Club Sportivo Luqueño

Sportivo Luqueño

Full name	Club Sportivo Luqueño
Nickname(s)	Kure-Luque
Founded	May 1, 1921
Ground	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Luque, Paraguay (Capacity: 24,000)
Chairman	Ramón González Daher
Manager	Guillermo Sanguinetti
League	Paraguayan Primera División
2010 Apertura	7th
Home colours Away colours

Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football team, based in the city of Luque.

History

The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of Luque (Marte Atlético, General Aquino and Vencedor) decided to merge and form one single club: Sportivo Luqueño. Only three years after its foundation, the team was already playing in the first division and fighting for the title. So far, Sportivo Luqueño has won three first division titles in the Paraguayan league, in 1951, 1953 and 2007.

For the 1999 Copa América, hosted by Paraguay, the club built a brand new stadium which seats 25,000, making it the third largest in Paraguay (after the Defensores del Chaco in Asunción and the Oddone Sarubbi in Ciudad del Este).

The fans of the club are very passionate and that can be seen when visiting the city of Luque, where basically everything is decorated by the club's colors (blue and yellow).

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 3

1951, 1953, 2007

• Paraguayan Second Division: 4

1924, 1956, 1964, 1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances

First Round (3): 1976, 1989, 2008

• Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances

Best: Quarter-Finals in 1993

1993: Quarter-Finals

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least 125 games for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least 30 international games for their national team at any time.
• Been part of a FIFA World Cup squad at any time.
• Played more than 100 games on a top division European league.

Rubén Darío Gigena (2008) Tobie Mimboe (2004–05) Dionisio Arce (1948–49) José Aveiro (1958) Richart Báez (2005) Miguel Ángel Benítez (2006) José Luis Chilavert (1982–84) Francisco Ferreira (1991–93), (2001), (2002) Derlis Gómez (2002), (2004–06) Aurelio González (1920's) Aristides Masi (1997), (1998–99), (2001), (2002), (2005) Luis Núñez (2000–06), (2007–08), (2010–)

Carlos Humberto Paredes (born 2010) José Parodi (1950–55), (1957–58) Julio César Romero (1977–79), (1990–91), (1993–94), (1996) Daniel Sanabria (2005) Vidal Sanabria (2000) Modesto Sandoval (1960–64) Ricardo Tavarelli (2005) Juan Bautista Torales (1976–81), (1993–95) Juan Bautista Villalba (1941–47) Julio César Yegros (2005) Raúl Vicente Amarilla (1978–79)

Current squad

As of June 16, 2010.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Diego Martínez GK Arístides Florentín GK Mario Villasanti GK Hideaki Ozawa DF Nouga Georges DF Fidel Pérez DF Bladimiro Duarte DF Federico Acuña DF Gustavo Noguera DF Édgar Rodríguez DF Jorge Ayala DF Rober Servín DF Yimmi Cano DF Derlis Cardozo DF Jorge Samaniego DF Rodrigo González DF Marcos Pereira DF Danielson MF Derlis Ortiz MF Juan Abente MF Daniel Raschle

No. Position Player MF Luis Maldonado MF Tomás González MF Freddy Coronel MF Sergio Escalante MF César Soto MF Ángel Enciso MF Jonathan Germano MF Claudio Vargas MF Rodrigo Soria MF José Spaini MF Milton Benítez MF Alfredo Mazacote MF Pedro Richard Irala FW Alejandro Mello FW Alfredo Cano FW Juan Samudio FW Adriano Duarte FW Jonathan Philippe FW Oscar Nuñez FW Sergio Vergara FW Jorge Sanabria

References

1. ^ BDFA

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