C.A. Progreso

Progreso

Full name	Club Atlético Progreso
Nickname(s)	Gauchos del Pantanoso Gauchos, Los de La Teja
Founded	April 30, 1917
Ground	Parque Abraham Paladino Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	Gabriel Franco
Manager	Leonardo Ramos
League	Segunda División Uruguay
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Atlético Progreso, usually known simply as Progreso is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. It currently plays in the Second Professional Division.

History

The club was founded on April 30, 1917. The team colours are red and yellow striped, emulating the catalonian flag. Their home field is Parque Abraham Paladino with a capacity of 8000 spectators. In 1989 Progreso won the Uruguayan Primera División, although it must be admitted that the '89 championship was short, the only one in the history of Uruguayan league with just 1 round robin format (13 games), due to a calendar conflict with some national and international cups of that year. Progreso's President at that time was Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, who was the President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010.

The first kit of progreso, in 1917, was all white with black stripes in the jersey, which expressed its affinity with the anarchist movement, but later they changed to red/yellow, the colours of Catalonia, which was also known also for its characteristic identification with this movement.^[1]

Titles

• Uruguayan Primera División: 1

Professional Era (1): 1989

• Torneo Competencia: 1

1985

• Segunda División Uruguay: 3

1942, 1979, 2006

• Tercera División Uruguay: 6

1938, 1939, 1956, 1963, 1975, 1978

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

1987: First Round

1990: Second Round

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Santiago Morandi 2 DF Álvaro Alonso 3 DF Sebastián Morquio 4 DF Julio Ramírez 5 DF Rodrigo Sanguinetti 6 MF Diego Cardozo 7 MF Gustavo Flores 8 MF Luis Magureguy 9 FW Sergio Eduardo Silvera 10 FW Jorge Ramírez

No. Position Player 11 MF Andrés Martínez 12 DF Javier Méndez 13 DF Fabrizio Cetraro 14 MF Heber Méndez 15 MF Mathías Riquero 16 FW Wilson Martirena 17 FW Heber Caro 18 FW Junior Aliberti 19 FW Luis Almada 20 FW Juan Rottondo

Notable players

• Hugo Maradona
• Yoshika Matsubara
• Luis Barbat
• Joaquín Boghossian
• Nestor Fabián Canobbio
• Claudio Elías
• Andrés Martínez
• Gaston A Montes
• Richard Morales
• Walter Pandiani
• Pedro Catalino Pedrucci
• Leonardo Ramos
• César Vega
• Waldemar Victorino

References

1. ^ History of Club Atlético Progreso (official site)

External links

• Club Atlético Progreso Official Website