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Key facts
- 2025
- Liga AUF Uruguaya, 5th of 16
- Full name
- Defensor Sporting Club
- Nicknames
- El Violeta , La Viola , El Tuerto , El Defe , La Farola , La Cometa
- Founded
- 15 March 1913 ; 113 years ago ( 1913-03-15 )
- Ground
- Estadio Luis Franzini , Montevideo , Uruguay
- Capacity
- 16,000
- Chairman
- Diego Franzini
- Coach
- Vacant
- League
- Liga AUF Uruguaya
- Website
- www .defensorsporting .com .uy
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Encyclopedic overview
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievements in Uruguay and internationally.
It is the third most highest winning club in Uruguay, with 24 official titles, only surpassed by Peñarol and Club Nacional de Football. The club's best performance at the international stage was in 2014, when they reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, eventually losing to Club Nacional 2–1 on aggregate. They have won the Uruguayan Championship four times: in 1976, 1987, 1991, and 2007-08. Their 1976 title win was especially notable in Uruguay's football history as it ended 44 years of dominance by Nacional and Peñarol.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Defensor Sporting Club” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.