Full Name: Club Atlético Peñarol
City: Montevideo
Country: Uruguay
League: Primera División
Founded: 1891
Stadium: Estadio Centenario (76,609)
Colors: Black, Gold
Uniform Supplier: Puma
Shirt Sponsor: Pirelli
Nicknames: Aurinegros, Manyas, Carboneros, Mirasoles
Rival: Nacional

Official Website: capenarol.uy

Description:
The club that would someday be known as Peñarol were founded on September 28, 1891 as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club. This was a club for workers and managers of the English-owned Central Uruguay Railway company. As the name suggests the club played cricket but also football. Nine years later the club was involved in the formation of the first national association - the Uruguay Association Football League. In 1913 the club was reorganized and the football section broke off to form Club Atlético Peñarol, open to all members and not simply those involved with the railway company. Peñarol is the neighborhood of Montevidio where the club is based. The full name translates as Peñarol Athletic Club and has sponsored teams in many sports over the years, although football is by far the most important. 

Peñarol play most matches in the enormous Estadio Centenario, also used by arch-rival Nacional as well as the Uruguayan national team. The club also owns (and occasionally uses) a smaller stadium named the Estadio José Pedro Damiani - Las Acacias. The derby with Nacional, El Super Clasico, is one of the oldest in the world.

The 11 stars of the logo represent the 11 players in a team. The vertical black and gold stripes are seen at the front of railway cars throughout Uruguay - for example. The nickname Aurinegros means The Gold and Black. The nickname Mirasoles refers again to the club colors. Mirasol (or more commonly girasol) means sunflower in Spanish. A carbonero is the train's fireman, the one who supplies the coal to a locomotive.

2006-07 Home Uniform

2006-07 Away Uniform

Trophy Room:
* Uruguayan Amateur Championship (1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929)
* Uruguayan League (1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003)
* Copa Libertadores (1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987)
* Intercontinental Cup (1961, 1966, 1982)

Links:
penarol.org