Peñarol

{{Short description|Association football club in Uruguay}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Peñarol | image = Escudo del Club Atlético Peñarol.svg | image_size = 180px | fullname = Club Atlético Peñarol | nickname = ''Decano'' (The Dean) ''Manyas'' ''Aurinegros'' (Yellow-and-Blacks) ''Carboneros'' (The Coalworkers) ''Mirasoles'' (The Sunflowers) | founded = {{Start date and age|1891|09|28|df=yes}} (as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club){{refn|Controversy exists on the date of the founding of C.A. Peñarol. The club's official position assumes a change of name of CURCC (founded on 28 September 1891). On the other hand, some historians state that "C.A. Peñarol" was established on 13 December 1913.<ref name=decanato>[http://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Discusiones-por-el-decanato-uc93150 Discusiones por el decanato] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025815/https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/Discusiones-por-el-decanato-uc93150 |date=9 August 2018 }} on Fútbol.uy, 29 Sep 2009</ref>|group=note|name=continuity}} | ground = Estadio Campeón del Siglo | capacity = 40,000 | chrtitle = Chairman | chairman = Juan Ignacio Ruglio | manager = Diego Aguirre | league = Liga AUF Uruguaya | season = 2025 | position = Liga AUF Uruguaya, 2nd of 16 | website = {{URL|https://www.peñarol.org/home|peñarol.org}}  | pattern_la1 = _penarol25h | pattern_b1 = _penarol25h | pattern_ra1 = _penarol25h | pattern_sh1 = _shorts | pattern_so1 = _socks | leftarm1 = | body1 = FFE517 | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = 000000 | socks1 = FFD700  | pattern_la2 = _penarol2425a | pattern_b2 = _penarol2425a | pattern_ra2 = _penarol2425a | pattern_sh2 = _shorts | pattern_so2 = _socks | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000  | pattern_la3 = _penarol23t | pattern_b3 = _penarol23t | pattern_ra3 = _penarol23t | pattern_sh3 = _shorts | pattern_so3 = _blackline | leftarm3 = FFFFFF | body3 = FFFFFF | rightarm3 = FFFFFF | shorts3 = FFD700 | socks3 = FFD700 | current = 2025 Peñarol season }} {{Peñarol sections}}

'''Club Atlético Peñarol''' ({{IPA|es|kluβ aˈtletiko peɲaˈɾol|-|Club Atlético Peñarol - name.ogg}}), more commonly referred to as '''Peñarol''', is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football.

The name of the club comes from the neighborhood on the outskirts of Montevideo, which itself takes its name from Pinerolo, a town in the metropolitan area of Turin, in the Italian region of Piedmont.<ref name="paispeñarol">{{cite web |author = Ana Pais |year = 2008 |url = http://www.elpais.com.uy/08/09/24/pciuda_371668.asp |title = Convierten a Peñarol en "museo vivo" con 3 millones de euros |website = El País |access-date = 25 January 2010 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081028171543/http://www.elpais.com.uy/08/09/24/pciuda_371668.asp |archive-date = 28 October 2008 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> The club's origin dates back to 28 September 1891, when the club was initially established as the '''Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club''' (also known by its acronym '''CURCC'''), founded by mostly British railway workers for the practice of cricket. The club was renamed as Peñarol on 13 December 1913; the continuity between the football section of the CURCC and Peñarol has sparked significant controversy in Uruguayan football, as some football pundits have argued that while Peñarol inherited its tradition from the CURCC and there is a sociological continuity between the two, legally they are two separate institutions, as the CURCC would have continued to exist until its dissolution on 22 January 1915, though merely was by then a recreational branch for the employees of the railway company.<ref name="CURCCvsPatria">''C.U.R.C.C. versus Club A. Patria.'' Diario La Razón de 23 de julio de 1914 (página 6, columna 4).</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2021-11-22 |title=Hinchas de Nacional recordaron cuando Peñarol y CURCC jugaron el mismo día de 1914 |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/hinchas-de-nacional-recuerdan-cuando-penarol-y-curcc-jugaron-el-mismo-dia-de-1914-2021103173024 |website=El Observador |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030000316/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/hinchas-de-nacional-recuerdan-cuando-penarol-y-curcc-jugaron-el-mismo-dia-de-1914-2021103173024 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the Uruguayan Football Association has recognized Peñarol as the continuity of CURCC since 1914.<ref name="alvarez">''Peñarol: La transición de 1913 y la cuestión del decanato'' by Luciano Alvarez – Ediciones de la pluma (2001)</ref>

By the 1910s, Peñarol began to establish themselves as a promising club in national and international football. The introduction of the FIFA World Cup in 1930 helped elevate the presence of Uruguayan football, including Peñarol; several members of the team were products of the club. The start of the 1940s ushered in a golden generation for Peñarol, as the following four decades the club would have won several international tournaments led by generational talents including Diego Aguirre, Néstor Gonçalves, Fernando Morena, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, and Alberto Spencer. By the 1990s, Peñarol experienced a decline in form, with fewer domestic and international titles compared to the previous decades. However, the club has seen a resurgence in international competition since the 2010s.

Although the original colors of the CURCC were black and orange, Peñarol has consistently identified with yellow and black throughout its history, inspired by the Stephenson's Rocket and the railway workers' union.<ref>Estatutos del CURCC (1891), artículo 1</ref> The club throughout its history has also participated in other sports, such as athletics,<ref>[http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/categoria_95_1_1.html Otras disciplinas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313200226/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/categoria_95_1_1.html|date=13 March 2018}} on Peñarol official website, retrieved 26 Nov 2017</ref> basketball,<ref name="fede" /> cycling,<ref name="ciclis" /> futsal, rugby union, and women's football. Its main focus, however, has always been on men's football, a sport in which the club excels.<ref name="sudsiglo">{{cite web |year = 2009 |url = http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6e36e52c00f23808f02 |title = El Club del Siglo de América del Sur |website = IFFHS |access-date = 16 January 2010 |archive-date = 22 September 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090922171009/http://www.iffhs.de/?32b0cfd380ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6e36e52c00f23808f02 |url-status = live }}</ref> The club currently host their matches at the 40,000-capacity Estadio Campeón del Siglo since 2016, having previously played at Estadio Centenario since 1933. Peñarol currently have 80,000 associates.<ref name="socios2016" />

Peñarol is considered one of the most prestigious football clubs in the sport. In September 2009, the club was recognized as the best South American club of the 20th century by the IFFHS.<ref name="sudsiglo" /> In international competition, Peñarol is the third-highest Copa Libertadores winner, having won it on five editions (1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, and 1987), and shares the record for Intercontinental Cup victories with three (1961, 1966, and 1982).<ref name="libertadores">{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2010 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalib.html |title = Copa Libertadores de América |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 24 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150524152408/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copalib.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="intercon">{{cite web |author1 = Loris Magnani |author2 = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |title = Intercontinental Club Cup |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 12 August 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220812151601/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In domestic football, Peñarol has won 42 tournaments in its era, and considering the titles won by their predecessor, it has claimed 51 championships overall. The club has never been relegated and has many long-standing rivalries, most notably ''El Clásico Uruguayo'' with Club Nacional de Football. The derby is considered one of the oldest in international football, with their first meeting on 15 July 1900 with a 2–0 victory. Since then, they have faced each other in more than 500 occasions. As of 2024, Peñarol currently holds the advantage in the head-to-head record.<ref name="clas2">{{cite web |access-date=4 February 2013 |author=Martín Tabeira |date=25 October 2012 |editor=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |language=en |title=Uruguayan Derby - Peñarol vs. Nacional |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-derbies.html |archive-date=12 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112033305/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-derbies.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History== ===Origins=== {{main|Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club}} On 28 September 1891, employees of the Central Uruguay Railway Company established the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (CURCC) of Montevideo, with the purpose of stimulating the practice of cricket, rugby football and "other male sports" (literal from the Spanish).{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

The Central Uruguay Railway company had operated in Uruguay since 1878,<ref name="paispeñarol"/> with 118 employees, 72 British, 45 Uruguayan and one German.<ref name="dacio">{{cite web |author = Emilio Tacconi |year = 2009 |url = http://www.raicesuruguay.com/2012_02/barrio_penarol.html |title = Historia del barrio "Peñarol" |website =Revista Raíces |access-date = 9 October 2011 |language = es }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The club was known as CURCC in the neighborhood of Peñarol—the latter from the Peñarol neighborhood, about {{convert|10|km}} from Montevideo,<ref name="paispeñarol"/> whose name in turn derived from an Italian city. The club's first president was Frank Henderson, who remained in that position until 1899.<ref name = correo>{{cite web |year = 2001 |url = http://www.correo.com.uy/index.asp?codpag=detProd&smen=filatelia&idp=648&s=1 |title = 110 Años del Club Atlético Peñarol |website = Administración Nacional de Correos |access-date = 27 January 2010 |language = es |archive-date = 10 June 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220610011006/http://www.correo.com.uy/index.asp?codpag=detProd |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 1892, the CURCC shifted its focus from cricket and rugby to association football.<ref>{{cite web|title=... Y llegó a los 120|url=http://www.urugol.com/todas-las-noticias/35-primera-division/16284-y-llego-a-los-120|website=urugol.com |date=28 September 2011|access-date=4 March 2012|language=es|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213061914/http://www.urugol.com/todas-las-noticias/35-primera-division/16284-y-llego-a-los-120|archive-date=13 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The football club's first game was against a team of students from the English high school and ended with a 2–0 victory.<ref name="dacio" /> In 1895, Uruguayan footballer Julio Negrón was chosen as the team's first non-British captain.<ref name = forja />

===First titles=== thumb|left|The 1905 CURCC team In 1900 the CURCC was one of four charter members of the Uruguay Association Football League,<ref name="iffhs.de">{{cite web |author1 = Edgardo de Léon |author2 = Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba7615caf2c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e07 |title = Uruguay – 1900 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 25 January 2010 |archive-date = 15 October 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135922/http://www.iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba7615caf2c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e07 |url-status = live }}</ref> making its debut in official competition on 10 June against Albion and winning 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |author= Juan Carlos Luzuriaga |year= 2008 |url= http://www.efdeportes.com/efd120/albion-football-club-profetas-del-sport-en-uruguay.htm |title= Albion Football Club: profetas del sport en Uruguay |website= EF Deportes |access-date= 25 January 2010 |language= es |archive-date= 23 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234125/http://www.efdeportes.com/efd120/albion-football-club-profetas-del-sport-en-uruguay.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> The club won its first Uruguayan championship that year, repeating in 1901, 1905 and 1907. In 1906 Charles W. Bayne took over the railroad, and refused to sponsor the football team due to financial and work issues. Conflict between the company and the football club led to the severance of their relationship in 1913.<ref name = barriobiblio>{{cite web |author1=Ana Ribeiro |author2=Raúl Cheda |author3=Silvia Sosa |author4=José Carlos Tuñas |author5=Alejandra Carnejo |author6=Malte Fernández |author7=Leonardo Haberkom |year=2008 |url=http://www.montevideo.com.uy/barriopenarol/Barrio_Penarol_Patrimonio_Industrial_cap3-6.pdf |title=Barrio Peñarol – Patrimonio industrial ferroviario |website=Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo |access-date=25 January 2010 |language=es |archive-date=12 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212012237/http://www.montevideo.com.uy/barriopenarol/Barrio_Penarol_Patrimonio_Industrial_cap3-6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1908, the club left the Uruguayan league after the league rejected their request to replay a game with F.C. Dublín. CURCC had lost 2–3 on the road, and believed their poor showing was due to refereeing mistakes caused by pressure from rabid home fans. As a sign of good faith, Nacional also retired from the league, since both teams agreed that "Los Partidos se ganan en la Cancha", or "matches are won on the pitch".<ref name="iffhs.de" /> Back in competition the following year, relations between the CUR and the club became frostier after fans burned a train car used for rival teams.

