Club Guaraní

Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Pinozá in outer Asunción. Founded on 12 October 1903, it is one of the oldest and one of the most successful in the country, with eleven Primera División titles, and has never been relegated to a lower division.

Guaraní

Full name	Club Guaraní
Nickname(s)	Aurinegros El Aborigen El Cacique
Founded	12 October 1903; 121 years ago (1903-10-12)
Ground	Estadio Rogelio Livieres
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Juan Alberto Acosta
Manager	Francisco Arce
League	Primera División
2024	Primera División, 4th of 12
Website	clubguarani.com.py
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guaraní" and its first president was Juan Patri. The name of the club derives from the Guaraní people, a big part of Paraguayan culture and history. The colours of the club, black and yellow, were proposed by the Melina brothers (also among the founders of the club) in reference to the colours of Uruguayan club Peñarol, where the Melina brothers played for a few years. The mentioned colors were also used by English privateer Francis Drake in his emblem and shield, which is another reason why they were chosen to represent the club.^[1]

Club Guaraní

Guaraní is one of the traditional teams from the Paraguayan football league and during their history they have won a total of ten championships and were runners-up in fourteen occasions. The most successful era in their history was in the 1960s, where they had an excellent team that won three titles. This era is known as the "golden decade" by the Guaraní fans.^{[citation needed]}

Along with Olimpia, they play the "clásico añejo" (the oldest derby) because they are the two oldest teams from Paraguay. Also, Guaraní, Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are the only teams that have never played in the second division of the Paraguayan league.^{[citation needed]}

In late May 2010, Guaraní became champions after 26 years after defeating Olimpia in a match that ended 2–1 to clinch the 2010 Apertura title.^{[citation needed]}

Youth

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2008 Torneo di Viareggio,^[2] the 2010 Torneo di Viareggio,^[3] the 2012 Torneo di Viareggio^[4] and the 2014 Torneo di Viareggio. The team is also the best-positioned Paraguayan team at the U-20 Copa Libertadores reaching the third place in the 2022 edition.

Honours

National

• Primera División
  • Winners (11): 1906, 1907, 1921, 1923, 1949, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1984, 2010 Apertura, 2016 Clausura

• Copa Paraguay
  • Winners (1): 2018

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 July 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ARG Gaspar Servio 2 DF  PAR Alcides Benítez 3 DF  PAR Paul Riveros 4 DF  PAR Wilson Ibarrola 5 MF  PAR Estivel Moreira 6 MF  PAR Gustavo Marecos 7 FW  ARG Agustín Manzur (on loan from Deportivo Maipú) 8 FW  PAR Bruno Díaz 9 FW  PAR Walter González 10 FW  PAR Victor Cespedes 11 FW  PAR Richard Prieto 12 GK  URU Martín Rodríguez 13 DF  PAR Mario López 14 DF  PAR Gustavo Vargas 15 MF  PAR Thiago Servín

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  PAR Adrián Alcaraz 18 FW  PAR César Miño 19 MF  PAR Danilo Santacruz 20 MF  ARG Álvaro Cuello (on loan from Estudiantes de Río Cuarto) 21 MF  URU Bruno Piñatares 27 DF  PAR Fernando Román 28 MF  PAR Anderson Legüizamón 29 MF  ARG Nicolás Barrientos 32 DF  PAR Alexis Cantero 34 FW  PAR Milciades Adorno 35 FW  PAR Alan Pereira 36 MF  PAR Luis Martínez 37 DF  PAR Daniel Pérez 39 FW  PAR Jesús Alvarenga — FW  PAR Mathias Martínez

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  PAR Aldo Pérez (at Sportivo Carapeguá until 31 December 2024) — DF  PAR Alcides Barbotte (at Deportivo Santaní until 31 December 2024) — DF  ARG Guillermo Benítez (at Huracán until 31 December 2024) — DF  PAR César Ramírez (at Rubio Ñu until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Felipe Salomoni (at Al Ain until 30 June 2025) — FW  PAR Rodrigo Amarilla (at General Caballero (JLM) until 31 December 2024) — FW  PAR Milton Maciel (at Trinidense until 31 December 2024) — FW  PAR Leonardo Rolón (at Independiente CG until 31 December 2024)

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.
• Been part of a national team at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

1980s

• José Luis Chilavert (1984)

2000s

• Aldo Barreto (2003–04)
• Aureliano Torres (2004–06)
• Federico Santander (2008–10), (2011–12), (2013–15)

2010s

• Marcelo Palau (2012), (2014–)
• Julio César Cáceres (2013–)
• Fernando Fernández (2013–15)
• César Caicedo (2014)^[5]

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Kenji Fukuda (2004)
• Yuki Tamura (2010)^[6]

Average attendance

Year Average 2009 Clausura 1.228 2010 Apertura 2.038 2010 Clausura 1.247 2011 Apertura 1.240 2011 Clausura 1.838 2012 Apertura 2.046 2012 Clausura 1.487 2013 Apertura 1.043 2013 Clausura 1.146 2014 Apertura 1.078 2014 Clausura 794 2015 Apertura 1.184

Managerial information

• Atilio López
• Ondino Viera (1963–64)
• Cayetano Ré (1985)
• Julio Comesaña (1988)
• Oscar Malbernat (1993)
• Rolando Chilavert (1999)
• Cayetano Ré (2000)
• Aníbal Ruiz (2000–01)
• Gustavo Costas (2001–03)
• Carlos Diarte (2003)
• Juan Amador Sánchez (2005)
• Alberto Jose Fanesi (Jan 1, 2006 – Jan 1, 2007)
• Roberto Rojas (2007)
• Félix Darío León (Feb 2008 – Aug 20, 2011)
• Beto Almeida (Aug 23, 2011 – Nov 29, 2011)
• James Freitas (interim) (2011)
• Pablo Caballero (Dec 20, 2011 – July 9, 2012)
• Diego Alonso (July 12, 2012 – June 18, 2013)
• Fernando Jubero (interim) (2013)
• Gustavo Díaz (July 3, 2013 – Aug 6, 2013)
• Fernando Jubero (interim) (Aug 7, 2013 – Dec 10, 2015)
• Fabricio Bassa (Dec 16, 2015–Feb 23, 2016)
• Francisco Arce (Feb 23, 2016–Aug 3, 2016)
• Daniel Garnero (Aug 6, 2016–Dec 7,2017)
• Sebastián Saja (Dec 8, 2017–Mar 26, 2018)
• Fernando Burgo (interim) (2018)
• Juan Manuel Azconzábal (2018)
• Gustavo Florentín (2018–2019)
• Gustavo Costas (2019–2021)
• Fernando Jubero (2021–2022)
• Hernán Rodrigo López (2023)
• Juan Pablo Pumpido (2023)
• Pablo De Muner (2023)
• Lucas Bovaglio (2023–2024)
• Francisco Arce (2024–)

Championship winning managers

Name	Season	Nationality
Salvador Melián	1906
Manuel Bella	1907
Idelfonso López	1921
Idelfonso López	1923
Fulgencio Romaro	1949
Ondino Viera	1964
José María Rodríguez	1967
José María Rodríguez	1969
Cayetano Ré	1984
Félix Darío León	2010
Daniel Garnero	2016

References

1. Al añejo Cacique (in Spanish)
2. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
3. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
4. "Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
5. "Colombia - C. Caicedo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
6. "Yuki Tamura". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Unofficial site. Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine.