Peñarol guide - history, logo, nickname, titles

Full Name: Club Atlético Peñarol
City: Montevideo
Country: Uruguay
League: Primera División
Founded: 1891
Stadium: Estadio Centenario (76,609)
Colors: Black, Gold
Nicknames: Aurinegros, Manyas, Carboneros, Mirasoles
Rival: Nacional

Official Website: peñarol.org

Description:

The club that would someday be known as Peñarol were founded on September 28, 1891 as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club. This was a club for workers and managers of the English-owned Central Uruguay Railway company. As the name suggests the club played cricket but also football. Nine years later the club was involved in the formation of the first national association - the Uruguay Association Football League. In 1913 the club was reorganized and the football section broke off to form Club Atlético Peñarol, open to all members and not simply those involved with the railway company. Peñarol is the neighborhood of Montevidio where the club is based. The full name translates as Peñarol Athletic Club and has sponsored teams in many sports over the years, although football is by far the most important. 

The derby with Nacional, El Super Clasico, is one of the oldest in the world.

The 11 stars of the logo represent the 11 players in a team. The vertical black and gold stripes are seen at the front of railway cars throughout Uruguay. The nickname Aurinegros means The Gold and Black. The nickname Mirasoles refers again to the club colors. Mirasol (or more commonly girasol) means sunflower in Spanish. A carbonero is the train's fireman, the one who supplies the coal to a locomotive.

The nickname Manyas is quite a unique one. In the early part of the 20th century a player named Carlos Scarone (son of an Italian immigrant) began with Peñarol before emigrating to play in Buenos Aires for Racing. He later returned to Uruguay to play for Nacional and was asked by the press why he didn't return to Peñarol and he replied in a mix of Spanish and Italian - ¿A qué me iba a quedar en Peñarol?, ¿a mangiare mierda? which translates as "why would I go back to Peñarol? To eat shit?". Mangiare became manyar in the Spanish/Italian mix of the city, the insult was turned on its head by Peñarol supporters and manyas became one of the most common nicknames for the club.

Estadio Centenario:

Peñarol play most matches in the enormous Estadio Centenario, also used by arch-rival Nacional as well as the Uruguayan national team. The club also owns (and occasionally uses) a smaller stadium named the Estadio José Pedro Damiani - Las Acacias.

League Titles:

• Uruguayan Amateur Championship (1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929)
• Uruguayan League (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, 10)

International Titles:

• Copa Libertadores (1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987)
• Intercontinental Cup (1961, 1966, 1982)
• Supercopa (1969)

Links:

• penarol.org
• Manya Capo