A year after the club's 1911 Uruguayan championship, the club attempted reforms to its policies. Proposals included greater participation by non-CUR players and a name change to "CURCC Peñarol". In June 1913, the proposals were rejected; the company wanted to distance itself from the club's local reputation. The railroad company, decided to separate the " foot-ball " section of the team from the company on Saturday 13 December 1913. That is when Peñarol was founded. The following day it was the first time a " Clasico " was officially played between Nacional and Peñarol.<ref>{{cite book|last= Álvarez|first= Luciano|title= Historia de Peñarol|year= 2010|publisher= Aguilar|location= Montevideo|page= 965|language=es}}</ref>

CURCC kept playing football in the amateurism until it was dissolved on 22 January 1915 and donated all their trophies to the British Hospital of Montevideo, not to Peñarol.

{{Multiple image |align = left |header = Peñarol documents |direction = horizontal |image1 = Peñarol Curcc name change - Secretaria Liga Uruguaya.jpg |width1 = 162 |caption1 = 1914 letter from the Uruguayan League, approving the club's name change |image2 = Peñarol Curcc name change - Ministerio Uruguay.jpg |width2 = 140 |caption2 = Uruguayan document acknowledging Peñarol as successor of the CURCC }}

===C.A. Peñarol=== thumb|right|250px|In 1918, the club won its first domestic title under the name "Club Atlético Peñarol" On 12 March 1914, Peñarol replaced CURCC's spot in the Uruguayan Football League after its foundation in 1913. A request submitted to the Uruguayan Football League two days later and approved the following day.<ref name="dacio" /> During its first years Peñarol was not successful, although a new stadium (''Las Acacias'') opened on 19 May 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/272501-un-estadio-que-lleva-su-nombre|title= Un estadio que lleva su nombre|website= La República|date= 26 August 2007|access-date= 16 July 2009|language= es|archive-date= 2 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235409/http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/272501-un-estadio-que-lleva-su-nombre|url-status= live}}</ref> The club won its first two league titles in 1918 and 1920.

In November 1922 the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) disqualified Peñarol because the club played an exhibition game with Racing, an Argentine club affiliated with Asociación Amateurs de Football (a dissident association established in 1919 that rivalized with the official entity, AFA).<ref name="des">{{cite web |url = http://www.futbolea.com/squad.php?tid=2 |title = Club Atlético Peñarol: Historial del Club |website=Futbolea.com |access-date = 14 February 2011 |language = es |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110217111143/http://www.futbolea.com/squad.php?tid=2 |archive-date = 17 February 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Peñarol and other clubs then organised a new league, the Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), and the club won the 1924 championship.<ref name="des" /> The league was short-lived; Peñarol won the 1926 Copa del Consejo Provisorio, triggering a merger between the AUF and the FUF.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/116656-tres-equipos-amateurs-ganaron-todos-los-puntos|title= Tres equipos amateurs ganaron todos los puntos|website= La República|date= 11 June 2003|access-date= 16 July 2009|language= es|archive-date= 2 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235529/http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/116656-tres-equipos-amateurs-ganaron-todos-los-puntos|url-status= live}}</ref> {{clear}}

===First European tour=== {{more citations needed section|date=September 2020}} thumb|right|250px|Players of Barcelona and Peñarol entering the pitch before their first test, 5 June 1927 In 1927, Peñarol made its first tour to Europe, playing a total of 19 matches against teams from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Czechoslovakia and France. The tour extended from April to June. The first match of the tour was vs. the Vienna combined, which Peñarol lost by 3–1. The Uruguayan team then played Bayern Munich (1–2), SpVgg (1–2), Hertha BSC (Berlin) (0–1). The first win was v. Eintracht Frankfurt (3–1). The lineup for that match was Luis Biscardi, Demis D’Agosto, José Benincasa, Pascual Ruotta, Gildeón Silva, Antonio Aguerre, Ladislao Pérez, Antonio Sacco, Pablo Terevinto, Peregrín Anselmo, Antonio Campolo. Goals were scored by Suffiotti (2) and Ruotta. The tour continued in Switzerland, v. Young Fellows (1–0), Rapid Vienna (0–5), then facing Sparta Prague (losing by 1–0).

On 5 June, Peñarol played its first game in Spain v. FC Barcelona, losing by 1–5. The second test was played one day later, finishing in a tie (1–1). Other notable games of the tour were the two tests v. Atlético Madrid (5–2 and 4–3).

Peñarol played a total of 19 matches in 80 days (6 in Spain, 5 in Germany, 4 in Switzerland and 1 in Czechoslovakia and France), totalizing 7 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. The team scored 32 goals and received 33, with Antonio Sacco being the topscorer with 9 goals.<ref>[http://campeondelsiglo.com/web/2013/10/23/rescatando-la-gira-europea-de-1927/ "Rescatando la gira europea de 1927"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925175204/http://campeondelsiglo.com/web/2013/10/23/rescatando-la-gira-europea-de-1927/ |date=25 September 2017 }}, originally published on different newspapers such as ''El Gráfico'', ''Mundo Deportivo'', ''ABC Madrid,'' ''La Vanguardia'', ''La Esfera'', ''Le Figaro'', ''Le Petit Parisien'', ''La Tribune de Lausanne''</ref>

After its first European tour in 1927, Peñarol won the Uruguayan championship in 1928 and 1929; the following year, the club defeated Olimpia 1–0 in its first game at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. {{clear}}

===Consolidation=== thumb|right|250px|The 1928 Peñarol team, Primera División champions In 1932, Peñarol and River Plate played the first game of the professional era. Peñarol won the first Uruguayan professional championship with 40 points, five more than runners-up Rampla Juniors.<ref>{{cite web |author1 = Diego Antognazza |author2 = Martín Tabeira |year = 2004 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru32.html |title = Uruguay 1932 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 28 January 2010 |archive-date = 10 November 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221110110137/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru32.html |url-status = live }}</ref> After placing second in 1933 and 1934, the club won four consecutive league tournaments between 1935 and 1938; they also won the 1936 Torneo Competencia.

The club stayed in second place until 1944, when Peñarol again won the Uruguayan Championship (defeating Nacional in a two-game final, 0–0 and 3–2).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru44.html |title=Uruguay 1944 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815084621/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru44.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1945 the club retained the title, with Nicolás Falero and Raúl Schiaffino the top goal scorers of the playoffs with 21 apiece.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru45.html |title=Uruguay 1945 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112000134/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru45.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Peñarol was again victorious in 1949, four points ahead of runner-up Nacional with Óscar Míguez the top scorer.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru49.html |title=Uruguay 1949 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110110132/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru49.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After placing second in 1950, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship the following year;<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru51.html |title=Uruguay 1951 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001174729/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru51.html |url-status=live }}</ref> this was also the start of the Palacio Peñarol's four-year construction. During the 1950s, the club also won national championships in 1953,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year = 2004 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru53.html |title= Uruguay 1953 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 28 January 2010}}</ref> 1954,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year = 2004 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru54.html |title= Uruguay 1954 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 28 January 2010}}</ref> 1958<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru58.html |title=Uruguay 1958 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110110133/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru58.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and 1959.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Diego Antognazza |author2=Diego Cervini |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=2005 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru59.html |title=Uruguay 1959 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110110137/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru59.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===International success=== [[File:Penarol1966.jpg|thumb|left|200px|alt=Victorious football players with fans|Peñarol celebrating the 1966 Copa Libertadores, the third for the club after beating Argentine club River Plate by 4–2]] Their 1959 championship qualified Peñarol for the recently created Copa Libertadores, an international competition then known as the Copa de Campeones de América. Peñarol won the first two tournaments, beating Olimpia of Paraguay in 1960<ref>{{cite web |author1=John Beuker |author2=Osvaldo Gorgazzi |year = 2002 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa60.html |title= Copa Libertadores de Améria 1960 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 19 August 2011}}</ref> and Palmeiras of Brazil in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |author1=José Luis Pierrend |author2=John Beuker |author3=Osvaldo Gorgazzi |year=2002 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa61.html |title=Copa Libertadores de Améria 1961 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=16 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316235235/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copa61.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That year the club won its first Intercontinental Cup, defeating Benfica of Portugal 2–1 in the third game.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514915.html|title = Copa Intercontinental 1961|access-date = 13 January 2010|publisher=FIFA|language = es|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206142530/http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D514915.html|archive-date = 6 February 2009|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Peñarol won three more league titles (1960, 1961 and 1962), for five consecutive championships. Béla Guttmann coached the team in 1962.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-greatest-comeback-review-a-sombre-salute-to-b%C3%A9la-guttmann-1.3148537|title=The Greatest Comeback review: a sombre salute to Béla Guttmann|first=Keith|last=Duggan|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=27 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827222523/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-greatest-comeback-review-a-sombre-salute-to-b%C3%A9la-guttmann-1.3148537|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto8">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5rODwAAQBAJ&dq=%22B%C3%A9la+Guttmann%22+%22romania%22&pg=PA24|isbn = 9781487594589|title = Contested Fields: A Global History of Modern Football|date = 29 January 2020|publisher = University of Toronto Press}}</ref>

After a quiet year in 1963, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1964 and 1965 and the Copa Libertadores in 1966, defeating River Plate 4–2.<ref>{{cite web |author1=José Luis Pierrend |author2=Karel Stokkermans |author3=John Beuker |year=2001 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa66.html |title=Copa Libertadores de Améria 1966 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624001325/https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa66.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That year the club won its second Intercontinental Cup, defeating Real Madrid 2–0 in Centenario Stadium and Santiago Bernabéu.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514927.html |title = Copa Intercontinental 1966 |access-date = 13 January 2010 |publisher=FIFA |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100106032909/http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D514927.html |archive-date = 6 January 2010 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref> During the next few years the club won national championships in 1967 and 1968 and the Intercontinental Champions' Supercup in 1969 (a tournament with South American Intercontinental Cup winners). Peñarol had the longest undefeated run in Uruguayan league history: 56 games, from 3 September 1966 to 14 September 1968.<ref name = reco>{{cite web |author = Diego Antognazza |year = 2006 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-penarol-56.html |title = Peñarol's series of 56 matches unbeaten in the Primera División Profesional |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = |archive-date = 20 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221220001106/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-penarol-56.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Copa Libertadores all-time top scorer Alberto Spencer played for Peñarol at this time.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

