Rampla Juniors

Rampla Juniors were founded in the Aduana area, (also the birthplace of River Plate FC), then moved first to the Aguada neighbourhood, and finally, around 1920, to the Cerro neighborhood. Their colours are taken from Fortaleza, a club that existed in the early years of Rampla's stint in the Cerro area. Another story of how they chose their colours, is similar to how Boca Juniors supposedly got the idea for their kit colors from a Swedish flag on a ship. It is rumored that Rampla's founders took the red and green from an Italian flag on a ship that arrived in Montevideo Bay. It is also said that the basketball team CA Aguada (founded in 1922) took their colours from Rampla Juniors.

Rampla Juniors's archrivals are Cerro, and as such, the second biggest rivalry in the country.

Rampla in 1927 won the Uruguayan Primera División, the 1927 Squad was: Pedro Arispe (Captain), Pedro Aguirre, Enrique Ballestrero, Pedro Cabrera, Julio Nieto, José Magallanes, Juan Miguel Fermín "Ruso" Labraga, Luis Gaitán, Conrado Haeberli, Vital Ruffatti and Conrado Bidegain.

Rampla was once called the third "big" (meaning popular or best) of Uruguay's clubs, Peñarol and Nacional being first and second, due to the huge number of followers and positive results. In 2007, Rampla finished tied in 2nd place with Danubio in the Uruguayan 1st division. Their team record was (9 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses, in 15 games).

In his early days Rampla Juniors had strong ties with the meat packing industries that forged the neighborhood that he so proudly represents, notably the Chicagoan companies Swift, and Armour. From those companies workforce came several important players to Rampla Juniors. Until the mid 1960s Ramplas' supporters where known as Friyis, as the sound resembled Fridges (from the meat packing industries).

In the 1980s the club replaced the stadium's old wooden stands with new ones made with concrete. The supporters came forward and merrily helped breaking the stones for the restoration. Hence their new nickname, the Picapiedras (stone breakers).

• Uruguayan Primera División: 1

Amateur Era (1): 1927

• Segunda División Uruguay: 3

1944, 1980, 1992

• Divisional Intermedia (2nd level): 1

1921

Updated 15 March 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kevin Larrea 2 DF Emiliano García 4 DF Joan Gamboa 5 MF Gastón Díaz 6 DF Gastón Roselló 7 MF Gaspar Vega 8 FW Delis Vargas 9 FW Santiago Vega 10 MF Juan Ángel Albín 11 DF Mauricio Felipe 12 GK Silvio Samurrio 13 DF Emanuel Beltrán 14 MF Gastón Gorrostorrazo 15 FW Santiago Gaspari 16 MF Gustavo Machado

No. Position Player 17 DF Diego Rosa 18 DF Matías Soto 19 FW Carlos Núñez 20 DF Lucas Rodríguez 21 FW Rodrigo Piñeiro 22 MF Jhony Galli 23 FW Mathías Saavedra 24 DF Gonzalo Rizzo (on loan from Rentistas) 25 GK Rodrigo Odriozola 27 DF Claudio Servetti 28 FW Christopher Chávez 30 MF Juan Viacava 32 MF Ignacio Panzariello 33 MF Facundo Guichón

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