Montevideo Wanderers F.C.

Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera. As well as football, the club also has teams playing basketball, volleyball, athletics, futsal, pool and pelota.

Montevideo Wanderers
Full nameMontevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Bohemios
Vagabundos o cuadro chico y diminuto
Founded15 August 1902 (1902-08-15)
GroundEstadio Alfredo Victor Viera, Montevideo
Capacity10,000[1]
ChairmanGabriel Blanco
ManagerDaniel Carreño
LeaguePrimera División
2021Primera División, 6th
WebsiteClub website

History
The team of 1906 that won the Primera División and Copa Competencia championships.

The club was founded in 1902.[2]

They joined the Primera División in 1903, winning it in 1906 and 1909. In 1908 they won the Copa de Honor and the Copa de Honor Cousenier. They won the Copa de Honor for a second time in 1910, before going on to win the Copa Cusenier again in 1912.

In 1923 the club also began entering a team in the league created by the breakaway Uruguayan Football Association. They won the league in its first season.

By the end of the 1940s the club was suffering from financial problems, and to avoid bankruptcy several of their best players – including Obdulio Varela and José María Medina – were sold. In 1961 they were relegated to the second tier. Although they returned to the Primera División, they were relegated again in 1966. In 1969 the club left Montevideo and moved to Las Piedras.

They returned to both the Primera División and Montevideo in 1974, qualifying for the Copa Libertadores in their first season back in the top division.

The club suffered further financial problems in the 1990s, and were relegated at the end of the 1998 season. They returned to the Primera División again in 2001.[3]

Stadium

The club had more than four home grounds during its first 30 years, including Liverpool's current stadium, Estadio Belvedere. Its current home stadium is Estadio Viera located in the Prado neighbourhood of Montevideo.

Honours

Domestic

International

Current squad

Updated on 2 May, 2022 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 Mauro Silveira
2 DF  COL Juan Aguirre (on loan from Celaya)
3 DF  URU Jonathan Lacerda
4 DF  URU Juan Acosta
5 MF  URU Mauro Estol
6 DF  URU Agustín Barcellos
7 MF  URU Diego Hernández
8 MF  URU Emiliano Tellechea
9 FW  URU Mauro Méndez
10 MF  URU Nicolás Quagliata
11 FW  URU Agustín Santurio
12 GK  URU Ignacio De Arruabarrena
13 FW  URU Agustín Univaso
14 FW  URU Diego Riolfo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  URU Matías Fracchia
16 MF  URU Bruno Veglio
17 DF  URU Martín Suarez
18 MF  URU Gerónimo Plada
19 MF  CHI Christian Bravo
21 MF  URU Kevin Rolón
22 DF  URU Sebastián Figueredo
23 DF  URU Emiliano García
24 MF  URU Diego Hernández
25 FW  URU Nicolás Ferreira
26 MF  URU Guillermo Wagner
27 MF  URU Emiliano Vidart
30 GK  URU Enzo López
32 FW  ARG Hernán Rivero

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

Notes
  1. Apart from the three AUF (official competition) titles, the club also won the 1923 championship organised by dissident body "Federación Uruguaya de Football (FUF)". Nevertheless, the FUF championships have not been recognised by AUF.[5]

References
  1. https://mwfc.com.uy/infraestructuras/
  2. "Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. Castro, Daniel (29 October 2000). "El Prado se encendió con un Wanderers campeón". La República 21. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. "The proud rovers of Montevideo". FIFA. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ""Hasta ahora se jugaron 109 Uruguayos" on Ovación Digital".
  6. Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (18 May 2017). "Copa de Honor Cousenier". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (3 February 2001). "Cup Tie Competition- First Division". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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