In 1970 the club again reached the Libertadores final again, losing to Estudiantes de La Plata. The club set a tournament record for greatest goal difference, defeating Valencia of Venezuela 11–2. With Fernando Morena as the team's star, the club won the Uruguayan championship for three consecutive years, from 1973 to 1975. After placing second in 1976 and 1977, Peñarol won again in 1978. That year, Morena set two records: most goals scored in a Uruguayan season (36)<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |author = Martín Tabeira |date = 28 October 2010 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/urutops.html |title = Uruguay – League Top Scorers |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 14 February 2011 |archive-date = 21 December 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221185622/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/urutops.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and most goals scored in a single game (seven, against Huracán Buceo on 16 July).<ref>{{cite news |title= Hoy se cumplen 30 años de los 7 goles de morena|url= http://www.elpais.com.uy/08/07/16/pdepor_357947.asp|newspaper=El Pais |date= 16 July 2008|access-date= 14 February 2011|language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816050033/http://www.elpais.com.uy/08/07/16/pdepor_357947.asp|archive-date= 16 August 2008|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The 1970s ended with another championship in 1979. Morena was top scorer in the Uruguayan tournament six straight times, and top Copa Libertadores scorer in 1974 and 1975.

[[File:Peñarol vs real madrid 24-08-10.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Player trying to head the ball into the goal|Peñarol in a friendly match with Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu, August 2010]]

After beginning the 1980s with a third-place finish in 1981, Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship with Fernando Morena and Rubén Paz (the tournament's top scorer). The next season the club again won the Copa Libertadores, defeating Cobreloa of Chile 1–0 on a goal from Fernando Morena<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/196184-aniversario-de-la-copa-libertadores-1982|title= Aniversario de la Copa Libertadores 1982|website= La República|date= 1 December 2005|access-date= 16 July 2009|language= es|archive-date= 2 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235705/http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/196184-aniversario-de-la-copa-libertadores-1982|url-status= live}}</ref> (the tournament's top scorer with seven goals) in the game's final minutes. Later that year the club won the Uruguayan championship and its third Intercontinental Cup, defeating Aston Villa 2–0.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514932.html |title = Copa Toyota 1982 |access-date = 13 January 2010 |publisher=FIFA |language = es |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091223103137/http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514932.html |archive-date = 23 December 2009 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Peñarol starters vs Vélez.png|250px|thumb|right|Peñarol players posing for photographers before 2013 Copa Libertadores preliminary game against Vélez Sarsfield]]

Despite financial problems during the 1980s, Peñarol won the national championship in 1985 and 1986, and a fifth Copa Libertadores in 1987. The club defeated América de Cali 1–0 with a goal by Diego Aguirre in the final seconds of extra time, when a tie would have gone to the Colombians on the goal differential.<ref>{{cite web |author= Karel Stokkermans |url= https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa87.html |title= Copa Libertadores de América 1987 |website= Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date= 24 April 2001 |access-date= 14 February 2011 |archive-date= 24 September 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220924103640/https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa87.html |url-status= live }}</ref> It was the third Copa Libertadores won by Peñarol at the Nacional de Chile, following victories in 1966 and 1982.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

150px|thumb|left|alt=Blue-and-gold banner|Banner awarded by FIFA for the club's 120th anniversary, September 2011 Peñarol celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1991, despite a controversy ignited by archrivals Nacional concerning Peñarol's 1913 name change. With Pablo Bengoechea and the young Antonio Pacheco on the team and Gregorio Pérez behind the bench, Peñarol again won the Uruguayan championship five straight times (1993–97).<ref name = campuru>{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2009 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uruchamp.html |title = Uruguay – List of Champions |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 9 September 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220909163136/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uruchamp.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The club also reached the Copa Conmebol final in 1994 and 1995, rounding out the century with a national championship in 1999 (defeating Nacional 2–1 in the final, despite Julio Ribas on the bench).{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

The next year, Peñarol lost the Uruguayan championship final against Nacional; many of the team's players were jailed after a tournament fight.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://elpais.com/diario/2000/12/02/deportes/975711620_850215.html|title= Del césped a la cárcel|website=El Pais |date= 12 December 2000|access-date= 29 January 2011|language=es|last1= Ares|first1= Carlos}}</ref> Peñarol won the national championship again in 2003 for Diego Aguirre, defeating Nacional in the final. The club did not win another national title until the 2009–10 season, when it won the Clausura tournament with 14 victories in 15 games (12 of them in a row). In the Clausura final, Peñarol defeated Nacional 2–1. The championship qualified the team for the Libertadores 2011, where Peñarol reached the final with Santos.<ref>{{cite web|title= Santos venció a Peñarol y se coronó campeón de la Libertadores|url= https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/cronica?id=311267|website= ESPN Deportes |date= 22 June 2011|access-date= 24 June 2011|language=es}}</ref>

The club was congratulated on its 120th anniversary in September 2011 by presidents Joseph Blatter, Michel Platini,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.uy/Edicion-UN/articulos/prints-2011set26/dep08.html|title= Jugar con Torres me da otro aire y facilita muchas cosas|website= Unoticias.com.uy|date= 26 September 2011|access-date= 26 September 2011|language= es|archive-date= 3 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003919/http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.uy/Edicion-UN/articulos/prints-2011set26/dep08.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> and Nicolás Leoz.<ref>{{cite web|title= La Conmebol congratula a Peñarol en su 120º aniversario|url= http://www.conmebol.com/futbolmasculino/La-Conmebol-congratula-a-Pearol-en-su-120-aniversario-20110927-0002.html|website= Conmebol.com|date= 28 September 2011|access-date= 21 November 2011|language= es|archive-date= 30 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111130111922/http://www.conmebol.com/futbolmasculino/La-Conmebol-congratula-a-Pearol-en-su-120-aniversario-20110927-0002.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==Crest and colors==

===Badge=== {{Commons category|C.A. Peñarol logos}} Throughout the club's history minor changes have been made to its symbols, but it has kept its original colors. The shield and flag were designed by architect Constante Facello and consist of five black stripes, four yellow stripes and eleven yellow stars on a black background (representing the eleven players).<ref>{{cite web|title= Peñarol – Historia|url= http://www.futboldeaca.com/equipos.php?equipo=28&option=historia|website=futboldeaca.com |access-date= 29 February 2012|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111108115559/http://www.futboldeaca.com/equipos.php?equipo=28&option=historia|archive-date= 8 November 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

{{multiple image |align = center |direction = horizontal |total_width = 300 |image1 = bandera-club-atletico-penarol.png |width1 = |image2 = escudo-club-atletico-penarol.png |width2 = |footer = Current flag and crest of Peñarol }}

===Uniforms=== {{Commons|C.A. Peñarol kits}} thumb|right|250px|alt=Antique yellow locomotive with engineer|The Rocket locomotive inspired Peñarol's colors. Since its founding, Peñarol's colors have been yellow and black. They were inspired by the Rocket locomotive designed by George Stephenson, which won an award in 1829.<ref name="correo" />

The first jersey was a plain shirt, divided into four square sections which alternated black and yellow.<ref>{{cite web|title=La noche inolvidable de Peñarol|url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/210191/la-noche-inolvidable-de-penarol/|website=elobservador.com.uy |date=28 September 2011|access-date=3 March 2012|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102102824/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/210191/la-noche-inolvidable-de-penarol/|archive-date=2 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A variant had two vertical halves (black on the right and black-and-yellow stripes on the left), with black shorts and socks. Peñarol's official jersey (black and yellow stripes) dates back to 1911<ref>{{cite web |website=Girasolweb.com |url=http://girasolweb.tripod.com/camiseta.htm |title=Camisetas |access-date=10 April 2011 |language=es |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212141841/https://girasolweb.tripod.com/camiseta.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and has been worn almost continuously, with only slight variations.<ref name="camisetasgirasol">{{cite web|url= https://todosobrecamisetas.blogspot.com/2010/01/penarol-presenta-sus-nuevas-camisetas.html|title= Peñarol Presenta sus Nuevas Camisetas Puma para el 2010|access-date= 21 February 2011|date= 21 January 2010|author= todosobrecamisetas.net|language= es|archive-date= 14 October 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111014183600/http://todosobrecamisetas.blogspot.com/2010/01/penarol-presenta-sus-nuevas-camisetas.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Inspiration for Romanian club FC Brașov=== Peñarol inspired Romanian club FC Brașov to change its official colors in December 1966 from white and blue to yellow and black. The change came following a tournament of Romania's Olympic football team in Uruguay. After a match with Peñarol, Csaba Györffy, player at FC Brașov, received from Peñarol's captain Alberto Spencer the shirt with which he played. Györffy was fascinated by the combination of yellow and black stripes and decided at the return in the country to wear the shirt during his training sessions with the team. The decision to change the colors of the club was taken by coach Silviu Ploeşteanu, who considered that, in the new colors, the team will be seen better on the field. Since January 1967, the team from Brașov has yellow-black as official colors, recalling Peñarol.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/galben-negrii-au-fost-alb-albastri-povestea-culorilor-lui-fc-brasov-relatata-de-fosta-glorie-a-stegarilor-csaba-gyorffy-367451.html|title= Galben-negrii au fost alb-albaştri! Povestea culorilor lui FC Braşov relatată de fosta glorie a "stegarilor", Csaba Gyorffy|publisher= Gsp.ro|language= ro|trans-title= The yellow-blacks were white-blue! The story of FC Braşov's colors told by the former glory of "The Flag-bearers", Csaba Gyorffy|date= 21 October 2012|access-date= 5 April 2020|archive-date= 27 January 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200127091926/https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/galben-negrii-au-fost-alb-albastri-povestea-culorilor-lui-fc-brasov-relatata-de-fosta-glorie-a-stegarilor-csaba-gyorffy-367451.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Kit evolution === {| class="wikitable sortable" | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _curcc primera 1891 | pattern_ra = | leftarm = 000000 | body = | rightarm = FF9500 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = CURCC 1891–96{{refn|Some sources say the CURCC colors were black and orange while others state the strip was black and yellow.|group=note2|name=curcccolors}} }} | {{Football kit box | pattern_la = _black_stripes_thin1 | pattern_b = _curcc primera 1896 | pattern_ra = | leftarm = FF9500 | body = | rightarm = 000000 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = CURCC 1896-1911{{refn|The CURCC shirt suffered minor variations in this design.|group=note2|name=curccstripes}} }} |{{Football kit box | pattern_la = _black_stripes | pattern_b = _blackstripes | pattern_ra = _black_stripes | leftarm = FFDF00 | body = FFDF00 | rightarm = FFDF00 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = CURCC/Peñarol 1911–present }} |}

