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 were 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).

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Kevin Larrea 2 DF  URU Emiliano García 4 DF  URU Joan Gamboa 5 MF  URU Gastón Díaz 6 DF  URU Gastón Roselló 7 MF  ARG Gaspar Vega 8 FW  URU Delis Vargas 9 FW  URU Santiago Vega 10 MF  URU Juan Ángel Albín 11 DF  URU Mauricio Felipe 12 GK  URU Silvio Samurrio 13 DF  URU Emanuel Beltrán 14 MF  URU Gastón Gorrostorrazo 15 FW  URU Santiago Gaspari 16 MF  URU Gustavo Machado

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

• Uruguayan Primera División: 1

1927

• Segunda División Uruguay: 3

1944, 1980, 1992

• Divisional Intermedia: 1

1921

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