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Centro Atlético Fénix are a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Montevideo, who are their all-time rivals.
[edit] History
The club were founded on July 7, 1916 by a group of young men, they named the club fenix (Phoenix) after the mythological bird. They wear a violet and white kit, they chose the colour violet to represent eternity and white to represent purity.
In 2002 the club qualified to play in Copa Libertadores for the first time, a feat they repeated in 2003, but the club were relegated from the Primera División at the end of the 2005/2006 season.
[edit] Titles
- Uruguayan 3rd Division: 1991
[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
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- Best: First Round in 2003, 2004
[edit] Current squad
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Mauricio Caro |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Claudio Marcelo Elías |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Daniel Leites |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Cristian Núñez |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Claudio Rivero |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Cristian Machín |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Diego Ifrán |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Mario Rizotto |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Gabriel Alvez |
| 10 |
|
FW |
Andrés Márquez |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Matías Mier |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Javier Irazún |
|
|
|
[edit] Notable players
[edit] External links
Alejandro Ruben
Javier Cámpora
Andreé González
