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	==History==		==History==
	Founded on 15 March 1913, as ''Club Atlético Defensor'', the name of the club was changed in 1989 to ''Defensor Sporting Club'' after a merger with ''Sporting Club Uruguay''. They played in the first professional league season in Uruguay, the [[1932 Uruguayan Primera División]].{{fact\|date=June 2025}}		Founded on 15 March 1913, as ''[[Club Atlético Defensor]]'', with heavyweight in [[soccer]], the name of the club was changed in 1989 to ''Defensor Sporting Club'' after a merger with ''[[Sporting Club Uruguay]]'', originally a [[basketball]] club. They played in the first professional league season in Uruguay, the [[1932 Uruguayan Primera División]].{{fact\|date=June 2025}}

	Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the [[Copa Libertadores]] and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay that become successful players worldwide, It is the first club of numerous players like [[Jorge Orosmán da Silva\|Jorge "Polilla" da Silva]], [[Sergio Daniel Martínez\|Sergio "Manteca" Martínez]], [[Sebastián Abreu]], [[Andrés Fleurquin]], [[Marcelo Tejera]], [[Darío Silva]], [[Gonzalo Vargas]], [[Diego Pérez (footballer)\|Diego "Ruso" Pérez]], [[Nicolás Olivera]], [[Martín Cáceres]], [[Maxi Pereira]], [[Álvaro Rafael González\|Álvaro González]], and [[Tabaré Viúdez]].{{fact\|date=June 2025}}		Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the [[Copa Libertadores]] and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay that become successful players worldwide, It is the first club of numerous players like [[Jorge Orosmán da Silva\|Jorge "Polilla" da Silva]], [[Sergio Daniel Martínez\|Sergio "Manteca" Martínez]], [[Sebastián Abreu]], [[Andrés Fleurquin]], [[Marcelo Tejera]], [[Darío Silva]], [[Gonzalo Vargas]], [[Diego Pérez (footballer)\|Diego "Ruso" Pérez]], [[Nicolás Olivera]], [[Martín Cáceres]], [[Maxi Pereira]], [[Álvaro Rafael González\|Álvaro González]], and [[Tabaré Viúdez]].{{fact\|date=June 2025}}

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{{Short description|Uruguayan sports club}}
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
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| image = Defensor_Sporting.svg
| image_size = 140px
| fullname = Defensor Sporting Club
| nickname = ''El Violeta'' ''La Viola'' ''El Tuerto'' ''El Defe'' ''La Farola'' ''La Cometa''
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1913|3|15}}
| ground = [[Estadio Luis Franzini]], [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
| capacity = 16,000
| chairman = Alberto Ward
| manager = [[Ignacio Ithurralde]]
| mgrtitle = Coach
| league = [[Uruguayan Primera División|Primera División]]
| season = [[2024 Uruguayan Primera División season|2024]]
| position = Primera División, 4th of 16
| website = {{URL|https://www.defensorsporting.com.uy/}}
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'''Defensor Sporting Club''' is a [[sports club]] based in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with [[association football|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 [[2014 Copa Libertadores knockout stages|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 Uruguayan Primera División|1976]], [[1987 Uruguayan Primera División|1987]], [[1991 Uruguayan Primera División|1991]], and [[2007-08 Uruguayan Primera Division|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.

==History==
Founded on 15 March 1913, as ''Club Atlético Defensor'', the name of the club was changed in 1989 to ''Defensor Sporting Club'' after a merger with ''Sporting Club Uruguay''. They played in the first professional league season in Uruguay, the [[1932 Uruguayan Primera División]].{{fact|date=June 2025}}

Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the [[Copa Libertadores]] and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions internationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops many players in Uruguay that become successful players worldwide, It is the first club of numerous players like [[Jorge Orosmán da Silva|Jorge "Polilla" da Silva]], [[Sergio Daniel Martínez|Sergio "Manteca" Martínez]], [[Sebastián Abreu]], [[Andrés Fleurquin]], [[Marcelo Tejera]], [[Darío Silva]], [[Gonzalo Vargas]], [[Diego Pérez (footballer)|Diego "Ruso" Pérez]], [[Nicolás Olivera]], [[Martín Cáceres]], [[Maxi Pereira]], [[Álvaro Rafael González|Álvaro González]], and [[Tabaré Viúdez]].{{fact|date=June 2025}}