===Kit manufacturers=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:100px;" | Period ! style="width:150px;" | Company |- | 1979–84 || {{flagicon|GER}} Adidas |- | 1984–87 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Le Coq Sportif |- | 1987–88 || {{flagicon|BRA}} Topper |- | 1988–91 || {{flagicon|GER}} Puma |- | 1991–96 || {{flagicon|ARG}} Nanque |- | 1996–97 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Umbro |- | 1998–2000 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Reebok |- | 2000 || {{flagicon|URU}} Covadonga |- | 2000–06 || {{flagicon|ENG}} Umbro |- | 2006–present || {{flagicon|GER}} Puma |}

;Notes {{Reflist|group=note2}} ==Facilities==

===Stadium=== thumb|left|180px|alt=Small grandstand, seen from the side|Estadio José Pedro Damiani, used for Peñarol's reserve matches [[File:Estadio centenario 2.JPG|thumb|180px|alt=Large football pitch, with surrounding grandstands|Estadio Centenario, Peñarol's former home ground]] [[File:Estadio Club Atletico Peñarol (10).jpg|right|thumb|273x273px|Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Peñarol's current home ground]] Peñarol's first stadium was the José Pedro Damiani, also known as ''Las Acacias''. It was bought in 1913 and inaugurated on 19 April 1916 with a 3–1 victory over Nacional.<ref name="estdam">{{cite web|title= Estadio "Cr. José Pedro Damiani"|url= http://www.peñarol.org/uc_105_1.html|website=peñarol.org |access-date= 19 August 2011|language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140603012713/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_105_1.html|archive-date= 3 June 2014|url-status= dead}}</ref> The stadium's gate was that of the former Estadio Pocitos, Peñarol's first stadium where the first goal in the history of the FIFA World Cup was scored in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/the-world-cup-s-1st-goal-scorer-1.825335|title=The World Cup's 1st goal scorer|website=cbc.ca|date=25 November 2009|access-date=1 March 2012|archive-date=6 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006164251/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/the-world-cup-s-1st-goal-scorer-1.825335|url-status=live}}</ref>

The stadium is in the Marconi neighbourhood of Montevideo. Its pitch is of {{convert|37949|m2}}, and it has a capacity of 12,000.<ref name="estdam" /> Because Peñarol was not allowed to play there due to security concerns,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/228237-gestiones-con-dirigentes-de-progreso|title= Gestiones con dirigentes de Progreso|website= La República|date= 2 November 2006|access-date= 22 December 2009|language= es|archive-date= 1 September 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140901202946/http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/228237-gestiones-con-dirigentes-de-progreso|url-status= live}}</ref> the club home ground was the city owned Estadio Centenario. Opened on 18 July 1930, the Centenario stadium is in Parque Batlle and can hold 65,235.<ref name="capacidadcentenario">{{cite web|title= Detalle de capacidad locativa por tribunas|url= http://www.estadiocentenario.com.uy/el-estadio/capacidad-por-tribunas.html|website=EstadioCentenario.com.uy |date= January 2008|access-date= 12 February 2011|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110815202837/http://estadiocentenario.com.uy/el-estadio/capacidad-por-tribunas.html|archive-date= 15 August 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Las Acacias has acted as the home ground for all Peñarol's Youth Teams.

On 28 September 2012, the club proposed a 40,000-capacity stadium in the outskirts of Montevideo, about {{convert|7|km}} from the Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco.<ref>[http://estadiocap.com.uy/ estadiocap.com.uy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129084108/http://www.estadiocap.com.uy/ |date=29 January 2013 }}. Retrieved 28 September 2012.</ref> The name of their newest stadium is Campeón del Siglo (CDS), opening in March 2016 and which has been the home ground ever since.

==={{anchor|Palacio Peñarol Cr. Gastón Güelfi}}Palacio Peñarol=== [[File:PcioPenarol - Entrada x Magallanes.jpg|thumb|230px|alt=Yellow, multi-story building with cars parked in front|Outside of the Palacio Peñarol]] The Palacio Peñarol, in downtown Montevideo, is the club's headquarters and basketball stadium. It was opened on 21 June 1955;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://180.com.uy/articulo/16503_El-Palacio-del-basquetbol|title=El Palacio del básquetbol|website=180.com.uy|date=21 January 2011|access-date=1 March 2012|language=es|archive-date=18 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518131429/http://www.180.com.uy/articulo/16503_El-Palacio-del-basquetbol|url-status=live}}</ref> and is located. The Palacio has {{convert|3896|m2}} in addition to basketball, it is home the club's museum and offices.<ref>{{cite web|title= Palacio "Cr. Gastón Güelfi"|url= http://www.peñarol.org/uc_106_1.html|website= peñarol.org|access-date= 19 August 2011|language= es|archive-date= 28 September 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052528/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_106_1.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> After the October 2010 collapse of the Cilindro Municipal, the Palacio Peñarol became an important venue for Uruguayan basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webdeportiva.com.uy/7855/hebraica-paso-por-paliza/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421201811/http://www.webdeportiva.com.uy/7855/hebraica-paso-por-paliza/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2013|title=Hebraica pasó por paliza|website=WebDeportiva.com.uy |date=20 March 2012|access-date=14 August 2012|language=es}}</ref>

===Complejo Deportivo Washington Cataldi=== The Complejo Deportivo Washington Cataldi, commonly known as Los Aromos, is a training ground for the main team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urugol.com/primera-division/8729-los-aromos|title=Los Aromos|website=urugol.com |access-date=1 March 2012|language=es|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905151811/http://www.urugol.com/primera-division/8729-los-aromos|archive-date=5 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In Villa Los Aromos of Barros Blancos, in the Canelones department, Los Aromos was bought in 1945; under the direction of architect José Donato, it was built in two years.<ref>{{cite web|title= Complejo Deportivo "Washington Cataldi"|url= http://www.peñarol.org/uc_117_1.html|website=peñarol.org |access-date= 19 August 2011|language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052533/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_117_1.html|archive-date= 28 September 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Centro de Alto Rendimiento=== For the club's 118th anniversary, the Centro de Alto Rendimiento was inaugurated. The new facility, which opened on 28 September 2009, includes five football pitches, a weight room and a gymnasium with artificial turf.<ref>{{cite web|title= Peñarol tiene un Complejo de U$S 2.000.000|url= http://www.unoticias.com.uy/hemeroteca/290909/prints/dep01.html|website= ultimasnoticias.com.uy|date= 28 September 2009|access-date= 1 March 2012|language= es|archive-date= 5 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305214356/http://www.unoticias.com.uy/hemeroteca/290909/prints/dep01.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Frank Henderson School === The Frank Henderson School, named in honor of the club's first president, is a few kilometers away from the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. It was built to develop the club's young players, and houses those who come from other areas.<ref>{{cite web|title= El Colegio "Frank Henderson"|url= http://www.peñarol.org/uc_126_1.html|website=peñarol.org |access-date= 19 August 2011|language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052548/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_126_1.html|archive-date= 28 September 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref> {{clear}} ==Supporters== 250px|thumb|Fans at a match, May 2010 In Uruguayan football, loyalty to Peñarol or Nacional divides the country. The clubs are evenly matched, and have a large fan base. Many surveys of public opinion have been conducted, but none have been conclusive. In 1993 the Factum consulting firm reported that Peñarol was the favorite team of 41 percent of football fans, while 38 percent supported Nacional.<ref name = forja>{{cite web |author= Juan Carlos Luzuriaga |year= 2005 |url= http://www.efdeportes.com/efd88/uruguay.htm |title= La forja de la rivalidad clásica: Nacional-Peñarol en el Montevideo del 900 |website= EF deportes |access-date= 16 July 2009 |language= es |archive-date= 14 June 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140614101129/http://www.efdeportes.com/efd88/uruguay.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> Factum conducted another survey in 2006, confirming its previous results: Peñarol with 45 percent and Nacional with 35 percent.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2006 |url = http://www2.factum.edu.uy/encuesoc/futsport/2006/fut06001.html |title = Peñarol no es la mitad más uno |website = El Observador |access-date = 16 July 2009 |language = es |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090609154654/http://www.factum.edu.uy/encuesoc/futsport/2006/fut06001.html |archive-date = 9 June 2009 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

MPC Consultants surveyed 9,000 Uruguayans; Peñarol had 45 percent of the supporters, and Nacional 38 percent. An online survey on the webpage Sportsvs.com showed Nacional with 50.35 percent and Peñarol with 49.45 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/89443/nacional-gano-la-encuesta-de-sportsvs.com/|title=Nacional ganó la encuesta de Sportsvs.com|website=elobservador.com.uy |date=29 November 2010|access-date=3 March 2012|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617223325/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/89443/nacional-gano-la-encuesta-de-sportsvs.com/|archive-date=17 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Since its formation, Peñarol's ''barra brava'' has been involved in violence against other clubs and the Uruguayan police. Incidents provoked by these fans have cost Peñarol 31 points since 1994; the penalties cost the team three tournaments (Apertura 1994,<ref>{{cite web |author = Ian King |year = 2001 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru94.html |title = Uruguay 1994 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 17 July 2009 |archive-date = 27 September 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220927132222/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru94.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Clausura 1997<ref>{{cite web |author = Javier Ferrando |year = 1999 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru97.html |title = Uruguay 1997 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 17 July 2009 |archive-date = 2 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221202223305/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru97.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and Clausura 2002).<ref>{{cite web |author = Francisco Fernández |year = 2003 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru02.html |title = Uruguay 2002 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 17 July 2009 |archive-date = 1 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221201160607/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru02.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

