Club Sol de América

For the athletics club, see Club Sol de América (Asunción).

Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Asunción, and was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa on the border of the capital city, Asunción. Sol de America have won the Paraguayan First Division title on two occasions, in 1986 and then again in 1991. They also have a strong basketball team and an athletics department.

Sol de América

Full name	Club Sol de América
Nickname(s)	El Danzarín El Unicolor Los Dragones Azules
Founded	March 22, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-03-22)
Ground	Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Carlos Giagni
Manager	Roberto Torres
League	División Intermedia
2024	Primera División, 9th of 12 (relegated by average)
Website	http://soldeamerica.com.py/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Honours

National

• Primera División
  • Winners (2): 1986, 1991

• División Intermedia
  • Winners (4): 1965, 1977, 2006, 2023

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

Best: Quarter-finals in 1989

1989: Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of 6 September 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  PAR Gerardo Ortiz 2 DF  PAR Gustavo Giménez 4 DF  PAR Rodrigo Delvalle (on loan from Club Cerro Porteño) 5 DF  PAR Rolando García Guerreño 6 MF  PAR Jorge Jara 7 MF  PAR Mudo Valdez 8 MF  ARG Cristian Amarilla 9 FW  PAR David Fernández 11 MF  PAR Luis Ortíz 12 GK  PAR Mathias Bordon 14 FW  PAR Fernando Díaz 15 MF  ARG Juan Cascini 16 DF  PAR Aquilino Giménez 17 FW  PAR Juan Ojeda 18 MF  PAR Derlis Orué

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  PAR Ronald Roa 20 FW  PAR Oscar Coronel 21 DF  PAR Víctor Barrios 22 MF  PAR Marcelo Gonzalez 23 MF  PAR Brian Quintana 25 FW  PAR Fernando Ruiz Diaz 27 FW  VEN Anthony Graterol 28 GK  PAR Diego Aranda 29 FW  ARG Lisandro Cabrera 30 FW  PAR Ismael Benegas 31 MF  PAR Marcelo Acosta (on loan from Rosario Central) 32 DF  PAR Ever Cáceres 34 DF  PAR Matias Castro 36 GK  PAR Bernardo Medina 40 FW  PAR Daniel Dietze

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.

1970s

• Secundino Aifuch (1971–75)
• Teresio Centurión (1976-1980 and 1981-1989)

1990s

• Gustavo Neffa (1996–98)^[1]

2000s

• Enrique Vera (2000–02)
• Fabián Caballero (2000)
• Cristian Bogado (2004)
• Pablo Zeballos (2005–07)
• Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2007)
• Josías Paulo Cardoso Júnior (2009–2011)^[2]

2010s

• Glacinei Martins (2010–2011)^[3][4]
• Sebastian Abreu (2016–)

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Abraham Francois (2001)
• Massimiliano Ammendola (2013–14)

Managers

• Ferenc Puskás (1985–86)
• Sergio Markarián (1987–89)
• Ever Hugo Almeida (Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999), (Jan 1, 2000 – Jan 1, 2001)
• Ricardo Dabrowski (2011–2013)
• Gualberto Jara (2013)
• Mauricio Larriera (2013)
• Roberto Pompei (2013–2014)
• Daniel Garnero (2015–2016)
• Fernando Ortiz (2017)
• Fernando Ortiz (2018)
• Pablo Daniel Escobar (2019–2020)
• Luis Islas (2020)
• Celso Ayala (2020–2021)
• Juan Pablo Pumpido (2021–2022)
• Celso Ayala (2022)
• Pablo Guiñazú (2022)
• Gustavo Bobadilla (2022–2023)
• Cesar Castro (2023)^[5]

Other sports

Exterior view of the headquarters of the club from the 5ta Proyectadas Street in 2020

Athletics

Main article: Club Sol de América (Athletics)

Leryn Franco is a director of the athletics department at Club Sol de América

Sol de América also has an athletics department affiliated with the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.^[6] Physical preparers of the club are Edgar Torres and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower Leryn Franco.^[7]

Basketball

Sol de América also has a basketball team participating in the Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League.

• Paraguayan Championship: 9

1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2011

See also

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay

References

1. "Gustavo Neffa". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
2. "Josias Paulo Cardoso Júnior - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
3. "Ficha Estadistica de INCA -glaucineis martins da silva- (Perfil, ficha, profile, stats)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
4. "Glaucineis Martins da Silva - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
5. "C. CASTRO Summary". Retrieved Apr 29, 2024.
6. "Sol de América quiere iluminar el atletismo - Deportes - ABC Color". Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
7. "Sol de América quiere iluminar el atletismo - Deportes - ABC Color". Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

External links

• Media related to Club Sol de América (Asunción) at Wikimedia Commons
• Paraguayan Soccer Info (archived 15 March 2007)