Club Atlético Bella Vista, usually known simply as Bella Vista is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club plays its home games at Estadio José Nasazzi, which can hold 10,000 spectators.

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Bella Vista

Full name	Club Atlético Bella Vista
Nickname(s)	Papales Auriblancos
Founded	October 4, 1920; 103 years ago (October 4, 1920)
Ground	Estadio José Nasazzi, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	10,000[1]
Chairman	Juan Paulo Nuñez
League	Segunda División Amateur
2019	Segunda División, 11th (relegated)
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Club Atlético Bella Vista was founded on 4 October 1920.

In 1981, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores. The club played in the same group as Peñarol, of Uruguay, and Estudiantes de Mérida and Portuguesa FC, of Venezuela. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition. In 1985, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores again. Bella Vista was in the same group of Peñarol, and two Chilean clubs, Colo-Colo and Magallanes, but were again eliminated at the first stage.

In 1990, Bella Vista won the Uruguayan league, and gained the right to enter the following year's Copa Libertadores. In the following year, in 1991, the club competed in the Copa Libertadores, and was in the same group as Nacional, of Uruguay, and Flamengo and Corinthians, of Brazil. The club finished in the last place of the group. In the 1993 Copa Libertadores, Bella Vista was in the same group as Nacional, of Uruguay, and El Nacional and Barcelona, of Ecuador. After a poor campaign, the club was again eliminated in the first stage. In 1999, the club, after an absence of six years, returned to Copa Libertadores. Bella Vista was in a group containing Nacional, of Uruguay, Estudiantes de Mérida, of Venezuela, and Monterrey, of Mexico. The club finished in third in the first stage, and qualified to the second stage, where they defeated Universidad Católica, of Chile. However, in the quarterfinals, Bella Vista was eliminated by Deportivo Cali, of Colombia. It was the club's best campaign ever in the Copa Libertadores.

In 2000, Bella Vista competed again in the Copa Libertadores, and was grouped alongside Bolivians Bolívar, Atlético Mineiro, of Brazil, and Cobreloa, of Chile. The club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.

In 2011, the club competed in the Copa Sudamericana in which they were eliminated on the First Round by Universidad Católica

• Primera División: 1

1990

• Segunda División B Nacional: 1

2018

• Segunda División: 5

1949, 1968, 1976, 1997, 2005

• Tercera División: 2

1922, 1959

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

1981: First Round

1985: First Round

1991: First Round

1993: First Round

1999: Quarter-Finals

2000: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearances

2011: First Round

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  URU Sebastián Medina — DF  URU Nicolás Becerra — DF  URU Emanuel Cuello — DF  URU Facundo Capdevielle — DF  ARG Nicolás Fernández — FW  URU Brandon Cardozo — DF  URU Ignacio Beltramelli — MF  URU Pablo Castro — MF  URU Juan Sandín — MF  URU Diego Cordero — FW  URU Christian Vaquero

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URU Itan Salvarrey — MF  URU Facundo Briñón

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The Bella Vista jersey represents the Vatican flag, half yellow and half white. This is why the club is nicknamed the "papales", the ones who follow the papal, el papado, the Vatican authority.

Some versions say the origin can be different. Due to the divided fanaticism between Peñarol and Nacional of the club's former authorities, they decided the jersey to have the predominant colors of the two Uruguayan big clubs. Note that this is exactly what Arsenal of Sarandí from Argentina did when designing its jersey, light blue and red, due to the authorities of the club being Independiente and Racing of Avellaneda supporters.

• Paysandú Bella Vista