Universal Football Club was a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo that participated in the Primera División in the 1910s and 1920s before being dissolved.
History
Universal debuted in Primera División in the 1912 season, finishing in the penultimate position. The club's best performance was in 1919, when it finished 2nd to Nacional.
In 1920 Universal achieved its only official title, the domestic Copa de Honor,Copa de Honor "1er. Quinquenio" on Pueblo Tricolor website that qualified the club to play international Copa de Honor Cousenier,Copa de Honor Cousenier by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on RSSSF which lost to Boca Juniors by 2–0.
When both Uruguayan football associations, AUF and FUF, merged in 1926, Universal played the 1927 season, which would be its last in the top division of Uruguayan football. The squad finished 20th (last), being relegated to the second division.Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 by Dinant Abbink and Martín Tabeira on RSSSF It is believed the club was dissolved soon after.
Titles Copa de Honor (Uruguay) (1): 1920 Segunda División (1): 1911 Copa León Peyrou (1): 1919
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