===Fan club=== In 2010 the club attempted to increase its fan base to improve its sustainability. During Clausura 2010 promotions were offered, marketing managers hired and the ''peñas'' (local fan clubs) encouraged. The campaign was successful; in February 2013 the club had over 62,000 members, the largest fan club in Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web|title= Peñarol: El Cura Gonzalo Aemilius es el socio 60.000|url= http://www.tenfield.com.uy/penarol-el-cura-gonzalo-aemilius-es-el-socio-60-000/|website= Tenfield.com.uy|date= 4 March 2013|access-date= 4 March 2013|language= es|archive-date= 13 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130313184111/http://www.tenfield.com.uy/penarol-el-cura-gonzalo-aemilius-es-el-socio-60-000/|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Rivalries=== {{main|Uruguayan Clásico}} [[File:Gaston Ramirez tiro libre.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Player kicking a ball, with crowded stands in background|Gastón Ramírez taking free kick against Nacional in the second final of the 2009–10 Primera División season]] The Uruguayan Derby between Peñarol and Nacional goes back to 1900, the oldest football rivalry outside the British Islands.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2009 |url = http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid=1060659.html |title = Peñarol – Nacional, una rivalidad única |publisher=FIFA |access-date = 29 July 2009 |language = es |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612055449/http://es.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/classicderby/news/newsid%3D1060659.html |archive-date = 12 June 2009 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> The first game ever played between Nacional and CURCC was on 15 July 1900 and ended 2–0 in favor of CURCC. CURCC was ahead at first, but Nacional caught up during the late 1910s. Nacional took the lead by fourteen games in 1948, and would not surrender it until the late 1970s (except briefly in 1968). Since then, Peñarol has been the leader; its longest lead was 26 games in January 2004.<ref name = clas>{{cite web |author = Martín Tabeira |year = 2008 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru-derbies.html |title = Uruguayan Derby – Peñarol vs. Nacional |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = |archive-date = 5 December 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221205153349/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru-derbies.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Including the amateur and professional eras, league and friendly games, the teams have met 511 times in the past with 182 victories to Peñarol, 166 to Nacional and 163 ties.<ref name = clas />

A notable game for Peñarol fans is occurred on 9 October 1949 in the Uruguayan Cup first round, and is known as the ''Clásico de la fuga'' (the "escape derby"). At the end of the first half Peñarol was leading 2–0, but at halftime Nacional decided not to return. While Peñarol fans believe that Nacional did not want to be defeated by a Peñarol team known as the ''Máquina del 49'' ("Machine of 49"), Nacional supporters claim it was a protest against poor officiating.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://elobservador.com.uy/noticia/236640/el-dia-que-nacional-se-retiro/|title= El día que Nacional se retiró|access-date= 21 February 2011|website=ElObservador.com.uy |language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121110170353/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/236640/el-dia-que-nacional-se-retiro/|archive-date= 10 November 2012|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

On 23 April 1987 for a friendly game, Peñarol and Nacional were tied 1–1 with 22 minutes remaining when three Peñarol players (José Perdomo, José Herrera and Ricardo Viera) were ejected after a foul and subsequent protests. Peñarol then had to face a full Nacional team with only eight players on the pitch. With eight minutes remaining Diego Aguirre set up Jorge Cabrera, who scored the winning goal. This win by the ''aurinegro'' was known as the ''Clásico de los 8 contra 11'' (the "8 against 11 derby").<ref>{{cite news |title= Una fecha especial|url= http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110423/futnac-561802/futbolnacional/una-fecha-especial/|work=Ovación |date= 23 April 2011|access-date= 20 August 2011|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110908055110/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110423/futnac-561802/futbolnacional/una-fecha-especial/|archive-date= 8 September 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Peñarol and Nacional have faced each other in the final game of the Uruguayan Championship thirteen times, with Peñarol winning eight. The most recent was in 2018, when Peñarol won the championship 2–1.<ref name = clas />

===''Manyas: The Movie''=== In early October 2011 ''Manyas: The Movie'', a documentary about Peñarol's fans, was released in Uruguay. Produced by Kafka Films and Sacromonte and directed by Andrés Benvenuto, the film features interviews with fans, football journalists, psychologists and politicians.<ref name="pelicula">{{cite web|title= La hinchada de Peñarol se expresa en un documental|url= http://www.elpais.com.uy/111002/pespec-596966/espectaculos/la-hinchada-de-penarol-se-expresa-en-un-documental/|website= ElPais.com.uy |date= 2 October 2011|access-date= 2 October 2011|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111003014631/http://www.elpais.com.uy/111002/pespec-596966/espectaculos/la-hinchada-de-penarol-se-expresa-en-un-documental/|archive-date= 3 October 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> ''Manyas: The Movie'' was deemed of cultural interest by the Culture and Education Ministry of Uruguay and of ministerial interest by Uruguay's Ministry of Tourism and Sport.<ref name="pelicula" /> The film had the most-successful premiere of any Uruguayan film,<ref>{{cite web|title= Manyas taquilleros|url= http://flashes.com.uy/manyas-taquilleros/|website=Flashes.com.uy |date= 10 October 2011|access-date= 10 October 2011|language= es|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111223194043/http://flashes.com.uy/manyas-taquilleros/|archive-date= 23 December 2011|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> selling 13,000 tickets during its first weekend<ref>{{cite web|title= "Manyas, la película" sigue imparable|url= http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/111020/futnac-601035/futbolnacional/-manyas-la-pelicula-sigue-imparable/|website= OvacionDigital.com.uy|date= 20 October 2011|access-date= 20 October 2011|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120123052630/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/111020/futnac-601035/futbolnacional/-manyas-la-pelicula-sigue-imparable/|archive-date= 23 January 2012|df= dmy-all}}</ref> and 30,000 over its first fifteen days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/476355-30000-personas-vieron-manyas|website=lr21.com.uy |title=30.000 mil personas vieron "Manyas"|date=21 October 2011|access-date=20 February 2012|language=es}}</ref> {{clear}}

===World's Biggest flag=== After raising $35,000 in raffles and donations, on 12 April 2011 Peñarol fans unveiled the largest flag ever unfurled in a stadium up to that moment. Nacional unfurled a bigger one years later that covered three stands of the stadium. The flag, {{convert|309|m}} long and {{convert|46|m}} wide for a surface area of {{convert|14124|m2}}, covered one-and-a-half grandstands in Centenario Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|title= Peñarol otra vez en la cima del mundo|url= http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110412/futnac-559547/futbolnacional/penarol-otra-vez-en-la-cima-del-mundo/|website=OvacionDigital.com.uy |date= 12 April 2011|access-date= 12 April 2011|language= es|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120118124844/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/110412/futnac-559547/futbolnacional/penarol-otra-vez-en-la-cima-del-mundo/|archive-date= 18 January 2012|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In 2013, Club Nacional de Football displayed a flag which was 600 metres long by 50 metres wide. This is now the world's biggest flag. {{wide image|Bandera mas grande del mundo - 2.jpg|1500px|Giant flag displayed at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo|alt=Huge black-and-gold flag}}

==Players== ===First-team squad=== {{updated|23 February 2026}}: {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=URU|pos=GK|name=Sebastián Britos}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Franco Escobar}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Mauricio Lemos}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Emanuel Gularte}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Eric Remedi}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Lucas Ferreira|other=on loan from Defensa y Justicia}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Javier Cabrera}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Nicolás Fernández}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Facundo Batista}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Leonardo Fernández}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Abel Hernández}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=URU|pos=GK|name=Leandro Díaz}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Eduardo Darias}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Julio Daguer}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Maximiliano Olivera|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Tomás Olase}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Germán Barbas}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Matías Arezo|other=on loan from Grêmio}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Kevin Rodríguez}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Jesús Trindade}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Gastón Togni|other=on loan from Defensa y Justicia}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Rodrigo Álvez}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Matías González}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Andrés Madruga}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Lucas Hernández|other=vice-captain}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Ignacio Alegre}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=URU|pos=GK|name=Washington Aguerre}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Stiven Muhlethaler}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Leandro Umpiérrez}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Nahuel Herrera}} {{Fs player|no=40|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Brandon Álvarez}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Lorenzo Couture}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Luis Angulo|other=on loan from Talleres}} {{Fs player|no=80|nat=URU|pos=MF|name=Franco González}} {{Fs player|no=93|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=Diego Laxalt}} {{Fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs end}}

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| footer = Severino Varela won the Uruguayan championship in 1938 while Alberto Spencer is the club's top scorer in international competitions with 58 goals }}

Néstor Gonçalves has the most official games in the club's history (571 matches), between 28 April 1957 and 28 November 1970. The team's all-time top scorers in the Primera División are Fernando Morena (203), Alberto Spencer (113) and Óscar Míguez (107). Morena's (whose 230 goals—203 with Peñarol and 27 with River Plate—make him the highest-scoring player in the Uruguayan League) 440 goals with Peñarol are a record as well. He scored the most goals in a single Uruguayan season (36 in 1978), and is the club's second-best goal scorer in international competition with 37 goals (behind Alberto Spencer, who scored 58 goals between 1960 and 1970). Spencer and Morena are the top scorers in Copa Libertadores history,<ref>{{cite web |author = Frank Ballesteros |year = 2004 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/players-in-copalib.html |title = Players in the Copa Libertadores |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 12 July 2009 |archive-date = 8 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208075831/http://www.rsssf.com/players/players-in-copalib.html |url-status = live }}</ref> with 48 and 37 goals respectively for Peñarol.<ref group="note">Alberto Spencer scored 54 times in the Copa Libertadores, 48 with Peñarol and 6 with Barcelona.</ref>

Peñarol has made a large contribution to the Uruguay national football team. Three Peñarol players were on the Uruguayan team which played Argentina in 1905.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2006 |url = http://www.iffhs.de/?29da14a8db55289a15299bd4a85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6eda0a71f |title = Argentina – Uruguay 0:0 (0:0; 0:0) |website = IFFHS |access-date = 16 January 2010 |archive-date = 7 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021235/http://iffhs.de/?29da14a8db55289a15299bd4a85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6eda0a71f |url-status = live }}</ref> Five Peñarol players were on the Uruguayan squad which won the 1930 FIFA World Cup: goalkeeper Miguel Capuccini, defender Peregrino Anselmo and midfielders Lorenzo Fernández, Álvaro Gestido and Carlos Riolfo.<ref name = mundi>{{cite web |author = Gwidon Naskrent |author2 = Roberto Di Maggio y José Luis Pierrend |year = 2008 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wcwinners.html |title = World Cup Champions Squads 1930–2006 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 12 July 2009 |archive-date = 3 June 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230603202609/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wcwinners.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Peñarol had nine players on the Uruguayan squad which won the 1950 FIFA World Cup: goalkeeper Roque Máspoli, defenders Juan Carlos González and Washington Ortuño, midfielders Juan Alberto Schiaffino and Obdulio Varela and forwards Ernesto Vidal, Julio César Britos, Óscar Míguez and Alcides Ghiggia.<ref name = mundi /> Schiaffino and Ghiggia scored the team's two goals in the Maracanazo, the final game against Brazil.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2009 |url = http://es.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=7/results/matches/match=1190/report.html |title = Copa Mundial de la FIFA Brasil 1950 |publisher=FIFA |access-date = 12 July 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111219003715/http://es.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D7/results/matches/match%3D1190/report.html |archive-date = 19 December 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Peñarol is the only club which has represented Uruguay in all its World Cup appearances.<ref>{{cite web|author= Martín Tabeira|date= 20 July 2010|url= https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-squad-wc.html|title= Uruguayan Squads in the World Cup|website= Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date= 15 January 2012|archive-date= 2 April 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230402202824/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-squad-wc.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Managers== {{more citations needed section|date=September 2020}} While there is no hard information about managers in the amateur era of Uruguayan football, Peñarol has had a total of 62 coaches during its professional era. The first manager was Leonardo de Luca, who coached the team for two years and won the Uruguayan Championship (the first professional tournament in Uruguay) in 1932.

