COLOMBIA

Saludo en La Bombonera con los
pronósticos en contra en la Libertadores
2009. Primer triunfo de un equipo
uruguayo en cancha de Boca: 1 a 0.
Greetings in The Candy-Box with
all forecasts against in the 2009
Libertadores: 1-0.
BOMBONERAZO
Jorge Da Silva condujo la cuarta
estrella en 2007-2008, con
Martín Silva; Pablo Pintos, Mario
Risso, Andrés Lamas, Sebastián
Ariosa; Julio Marchant, Pablo Gaglianone,
Miguel Amado, Jairo
Castillo, Sebastián Fernández y Tabaré
Viudez o Diego De Souza.
La Libertadores 2009 lo enfrentó
a Boca Juniors. Ningún equipo
uruguayo había ganado en La
Bombonera, hasta que el gol de De
Souza volvió a colocar a Defensor
El profesor José Ricardo De León dirigió
el primer equipo que rompió con la
hegemonía de los grandes en 1976.
Professor José Ricardo De León directed
the first team that broke the hegemony
of the great players in 1976.
Abajo: Marcelo Tejera, campeón y figura
en 1991, con 19 años. / Marcelo Tejera,
champion and key figure in 1991,
when he was 19 years old.
en cuartos. En 2010, un 9-0 sobre
Sport Huancayo de Perú fue la mayor
goleada de la Sudamericana.
INFRAESTRUCTURA
DE UN GRANDE
El estadio Luis Franzini se construyó
en 1963 y fue remodelado
en 1998. La institución presidida
por Daniel Jablonka cuenta con la
sede social de 21 de Setiembre, para
natación, gimnasia, volley, atletismo
y futsal, y la de Jaime Zudáñez,
hogar del baloncesto, el Complejo
Deportivo de verano y el Complejo
Juvenil Arsuaga, donde entrenan
todas las divisiones. El Clausura de
2013 comenzó ganándole a Nacional,
con once titulares formados
en el club.
Defensor Sporting está en el
podio del fútbol uruguayo e inicia
el nuevo siglo tiñendo de violeta el
continente deportivo.
Peñarol and Nacional shared
the laps of honour between
them at the Centenario
Stadium. There was no possibility
for any other club to be the
Uruguayan champion, since the
beginning of the professional era
in 1932. On 25 July 1976, the
history in the Luis Franzini
Stadium, the name of Defensor’s
historical president for three
decades changed. It was the
pioneer who broke the hegemony
and marked a way, under the
coaching of professor José
Ricardo De León.
In the Punta Carretas area,
near the light-house (current
symbol in the coat of arms), and
the Prison (where Montevideo
shopping is located at present),
the neighbours and the boys
who worked at the glass factory
gathered to play. They formed a
team which in conflicting times
was called “Defensores de la
Huelga” (Strike Defenders). They
joined the League on 15 March
1913 with the name “Defensor
Football Club”. The only available
colour in the store was violet,
which has remained in the hearts
of several generations for a century.
OLYMPIC GLORIES
He made his debut in First
Division in 1915. In 1924, his
left half and founder Alfredo
Ghierra, won the Olympic gold in
Colombes. Right wing Juan Emilio
Píriz (historical scorer with 98),
copied him in Amsterdan 1928,
when he was still Universal‘s
player.
José ‘Loncha’ García was
shining in the National Team until
1949, when he was transferred to
Italy’s Bologna by a record figure.
Ramón Ferrés moved along the
left side until the age of 43, the
unforgettable coach, Hugo
Bagnulo, also donned those
colours. In the fifties, fabulous
Pepe Sasía stood out and he
returned in the sixties to put an
end to his career. In 1952, the
Argentine star, José Manuel
Moreno, joined the club. The list
of foreigners includes Herminio
Masantonio, Claudio Vacca and
Ernesto Mastrángelo.
The year 1957 ended with
Peñarol in a 5-1 score and the
conquest of the Quadrangular
among the first players of the
championship. The eleven
footballers were Radicci, Sosa and
Climaco Rodríguez, Casanovas,
Ferreira and Amaral, Willy Píriz,
Héctor Demarco (later on, the
idol of Italy’s Bologna), Walter
Hernández (top scorer of the
year), Sasía and Ferrés.
Professor De León was
incorporated in 1971. The 1975
campaign ended with 7 victories
in the last 8 dates. In those days, a
glory formed in the club, Ricardo
Elbio Pavoni, lifted the Copa
Libertadores he had attained with