C.A. Bella Vista

Bella Vista
Full name	Club Atlético Bella Vista
Nickname(s)	Papales; Auriblancos
Founded	October 4, 1920; 103 years ago
Ground	Estadio José Nasazzi,; Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Juan Paulo Nuñez
League	Segunda División Amateur
2019	Segunda División, 11th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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[edit]

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[edit]

Primera División: 1

1990

Segunda División B Nacional: 1

2018

Segunda División: 5

1949, 1968, 1976, 1997, 2005

Tercera División: 2

1922, 1959

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[edit]

Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

1981: First Round

1985: First Round

1991: First Round

1993: First Round

1999: Quarter-Finals

2000: First Round

Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearances

2011: First Round

Current squad[edit]

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	URU	Sebastián Medina
—	DF	URU	Nicolás Becerra
—	DF	URU	Emanuel Cuello
—	DF	URU	Facundo Capdevielle
—	DF	ARG	Nicolás Fernández
—	FW	URU	Brandon Cardozo
—	DF	URU	Ignacio Beltramelli
—	MF	URU	Pablo Castro
—	MF	URU	Juan Sandín
—	MF	URU	Diego Cordero
—	FW	URU	Christian Vaquero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URU	Itan Salvarrey
—	MF	URU	Facundo Briñón

Jersey origin controversy[edit]

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.