CLUB
Olimpia Football Club
Uruguay
Overview
Olimpia is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Uruguay. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- City
- Montevideo
- 1930 name
- Olimpia
- Club status
- merged
- Founded
- 1922
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1932-05-11
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)
- Stadium
- Olimpia Park
- 1930 team context
- Uruguay
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Olimpia Football Club already had a documented club history extending from 1922 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Olimpia Football Club was founded in Montevideo in 1922 and reached the Uruguayan top flight.
Chapter 2Description: It played its later home matches at Olimpia Park.
Chapter 3Description: With professionalism arriving in Uruguay, Olimpia and Capurro merged on 11 May 1932 to create the present Club Atlético River Plate.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: A Montevideo club founded in 1922 that belongs to the lineage that later produced modern Club Atlético River Plate.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Olimpia Football Club is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro on 11 May 1932 to create Club Atlético River Plate. Olimpia remains a separate historical predecessor entity.
Historical timeline
1922Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Olimpia Football Club identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Olimpia Football Club already had a documented club history extending from 1922 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Olimpia Football Club was founded in Montevideo in 1922 and reached the Uruguayan top flight.
Chapter 2Description: It played its later home matches at Olimpia Park.
Chapter 3Description: With professionalism arriving in Uruguay, Olimpia and Capurro merged on 11 May 1932 to create the present Club Atlético River Plate.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Ernesto Mascheroni.
1932-05-11Description: Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro on 11 May 1932 to create Club Atlético River Plate.
Season-by-season history
1922Season: 1922 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Olimpia Football Club founded in Montevideo.Founding milestone.
1923Season: 1923 · Competition: Federación Uruguaya de Football · Finish: 8th · Notes: First FUF campaign during the Uruguayan schism.No full roster asserted.
1924Season: 1924 · Competition: Federación Uruguaya de Football · Finish: 4th · Notes: Improved to fourth in the final FUF championship.No full roster asserted.
1927Season: 1927 · Competition: AUF Primera División · Finish: 8th · Notes: Entered unified AUF competition after the schism.No full roster asserted.
1928Season: 1928 · Competition: AUF Primera División · Finish: Active · Notes: Olimpia Park opened in November 1928.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: AUF Primera División · Finish: Active · Notes: 1930 World Cup-era club linked to Uruguay players.Documented players: Ernesto MascheroniWorld Cup-linked club player(s) only; not a full squad.
1928Season: 1928 · Competition: Olimpia Park · Finish: Stadium opened · Notes: Olimpia Park opened on 2 November 1928 and became the club’s principal ground.No full roster asserted; this row records source-backed club-season context.
1930Season: 1930 · Competition: Uruguayan Primera División · Finish: Top-flight participant · Notes: World Cup-era Olimpia identity.Documented players: Ernesto MascheroniFootballopedia World Cup-linked club players only; not a full roster.
1931Season: 1931 · Competition: Uruguayan Primera División · Finish: 11th · Notes: Olimpia finished 11th in its final complete season before merger.No full roster asserted; this row records source-backed club-season context.
1932Season: 1932 · Competition: Club merger · Finish: Merged with Capurro · Notes: On 11 May 1932 Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro to form Club Atlético River Plate, ending the independent Olimpia identity.No full roster asserted; this row records source-backed club-season context.
Competition chronology
1922Description: Club formation | Founded | Olimpia Football Club founded in Montevideo.
1923Description: Federación Uruguaya de Football | 8th | First FUF campaign during the Uruguayan schism.
1924Description: Federación Uruguaya de Football | 4th | Improved to fourth in the final FUF championship.
1927Description: AUF Primera División | 8th | Entered unified AUF competition after the schism.
1928Description: AUF Primera División | Active | Olimpia Park opened in November 1928.
1929/30Description: AUF Primera División | Active | 1930 World Cup-era club linked to Uruguay players.
1932Description: On 11 May 1932 Olimpia merged with Capurro to form Club Atlético River Plate of Montevideo, immediately before Uruguay’s first professional championship began.
1928Description: Olimpia Park | Stadium opened | Olimpia Park opened on 2 November 1928 and became the club’s principal ground.
1930Description: Uruguayan Primera División | Top-flight participant | World Cup-era Olimpia identity.
1931Description: Uruguayan Primera División | 11th | Olimpia finished 11th in its final complete season before merger.
1932Description: Club merger | Merged with Capurro | On 11 May 1932 Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro to form Club Atlético River Plate, ending the independent Olimpia identity.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Uruguayan competition participation before the 1932 merger; exact honours remain source-gated.
Stadium and ground history
Olimpia ParkDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: documented home ground in 1930.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Ernesto MascheroniDescription: DF · Uruguay · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro on 11 May 1932 to create Club Atlético River Plate. Olimpia remains a separate historical predecessor entity.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Olimpia
End of original identityDescription: Olimpia merged with Club Atlético Capurro on 11 May 1932 to create Club Atlético River Plate.
Successor / lineageDescription: Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Olimpia identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Ernesto MascheroniPosition: DF · National Team: Uruguay · Player Slug: ernesto-mascheroni
Sources
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
UruguayRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Olimpia ParkRole: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue