Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes

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Plaza Colonia
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Full nameClub Plaza Colonia de Deportes
Nickname(s)Patas Blancas
FoundedApril 22, 1917;108 years ago (1917-04-22)
Ground Estadio Juan Gaspar Prandi  [ es ]
Capacity3,000
ChairmanRafael González
ManagerVacant
League Primera División
2024 Segunda División, 1st of 14th

Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simply Plaza Colonia, is a Uruguayan professional football club from Colonia del Sacramento, that competes in the Uruguayan Primera Division. Founded in 1917, the club plays its home games at the 3,000 seater Estadio Juan Gaspar Prandi.

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History

The club was founded on April 22, 1917 by Alberto Suppici. [1] They played in the Regional league of Colonia until 1999. They gained their affiliation with AUF in 2000. In 2001 they won promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya and in their debut season they finished in 7th place.

In 2003 the club finally fell to the Second Division after a poor campaign. In 2004 the club was promoted back to the first division, but in 2005 they went back down after another poor campaign. In 2006 they did not play the championship because of financial difficulties.

They re-entered official competitions for the 2006–07 season, playing once more in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.

In May 2016 they won the Clausura Championship for the first time after defeating Peñarol 2–1. [2] They became known as the "Leicester City of Uruguay" because of Leicester City's surprising 2015–16 Premier League title. The season before Plaza Colonia had finished 13th out of 16. In the championship playoff, played between the Apertura and Clausura champions to decide who would be the super champion, Peñarol defeated them 3–1 after extra time.

They qualified for their first ever continental competition in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana. Reports say that some players had never even been on a plane before. [3] They lost to Club Blooming on penalties in the first stage.

In 2021, they won the Apertura tournament, their second accolade, and qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time in the club's history. On 7 December, they lost the championship playoff on penalties 8–7 after a 1–1 draw at the conclusion of extra time.

Rivalries

Plaza's city rivals are Juventud Colonia, and department derby is against Deportivo Colonia.

Honours

Current squad

As of 23 August, 2025

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.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Máximo Lorenzi
3 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Yvo Calleros
4 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Haibrany Ruiz Díaz
6 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Miqueas Redín
7 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Álvaro López
8 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Diego Villalba
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Alex Bruno
10 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Agustín Ocampo
11 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Gonzalo Bueno
14 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Hebert Vergara
16 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Matías Velázquez
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Santiago Otegui
18 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Ángel Cayetano
20 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Ezequias Redín
21 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Juan Pablo Hernández
22 DF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Juan Ramos
23 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Facundo Píriz
25 GK Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Joaquín Silva
27 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Cristian Barros
35 GK Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Mariano Mendoza
44 GK Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Guillermo Reyes
80 FW Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Lucas Carrizo

References

  1. "Historia | Plaza Colonia". www.plazacolonia.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  2. Baldo, Matias (May 30, 2016). "Plaza Colonia: su pobre historia, la odisea de los hinchas y por qué el DT entró al Centenario de noche a comer pizza". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. "De Uruguay para América, Plaza Colonia debuta internacionalmente luego de 99 años de historia". CONMEBOL.com. August 11, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2020. En este plantel la gran mayoría nunca se subió a un avión. (In this squad the grand majority have never been on a plane.)