Las Acacias | |
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 Street map of Las Acacias | |
 Location of Las Acacias in Montevideo | |
| Coordinates: 34°50′36″S56°9′48″W / 34.84333°S 56.16333°W Coordinates: 34°50′36″S56°9′48″W / 34.84333°S 56.16333°W | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Montevideo Department |
| City | Montevideo |
Las Acacias is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.
This neighborhood is the home of Peñarol's stadium, Estadio Contador Damiani (formerly Las Acacias Stadium). Peñarol Football Club is one of the two major soccer teams in Uruguay. [1]
Club Atlético Peñarol —also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and (familiarly) Manyas— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo. Throughout its history the club has also participated in other sports, such as basketball and cycling. Its focus has always been on football, a sport in which the club excels, having never been relegated from the top division.
Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide was an Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup. He was also the head coach for the Uruguayan team that won the 1980 Mundialito.
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The Liga Profesional de Primera División, named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uruguay and organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).
Estadio Contador Damiani, formerly Las Acacias, is a football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, inaugurated in 1916 and re-built in 1997. It is used mostly for Peñarol's reserves matches. The stadium can hold up to 12,000 people. VIP stands and the entrance were taken in 1930 to the stadium Estadio Pocitos, where the first ever goal in World Cup history was scored by the French forward Lucien Laurent. The structure has since been returned to its original location.
Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club was a Uruguayan sports club, originally established by British railway workers for the practise of cricket. Nevertheless, the club would be notable for its football section, considered one of the greatest contributors to that sport in Uruguay. In fact, CURCC was one of founding members of Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) in 1900.
Juan López Fontana was a Uruguayan professional football manager who won the 1950 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Uruguay national team.
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Football in Uruguay stands as the most popular sport. The Uruguay national football team has won two FIFA World Cup titles in addition to a record 15 Copa América titles, making them one of the most successful teams in South America. The national team won the first edition of the tournament in 1930, and won it again in 1950.
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Cerrito, officially Cerrito de la Victoria, is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Most of the barrio is on a hill on which is the very remarkable church named Santuario Nacional del Cerrito. This hill was the seat of the temporary government of General Oribe during his siege of Montevideo.
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Peñarol is an Uruguayan professional rugby union team based in Montevideo. The team was founded in 2019 to compete in Súper Liga Americana de Rugby and is the rugby section of the Peñarol sports club. With its participation, Peñarol became the first professional rugby club in Uruguay.
The 1918 Copa de Honor Cousenier was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa de Honor Cousenier, the 13th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Peñarol and Argentine Club Atlético Independiente.
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