Rampla Juniors


Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

Origin and colours

Rampla Juniors were founded in the Aduana area,, then moved first to the Aguada neighbourhood, and finally, around 1920, to the Cerro neighborhood. Their colours are taken from Fortaleza, a club that existed in the early years of Rampla's stint in the Cerro area. Another story of how they chose their colours, is similar to how Boca Juniors supposedly got the idea for their kit colors from a Swedish flag on a ship. It is rumored that Rampla's founders took the red and green from an Italian flag on a ship that arrived in Montevideo Bay. It is also said that the basketball team CA Aguada took their colours from Rampla Juniors.

Derby

Rampla Juniors's archrivals are Cerro, and as such, the second biggest rivalry in the country.

Trivia

Rampla in 1927 won the Uruguayan Primera División, the 1927 Squad was: Pedro Arispe, Pedro Aguirre, Enrique Ballestrero, Pedro Cabrera, Julio Nieto, José Magallanes, Juan Miguel Fermín "Ruso" Labraga, Luis Gaitán, Conrado Haeberli, Vital Ruffatti and Conrado Bidegain.
Rampla was once called the third "big" of Uruguay's clubs, Peñarol and Nacional being first and second, due to the huge number of followers and positive results.
In 2007, Rampla finished tied in 2nd place with Danubio in the Uruguayan 1st division. Their team record was.
In his early days Rampla Juniors had strong ties with the meat packing industries that forged the neighborhood that he so proudly represents, notably the Chicagoan companies Swift, and Armour. From those companies workforce came several important players to Rampla Juniors. Until the mid 1960s Ramplas' supporters where known as Friyis, as the sound resembled Fridges.
In the 1980s the club replaced the stadium's old wooden stands with new ones made with concrete. The supporters came forward and merrily helped breaking the stones for the restoration. Hence their new nickname, the Picapiedras.

Titles

Updated 15 March 2019

Out on loan

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