Of these 62 managers, 53 were Uruguayan; two were Hungarian (Emérico Hirschl and Béla Guttmann), two British (John Harley and Randolph Galloway), one Serbian (Ljupko Petrović), two Brazilian (Osvaldo Brandão and Dino Sani), one from Chile (Mario Tuane) and two from Argentina (Jorge Kistenmacher and César Luis Menotti).

Hugo Bagnulo and Gregorio Pérez have coached Peñarol the longest, leading the first team for eight seasons: Bagnulo for four stints and Pérez for five. Athuel Velásquez had the longest uninterrupted coaching period for Peñarol (five straight years, between 1935 and 1940). Bagnulo has the most Uruguayan championships (five); Pérez and Velásquez follow, with four each. In international competition Roberto Scarone was the most successful manager, winning two Copa Libertadores and an Intercontinental Cup with Peñarol.<ref name="libr100" /><ref>{{cite book|last= Longo|first= Ariel|title= Campeones: tanta gloria olvidada|year= 2009|location= Montevideo|language=es}}</ref>

=== Professional-era managers === Caretaker managers in ''italics''

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Leonardo de Luca (1932–34) * José Piendibene (1934) * Athuel Velásquez (1935–40) * José Piendibene (1940–41) * Leonardo de Luca (1941) * Luis Manuel Morquio (1941) * Lorenzo Fernández (1941–42) * John Harley (1942) * Leonardo de Luca (1942–43) * Juan Pedro Arremón (1943) * Pedro de Hegedüs (1943) * Aníbal Tejada (1944) * Alberto Suppici (1945) * Aníbal Tejada (1946) * Jorge Clulow (1947) * Randolph Galloway (1948) * Imre Hirschl (1949–51) * Juan López (1952–55) * ''Roque Máspoli'' and ''Obdulio Varela'' (1955–55) * Imre Hirschl (1956) * Gerardo Spósito (1957) * Hugo Bagnulo (1958–59) * Roberto Scarone (1959–61) * Béla Guttmann (1962) * Pelegrín Anselmo (1962) * Roque Máspoli (1963–67) * Rafael Milans (1968–69) * Osvaldo Brandão (1969–70) * Roque Máspoli (1970–71) * Juan Eduardo Hohberg (1971) * Ondino Viera (1972) * Juan Ricardo Faccio (1972–73) * Hugo Bagnulo (1973–74) * José María Rodríguez (1974) * Hugo Bagnulo (1974–75) * Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1975–76) * Roque Máspoli (1976) * Dino Sani (1977–80) * Mario Tuane (1980) * ''Luis Prais'' (1980) * José Etchegoyen (1980) * ''Jorge Kistenmacher'' (1980) * Alcides Ghiggia (1980) * Luis Cubilla (1981) * Hugo Bagnulo (1982–83) * Osvaldo Balseiro (1983) * Hugo Fernández (1984) * César Luis Menotti (1984–85) * Roque Máspoli (1985–86) * Ramón Silva (1986) * Óscar Tabárez (1987) * Fernando Morena (1988) * Roque Máspoli (1988) * Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (1988–89) * Walter Roque (1989) * Roberto Fleitas (1989–90) * César Luis Menotti (1990–91) * ''Juan Duarte'' (1991) * Ricardo "Tato" Ortiz (1991–92) * Ljupko Petrović (1992) * ''Roque Máspoli'' (1992) * ''Walter Olivera'' (1992) * ''Juan Ricardo Faccio'' (1992) * Gregorio Pérez (1993–95) * Jorge Fossati (1996) * ''Alejandro Botello'' (1996) * Gregorio Pérez (1997–98) * Julio Ribas (1999–01) * Gregorio Pérez (2002) * Diego Aguirre (2003–05) * Fernando Morena (2005) * Luis Garisto (2006) * ''Mario Saralegui'' (24 April 2006 – 30 June 2006) * Gregorio Pérez (15 July 2006 – 30 June 2007) * Gustavo Matosas (2007) * Mario Saralegui (11 March 2008 – 19 January 2009) * Julio Ribas (20 January 2009 – 14 September 2009) * ''Víctor Púa'' (14 September 2009 – 14 December 2009) * Diego Aguirre (7 December 2009 – 6 June 2010) * Manuel Keosseian (1 July 2010 – 23 November 2010) * ''Edison Machín'' (2010) * Diego Aguirre (7 December 2010 – 6 September 2011) * Gregorio Pérez (6 September 2011 – 27 February 2012) * ''Jorge Gonçalves'' (27 February 2012 – 1 March 2012) * Jorge da Silva (1 March 2012 – 30 June 2013) * Diego Alonso (19 June 2013 – 6 October 2013) * Jorge Gonçalves (7 October 2013 – 28 January 2014) * Jorge Fossati (28 January 2014–14) * ''Paolo Montero'' (2014–15) * Pablo Bengoechea (2015–16) * Jorge da Silva (2016–October 2016) * ''Fernando Curutchet'' (October 2016-December 2016) * Leonardo Ramos (December 2016 - June 2018) * Diego López (June 2018 – December 2019) * Diego Forlán (January 2020 – September 2020)<ref name="Forlan-sacked">{{cite news |title=Forlan sacked by hometown club Penarol after 11 games |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53985055 |access-date=1 September 2020 |publisher=BBC |date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901141808/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53985055 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Mario Saralegui (September 2020 – December 2020)<ref name="Forlan-sacked"/> * Mauricio Larriera (December 2020 – August 2023)<ref name="Larriera-appointed">{{cite news |title=Mauricio Larriera es el nuevo entrenador de Peñarol |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/mauricio-larriera-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-penarol-n704083 |access-date=30 December 2020 |publisher=Subrayado |date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230222500/https://www.subrayado.com.uy/mauricio-larriera-es-el-nuevo-entrenador-penarol-n704083 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{div col end}}

===Current staff=== *Coach: Diego Vicente Aguirre *Assistant coaches: Juan Manuel Olivera *Trainers: Eduardo Del Capellán *Goalkeepers' Coach: Óscar Ferro *Fitness coach: Alejandro Valenzuela *Assistant fitness coach: Sebastián Roquero *Head of medical department: Edgardo Rienzi *Club Doctor: Horacio Deccia *Nurses: Miguel Domínguez, Fernando Robaina *Kinesiologists: Marcos Sosa, Mauricio Velázquez *Equipier: Miguel Santos *Props man: Germán Pellejero

==Administration== thumb|180px|alt=1891 photo of mustachioed man|Frank Henderson, first president of the CURCC During a meeting presided over by Roland Moor on 28 September 1891, it was stipulated that responsibility for the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club would belong to the principal administrator of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo. The first president of the club was Frank Henderson, who remained in that office until 1899.<ref name = correo />

After Henderson CUR administrators remained as chairmen of the sports club until 1906, when Charles W. Bayne took over the CUR. Bayne refused to sponsor the CURCC because of vandalism by fans and absenteeism by workers. He was replaced by CUR employee Roland Moor.<ref name = barriobiblio />

Conflicts remained between the company and the sports club, which resulted in the separation of CURCC's football section from the company and a name change to Club Atlético Peñarol.<ref name = barriobiblio /> Jorge Clulow, an Englishman with Uruguayan nationality, was chosen chairman of the club; he remained in office from 1914 to 1915.<ref name="libr100">{{cite book|last= Morales|first= Franklin|title= El libro de oro del centenario de Peñarol|year= 1991|publisher= Aguilar|location= Montevideo|page= 11|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Mantrana Garlín|title=Por la verdad|location=Montevideo|page= 11|language=es}}</ref>

===Presidents=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * 1891–99: Frank Henderson * 1899–05: Frank Hudson * 1906–08: Roland C.J. Moor * 1909–13: Percy Sedgfield * 1914–15: Jorge H. Clulow * 1916–17: Francisco Simón * 1918: Félix Polleri * 1919: César Batlle Pacheco * 1920: Félix Polleri * 1921–28: Julio María Sosa * 1929: Arturo Abella * 1930–31: Luis Giorgi * 1932: Juan Antonio Scasso * 1933–34: Alberto Demicheli * 1934: Pedro Viapina * 1935–36: Luis Giorgi * 1937: Francisco Tochetti * 1938: Alberto Mantrana Garín * 1939: Eduardo Alliaume * 1940: Francisco Tochetti * 1941–42: Bolívar Baliñas * 1942: Álvaro Macedo * 1943: Armando Lerma * 1944–48: Constante Turturiello * 1949–51: Eduardo Alliaume * 1952–55: José Buzzetti * 1956: Raúl Previtali * 1957: Eduardo Alliaume * 1958–72: Gastón Guelfi * 1973–84: Washington Cataldi * 1985–86: Carlos José Lecueder * 1987–90: José Pedro Damiani * 1991–92: Washington Cataldi * 1993–07: José Pedro Damiani * 2008–2017: Juan Pedro Damiani * 2017-2020: Jorge Barrera * 2020- : Juan Ignacio Ruglio '''Honorary''' * 1929: Julio María Sosa * 1938: Francisco Tochetti * 1949: Constante Turturiello * 1953: Mantrana Garin * 1953: Carlos Balsán * 1961: Gastón Guelfi * 1978: Washington Cataldi * 1991: José Pedro Damiani<ref group="note">Year denotes receipt of award</ref> * Julio María Sanguinetti {{div col end}}

===Board members 2020–2023=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Position ! Name |- |President||Juan Ignacion Ruglio |- |Vice President/Treasurer||Eduardo Zaidensztat |- |General secretary||Evaristo González |- |Assistant Secretary||Jorge Nirenberg |- |Assistant Treasurer||Marcos Acle |- | rowspan="6" |Board Members||Alvaro Queijo |- |Juan Pedro Damiani |- |Gaston Tealdi |- |Rodolfo Catino |- |Pablo Amaro |- |Guillermo Varela |- | rowspan="3" |AUF Delegates||Gonzalo Moratorio |- |Juan Antonio Rodríguez |- |Julio Trostchansky |- |}

