2008 Club Olimpia Season
The following is a summary of the 2008 season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunción. Olimpia participated in the following competitions in 2008: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División, Paraguayan first division) and the Copa Sudamericana. In December, Eduardo Delmás was elected as the club's new president replacing Oscar Paciello. Torneo Apertura 2008 Olimpia started the year 2008 with the announcement of a new coach, Argentine Gustavo Costas who promised the use and promotion of the youth division players. The main signing for the year was that of Paraguayan international Carlos Humberto Paredes from Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting Lisboa. Paredes returned to his home club Olimpia after playing for 8 years in Europe. Team roster *Coach: Gustavo Costas Final standing Results Top scorers Top scorers for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament: Hellboy Torneo Clausura 2 ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. ...
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