Plaza Colonia

Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simply Plaza Colonia, is a Uruguayan football club from Colonia del Sacramento, that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera Division. Founded in 1887, the club plays its home games at the 12,000 seat Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici.

History

The club was founded on April 22, 1917 by Alberto Suppici. They played in the Regional league of Colonia until 1999. They gained their affiliation with AUF in 2000. In 2001 they won promotion to the Primera Division Uruguaya and in their debut season they finished in 7th place. Plaza are the most successful team from the department of Colonia.

In 2003 the club finally fell to the Second Division after a poor campaign. In 2004 the club ascended back to the first division, but in 2005 they went back down after another poor campaign. In 2006 they did not play the championship because of financial difficulties.

They re-entered official competitions for the 2006–07 season, playing once more in the Uruguayan 2nd Division.

Plaza's city rivals are Juventud Colonia, and department derby is against Deportivo Colonia.

In May 2016 they won the Clausura Championship for the first time, defeating Penarol 2-1. They became known as the "Leicester City of Uruguay" because of Leicester City's surprising 2015–16 Premier League title. The season before Plaza Colonia had finished 13th out of 16.

They qualified for their first ever continental competition in the 2016 Copa Sudamericana. Reports say that some players had never even been on a plane before. They lost to Club Blooming on penalties in the first stage.

They won Apertura in 2021.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Пласа Колония (russian)