Rampla Juniors facts for kids
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| Full name | Rampla Juniors Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Picapiedras Friyis (until the middle of the 1960) Ramplenses |
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| Founded | 7 January 1914 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico, Montevideo, Uruguay |
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| Capacity | 9,500 | ||
| Chairman | Daniel Bianchi | ||
| Manager | Juan Guillermo Castillo | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2023 | Segunda División, 6th of 14 (promotion via playoffs) | ||
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Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, often called Rampla Juniors, is a football club from Montevideo, Uruguay. This team plays in the Uruguayan football league. They are known for their home stadium, Estadio Olímpico, which can hold about 9,500 fans. Rampla Juniors won the Uruguayan championship in 1927. Their fans have a cool nickname: "The Flintstones"!
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The Story of Rampla Juniors
Where Rampla Juniors Began
Rampla Juniors started in an area of Montevideo called Aduana. Later, the club moved to the Aguada neighborhood. Around 1920, they found their permanent home in the Cerro neighborhood.
The team's colors, red and green, have a couple of interesting stories. One story says they got their colors from an older club called Fortaleza. Another popular story is that the founders saw an Italian flag on a ship in Montevideo Bay and decided to use its red and green colors for their team's kit.
Winning Championships and Nicknames
In 1927, Rampla Juniors achieved a big win. They became the champions of the Uruguayan Primera División. Some of the key players from that winning team included Pedro Arispe (the captain), Enrique Ballestrero, and Vital Ruffatti.
For a while, Rampla was considered the third most important football club in Uruguay. This was because they had many fans and good results, just behind the famous teams Nacional and Peñarol.
In the early days, many players came from the meat packing factories in the Cerro neighborhood. Because of this, Rampla's fans were sometimes called "Friyis," which sounded like "fridges." This nickname lasted until the mid-1960s.
The most famous nickname for Rampla fans is "The Flintstones," or Picapiedras in Spanish. This name came about because fans actually helped build the team's home stadium between 1964 and 1966. The stadium looked a bit like a quarry, and when they replaced old wooden stands with concrete ones in the 1980s, supporters helped break stones. That's how they became known as the "stone breakers" or "Flintstones"!
In 2007, Rampla Juniors had a strong season. They finished tied for second place in the Uruguayan first division. They won 9 games, drew 4, and only lost 2 out of 15 matches.
Recent Challenges and Comebacks
Around 2009, the club faced some tough times with money problems. By 2015, they were in debt. However, new leaders stepped in to help. In 2020, a businessman named Edgard Parnas helped pay off the club's debts.
In 2019, Rampla Juniors continued to play at their home stadium, Estadio Olímpico, which had a capacity of 6,000 at the time. In August 2020, fans and supporters helped raise a lot of money quickly. This allowed the team to pay off debts and play in the Second Division. By December 2020, Rampla Juniors were doing well, even reaching the final for promotion to a higher league.
The team kept playing actively into 2021. In January 2021, they played in the final of the Second Professional Division against team Sud América. Later that year, Daniel Bianchi became the new president of the club. They continued to play exciting matches, like a 1-1 draw against Atenas de San Carlos and a 1-0 win against Villa Teresa in June 2021.
Team Rivalries
Rampla Juniors has a big rivalry with another team called Cerro. Their matches are known as the "Villa Classic" (Clásico Villa). This is considered the second biggest rivalry in all of Uruguay's football! These games are always very exciting and important for the fans.
Current Squad
Updated 14 August 2024
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Honours
National
- Uruguayan Primera División
- Winners (1): 1927
- Torneo Competencia
- Winners (2): 1950, 1955
- Torneo de Copa Alfredo Lois
- Winners (1): 1969
- Torneo Cuadrangular
- Winners (1): 1953
- Segunda División Uruguay
- Winners (4): 1944, 1980, 1992, 2015-16
- Divisional Intermedia
- Winners (1): 1921
See also
In Spanish: Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club para niños
