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. The club traditionally plays in yellow and black-striped shirts.
Roque Gastón Máspoli Arbelvide was a 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.
Osvaldo Juan Zubeldía was a football player and an influential Argentine coach.
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time. He is probably best known for his still-standing record for scoring the most goals in the Copa Libertadores, the premier club tournament in South America. He was elected the 20th best South American footballer of the 20th century in a poll by the IFFHS in 2004. He was known as "Cabeza Mágica".
Pablo Justo Forlán Lamarque is a retired Uruguayan footballer, the father of Diego Forlán, and son-in-law of Juan Carlos Corazzo. His mother was of Uruguayan and Spanish descent.
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles.
Luis Artime is an Argentine former footballer, who played as a striker, and scored more than 1,000 goals during his career. His son Luis Fabián Artime is also a retired Argentine footballer who played in the 1990s.
Julio César Abbadie Gismero was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Peñarol, where he won the 1966 Copa Libertadores and the 1966 Intercontinental Cup. He was born in Uruguay to French father and Spanish mother.
Jair Gonçalves Prates, known as just Jair, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti was a Uruguayan footballer who played 52 games for the Uruguay national team between 1961 and 1974.
Nelson Daniel Gutiérrez Luongo is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a defender. He obtained a total number of 57 international caps for the Uruguay national football team, and was a member of the team that competed at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups.
Fernando Morena Belora is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. His most known nicknames were "Nando"(abridged form of Fernando) and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 230 goals in 244 games. He scored 268 in his almost 20-year career.
Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Rogelio Wilfrido Delgado Casco is a retired football central defender from Paraguay.
Julio César "El Pocho" Cortés Lagos is an Uruguayan football coach and former midfielder who participated in three World Cups with the Uruguay national team.
Wílliam Ruben Martínez Carreras was a Uruguayan footballer. He played 54 times for the Uruguay national football team between 1950 and 1965.
The 1960 Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the matchup between the reigning European football champion and the reigning South American football champion. The idea was born of discussions between Pierre Delauney, UEFA secretary and José Ramón de Freitas, CONMEBOL secretary.
Roberto Scarone Rivera was a Uruguayan football player and manager. He is mainly known for his successful managing spell at the helm of the Uruguayan powerhouse Peñarol in the early 1960s.
Víctor Hugo Bagnulo Fernández was a Uruguayan football player and manager. He is most famous for his managing success at Uruguayan giants Peñarol, with whom he won five national league titles.
Daniel Gregorio Rodríguez Lima, known as Coquito, is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a forward.
