Central Español

Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

The F.U.F era
Together with Peñarol, Central founded FUF (Uruguayan football federation) in 1923 after being expelled from AUF. The FUF even made a parallel Uruguay national team (dissident to AUF) that played several international games based on Peñarol and Central squads. After 3 years of existence the new federation was dissolved and both teams returned to AUF.

Merging
Central append "Español" to its name after an agreement signed with a Spanish group in 1971. Central itself was born from a merge between "Solís Bochas" and "Soriano Polideportivo".

Champions
In 1984 Central Español won their only Uruguayan championship to date. The team was managed by Líber Arispe during campaign.

Titles

 * Primera División (1)
 * 1984


 * Torneo Competencia (1)
 * 1944


 * Segunda División Uruguay: (3)
 * 1961, 1983, 2011–12


 * Tercera División Uruguay: 1'''
 * 1928 (as Central FC)

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

 * Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
 * 2006: First Round

Managers

 * 🇺🇾 Julio Antúnez (July 2005–Dec 06)
 * 🇺🇾 Gustavo Díaz (Jan 2008–March 8)
 * 🇺🇾 Julio Antúnez (March 2008–June 8)
 * 🇺🇾 Mario Saralegui (Dec 2009–March 10)
 * 🇺🇾 Daniel Sánchez (March 2010–June 11)
 * 🇺🇾 Darlyn Gayol (July 2011–Feb 13)
 * 🇺🇾 Julio Acuña (Feb 2013–April 13)
 * 🇦🇷 Óscar Pacheco (April 2013–)
 * Maxi Viera (June 2022)