Montevideo Wanderers F.C.
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| Full name | Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Bohemios, Vagabundos | ||
| Founded | 15 August 1902 | ||
| Ground | Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 12,000) |
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| Chairman | Guillermo Raggio | ||
| Coach | Salvador Capitano | ||
| League | Primera División Uruguaya | ||
| Clausura 2008 | 6th | ||
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Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.
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[edit] History
Montevideo Wanderers is a historical Uruguayan football club, which started activities near 1898, but was officially established in 1902 by a group of students plus many young players of the Albion Football Club, commanded by the Sardeson Brothers.
Is one of the only three Uruguayan football teams -along with Club Nacional de Fútbol and Club Atlético Peñarol, both called in Uruguay "two bigs"- that won the Uruguayan championship unbeatable.
In the beginning of the past century, Montevideo Wanderers won the Uruguayan league in 1906 and 1909, and the other important national tournament of that time, Copa de Honor, twice in 1908 and 1910.
Another crucial date in the club's history, is October 10, 1910, when Uruguay, fully represented by Wanderers´ team members, beat Argentina 2-1.
At the same time, the club won several international cups: Copa Cusenier, in 1908 against Quilmes Football Club, in 1912 against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires; Cup Tie Competition -1906, 1908, 1911, 1917 and 1918- beating Porteño, Independiente and many another Argentinian teams.
In the 20's, Wanderers won the Uruguayan Football Federation Championship of 1923, finished second in the Uruguayan championship of 1924 and 1926, and won the international Copa Río de la Plata in 1924, against Independiente de Avellaneda.
In the 30's, made successful tours over Brazil, Argentina, Perú and Chile, and played against some European teams, like Chelsea F.C. By 1931, the club won the last amateur Uruguayan league and in 1937, broke the monopoly of the "two bigs" Uruguayan teams, becoming the first "small" club to win an official Uruguayan competition in the professional era, the Copa de Honor. In 1933, won his second Copa Río de la Plata.
In 1942, 1943 and 1944, finished in the third position, losing the championship for less than four points, behind Peñarol and Nacional.
By the end of the 40's, the club suffered an important economic crisis, impacting the sustainability of the institution. To avoid bankruptcy, most notable players -Obdulio Varela, José María Medina, etc.- were sold. Since then, the competitiveness of the club started to decline. During the ´60's, Wanderers went to second division two times, in 1961 and 1966, as a consequence of its huge financial crisis.
In 1969, leave Montevideo to go to the city of Las Piedras, Canelones. For the first time, a professional football club from the capital city, decided to establish inside the country.
In 1974, returns to first division and to Montevideo city. At the end of the same season, Wanderers become the first "small" club to classified to the Copa Libertadores de América, beating Nacional, breaking the "two bigs" monopoly again.
In 1980 and 1985, finished second in the Uruguayan league, won the Copa Montevideo of 1981, the Liguilla of 1987 -a small tournament which qualifies Uruguayan teams to the Libertadores- and the Torneo Competencia in 1987 and 1990. In 1987 and 1991, the club made a tour over Spain, winning some summer tournaments in Sevilla and Tenerife.
By the ´90's, Wanderers suffered another important economic crisis. In fact, in 1995 the club was almost disbanded. By June, 1998, made another international tour, this time against Mexican football teams, like Morelia, Santos Laguna, etc. Finally, at the end of 1998 season, Montevideo Wanderers went to second division.
In 2001, Wanderers returned to first division and won the Liguilla.
[edit] Rivalries
Montevideo Wanderers has had a long standing rivalry with Defensor Sporting Club, and more recently with Club Atlético River Plate. In the early days of the amateur era, the direct rival was Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club. During his time on second division, Wanderers's main rival was Club Atlético Fénix.
[edit] Other sports
Basketball, Volleyball, Athletics, Motorcycle, Women's football, Futsal, Pool, Basque pelota.
[edit] Team colours
The club originally wore a brown jersey with a sky blue horizontal band, the former uniform of Uruguay Athletic, where Sardeson brothers started to play football. These t-shirts were send as a gift, by the board of that club. Since 1900 to 1903, a t-shirt with blue and white stripes, white shorts and black socks. Wanderers changed to their current black and white stripes as a homage to the Argentine club Estudiantes de Buenos Aires for their showed friendship. For some time, in the '60s, Wanderers used white socks and shorts.
