C.S.D. Villa Española

Villa Española

Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española
Nickname(s)	El Villa
Founded	August 18, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-08-18)
Ground	Estadio Obdulio Varela Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Miguel Romero
Manager	Julio Mozzo
League	Segunda División
2021	Primera División, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española, usually known as Villa Española, is a football and boxing club located in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is best known for its football department, which is currently playing in the Uruguayan Primera División, and has its home games at Estadio Obdulio Varela.

History

The club was founded on 18 August 1940 as a boxing club, and as a football club in 1950.[1] The club's most important title was winning the Uruguayan Segunda División in 2001. As a result, it was promoted to the Primera División, where it stayed until relegation in 2003. Villa Española couldn't play the 2005 and 2006 Segunda División tournaments because of economic problems. They returned for the 2007–08 season and achieved promotion, but were relegated to the Segunda División Amateur (3rd division) because of economic problems after the 2008–09 season.[2]

In 2013 the club was able to pay its debts and achieved promotion to the Segunda División.[3][4] In 2016 it gained promotion to the Primera División, but was immediately relegated that same season.[5]

Titles

• Segunda División: 1

2001

• Segunda División Amateur: 5

1973, 1980, 1987, 1996, 2014

Current squad

As of 25 September 2020[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Facundo Silva 3 DF  URU Carlos Santucho 4 DF  URU Matías Malvino 5 MF  URU William Machado 6 MF  URU Robert Flores (on loan from Boston River) 7 MF  URU Emiliano Ghan 8 FW  URU Santiago López 9 FW  URU Pablo Silva 10 MF  URU Leandro Silva 11 MF  URU Christian Tizón 12 GK  URU Hernán Espinoza 13 MF  URU Mathías Riquero 14 MF  URU Ivo Allende 15 MF  URU Gabriel Albín

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  URU Yhojan Díaz 18 MF  URU Federico Mautone 19 FW  URU Denis Olivera (on loan from Peñarol) 20 DF  URU Federico Puente 21 GK  URU Hernán Espinosa 22 DF  URU Gabriel Acevedo 23 FW  URU Facundo Tancredi 24 DF  URU Emiliano Albín 25 MF  URU Jonathan Ríos 26 FW  URU Facundo Godoy 31 MF  URU Gustavo Aprile 32 FW  URU Santiago Ramírez 33 DF  URU Martín Amuz 34 DF  URU Nicolás Digiano (on loan from Montevideo City Torque)

References

1. Faraldo, Manuel L. (22 August 2020). "El Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española de Montevideo conmemora su 80 aniversario". España Exterior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. "Villa Española campeón de la Liguilla". LARED21 (in Spanish). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. "Cada vez más cerca". Aguantenche.com. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
4. "Un día volvió…". El Ascenso (in Spanish). 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
5. "Villa Española: "Al villa con amor…"". El Ascenso (in European Spanish). 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021.
6. Plantel 2020

External links

• Media related to Club Social y Deportivo Villa Española at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Page (Spanish)