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Colón

Segunda Division

Coach:	Sergio Damián Santín Francia
Segunda Division Form:
Overall Form:

Sergio Damián Santín Francia is the current coach for Colón.

Colón Segunda Division Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Colón have played a total of 17 matches in Uruguay Segunda Division. Their current statistics is 7 win, 5 draw and 5 lose.

Colón did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Colón results for their home or away matches in Segunda Division 2024.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Colón	17	7	5	5

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
04/12/2024	Colón	0 - 3	Juventud	0-1	H2H	O	+
Diego Vera 2'
		0 - 1	10' Valentín Gauthier
			17' Iván Rossi
Cristian Cruz 29'
		0 - 2	57' Ramiro Peralta
Denis Alexis Dulon 60'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 60'
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 60'
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 60'
			64' Ángel David Morosini Pereira
			73' Federico Ismael Varese Valenzuela
			75' Bruno Joaquín Larregui López
			75' Facundo Vigo
Cristian Cruz 78'
Jairo Guerra Travieso 78'
			80' Facundo Nahuel Pérez Bertinat
			81' Ramiro Peralta
			81' Felipe Klein
		0 - 3	85' Fernando Mimbacas Imaz
			86' Fernando Mimbacas Imaz
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma 87'
Bruno Abbate 87'
			90' Fernando Mimbacas Imaz
			90' Matías Nicolás Duffard Villarreal
16/11/2024	Colón	5 - 0	La Luz	1-0	H2H	O	+
			11' Rodrigo Gastón Mieres Pérez
Diego Vera 13'		1 - 0
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 42'
			46' Rodrigo Gastón Mieres Pérez
			46' Emerson Tucão
			46' Luca Barreto
			46' Juan Boselli
			46' Rubén Nicolás Sosa Rocha
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 46'
Rodrigo Viega 46'
Jairo Guerra Travieso 49'
			65' Nicolás Lugano
Andrés Augusto Copete Mosquera 65'
Bijay Chhetri 65'
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 65'
Leandro Méndez 65'
Leandro Méndez 67'		2 - 0
			71' Pablo Porcile
			71' Mateo Emanuel Carrizo González
Diego Vera 74'		3 - 0
			74' Cristian David González Taborda
			74' Enzo Lemos
Jonathan González 75'
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira 77'
Bruno Abbate 77'
Cristian Cruz 77'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 77'
Bruno Abbate 79'		4 - 0
			81' Santiago Martínez
			81' Facundo Barreto
			88' Facundo Barreto
Diego Vera 90+5'		5 - 0
03/11/2024	Colón	1 - 2	Rentistas	1-0	H2H	O	+
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 34'		1 - 0
			46' Santiago Vigorito Cuesta
			46' Axel Hernán Méndez Aguilera
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 56'
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira 56'
			60' Sebastián Cáceres
			60' Agustín García Santana
		1 - 1	66' Mauro Agustín Alfonso Madruga
Jonathan Rios 66'
Ignacio Avilés 66'
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 66'
Santiago Marcel 66'
			76' Carlos Damián Tombolini
			76' Guillermo Oroño Sire
Rodrigo Viega 77'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 77'
Denis Alexis Dulon 77'
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno 77'
			87' Rodrigo Viera
			87' Mateo Seoane
			87' Santiago Ramírez
			87' Álex de Freitas
			87' Michel Sosa
Facundo Bonifazi 90+1'
		1 - 2	90+4' Santiago Ramírez
