Club Football
Club football in Uruguay is dominated by two big Montevideo clubs, Peñarol + CURCC and Nacional. Penarol combined with CURCC have won the Uruguayan Primera División 48 times, and Nacional 44 times, since it began in 1900. These clubs have won 3 times each the Intercontinental Cup also been successful in South American competition, with Nacional having won the Copa Interamericana twice and Copa Libertadores three times, and Peñarol having conquered Copa Libertadores five times. Recently; 2011 Peñarol reached to the finals, and fell against Brazilian Santos FC.
Matches between Peñarol and Nacional are termed the Uruguayan Clásico. The longest lasting football derby outside Great Britain.
Most other clubs in top division are also from Montevideo. In the 2010–11 Uruguayan Primera División season, only one club, Tacuarembó came from outside the capital. Now a days (2011-12) Cerro Largo is the only department that is represented in Uruguay's First Division.
Many Uruguayan footballers have been successful in European football, including current players Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, and Diego Forlán, who has had a successful career in Spain with Atlético Madrid, where he won both the European Golden Shoe and Pichichi Trophy twice.
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