Bella Vista
Full nameClub Atlético Bella Vista
Nickname(s)Papales
Auriblancos
FoundedOctober 4, 1920 (October 4, 1920)
GroundEstadio José Nasazzi,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity10,000[1]
ChairmanJuan Paulo Nuñez
LeagueSegunda División Amateur
2019Segunda División, 11th (relegated)

Club Atlético Bella Vista, usually known simply as Bella Vista is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club plays its home games at Estadio José Nasazzi, which can hold 10,000 spectators.

History

Club Atlético Bella Vista was founded on 4 October 1920.

In 1981, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores. The club played in the same group as Peñarol, of Uruguay, and Estudiantes de Mérida and Portuguesa FC, 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 in 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 the 1993 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

1990
  • Segunda División B Nacional: 1
2018
1949, 1968, 1976, 1997, 2005
  • Tercera División: 2
1922, 1959

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1981: First Round
1985: First Round
1991: First Round
1993: First Round
1999: Quarter-Finals
2000: First Round
2011: First Round

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Uruguay URU Sebastián Medina
— DF Uruguay URU Nicolás Becerra
— DF Uruguay URU Emanuel Cuello
— DF Uruguay URU Facundo Capdevielle
— DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Fernández
— FW Uruguay URU Brandon Cardozo
— DF Uruguay URU Ignacio Beltramelli
— MF Uruguay URU Pablo Castro
— MF Uruguay URU Juan Sandín
— MF Uruguay URU Diego Cordero
— FW Uruguay URU Christian Vaquero
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Uruguay URU Itan Salvarrey
— MF Uruguay URU Facundo Briñón

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.

Managers

See also

References

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