa
FoundedAugust 18, 1940 (1940-08-18)
GroundEstadio Obdulio Varela
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity6,000
ChairmanMiguel Romero
ManagerJulio Mozzo
LeagueSegunda División
2021Primera División, 16th (relegated)

Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española, usually known as Villa Española, is a football and boxing club located in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is best known for its football department, which is currently playing in the Uruguayan Primera División, and has its home games at Estadio Obdulio Varela.

History

The club was founded on 18 August 1940 as a boxing club, and as a football club in 1950.[1] The club's most important title was winning the Uruguayan Segunda División in 2001. As a result, it was promoted to the Primera División, where it stayed until relegation in 2003. Villa Española couldn't play the 2005 and 2006 Segunda División tournaments because of economic problems. They returned for the 2007–08 season and achieved promotion, but were relegated to the Segunda División Amateur (3rd division) because of economic problems after the 2008–09 season.[2]

In 2013 the club was able to pay its debts and achieved promotion to the Segunda División.[3][4] In 2016 it gained promotion to the Primera División, but was immediately relegated that same season.[5]

Titles

2001
1973, 1980, 1987, 1996, 2014

Current squad

As of 25 September 2020[6]

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 Uruguay URU Facundo Silva
3 DF Uruguay URU Carlos Santucho
4 DF Uruguay URU Matías Malvino
5 MF Uruguay URU William Machado
6 MF Uruguay URU Robert Flores (on loan from Boston River)
7 MF Uruguay URU Emiliano Ghan
8 FW Uruguay URU Santiago López
9 FW Uruguay URU Pablo Silva
10 MF Uruguay URU Leandro Silva
11 MF Uruguay URU Christian Tizón
12 GK Uruguay URU Hernán Espinoza
13 MF Uruguay URU Mathías Riquero
14 MF Uruguay URU Ivo Allende
15 MF Uruguay URU Gabriel Albín
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Uruguay URU Yhojan Díaz
18 MF Uruguay URU Federico Mautone
19 FW Uruguay URU Denis Olivera (on loan from Peñarol)
20 DF Uruguay URU Federico Puente
21 GK Uruguay URU Hernán Espinosa
22 DF Uruguay URU Gabriel Acevedo
23 FW Uruguay URU Facundo Tancredi
24 DF Uruguay URU Emiliano Albín
25 MF Uruguay URU Jonathan Ríos
26 FW Uruguay URU Facundo Godoy
31 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Aprile
32 FW Uruguay URU Santiago Ramírez
33 DF Uruguay URU Martín Amuz
34 DF Uruguay URU Nicolás Digiano (on loan from Montevideo City Torque)

References

  1. ↑ Faraldo, Manuel L. (22 August 2020). "El Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española de Montevideo conmemora su 80 aniversario". España Exterior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Villa Española campeón de la Liguilla". LARED21 (in Spanish). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cada vez más cerca". Aguantenche.com. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Un día volvió…". El Ascenso (in Spanish). 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Villa Española: "Al villa con amor…"". El Ascenso (in European Spanish). 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Plantel 2020


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