Legendary coach Prof. [[José Ricardo de León]] brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

In September 2007, the club was considered the World's Club Team of the Month by the [[IFFHS]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 December 2007|title=The World's club Team of the Month|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edbc05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221203631/http://www.iffhs.de/?3d4d443d0b803e8b447cce02285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edbc05|archive-date=21 December 2007|access-date=17 November 2020|website=IFFHS}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Estadio Luis Franzini}}

Defensor plays its home games at its own stadium called [[Estadio Luis Franzini]] which has a capacity for 18,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 31 December 1963, and is located in [[Parque Rodó]], [[Montevideo]].

== Rivalries ==
Defensor Sporting has had a rivalry with [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]] in recent years, because of the two clubs being the next biggest clubs in Uruguay after the historical two: Peñarol and Nacional. Matches between them are called the "Clásico de los medianos" (Spanish for Classic of the Mediums).{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

==Honours==
=== Senior titles ===
{{small div|
;Keys
* {{legend|gold|outline=#999999|Record}}
* {{sup|(s)}} Shared record
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! Type
! width=250px| Competition
! Titles
! Winning years
|-
| rowspan=4 | '''National''' (League)
! scope=col|[[Uruguayan Primera División|Primera División]]
|'''4'''
| align="left"|1976, 1987, 1991, 2008
|-
! scope=col|[[Segunda División Uruguay|Segunda División]]
|'''2'''
| align="left"|1950, 1965
|-
! scope=col|[[Uruguayan Segunda División (1903-1914)|Segunda División (1903-1914)]]
| '''1'''
| {{left|1914}}
|-
! scope=col|Divisional Tercera Extra
| '''1'''
| {{left|1913}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | '''Half-year / Short tournament''' (League)
! scope=col|[[Uruguayan_Primera_División#Apertura_and_Clausura_seasons|Torneo Apertura]]
| '''4'''
| {{left|1994, 2007, 2010, 2017}}
|-
! scope=col|[[Uruguayan_Primera_División#Apertura_and_Clausura_seasons|Torneo Clausura]]
| '''4'''
| {{left|1997, 2009, 2012, 2013}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''National''' (Cups)
! scope=col|[[Copa Uruguay|Copa AUF Uruguay]]
| bgcolor="gold"|'''3'''
| {{left|[[2022 Copa Uruguay|2022]], [[2023 Copa Uruguay|2023]], [[2024 Copa Uruguay|2024]]}}
|-
! scope=col|[[Uruguayan_Primera_División#Liguilla_Pre-Libertadores_de_América|Liguilla Pre-Libertadores]]
| '''8'''
| {{left|1976, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006}}
|-
! scope=col|[[Campeonato Nacional General Artigas]]
| '''1'''
| {{left|1960}}
|-
! scope=col|[[Torneo Cuadrangular (Uruguay)|Torneo Cuadrangular]]
| '''1'''
| {{left|1957}}
|}

==Performance in CONMEBOL competitions==
*'''[[Copa Libertadores]]: 17 appearances'''
::[[1977 Copa Libertadores|1977]]: Group Stage
::[[1980 Copa Libertadores|1980]]: Group Stage
::[[1982 Copa Libertadores|1982]]: Group Stage
::[[1990 Copa Libertadores|1990]]: Round of 16
::[[1992 Copa Libertadores|1992]]: Round of 16
::[[1994 Copa Libertadores|1994]]: Round of 16
::[[1996 Copa Libertadores|1996]]: Round of 16
::[[2001 Copa Libertadores|2001]]: Group Stage
::[[2006 Copa Libertadores|2006]]: First Round
::[[2007 Copa Libertadores|2007]]: '''Quarter-finals'''
::[[2009 Copa Libertadores|2009]]: '''Quarter-finals'''
::[[2012 Copa Libertadores|2012]]: Group Stage
::[[2013 Copa Libertadores|2013]]: First Stage
::[[2014 Copa Libertadores|2014]]: '''Semi-finals'''
::[[2018 Copa Libertadores|2018]]: Group Stage
::[[2019 Copa Libertadores|2019]]: Third Qualifying Stage
::[[2024 Copa Libertadores|2024]]: First Qualifying Stage

