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| Full name | Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes | ||
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| Nickname | Patas Blancas | ||
| Founded | April 22, 1917; 108 years ago (1917-04-22) | ||
| Ground | Estadio Juan Gaspar Prandi [es] | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Rafael González | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2024 | Segunda División, 1st of 14th | ||
Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simplyPlaza Colonia, is a Uruguayan professionalfootball club fromColonia del Sacramento, that competes in theUruguayan Primera Division. Founded in 1917, the club plays its home games at the 3,000 seaterEstadio Juan Gaspar Prandi.
The club was founded on April 22, 1917 byAlberto Suppici.[1] They played in the Regional league of Colonia until 1999. They gained their affiliation withAUF in 2000. In 2001 they won promotion to thePrimera División Uruguaya and in their debut season they finished in 7th place.
In 2003 the club finally fell to theSecond 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 theUruguayan 2nd Division.
In May 2016 they won theClausura Championship for the first time after defeating Peñarol 2–1.[2] They became known as the "Leicester City of Uruguay" because ofLeicester City's surprising2015–16 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 the2016 Copa Sudamericana. Reports say that some players had never even been on a plane before.[3] They lost toClub Blooming on penalties in the first stage.
In 2021, they won theApertura tournament, their second accolade, and qualified for theCopa 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.
Plaza's city rivals are Juventud Colonia, and department derby is againstDeportivo Colonia.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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En este plantel la gran mayoría nunca se subió a un avión. (In this squad the grand majority have never been on a plane.)
