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 Febraury 04, 2012. 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 Ever Caballero GK Tobías Vargas GK Bryan López DF Federico Acuña DF Pablo Aguilar DF Rolando Bogado DF Jonni Zacarias Cabrera DF Yimmy Cano DF Bladimiro Duarte DF Juan Carlos Gamarra DF Oscar Giménez DF Ronald Huth DF Marcos Pereira DF Sixto Ramírez DF Reinaldo Román DF Jorge Samaniego DF Roberto Servin DF Cristian Vera DF Sergio Vergara DF Leonardo Villalba MF Juan Abente MF Diego Aguero MF José Gabriel Arrúa MF Jorge Brítez MF César Cáceres Cañete MF Freddy Coronel MF Osvaldo Díaz MF Ángel Enciso

No. Position Player MF Francisco Esteche MF Carlos Florenciañez MF Carlos Alberto Martínez MF Roberto Medina MF Derlis Ortíz MF Juan Pablo Raponi MF Daniel Raschle MF Edgar Robles MF Edgar Rodríguez MF Martin Saric MF Rodrigo Soria MF José Spaini MF Claudio Vargas FW Diego Alfonso FW Carlos Ardián FW Claudio Correa FW Nelson Cuevas FW Guido Di Vanni FW Daniel Ferreira FW Roberto Gamarra FW Pablo Giménez FW Cristian Ledesma FW Fernando Mereles FW Oscar Núñez FW Jonathan Philippe FW Jorge Sanabria FW Carlos Villagra FW Leonardo Villagra