*'''[[U-20 Copa Libertadores]]: 1 appearance'''
::[[2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores|2012]]: Runner-up

*'''[[Copa Sudamericana]]: 8 appearances'''
::[[2005 Copa Sudamericana|2005]]: Second Round
::[[2007 Copa Sudamericana|2007]]: '''Quarter-finals'''
::[[2008 Copa Sudamericana|2008]]: Round of 16
::[[2010 Copa Sudamericana|2010]]: Round of 16
::[[2015 Copa Sudamericana|2015]]: '''Quarter-finals'''
::[[2017 Copa Sudamericana|2017]]: First Stage
::[[2018 Copa Sudamericana|2018]]: Second Stage
::[[2023 Copa Sudamericana|2023]]: First Stage

*'''[[Copa CONMEBOL]]: 2 appearances'''
::[[1995 Copa CONMEBOL|1995]]: First Round
::[[1997 Copa CONMEBOL|1997]]: First Round

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==Current squad==
{{Updated|1 February 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat= URU |name=[[Lucas Machado]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat= URU |name=Ariel Lima|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat= URU |name=[[Guillermo de los Santos]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat= ARG |name=Lukas König|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat= ARG |name=[[Walter Montoya]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat= URU |name=Mauricio Amaro|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat= ARG |name=[[Franco Soldano]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat= URU |name=Kevin Altez|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat= URU |name=Augusto Cambón|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat= URU |name=Matías Abaldo|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat= URU |name=[[Lucas Agazzi]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat= URU |name=[[Kevin Dawson (footballer, born 1992)|Kevin Dawson]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat= URU |name=Nahuel Furtado|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat= ARG |name=Federico Marchesini|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat= URU |name=[[Juan Viacava]]|pos=DF}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat= URU |name=José Álvarez|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat= ARG |name=[[Felipe Cadenazzi]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat= URU |name=Agustín Soria|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat= URU |name=[[Diego Abreu]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat= URU |name=Patricio Pacífico|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat= URU |name=Kevin Prieto|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat= PER |name=[[Alfonso Barco]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario Deportes]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat= URU |name=Bruno Simone|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat= URU |name=[[Francisco Ginella]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat= MEX |name=[[Xavier Biscayzacú]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat= URU |name=Nicolás Wunsch|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat= URU |name=Juan Manuel Jorge|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat= URU |name=Rodrigo Dudok|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat= URU |name=Erico Cuello|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

==Notable coaches==
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Hugo Bagnulo]] (1952–1957; 1960–1961)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gregorio Pérez]] (1983–1984)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Juan Ahuntchaín (1996)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Ricardo Ortiz (1996–1997)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Juan Ramón Tejera|Juan Tejera]] (2004–2005)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Jorge da Silva]] (2005–2009)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gustavo Ferrín]] (2009–2010)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Pablo Repetto]] (2010–2011)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Gustavo Díaz]] (2011–2012)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Tabaré Silva]] (2012–2013)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Fernando Curutchet (2013–2014)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Mauricio Larriera]] (2015–2016)
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Eduardo Acevedo]] (2016–2018)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.defensorsporting.com.uy/}}
* {{Facebook|Defensorsp|Defensor Sporting}}
* {{Twitter|Defensorsp|Defensor Sporting}}
* {{Instagram|Defensorsp|Defensor Sporting}}

{{Defensor Sporting squad}}
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{{2014 Liga Sudamericana}}
{{Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol}}

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