![[Peñarol club flag]](../images/u/uy@pen.gif)
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Peñarol is the most popular of the soccer Clubs of Uruguay, with
nearly a million fans.
This club, which was once the World champion of champions, inherited
its name and flag from the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, which
was founded in the 1890s. This was an association of the workers of the
Uruguayan railroad companies, which were British. "Peñarol"
is a corruption of the name of a small town in Italy named Pinerolo
(in french, Pignerol).
It is the name of a suburb of Montevideo, where the railroad workshops
were. The Central Uruguay Railroad company was nationalized en the late
1940s. Untill that date the company kept its name, Ferrocarril
Central del Uruguay.
Jorge Cajarville, 12 Aug 2000
The most famous football soccer game in Uruguay is Peñarol Vs. Nacional.
Francisco Gregoric, 14 Feb 2004
The colours are black and yellow; it is believed that they were
imported from the British Isles by the first employees and workers
who came to Uruguay to found the Company.
Jorge Cajarville, 12 Aug 2000
The design is not really Uruguyan, since the
Uruguyan stripes are (white-blue-white) × 3,
whereas the Peñarol stripes are (black-yellow-black) × 3.
Ivan Sache, 09 Aug 2000
![[Peñarol club flag variant]](../images/u/uy@pen2.gif)
There are several flag variants of the Peñarol's flag. The changes are just details. Sometimes the yellow is a little darker or lighter. And in this particular one, the stars are a little smaller.
Francisco Gregoric, 21 Jun 2004
There are a lot of pictures of Peñarol's flags in this homepage of Peñarol's fans. The fans show their flags around the world, from North America to Antartida. From Europe to Asia.
Francisco Gregoric, 22 Jun 2004
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