==Statistics==

Peñarol played 26 seasons of the Uruguay Association Football League, from its creation in 1900 until the end of the amateur era in 1931 (absent 1923–26, when the club was disaffiliated from the AUF).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/252530/la-ultima-pelea-de-nacional-y-penarol-quien-tiene-mas-campeonatos/|title = La última pelea de Nacional y Peñarol: ¿Quién tiene más campeonatos?|website = El Observador|access-date = 7 June 2013|language = es|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130610014908/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/252530/la-ultima-pelea-de-nacional-y-penarol-quien-tiene-mas-campeonatos/|archive-date = 10 June 2013|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> During this period Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship nine times, with its best years in 1900 and 1905<ref>{{cite web |author1 = Edgardo de Léon |author2 = Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a22c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e13 |title = Uruguay – 1905 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 22 February 2010 |archive-date = 29 October 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190654/http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a22c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e13 |url-status = live }}</ref> (when the club won the championship without conceding any points). Peñarol was undefeated in 1901,<ref>{{cite web |author1=Edgardo de Léon |author2=Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a62c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e09 |title= Uruguay – 1901 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 22 February 2010}}</ref> 1903<ref>{{cite web |author1=Edgardo de Léon |author2=Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a42c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e14 |title= Uruguay – 1903 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 22 February 2010}}</ref> and 1907.<ref group="note">Moreover, in 1903 CURCC did not lose during the regular season, but lost the tiebreaker final against Nacional 2–3.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1 = Edgardo de Léon |author2 = Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a02c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e0e |title = Uruguay – 1907 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 22 February 2010 |archive-date = 29 October 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190651/http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a02c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e0e |url-status = live }}</ref> Its worst year was 1908; the team left the league after ten games, forfeiting the other eight.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Edgardo de Léon |author2=Walter Zunino |year = 2008 |url = http://iffhs.de/?42a06fe3803e23c0ba76055a12c17e33e10f72017f7370eff3702bb0a35bb6d28fb3c0ce52d00e10 |title= Uruguay – 1908 season |website = IFFHS |access-date = 22 February 2010}}</ref> Peñarol's largest goal difference in a game during its amateur era was in 1903, when they defeated Triunfo 12–0.<ref name="golpeñarol">{{cite web |author= Karel Stokkermans |year = 2008 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ddd.html |title= Double Digits Domestical |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 22 February 2010}}</ref>

The club placed second in 1923 (when they scored a record 100 goals), and won in 1924; its most impressive victory was a 10–0 win over Roberto Cherry during the cancelled 1925 season.<ref name="golpeñarol"/> Both tournaments were organised by dissident body Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF).

Since the beginning of the professional era in 1932, Peñarol and Nacional are the only teams who have played every season for the Uruguayan championship.<ref group="note">In 1948 the tournament was cancelled because of a player strike.</ref><ref name = urre>{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2007 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html |title = Unrelegated Teams |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = |archive-date = 2 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230202071958/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Peñarol has the most Uruguayan League titles (winning 38 times between 1932 and 2013) and the greatest number of undefeated championships (1949, 1954, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975 and 1978).<ref>{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2009 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |title = Unbeaten during a League Season |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 July 2009 |archive-date = 16 December 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Its best performances were in 1949 and 1964, seasons when the team scored 94.44 percent of possible points; its worst season was 2005–06, when it finished in 16th place after winning 32.32 percent of possible points.<ref>{{cite web |author = Francisco Fernández |year = 2007 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru06.html |title = Uruguay 2005/06 |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = |archive-date = 9 February 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230209142001/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru06.html |url-status = live }}</ref> A 12-point deduction given the team by the AUF because of unrest after a game with Cerro relegated them to that position.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.elreloj.com/article.php?id=18114|title = Peñarol pierde 12 puntos en la tabla por sanción|website=ElReloj.com |date = 29 March 2006|access-date = 4 October 2010|language = es|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203045735/http://elreloj.com/article.php?id=18114|archive-date = 3 December 2010|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Peñarol's best victory was a 9–0 win against Rampla Juniors in 1962; its worst defeat was 0–6 against Nacional. On the international scene, its best result was an 11–2 win over Valencia of Venezuela on 15 March 1970; its worst was against Olimpia of Paraguay, a 0–6 loss on 10 December 1990 during the Supercopa Sudamericana.

Peñarol holds a number of national and international records. The club has the longest undefeated run in the Uruguayan league: 56 games, from 3 September 1966 to 14 September 1968.<ref name="reco">{{cite web |author=Diego Antognazza |year=2006 |title=Peñarol's series of 56 matches unbeaten in the Primera División Profesional |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-penarol-56.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220001106/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-penarol-56.html |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date= |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> This is also the longest undefeated run in South American professional football (second place if amateur leagues are counted).<ref>{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2009 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |title = Unbeaten in the Domestic League |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 July 2009 |archive-date = 16 December 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151216212124/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/unbeaten.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

It was the first club to win the Copa Libertadores de América undefeated, in 1960.<ref name = triv /> Peñarol has the greatest number of appearances in the Copa Libertadores (40),<ref name = liwe>{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2009 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalib-clubrec.html |title = Club Records in Copa Libertadores |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 July 2009 |archive-date = 12 August 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220812153932/https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalib-clubrec.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and the second most appearances in the finals (10) after Boca Juniors.<ref name = liwe /> The club holds the record for the biggest win (11–2 against Valencia),<ref name = triv>{{cite web |author= José Luis Pierrend |year= 2004 |url= https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/copalibtrivia.html |title= Copa Libertadores Trivia |website= Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date= 18 July 2009 |archive-date= 8 August 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220808081840/https://rsssf.org/miscellaneous/copalibtrivia.html |url-status= live }}</ref> and the biggest goal difference in a two-legged elimination (defeating Everest from Ecuador 5–0 and 9–1).<ref name = triv /> Peñarol is one of the teams with five Intercontinental Cup appearances, the first to reach that number.

==Honours==

=== Senior titles === {{small div| ;Keys * {{legend|gold|outline=#999999|Record}} * {{sup|(s)}} Shared record }}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" ! Type ! width=250px| Competition ! Titles ! Winning years |- | rowspan=3 |'''National''' (League) ! scope=col|Primera División |bgcolor="gold"|'''52''' | align="left"|1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1911;{{refn|Titles won by the CURCC. With FIFA <ref>[http://es.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=uruguay-primera-division-profesional-2000000084/news/newsid/151/735/2/index.html ¡Felicita a Peñarol!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616231309/https://es.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=uruguay-primera-division-profesional-2000000084/news/newsid/151/735/2/index.html |date=16 June 2018 }} (120th anniversary) on FIFA.com, 27 Sep 2011</ref> and CONMEBOL<ref>[http://conmebol.com/sites/default/files/guia-de-clubes.pdf Guía de clubes sudamericanos, p. 19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216073333/http://conmebol.com/sites/default/files/guia-de-clubes.pdf |date=16 February 2016 }} on CONMEBOL website</ref> recognising Peñarol as CURCC's continuity, the club included those championship in their list of honours. On the other side, some historians say that football became active in CURCC until its dissolution in 1913 so Peñarol was a different institution.<ref name="decanato" />|group=note|name=own}} 1918, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024 |- ! scope=col|Primera División (FUF) |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1924}} |- ! scope=col|Primera División (Consejo Provisorio) |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1926}} |- | rowspan=4 | '''Half-year / Short tournament''' (League) ! scope=col|Torneo Apertura | '''7''' | {{left|1995, 1996, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2019, 2023, 2024}} |- ! scope=col|Torneo Clausura |bgcolor="gold"| '''12''' | {{left|1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2024, 2025}} |- ! scope=col|Torneo Intermedio | '''1''' | {{left|2025}} |- ! scope=col|Torneo Clasificatorio |bgcolor="gold"| '''2''' | {{left|2001, 2002}} |- | rowspan="20" | '''National''' (Cups) ! scope=col|Copa Uruguay | '''1''' | {{left|2025}} |- ! scope=col|Supercopa Uruguaya |bgcolor="gold"| '''3'''{{sup|(s)}} | {{left|2018, 2022, 2026}} |- ! scope=col|Liguilla Pre-Libertadores |bgcolor="gold"| '''12''' | {{left|1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2004}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo de Honor | '''11''' | {{left|1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1967}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Competencia |bgcolor="gold"| '''11''' | {{left|1936, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1986}} |- ! scope="col" |Copa de Honor | '''4''' | {{left|1907, 1909, 1911, 1918}} |- ! scope="col" |Copa Competencia | '''8''' | {{left|1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1916}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Cuadrangular | '''5''' | {{left|1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1968}} |- ! scope="col" |Copa Albion de Caridad | bgcolor="gold" | '''3''' | {{left|1916, 1917, 1921}} |- ! scope="col" |Liga Mayor | '''1''' | {{left|1978}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Artigas - Copa Casa de Catalina |bgcolor="gold|'''3''' | {{left|1909, 1910, 1911}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Especial |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1929}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Campeones Sudamericanos Juveniles |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1954}} |- ! scope="col" |Campeonato Especial |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1968}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo de la República |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1979}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Montevideo |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1980}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Colombes |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1980}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Copa de Oro |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1982}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo Prensa Deportiva |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1983}} |- ! scope="col" |Torneo 60.º Aniversario de Colombes |bgcolor="gold"| '''1''' | {{left|1984}} |- | rowspan="6" |'''International''' (Cups) ! scope=col|Intercontinental Cup |bgcolor="gold"| '''3'''{{sup|(s)}} | {{left|1961, 1966, 1982<ref name="intercon">{{cite web |author1 = Loris Magnani |author2 = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2005 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |title = Intercontinental Club Cup |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 12 August 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220812151601/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}} |- ! scope=col|Copa Libertadores | '''5''' | {{left|1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987<ref name="libertadores">{{cite web |author = Karel Stokkermans |year = 2010 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copalib.html |title = Copa Libertadores de América |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 24 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150524152408/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/copalib.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}} |- ! scope=col|Intercontinental Champions' Supercup |bgcolor="gold"| '''1'''{{sup|(s)}} | {{left|1969<ref>{{cite web |author1=Osvaldo José Gorgazzi |author2=José Luis Pierrend |author3=Martín Tabeira |year=1999 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/supcopa69.html |title=Supercopa 1969 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=23 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923005428/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/supcopa69.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} |- ! scope=col|Copa de Honor Cousenier (AFA/AUF)<ref group="note" name="notofficial">Established before CONMEBOL was created, this Cup was organized by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations, between teams that belonged to them.</ref> | '''3''' | {{left|1909, 1911,{{refn|group=note|name=own}} 1918<ref>{{cite web |author = Osvaldo José Gorgazzi |year = 1999 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/arguruhonor.html |title = Honor Cup |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 17 October 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017101216/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/arguruhonor.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}} |- ! scope=col|Tie Cup (AFA/AUF)<ref group="note" name="notofficial" /> | '''1''' | {{left|1916<ref>{{cite web |author = Osvaldo José Gorgazzi |year = 2001 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/argurucuptie.html |title = Cup Tie Competition – First Division |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 17 October 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017100940/http://www.rsssf.com/sacups/argurucuptie.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}} |- ! scope=col|Copa Aldao (AFA/AUF)<ref group="note" name="notofficial" /> | '''1''' | {{left|1928<ref>{{cite web |author = Osvaldo José Gorgazzi |year = 2007 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/aldao.html |title = Campeonato Rioplatense – Copa Dr. Ricardo C. Aldao (1913–1955) |website = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date = 18 January 2010 |archive-date = 3 September 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120903024805/http://rsssf.com/sacups/aldao.html |url-status = live }}</ref>}} |- | rowspan=1 |'''Invitational''' (Cup) ! scope=col|IFA Shield (IFA)<ref group="note" name="IFA">Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.</ref> |bgcolor="gold"|'''1''' | align="left"|1985<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=The Glorious History Of IFA Shield |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ |website=Thehardtackle.com |date=8 March 2011}}</ref> |}

thumb|Armenian stamp honoring the 1982 Intercontinental Cup title won by Peñarol

===Under-20 team=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" ! Type ! width=250px| Competition ! Titles ! Winning years |- | rowspan=1 |'''International''' (Cup) ! scope=col|U-20 Copa Libertadores |'''1''' | align="left"|2022 |}