The first away jersey, was a white t-shirt with a black horizontal stripe. Since 1940, Wanderers used a red t-shirt and a green t-shirt until 1980, when a black jersey with a white horizontal stripe appeared. In 1994, Wanderers used a white t-shirt with small black squares. In 1995, Wanderers changed his away jersey, adopting as a homage the Albion Football Club uniform. This t-shirt is half red and half blue. From 1995 to 1997, a red t-shirt. In 1998-1999, one sky blue jersey. In 2000, a black t-shirt with white sleeves. Since 2001, the red t-shirt returned again.
[edit] The story of the name
Sardeson Brothers travelled from Montevideo to England to see their parents, at the last decade of the XIX century. In that time, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club won the FA Cup. The new club doesn't have any money, field or jerseys, so they felt like "wanderers". Then, they decided, as a homage to the Wolves, to adopt its name. True to its legend, the club has had more than four home fields over the first 30 years of life, one of them being Liverpool's current stadium, Estadio Belvedere. Additionally, the club has suffered from several periods of homelessness, though none during the playoff season. Its current home stadium is Viera Stadium, located in the neighbourhood of Prado, in Montevideo.
[edit] Notable players throughout the history of the club
Obdulio Varela, Enzo Francescoli, Pablo Bengoechea, Sebastián Eguren, Pablo García, Jorge "Malaca" Martínez, Sergio Blanco, Cayetano Saporiti, Alfredo Zibechi, Miguel Apestegui, Nicolás Conti, Agenor Muniz, Ladislao Pérez, Héctor Magliano, Víctor Guaglianone, Aníbal "Maño" Ruíz, Mario Vergara, Ariel Esnal, Daniel Carreño, Ariel Krasouski, Juan Carlos Paz, Gonzalo Díaz, Óscar Chelle (historic top scorer with 104 goals in 163 games played), José María Medina (second top scorer, with 92 goals), Carlos Bastos (third top scorer with 90 goals), Norberto Casanello, Luis A. De Agustini, Roberto Carvidón, Sebastián Gualco, Luis Alberto Acosta, Enrique Peña, Walter Peletti, Héctor Adomaitis, Guillermo Sanguinetti, Félix Hernández, Julio Ramírez, etc. Some of the most admired players of Wanderers's history are Jorge Barrios, Roberto Figueroa, Domingo Tejera, Julio Toja and René "Tito" Borjas. The Italian-Argentine Mauro Camoranesi played very shortly for the bohemios in the '90s.
[edit] Olympic and FIFA World Cup champions
Zoilo Saldombide, René Borjas, Domingo Tejera, Roberto Figueroa.
[edit] Titles
- Uruguayan Primera División
- Amateur Era (3): 1906, 1909, 1923*, 1931.
*From 1922 to 1925 the Uruguayan Football was divided in two organisations: Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), recognised by FIFA, and the dissident Uruguayan Football Federation (FUF), of which Wanderers was one of the founders and competed in the three tournaments organised by that federation in 1923, 1924 and 1925 (not finished). Those championships are not recognised by the AUF - Professional Era (2): Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América: 1987, 2001.
- Other National Titles:
- Amateur Era (3): 1906, 1909, 1923*, 1931.
Copa Competencia (5): 1906, 1908, 1911, 1917, 1918. Copa de Honor (2): 1908, 1910. Torneo Competencia (2): 1987, 1990. Torneo de Honor (1): 1937. Copa Montevideo (1): 1981
- Segunda División Uruguay 1952, 1962, 1972, 2000
- International Titles
Copa Cusenier (2): 1908, 1912. Cup Tie Competition (3): 1911, 1917, 1918. Copa Río de la Plata (1): 1924.
[edit] Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
- Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances
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- Best: Second Round in 2002
- 1975: First Round
- 1983: First Round
- 1986: First Round
- 1988: First Round
- 2002: Second Round
- 2008: Preliminary Round
- Copa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
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- Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances
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[edit] Kit Evolution
      1898-1900
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[edit] Current squad
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[edit] External links
- Montevideo Wanderers Official Site
- Montevideo Wanderers Fans official Site
- Alfredo Víctor Viera Stadium
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