Both finalists reached the final with relative ease as they crushed Botafogo and Peñarol.
The first uniform kit acquired by the club were the striped black and yellow worn by Uruguayan CURCC (predecessor of current club Peñarol), that were the only available in stores.
The official inauguration, however, was postponed until the anniversary of the city of La Plata, on November 19, with Gimnasia playing a friendly match against Peñarol de Montevideo.
The name of the club was adopted by the founders who were searching for a name with the characteristics of being a Uruguayan club, but not of extreme fame like Peñarol or Nacional, and in honour to Centro Atlético Fenix, a Uruguayan institution founded in July 1916, the name was adopted and the club baptised as Fenix.
Jordi César was born in Alicante from Uruguayan ancestors, his great-grandfather Juan Delgado having played for C.A. Peñarol.
Peñarol Football Club is one of the two major soccer teams in Uruguay.
In July 30, 1899, Lobos was also the first Argentine football team to go on a tour outside Argentina, playing some friendly matches in Uruguay where the squad achieved a notable 2-0 victory over CURCC (current Peñarol).
Signing with the Merengues in January 1960 for 6.5 million pesetas, del Sol netted a career-best 17 goals in his first full season, while not missing one single minute of action in his 29 appearances as his team won the national championship, after starting the season with the Intercontinental Cup triumph against C.A. Peñarol.
On December 7, 1962, Barcelona played a testimonial game against C.A. Peñarol in his honour.
Aguirregaray made his professional debut in 2007 with a Peñarol shirt, and spent four full seasons with the club.
Santos defeated Universidad Católica in the semifinals and met defending champions Peñarol in the finals in which Pelé scored another brace in the playoff match to secure the first title for a Brazilian club.
She is the girlfriend of the current Uruguayan footballer Alejandro González who plays for C.A. Peñarol.
Estudiantes successfully defended their title for the second straight year by defeating Peñarol in the finals.
He has earned league championships with both Peñarol and Rosenborg, and he was part of the Uruguay squad that came on third place in Copa América 2004.
Baltasar Silva (born November 19, 1984 in Tacuarembó, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Peñarol of the Primera División in Uruguay.
Christian Samir Martínez (born 1990), Honduran footballer, played for Penarol and Real Espana
On 11 May 2011, recovered his titularity under orders of Juan Antonio Pizzi after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a Copa Libertadores quarterfinals match against Peñarol at Montevideo, where inexplicably dropped the ball, which Alejandro Martinuccio take the opportunity for score the definitive 2–0 in the 90th minute.
Octavio Darío Rodríguez Peña (born 17 September 1974 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays as a Centre Back/Left back for Peñarol.
A third playoff was contested on 18 November, and Héctor Castro played a vital role in this match, scoring a hat-trick which meant twice equalising as well as scoring the winning goal for Nacional, in a 3–2 win over Peñarol, which finally settled the Uruguayan Championship, almost six months after the controversial first playoff.
This neighborhood is the home of Peñarol’s sports complex “Los Aromos” and to the team’s stadium, Estadio Contador Damiani (formerly Las Acacias Stadium).
In 2006 Manrique joined Uruguayan team Danubio and in 2007 he joined Peñarol where he was part of the squad that won the Clausura 2008 tournament.
Whilst at Santos he won the 1962 Copa Libertadores, playing in all three matches of the final against Penarol.
Correa started his footballing career as a player in Uruguay, where he played for Nacional, Rentistas, Peñarol and Defensor Sporting.
Carrera started his career at LDU Quito at the age of 15 in 1960, where he stayed until transferred to Peñarol of Uruguay in 1968.