===South American Club of the Century=== thumb|alt=Football-shaped trophy, mounted on a base|Trophy awarded by the IFFHS In 2009, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics released a list of the best clubs of the 20th century on each continent. The organization awarded points for each victory in a quarterfinal or higher in international competition but only took into account games played after 1932 for the Professional era. Peñarol was the number-one team in South America, above Independiente of Argentina and arch-rivals Nacional.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Ten Best 20th-Century Clubs !Rank !Team !Country !Points |- |align=center|1 |'''Peñarol''' |Uruguay |align=center|531 |- |align=center|2 |Independiente |Argentina |align=center|426.5 |- |align=center|3 |Nacional |Uruguay |align=center|414 |- |align=center|4 |River Plate |Argentina |align=center|404.25 |- |align=center|5 |Olimpia |Paraguay |align=center|337 |- |align=center|6 |Boca Juniors |Argentina |align=center|312 |- |align=center|7 |Cruzeiro | rowspan="2" |Brazil |align=center|295.5 |- |align=center|8 |São Paulo |align=center|242 |- |align=center|9 |América de Cali |Colombia |align=center|220 |- |align=center|10 |Palmeiras |Brazil |align=center|213 |}

==Other sports==

===Basketball=== {{main|Club Atlético Peñarol (basketball)}}

Peñarol's basketball records date back to the late 1920s, when Club Piratas was formed; in 1931, it became Peñarol.<ref name = fede>{{cite web |year = 2008 |url = http://www.urubasket.com/Historial1.htm |title = Campeonato de Primera División |website = urubasket.com |access-date = 12 July 2009 |language = es |archive-date = 27 February 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090227000652/http://www.urubasket.com/Historial1.htm |url-status = live }}</ref> Its first league game (in the fourth division of Uruguayan basketball) was played in 1940. By 1943 the team, playing in the first division for Ramón Esnal, finished third. The following year Peñarol won the Federal Championship, a tournament attracting the best basketball teams in Montevideo; in 2003, the league changed its name to Liga Uruguaya de Basketball.

In 1945, Peñarol jumped from the Uruguayan Basketball Federation to play in a new league;<ref name = fede /> when the upstart league failed, the club rejoined the federation in 1947. In 1952 Peñarol again won the Federal Championship, winning the Winter Tournament in 1953 and 1955.<ref name = inv>{{cite web |year = 2008 |url = http://www.futbol.com.uy/noticias/hist/bas1rain.html |title = Torneo de Invierno de Primera – Historial de campeones |website = La Web Deportiva Uruguaya |access-date = 12 July 2009 |language = es |archive-date = 17 September 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080917122132/http://www.futbol.com.uy/noticias/hist/bas1rain.html |url-status = live }}</ref> After a low period (with relegation in 1968), Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1973, 1978, and 1979;the latter was the first professional tournament in league history.<ref name = fede /> In 1982 the club enjoyed its most successful season, winning the Federal Championship and<ref name = fede /> the Winter Tournament<ref name = inv /> The club also won the Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes in 1983. In 1985 the club was relegated, beginning a downward spiral which ended with its expulsion from the league in 1997. However, the club rejoined in 2018 the Federación Uruguaya de Basket Ball, in the third tier.<ref name = fede />

===Cycling=== Peñarol has participated in the ''Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay'' (Tour of Uruguay) since it began in 1939. Although the team rode well during its early years, it was not until the ninth edition (in 1952) that a Peñarol cyclist would win the race (Dante Sudatti, with an overall time of 48 hours, 38 minutes and 38 seconds). Peñarol cyclists also won the general classification 1953 and 1956; in the latter year, the club won the team championship.

After again winning the team championship in 1959, Peñarol would only win one individual championship in 1964. The team later improved, winning three individual titles in a row from 1989 to 1991 and the team victory in 1990 and 1991. 2002 was the fourth year that the club won both the individual and team classifications.<ref name = ciclis>{{cite web|url= http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2005/mar05/uruguay05/default|title= 62nd Vuelta Ciclista al Uruguay|website= Cyclingnews.com|year= 2005|access-date= 18 September 2011|language= es|archive-date= 29 August 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110829063303/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2005/mar05/uruguay05/default|url-status= live}}</ref> Peñarol has competed in other road races, including José María Orlando's 1990 victory in the Rutas de América.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/203479-se-larga-rutas-de-america-con-varios-candidatos|title= Se larga Rutas de América con varios "candidatos"|website= La República|date= 24 February 2006|access-date= 18 September 2011|language= es|archive-date= 29 October 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192729/http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/203479-se-larga-rutas-de-america-con-varios-candidatos|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Futsal=== Peñarol began playing futsal in 1968. During its first two decades, the club won on the national and international levels (including a victory in the 1987 World Interclub Championship). In 1995 FIFA took over the sport, and Peñarol began competing in AUF tournaments. The team won the first three Uruguayan Championships (1995, 1996, and 1997), also finishing at the top in 1999 and 2004. It won another three consecutive tournaments in 2010, 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web |year = 2008 |url = http://www.futsalplanet.com/story/story-national-02.asp?paeseclub=43&invia=Submit |title = Story – Uruguay |website = Futsalplanet |access-date = |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194024/http://www.futsalplanet.com/story/story-national-02.asp?paeseclub=43&invia=Submit |archive-date = 29 October 2013 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

===Beach soccer=== In January 2013 Peñarol inaugurated its beach soccer section.<ref name="presplaya">{{cite web|title=Peñarol jumps to the beach!|url=http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/588|website=Beach Soccer|date=2 January 2013|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-date=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123020147/http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/588|url-status=live}}</ref> Diego Monserrat, goalkeeper of the Uruguay national team for many years, was the institution's first coach in this sport, while also goalkeeper Felipe Fernández was the club's first captain.<ref name="presplaya" /> In the second half of the same month, Peñarol won one of the three groups of five teams, that formed the qualification tournament to the "Super Liga", name given to the Uruguayan Championship of the discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fútbol playa: Peñarol ganó su grupo|url=http://www.tenfield.com.uy/futbol-playa-penarol-gano-su-grupo/|website=Tenfield.com.uy|date=29 January 2013|access-date=7 February 2013|language=es|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131044917/http://www.tenfield.com.uy/futbol-playa-penarol-gano-su-grupo/|url-status=live}}</ref> After victories on quarterfinals and semi-finals, Peñarol was declared champion of the tournament without the need of a final, after the other semi-final was suspended.<ref>{{cite web|title=Se suspendieron todos los partidos|url=http://www.auf.org.uy/Portal/NEWS/1350/|website=AUF.org.uy |date=7 February 2013|access-date=7 February 2013|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610200227/http://www.auf.org.uy/Portal/NEWS/1350/|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Rugby=== {{main|Peñarol Rugby}} Peñarol have announced that they will form a rugby union section to compete in the inaugural 2020 season of Super Rugby Americas (previously Superliga Americana de Rugby), which started in February 2020.<ref>[http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/04/28/super-liga-sudamericana-to-begin-in-march-2020/ Superliga Sudamericana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501155117/http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/04/28/super-liga-sudamericana-to-begin-in-march-2020/ |date=1 May 2019 }} on Americas Rugby News</ref> The first season was not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peñarol Rugby is currently the only representative of Uruguay in the competition.<ref>[https://www.ole.com.ar/rugby/ceibos-rugby-millon-dolares_0_2PDTQV0d.html Ceibos, el equipo privado del millón de dólares] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230011943/https://www.ole.com.ar/rugby/ceibos-rugby-millon-dolares_0_2PDTQV0d.html |date=30 December 2019 }} by Sergio Stuart ''Olé'', 28 Nov 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/rugby/nace-superliga-americana-impulso-vital-rugby-regional-nid2311600 Nace la Superliga Americana, un impulso vital para el rugby regional] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420072835/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/rugby/nace-superliga-americana-impulso-vital-rugby-regional-nid2311600/ |date=20 April 2021 }} by Alejo Miranda ''La Nación'', 1 Dec 2019</ref> Since the first edition of Super Rugby Americas, home fixtures are played at the Estadio Charrúa in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo. Estadio Charrúa is also home to the Uruguay national rugby union team, with several World Cup qualification and test matches being hosted here. The stadium has a seating capacity of 14,000.

Peñarol Rugby reached their first final in 2021, losing to Argentine side Jaguares XV 36–28. To date, Peñarol Rugby have won Super Rugby Americas three times, with their first title won in 2022 against Chilean side, Selknam, with a final score of 24–13. The 2023 edition also ended in a victory, with Peñarol winning against Argentine team Dogos XV 23–17. The 2025 final saw a repeat of the 2023 edition, with Peñarol securing the title against the Dogos XV with a final score of 35–34.

Several players within the current squad have earned caps for Los Teros, including current Peñarol captain Santiago Civetta as well as the current highest active capped player Mateo Sanguinetti.

=== Esports === Peñarol also has an esports division, with squads competing in League of Legends and FIFA leagues organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/eSports-Nacional-le-gano-la-Copa-Uruguay-a-Penarol-con-un-gol-olimpico-en-la-hora-uc747798|title=eSports: Nacional le ganó la Copa Uruguay a Peñarol con un gol olímpico en la hora|language=es|date=22 March 2020|newspaper=Fútbol uy|agency=Montevideo Portal|location=Montevideo|access-date=28 April 2022|archive-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428150209/https://www.futbol.com.uy/Deportes/eSports-Nacional-le-gano-la-Copa-Uruguay-a-Penarol-con-un-gol-olimpico-en-la-hora-uc747798|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/league-of-legends-en-uruguay-adquieren-licencia-para-organizar-torneos-y-compite-penarol-2022419161957|title=League of Legends en Uruguay: adquieren licencia para organizar torneos y compite Peñarol|language=es|date=19 April 2022|newspaper=El Observador|location=Montevideo|access-date=21 April 2022|archive-date=21 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421030536/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/league-of-legends-en-uruguay-adquieren-licencia-para-organizar-torneos-y-compite-penarol-2022419161957|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.peñarol.org/}} {{in lang|es}}

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