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| Full name | Club Atlético Bella Vista | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Papales Auriblancos | ||
| Founded | October 4, 1920; 105 years ago (1920-10-04) | ||
| Ground | Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Capacity | 10,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | Juan Paulo Nuñez | ||
| League | Segunda División Amateur | ||
| 2019 | Segunda División, 11th (relegated) | ||
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Club Atlético Bella Vista, usually known simply asBella Vista is a Uruguayan professionalfootball club based inMontevideo. The club plays its home games atEstadio José Nasazzi, which can hold 10,000 spectators.
Club Atlético Bella Vista was founded on 4 October 1920.
In 1930, the club went on an international tour across Chile, Peru, Mexico, USA, Brazil and Cuba, with their biggest victory being a 6–0 win againstAtlante.[2]
In1981, the club competed in theCopa Libertadores. The club played in the same group asPeñarol, of Uruguay, andEstudiantes de Mérida andPortuguesa FC, ofVenezuela. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition. In 1985, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores again. Bella Vista was in the same group of Peñarol, and twoChilean clubs,Colo-Colo andMagallanes, but were again eliminated at the first stage.
In 1990, Bella Vista won the Uruguayan league, and gained the right to enter the following year's Copa Libertadores. In the following year, in 1991, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores, and was in the same group asNacional, of Uruguay, andFlamengo andCorinthians, ofBrazil. The club finished in the last place of the group. In the1993 Copa Libertadores, Bella Vista was in the same group as Nacional, of Uruguay, andEl Nacional andBarcelona, ofEcuador. After a poor campaign, the club was again eliminated in the first stage.
In1999, the club, after an absence of six years, returned toCopa Libertadores. Bella Vista was in a group containing Nacional, of Uruguay,Estudiantes de Mérida, ofVenezuela, andMonterrey, ofMexico. The club finished in third in the first stage, and qualified to the second stage, where they defeatedUniversidad Católica, of Chile. However, in the quarterfinals, Bella Vista was eliminated byDeportivo Cali, who were the eventual finalists of the competition. It was the club's best campaign ever in the Copa Libertadores.
In2000, Bella Vista competed again in theCopa Libertadores, and was grouped alongside BoliviansBolívar,Atlético Mineiro, of Brazil, andCobreloa, of Chile. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.
In 2011, the club competed in theCopa Sudamericana in which they were eliminated on the First Round byUniversidad Católica
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The Bella Vista jersey represents theVatican flag, half yellow and half white. This is why the club is nicknamed the "papales", the ones who follow the papal, el papado, theVatican authority.
Some versions say the origin can be different. Due to the divided fanaticism betweenPeñarol andNacional of the club's former authorities, they decided the jersey to have the predominant colors of the two Uruguayan big clubs. Note that this is exactly whatArsenal of Sarandí fromArgentina did when designing its jersey, light blue and red, due to the authorities of the club beingIndependiente andRacing of Avellaneda supporters.
Voltaire GarcíaManuel KeosseianHenry López BáezHugo Bagnulo (1971)Juan HohbergWashington Etchamendi (1973–75)Sergio Markarián (1976–79)Óscar Tabárez (1980–83)Jorge González (Jan 1995 – Dec 95)Julio César Ribas (Jan 1997 – Dec 98)
Sergio Batista (Jan 2000 – Oct 00)
Martín Lasarte (2000–01)Ildo Maneiro (2006–08)Gustavo Matosas (2008–09)Pablo Alonso (July 2009–??)Diego Alonso (Sept 2011 – June 12)Guillermo Sanguinetti (June 2012 – Nov 12)Mario Carballo (Nov 2012 – Dec 12)Julio César Ribas (Dec 2012–)
