The Rocha Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club from the city of Rocha, Uruguay. It was founded in 1999 and plays in the second professional division of Uruguay.

Rocha F.C.
Rocha F.C. Crest
Full nameRocha Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Celeste del este
Los de la vaca
FoundedAugust 1, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08-01)
GroundEstadio Municipal Doctor Mario Sobrero,
Rocha, Uruguay
Capacity10,000
ChairmanDora de León
CoachGustavo Machado
LeaguePrimera División Amateur
2021Segunda División, 12th (relegated)

Rocha was the first club from outside Montevideo to have played in the Copa Libertadores, having competed in 2006. The club was established in 1999 and won the promotion to the Uruguayan top division in 2003.[1]

In 2005, after capturing the Apertura title, the team notably did their lap of honour with their mascot, a cow owned by journalist Robert Santurio.

The Rocha FC kit is also the kit of the Rocha provincial team that plays in OFI (inner country football organization).

Multiple Merge

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Rocha F.C is the merge of 40 clubs from different cities in Rocha department:

  • 12 from Rocha capital
  • 5 from Chuy
  • 4 from Velázquez
  • 5 from Cebollatí
  • 4 from La Coronilla
  • 4 from Lazcano
  • 6 from Castillos

Titles

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Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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2006: First Round

Kit evolution

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1999-03
 
 
 
 
 
2004–05
 
 
 
 
 
2006
 
 
 
 
 
2005 away
 
 
 
 
 
2006 away

Current squad

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As of 13 February 2022

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 Martín Barlocco
GK   URU Marcos Donato
GK   URU Mauricio Fratta
DF   URU Federico Antúnez
DF   URU Martín Cardozo
DF   URU Santiago De Ávila
DF   URU Darío Ferreira
MF   URU Máximo Cabral
MF   URU Sebastián Cal
MF   URU Matías Fernández
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   URU Ricardo Lima
MF   COL Daniel Rojano
MF   URU Mateo Schiaffino
FW   URU Facundo Nóbrega
FW   ARG César Pereyra
FW   URU Marco Rossello
FW   COL Edwin Salazar
FW   URU Jonathan Soto

References

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  1. ^ Homewood, Brian (2008-11-28). "Few comforts at lowly Uruguayan club Rocha". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
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