			90+5' Axel Hernán Méndez Aguilera
			90+5' Santiago Ramírez
13/10/2024	Colón	4 - 2	Tacuarembó	2-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Nicolas Rodriguez Petrini
Jonathan González 12'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	23' Christian Nicolás Pintado Lapeyre
Rodrigo Viega 42'		2 - 2
Leandro Méndez 46'
Cristian Cruz 46'
			46' Franco Andrés Rossi Donazar
			46' Sebastián Gularte
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 46'
Santiago Marcel 46'
Cristian Cruz 52'		3 - 2
			61' Richard Agustín Coitto Barboza
Jonathan Rios 66'
Ignacio Avilés 66'
			67' Richard Agustín Coitto Barboza
			67' Patricio Gregorio
			67' Lautaro Pertusatti
			67' Maximiliano Rodriguez
			76' Nicolás González López
			76' Manuel Núñez
			84' Santiago Nicolás Vargas Guedes
			84' Furtado Pablo
Rodrigo Viega 86'
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 86'
Denis Alexis Dulon 86'
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma 86'
			90+3' Federico Pintado Núñez
			90+4' Lucas Medina
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 90+6'		4 - 2
30/09/2024	Colón	0 - 1	Oriental	0-1	H2H	O	+
			30' Carlos Airala
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma 32'
		0 - 1	42' Yefferson Moreira Scaraffoni
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma 46'
Jairo Guerra Travieso 46'
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 46'
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira 46'
			66' Facundo Raúl Briñón Acosta
			66' Renato Alexandrino
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 66'
Matias Ferreira 66'
			74' Nahuel Soria
			74' Pablo Fernando Olivera Fernández
			74' Ángelo Gabrielli
			74' Maximiliano Rao
Denis Alexis Dulon 75'
Leandro Méndez 75'
Jonathan Rios 77'
			82' Gabriel Fabricio Chocobar
Nicolas Rodriguez Petrini 82'
Bruno Abbate 82'
Leandro Méndez 85'
			88' Maycol Facundo Pereira Ferraro
			88' Gastón Faber Chevalier
			88' Nahuel Roldán
			88' Benjamín Núñez Barolin
22/09/2024	Colón	3 - 0	Juventud	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jonathan Rios 9'
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno 18'
			23' Álex Maizon Rodríguez González
Diego Vera 41'		1 - 0
			46' Gastón Mario Bartora Rodríguez
			46' Owen Falconis
			46' Álex Maizon Rodríguez González
			46' Bruno Joaquín Larregui López
Jonathan Rios 46'
Santiago Marcel 46'
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno 46'
Nicolas Rodriguez Petrini 46'
Facundo Bonifazi 47'
			53' Valentín Gauthier
Martín Alexis González Crespo De Machado 54'		2 - 0
			55' Emmanuel Más
Rodrigo Viega 62'		3 - 0
Facundo Bonifazi 64'
Jairo Guerra Travieso 64'
Diego Vera 70'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 70'
			74' Pablo Nicolás Pírez Montes
			75' Nicolás Leguizamón
			75' Anthony Aires
			75' Pablo Nicolás Pírez Montes
			75' Geiner Arleyson Martínez Turner
Rodrigo Viega 75'
Martín Alexis González Crespo De Machado 85'
Ignacio Avilés 85'
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 87'
Jairo Guerra Travieso 90+3'
08/09/2024	Colón	3 - 0	Albion	2-0	H2H	O	+
			18' Alejandro Sebastián Manchot
Cristian Cruz 29'		1 - 0
			32' Valentín Jara
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno 32'
Diego Vera 40'		2 - 0
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno 46'
Nicolas Rodriguez Petrini 46'
Fabricio Javier Santos Fernández 53'		3 - 0
