Montevideo City Torque

Montevideo City Torque is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División, the Second division of Uruguayan league system, having achieved promotion to the Primera División for the first time ahead of the 2018 season.

Montevideo City
Full nameMontevideo City Torque
Nickname(s)Torque
Celeste
La T
Founded26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) (as Club Atlético Torque)
GroundEstadio Centenario
Capacity60,235
OwnerCity Football Group
PresidentRaúl Aquino
ManagerLeonardo Ramos
LeagueUruguayan Segunda División
2023Primera División, 10th of 16 (relegated by average)
WebsiteClub website
Clubs owned by CFG
Listed in order of acquisition/foundation.
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2008Manchester City F.C.*
2009–2012
2013New York City FC§
2014Melbourne City FC*
Yokohama F. Marinos*§
2015–2016
2017Montevideo City Torque*
Girona FC*§
2018
2019Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*§
Mumbai City FC*§
2020Lommel S.K.*
ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022Palermo F.C.*§
2023Bahia*§

Founded in 2007 as Club Atlético Torque, the club has been owned since April 2017 by the City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group. Montevideo City Torque shares ties with teams such as Manchester City, New York City and Melbourne City, as clubs that are also owned by CFG.

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