Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Defensor plays several sports, football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant victories in Uruguay and internationally.History
Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. They are a four-time national champion in Uruguay.
Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay and are then transferred worldwide. It is the place of birth of numerous players like Jorge "Polilla" da Silva, Sergio "Manteca" Martínez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego "Ruso" Pérez, Nicolás Olivera, Martín Cáceres, Maxi Pereira, Álvaro González, Tabaré Viúdez.
Legendary coach Prof. José Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.
On September 2007, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the IFFHS.
Defensor Sporting's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos.Stadium
Defensor plays its home games at its own stadium called Estadio Luis Franzini which has a capacity for 18,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 31 December 1963.
It is located in Parque Rodó, Montevideo.Titles
Domestic
- Uruguayan Primera División: 4
- Segunda División Uruguay: 2
Other Official Domestic Honours
- Apertura: 4
- Clausura: 3
- Liguilla Pre Libertadores: 8
- Copa Montevideana: 8
- Campeón Nacional Copa Artigas: 1
- Cuadrangular: 1
- Torneo Honor: 1
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 12 appearances
- U-20 Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance
- Copa Sudamericana: 5 appearances
- Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances
Kit Evolution
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