			57' Fabricio Javier Santos Fernández
			57' Gianfranco Alegre
			57' Mateo Nicolas Suarez
			57' Joaquín Fernández
			57' Octavio Ricardo Perdomo Páez
			57' Sebastián Ribas
			57' Valentín Jara
			57' Facundo Nahuel Sosa Santana
Leandro Méndez 63'
Santiago Marcel 63'
			68' Abdiel Arroyo
			72' Gianfranco Alegre
Diego Vera 76'
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira 76'
Danilo Lerda 83'
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes 86'
Bruno Abbate 86'
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma 86'
Jonathan González 86'
			86' Agustín Sebastián Miranda Cambón
			86' Rodrigo Pastorini
Facundo Bonifazi 89'
Cristian Cruz 90+4'
17/08/2024	Colón	1 - 1	Atenas	1-0	H2H	O	+
Rodrigo Pascual Viega Alves 10'		1 - 0
Rodrigo Pascual Viega Alves 21'
			42' Juan Ignacio Chocho Velázquez
Ignacio Lautaro Avilés Rodríguez 44'
			46' Juan Ignacio Chocho Velázquez
			46' Guzmán Díaz Scarone
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 48'
		1 - 1	49' Geovani
			56' Gerónimo Plada Ricci
			56' Mariano Fernando Aguilera
Leandro Gastón Méndez Varese 62'
Cristian Cruz 62'
Ignacio Lautaro Avilés Rodríguez 65'
			67' Carlos da Rosa
			67' Máximo Plada Iriarte
			67' Facundo Nicolás Umpiérrez Luzardo
			67' Matías Nicolás Tellechea Pérez
Rodrigo Pascual Viega Alves 69'
Santiago Marcel Pérez 69'
Denis Alexis Dulon 69'
Jonathan Damián Ríos Núñez 69'
			72' Emilio Crespo Pazos
			76' Bartolo Sebastián Cal Farías
			76' Luis Enrique Machado Mora
			79' Matías Britos Cardoso
Diego Daniel Vera Méndez 88'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 88'
22/07/2024	Colón	0 - 0	Uruguay Montevideo	0-0	H2H	O	+
Denis Alexis Dulon 41'
			46' Gabriel Ignacio Ifrán Solano
			46' Braian Adrián Vargas Mautone
			61' Federico Puente Arap
Jonathan Damián Ríos Núñez 64'
Santiago Marcel Pérez 64'
Leandro Gastón Méndez Varese 70'
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira 70'
Denis Alexis Dulon 70'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 70'
			80' César Taján Jiménez
			80' Leonardo Sebastián Melazzi Pinela
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara 82'
Damián Gonzalo Cabrera Rodríguez 82'
Diego Daniel Vera Méndez 82'
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas 82'
			82' Mateo Daniel Ayres Boffano
			82' Francisco Duarte Genta
			82' Mateo Sena Montelongo
			82' Luciano Fernández Sosa
			86' Diego Sánchez Richieri
			89' Diego Sánchez Richieri
			89' Kevin Nicolás Alaniz Acuña
11/07/2024	Colón	1 - 0	Cooper	0-0	H2H	O	+
			20' M. Loffreda
L. Espinosa 46'
K. Mergen 46'
S. Marcel 58'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 58'
D. Dulon 58'
R. Viega 58'
			64' M. Loffreda
			64' M. Vila
R. Álvarez 66'
L. Méndez 66'
G. Sena 72'		1 - 0
			77' B. Foliados
			77' M. Affonso
			77' Federico Millacet
			77' L. Bernasconi
			81' H. Souza
			81' A. Bzurovski
			81' R. Flores
			81' R. Fraga
I. Avilés 86'
J. Ríos 86'
			90+6' A. Bzurovski
23/06/2024	Colón	2 - 1	Plaza Colonia	1-0	H2H	O	+
			33' E. Redín
L. Méndez 38'		1 - 0
I. Avilés 42'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 61'
D. Dulon 61'
			64' Daniel Bahia
			64' Á. Perdomo
D. Lerda 67'
			69' S. Brunelli
			70' E. Redín
			70' M. Redín
E. Siri 73'
		1 - 1	74' P. García
R. Álvarez 75'
S. Marcel 75'
I. Avilés 75'
J. Ríos 75'
			83' L. Carrizo
			83' R. Quintana
			87' M. Lorenzi
