Albion Football Club
| Albion | |||
| Basic data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Albion Football Club | ||
| Seat | Montevideo , Uruguay | ||
| founding | June 1, 1891 | ||
| president | Fernando Chain approx | ||
| Website | albionfootclub.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Leonardo Blanco | ||
| Venue | Parque “Dr. Enrique Falco Lichtemberger “ Montevideo , Uruguay |
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| Places | 1500 | ||
| league | Segunda Division Amateur | ||
| 2014/15 | 3rd (annual table), 2nd (Liguilla) | ||
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The Albion Football Club , or Albion for short , is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay .
history
The club was founded on June 1, 1891 under the name Football Asociation (in literature also Football Association ) and is the oldest pure football club in the country. The association was founded by Enrique C. Lichtenberger together with his colleagues Willie Mac Lean, EA Shaw, FJ Smith, JO Morse, E. Pepper, Bentley Swinden, Miguel Sardeson, John D. Woosey, Walter L. Pepper, Ernest Decurnex, GP Swinden, Enrique Easton, Charles H. Pratt, Pedro W. Bermúdez, H. Leopold, Carlos Chasquetti, Albert F. Lambrechts, E. Miles, H. Sagehorn, Andrews Clark, HA Woodcock and BV Bomselaar. The first governing body, with Chairman Mac Lean, was formed by Secretary Woodcock, Treasurer Lichtenberger, Captain Woosey, Vice Captain GW Swinden, and Delegate Clark. When it came to playing attire, a white jersey with a red star on the chest was chosen. In the association's statutes it was laid down that it was a Uruguayan club. Foreigners were denied membership.
In the founding year, there were two friendly matches against the Montevideo Cricket Club in La Blanqueada on August 2 and August 25 , which they lost with 1: 3 and 0: 6.
In the first game played, the team consisted of the following players: E. Lichtenberger, C. Swinden, AC Lichtenberger, B. Swinden, JO Morse, TJ Smith, team captain JD Woosey, W. Mac Lean, H. Woodcock, M. Sardeson and AF Lambrechts. EA Shaw, WL Pepper and E. Decurnex acted as substitutes.
Subsequently, in the course of the general meeting on September 21, 1891, the association name was changed to the one that is valid today. Even when it comes to playing clothes, they switched to a blue sports shirt with a white collar and sleeves, white trousers and black socks. At the meeting on March 20, 1895, Albion loosened the statutes and finally opened up to foreigners within the team, which among other things made it possible for William Leslie Poole to join the team. Furthermore, the colors of the playing clothes were changed again and from then on they wore the "British" colors navy blue and red.
On August 15 and 16, 1896, completed games against the Retiro Athletic Club and Belgrano Athletic Club were recorded, which were won 4-1 and 5-3 respectively in Buenos Aires . Then, with the game against the Argentine capital club Lobos Athletic Club, probably the first international football game on Uruguayan soil took place.
Albion, who played his encounters in Punta Carretas in the early stages of the club's history , played first-class between 1900 and 1905. This made you one of the four founding members of the Primera División . In 1900 the club also won the first edition of the Copa Competencia . In that year, the club's team placed second in the league in the final table of the Primera División. In the table, they were ranked 5th in each of the following years. In the 1902 season Albion was the only team that left points against bottom of the table Triunfo . After not belonging to the Primera División in 1906 and 1907, the club returned to the House of Lords of Uruguayan football for the 1908 season. That year they finished sixth out of ten teams. However, although only the bottom of the table Intrépido is led as relegated, Albion joined the Primera División in 1908 for the last time in the club's history. In 1913 Albion played at the barrial league level. On May 3, 1914, one was involved in the establishment of the Liga Universitaria de Deportes . This was done by means of a team known as William Poole . In 1924 the club registered for the Extra , but did not appear in the end. From 1931 on they played again on a barrial level, before being part of the Extra again in 1942 and this time also taking part there. On June 1, 1953, the club's team was revived. They won the Auf Torneo Preparación unbeaten . Then one stepped under the umbrella of the Federación Uruguaya de Fútbol Amateur, founded on July 29, 1953 . The championship was won in 1953 and 1954 within this association, which comprises four leagues and consists of more than 60 clubs. At that time, Albion played the games on the field of the Aeródromo Boiso Lanza . In the 1970s they played in the Liga Universitaria de Fútbol and in 1976 merged with Miramar in the Primera B for a short time for one year . At that time the team called themselves Albion Miramar.
The club's team plays in the Segunda División Amateur . The games will take place in the Parque “Dr. Enrique Falco Lichtemberger ”.
At least since 2015 the club has apparently been operating under the name Albion Football Club SAD and is thus organized in the legal form of a SAD .
successes
- Copa Competencia 1900
- Uruguayan runner-up in 1900
Trainer
- until January 24, 2012: Adrián Malvarez
- from January 25, 2012: José Ignacio Ordóñez (interim trainer)
- Leonardo Blanco
Other branches
Cricket, baseball, tennis, basketball and judo are other sports that have also been practiced in the club so far.
Individual evidence
- ^ Estadios de Uruguay: Albion Football Club. In: estadiosdeuruguay.blogspot.de. April 26, 2011, accessed June 16, 2015 .
- ↑ Oriental campeón (Spanish) on auf.org.uy, accessed June 16, 2015
- ^ A b José L. Buzzetti , Eduardo Gutierrez Cortinas : Historia del Deporte en el Uruguay (1830-1900). Montevideo 1965, p. 71.
- ↑ El fútbol en Uruguay ( Memento from June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on defensorsporting.com.uy, accessed on May 26, 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ José L. Buzzetti, Eduardo Gutierrez Cortinas: Historia del Deporte en el Uruguay (1830-1900). Montevideo 1965, p. 72.
- ↑ José L. Buzzetti, Eduardo Gutierrez Cortinas: Historia del Deporte en el Uruguay (1830-1900). Montevideo 1965, p. 84.
- ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900–2000 at www.rsssf.com, accessed May 26, 2013.
- ↑ 6- Otros Equipos A – L - Albion Football Club (Spanish), accessed on May 26, 2013.
- ^ Official Facebook page of the club
- ↑ Adrián Malvarez no Continuarà como entrenador de Albion. ( Memento of June 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.albion.com.uy of January 24, 2012, accessed on December 23, 2013.
- ^ José Ignacio Ordóñez asume como entrenador interino. ( Memento from June 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.albion.com.uy from January 25, 2012, accessed on December 23, 2013.
- ↑ Leonardo Blanco fue designado nuevo entrenador de Albion ( Memento of November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.albion.com.uy, accessed on December 23, 2013.
- ↑ ALBION FC EL PRIMER CLUB DE FUTBOL DE URUGUAY ( Memento from July 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Spanish) from April 1, 2011, accessed on May 26, 2013.