C.A. Bella Vista

Bella Vista

Full name	Club Atlético Bella Vista
Nickname(s)	Papales, Auriblancos
Founded	October 4, 1920
Stadium	Estadio José Nasazzi , Montevideo, Uruguay (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Rubén Domínguez
Coach	Diego Alonso
League	Primera División
2010-11	5th
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Club Atlético Bella Vista, usually known simply as Bella Vista is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo.

History

On October 4, 1920, Club Atlético Bella Vista was founded.

In 1981, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores de América. The club played in the same group as Peñarol, of Uruguay, and Estudiantes de Mérida and Portuguesa de Acarigua, of Venezuela. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition. In 1985, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores again. Bella Vista was in the same group of Peñarol, and two Chilean clubs, Colo-Colo and Magallanes, but were again eliminated at the first stage.

In 1990, Bella Vista won the Uruguayan league, and gained the right to enter the following year's Copa Libertadores. In the following year, in 1991, the club competed the Copa Libertadores, and was in the same group as Nacional, of Uruguay, and Flamengo and Corinthians, of Brazil. The club finished in the last place of the group. In 1993's Copa Libertadores, Bella Vista was in the same group as Nacional, of Uruguay, and El Nacional and Barcelona, of Ecuador. After a poor campaign, the club was again eliminated in the first stage. In 1999, the club, after an absence of six years, returned to Copa Libertadores. Bella Vista was in a group containing Nacional, of Uruguay, Estudiantes de Mérida, of Venezuela, and Monterrey, of Mexico. The club finished in third in the first stage, and qualified to the second stage, where they defeated Universidad Católica, of Chile. However, in the quarterfinals, Bella Vista was eliminated by Deportivo Cali, of Colombia. It was the club's best campaign ever in the Copa Libertadores.

In 2000, Bella Vista competed again in the Copa Libertadores, and was grouped alongside Bolivians Bolívar, Atlético Mineiro, of Brazil, and Cobreloa, of Chile. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.

In 2011, the club competed in the Copa Sudamericana in which they were eliminated on the First Round by Universidad Católica

Titles

• Uruguayan Primera División: 1

Amateur Era (0):

Professional Era (1): 1990

• Segunda División Uruguay: 5

1949, 1968, 1976, 1997, 2005

• Tercera División Uruguay: 2

1922, 1959

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

1981: First Round

1985: First Round

1991: First Round

1993: First Round

1999: Quarter-Finals

2000: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearances

2011:

• Recopa Sudamericana: 0 appearances

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Stadium

The club plays their home matches at Estadio Parque José Nasazzi, with a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

Current squad 2011-12

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sebastián Britos 2 DF Esteban Maga 3 DF Carlos Gutiérrez 4 DF Ricardo Asqueta 5 MF Jorge Casanova 6 DF Cristian Franco 7 FW Daniel Baldi 8 MF Ignacio Nicolini 9 FW Raúl Tarragona 10 FW Álvaro Méndez 11 FW José Varela 12 GK Ángel Nicolás Torreira 13 MF Marcelo Martuciello

No. Position Player 14 MF Pablo Soares 15 MF Gastón Otreras 16 MF Paulo Ortíz 17 MF Santiago López 18 MF Jonathan Pérez 19 FW César Ceballos 20 MF Agustín Viana 22 DF Damían Santín 25 GK Nicolás Gentilio 26 MF Jesús Belase MF Leandro Silva FW Sebastian Palermo

Jersey origin controversy

The Bella Vista jersey represents the Vatican flag, half yellow and half white. This is why the club is nicknamed the "papales",the ones who follow the papal, el papado, the Vatican authority.

Some versions say the origin can be different. Due to the divided fanaticism between Peñarol and Nacional of the club's former authorities, they decided the jersey to have the predominant colors of the two Uruguayan big clubs. Note that this is exactly what Arsenal of Sarandí from Argentina did when designing its jersey, light blue and red, due to the authorities of the club being Independiente and Racing of Avellaneda supporters.

See also

• Paysandú Bella Vista

External links

• (Spanish) Official website