L. Espinosa 88'
K. Mergen 88'
L. Méndez 88'
R. Viega 88'
			90+3' J. Silva
90+7'
			90+8' P. García
D. Vera 90+10'		2 - 1
D. Vera 90+11'
08/06/2024	Colón	0 - 2	Cerrito	0-0	H2H	O	+
			8' E. Ribeiro
K. Mergen 20'
			29' G. Díaz
B. Abbate 37'
K. Mergen 46'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 46'
M. González 46'
C. Pimienta 46'
		0 - 1	56' G. Díaz
J. Ríos 57'
S. Marcel 57'
L. Espinosa 59'
R. Viega 62'
R. Viega 63'
L. Méndez 63'
			66' L. González
			69' L. González
			69' A. Tejera
		0 - 2	70' F. Martínez
J. González 73'
D. Dulon 73'
			79' E. Busquets
			79' M. Fernández
			80' J. Moreira
			80' N. Mallet
			90+3' G. Roselló
			90+5' Á. San Emeterio
01/06/2024	Colón	1 - 1	Montevideo City Torque	0-0	H2H	O	+
			1' J. Pereyra
		0 - 1	48' L. Rodríguez
E. Siri 52'
J. Ríos 56'
L. Espinosa 56'
K. Mergen 64'
D. Dulon 64'
R. Viega 64'
L. Méndez 64'
S. Marcel 71'
			73' J. Zeballos
			73' L. Acosta
			73' W. Núñez
			73' Facundo Andrés Martínez Borges
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 76'
B. Abbate 76'
F. Bonifazi 76'
J. Guerra 76'
			78' L. López
			78' S. Milano
			79' L. Rodríguez
			79' S. Costa
R. Viega 84'
D. Vera 85'		1 - 1
			90+4' N. Leivas
			90+4' L. Viana
11/05/2024	Colón	2 - 2	Sud América	1-1	H2H	O	+
S. Marcel 25'
J. Guerra 28'
S. Marcel 30'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	31' J. Pucheta
F. Olivera 59'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 59'
S. Marcel 59'
R. Viega 59'
R. Viega 62'		2 - 1
			64' D. Cor
			64' C. Silveira
			67' J. Pucheta
			72' C. Silveira
J. Guerra 72'
F. Bonifazi 72'
M. Ohaco 72'
J. González 72'
K. Mergen 72'
J. Ríos 72'
			76' Y. González
			76' L. Ibáñez
			76' B. Giménez
			76' F. Martinicorena
			83' Á. Brun
			83' D. Costa
		2 - 2	85' A. Navarro
I. Avilés 87'
			90+4' Á. Maciel
27/04/2024	Colón	0 - 1	Plaza Colonia	0-0	H2H	O	+
J. Guerra 17'
			23' Daniel Bahia
C. Pimienta 45+1'
J. Guerra 46'
F. Bonifazi 46'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 46'
E. Siri 46'
I. Casas 66'
D. Vera 66'
			70' Daniel Bahia
			70' R. Quintana
S. Marcel 74'
R. Viega 74'
		0 - 1	78' Alex Bruno
			82' D. Villalba
			82' Á. Perdomo
			82' L. Carrizo
			82' M. Redín
R. Álvarez 83'
B. Abbate 83'
			84' M. Redín
			86' P. García
			86' E. Borges
			87' P. García
A. Añasco 90+1'
13/04/2024	Colón	2 - 1	Atenas	1-1	H2H	O	+
C. Pimienta 8'
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 22'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	28' G. Plada
J. Ríos 37'
J. Ríos 46'
I. Avilés 46'
C. Pimienta 46'
E. Siri 46'
			49' J. Troya
			52' E. Crespo
			60' L. Machado
			60' M. Britos
K. Mergen 70'
R. Álvarez 70'
D. Vera 74'		2 - 1
			76' B. Serrón
			79' J. Doncel
			79' S. Cal
			79' C. da Rosa
			79' M. Ovelar
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera 86'
L. Espinosa 86'
			87' I. Chocho
			87' G. Díaz
			87' G. Plada
			87' M. Plada
D. Vera 90'
I. Casas 90'
23/03/2024	Colón	1 - 1	Rentistas	1-1	H2H	O	+
D. Vera 14'		1 - 0
			21' F. Andrade
		1 - 1	30' K. Ramírez
			35' L. Olavarría
			35' M. Seoane
			46' F. Andrade
			46' F. Rodríguez
C. Pimienta 61'
L. Méndez 66'
S. Marcel 66'
J. González 66'
M. Ohaco 66'
R. Viega 68'
K. Mergen 72'
F. Bonifazi 72'
R. Viega 72'
L. Espinosa 72'
J. Ríos 80'
I. Avilés 80'
			80' E. García
			80' A. García
			89' Á. de Freitas
			89' L. Dufur
			89' A. Rodríguez
			89' E. Fuentes

