Guaraní F.B.C.

This article is about the football club based in Trinidad, Paraguay. For the football club based in Asunción, see Club Guaraní. For other uses, see Guarani (disambiguation) § Association football (soccer) clubs.

Asociación Cultural y Deportiva Guaraní Foot-Ball Club, best known as Guaraní de Trinidad, is a Paraguayan football club based in Trinidad, Itapúa. It was founded on 12 October 1960 and currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, one of the three third-division leagues in the Paraguayan football league system.

Guaraní F.B.C.

Full name	Asociación Cultural y Deportiva Guaraní Foot-Ball Club
Nickname(s)	Aborígen (Aboriginal)
Founded	12 October 1960; 64 years ago (1960-10-12)
Ground	Estadio Los Fundadores Trinidad, Paraguay
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Derlis Arnold
Manager	Eradio Espinoza
League	Primera B Nacional
2023	Primera B Nacional, 6th of 6 in Group B
Home colours Away colours

History

Guaraní de Trinidad was founded on 12 October 1960 and joined the Liga Alto Paraná de Fútbol, a regional competition affiliated to the Unión del Fútbol del Interior (UFI) for football clubs from Hohenau and nearby districts such as Bella Vista, Jesús, Obligado, Pirapó and Trinidad. They won the Liga Alto Paraná competition three times in a row between 2017 and 2019.^[1]

The club entered the Campeonato Nacional B "Pre-Intermedia" (third tier competition organized by the UFI) for the first time in 2019, reaching the final where they defeated the team representing the Liga Carapegüeña (known as Sportivo Carapeguá in competitions organized by the Paraguayan Football Association) with a 4–2 aggregate score to earn direct promotion to the División Intermedia for the 2020 season.^[2][3] However, their debut in the latter competition was postponed to 2021 since the competition was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5]

Guaraní de Trinidad played in División Intermedia for two seasons, placing 11th in 2021 and 13th in the following season. However, they were relegated back to Primera B Nacional at the end of the 2022 season as they ended up in the bottom three places of the relegation table. Their relegation was confirmed on the last matchday of the tournament, with Guaraní losing 2–1 to Sportivo Luqueño.^[6]

Honours

• Primera División B Nacional
  • Winners (1): 2019
• Liga Alto Paraná de Fútbol
  • Winners (3): 2017, 2018, 2019

Current squad

As of 14 September 2021

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 Hugo Benítez 2 DF  ARG Martín Romero 3 DF  PAR Juan Chamorro 4 DF  PAR Juan Casas 5 MF  ARG Rodrigo Freites 6 DF  PAR Darío Gómez 7 MF  PAR Marco González 8 MF  PAR Miguel Alviso 9 FW  PAR Leonardo Galeano 11 MF  PAR Derlis Ortiz 12 GK  PAR Derlis Britto 13 MF  PAR Víctor Agüero 14 DF  PAR Ángel Arce 15 MF  PAR Fernando Domínguez

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  PAR Mathias González 17 MF  ARG Juan José Heinze 17 MF  PAR Pablo Chaparro 18 DF  PAR Hugo Portillo 19 FW  PAR Sergio Dietze 20 MF  PAR Christian Martínez 21 FW  PAR Aníbal López 24 GK  URU Matías Losada — DF  PAR Juan Servián — DF  PAR Adolfo Ortiz — DF  PAR Ángel Gamarra — MF  PAR Víctor Casas — FW  PAR Marcelo Dávalos

References

1. "Liga Alto Paraná de Fútbol" (in Spanish). FUTPARAGUAY. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
2. "Guaraní de Trinidad vence a Carapeguá y asciende a Intermedia" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
3. "Guaraní de Trinidad sube a Intermedia" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
4. "Es oficial: ¡APF suspende Intermedia y 6 torneos más!". Versus. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
5. "A la espera de la Intermedia 2021". Paraguayan Football Association. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "Luqueño cierra la temporada con victoria y manda al descenso a Guaraní de Trinidad" [Luqueño close the season with victory and send Guaraní from Trinidad to relegation] (in Spanish). Versus. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

External links

• Guaraní de Trinidad at Soccerway