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Colón in Segunda Division.

Statistics & Analysis of Colón

D. Vera is the leading top goal scorer for Colón with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	6
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	9
Matches under 2.25 goals	8
Matches First Half Over 0.5	12
Matches First Half Under 0.5	5
Matches odd	10
Matches even	7
Average goals scored	1.53
Average goals allowed	1.06
Failure to score	5
Biggest victory	5 - 0
Biggest defeat	0 - 3
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	1 (6%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	D. Vera
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Segunda Division 2024 - 2nd Phase Table

Colón are in the 4th position of Segunda Division and they are in contention for Promotion Play-off.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Plaza Colonia	26	16	2	8	40	32	+8	58
2	Uruguay Montevideo	26	14	6	6	39	21	+18	54
3	Montevideo City Torque	26	11	7	8	43	31	+12	54
4	Colón	26	12	8	6	43	27	+16	52
5	Juventud	26	11	4	11	36	38	-2	50
6	Cerrito	26	12	3	11	32	34	-2	46
7	Rentistas	26	8	11	7	32	26	+6	45
8	Albion	26	8	9	9	32	32	+0	44
9	Oriental	26	9	7	10	39	41	-2	44
10	La Luz	26	7	8	11	28	34	-6	35
11	Atenas	26	8	7	11	26	41	-15	34
12	Cooper	26	6	10	10	27	35	-8	33
13	Tacuarembó	26	5	6	15	28	39	-11	32
14	Sud América	26	6	10	10	28	42	-14	31

Promotion

Promotion Play-off

Possible Promotion Play-off

Segunda Division 2024 - 1st Phase Table

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Juventud	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
2	Albion	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
3	Tacuarembó	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
4	Oriental	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
5	Uruguay Montevideo	6	2	0	4	7	8	-1	6
6	La Luz	6	2	0	4	2	5	-3	6
7	Sud América	6	1	0	5	2	10	-8	3

Promotion

Promotion Play-off

Colón are in the 4th position of Segunda Division and they are in contention for Promotion Play-off.

Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Montevideo City Torque	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
2	Rentistas	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10
3	Plaza Colonia	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	8
4	Colón	6	2	2	2	5	7	-2	8
5	Cerrito	6	1	4	1	4	4	+0	7
6	Cooper	6	1	2	3	6	8	-2	5
7	Atenas	6	0	3	3	3	6	-3	3

Promotion

Promotion Play-off

Colón Squad

Detailed statistics of each Colón player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Colón top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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Name of Player
Danilo Emanuel Lerda	2340	26					3
Diego Daniel Vera Méndez	2100	25	1	9	12	2	3
Martín Alexis González Crespo De Machado	1957	22		3	1		3
Facundo Bonifazi Castro	1827	24	5	3			5		1
Maximiliano Gastón Ohaco Ledesma	1646	23	4	8			7
Enzo Daniel Siri Cagno	1588	20	3	2			8	1	0
Leandro Gastón Méndez Varese	1571	25	6	15	2		3
Rodrigo Pascual Viega Alves	1264	23	8	11	5		8
Ignacio Lautaro Avilés Rodríguez	1213	18	5	7			7	1	0
Denis Alexis Dulon	1119	22	9	12			4
Santiago Marcel Pérez	1093	25	15	5	2		4
Jonathan Damián Ríos Núñez	1075	20	7	10	1		3		1
Lucas Ignacio Espinosa Guevara	902	21	10	9	2		3		1
Ronald Daniel Álvarez Magallanes	879	16	5	12	3		4
Kevin Gustavo Mergen De Oliveira	871	19	10	9	1		3
Jairo Guerra Travieso	780	14	5	4			6
Jonathan Shaquille González Álvarez	703	11	3	3	1		2
Yan Carlos Mosquera Mosquera	642	15	7	8	1		1
Ignacio Gabriel Casas Cousillas	543	16	11	2			1
Carlos Daniel Pimienta Cotto	501	10	4	1			2		1
Nicolás Rodríguez Petrini	396	6	2	1
Cristian Daniel Cruz Regueiro	281	5	3	1	2		1
Bruno Emilio Abbate Beathyate	139	10	9				2
Franco Damián Olivera Rodríguez	125	3	1	2
Matías Agustín Ferreira Correa	24	1	1
Andrés Augusto Copete Mosquera	19	1	1
Damián Gonzalo Cabrera Rodríguez	8	2	2
Agustín Añasco Álvez							1
Bijay Chhetri
Jonathan Mateo Ribeiro Mora
Jorge Ignacio Lema Otormín
Juan Manuel Bello Britos
Leandro Mario Moreira Rodríguez
Maximiliano Jesús Pinela Borysiuk
Washington Fabián Ribeiro de Castro

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Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Junior W vs América de Cali W

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Columbus Crew vs Charlotte

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Cusco FC vs Universitario

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.