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Copa Paraguay
The Copa Paraguay is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Paraguayan football, starting in 2018 and succeeding the defunct Torneo República. The project for its creation was officially presented in December 2017 and approved by the Paraguayan Football Association's Executive Committee on 20 February 2018. The competition starts in April and ends in November, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year's Copa Libertadores (Copa Sudamericana until the 2022 edition). If the cup winner has already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the cup runner-up (or the third-placed team) will qualify. If the top three teams have all already qualified for South American competitions through the league, then the best-placed team in the Paraguayan Primera División that has not yet qualified for an international competition will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. Starting from the 2021 edition, the winner also qualifies for the Supercopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguayan Football Association
The Paraguayan Football Association ( es, Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol ; APF) ( Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal and beach soccer, as well as and the Paraguay national football team. It is based in the city of Luque, near the capital city, Asunción. Football is the most popular sport in Paraguay. History In the late 1890s William Paats brought soccer to Paraguay, when it was then played at an Asunción teacher’s college. Escuela Normal de Maestros. In 1906, five existing Paraguayan football teams (Olimpia, GuaranÃ, Libertad, General DÃaz, and Nacional) created the governing body of football in Paraguay, the Paraguayan Football League. In 1998 it adopted its current name. In June 18, 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time ( Olimpia, GuaranÃ, Libertad, General DÃaz, and Nacional) met to establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unión Del Fútbol Del Interior
The Unión del Fútbol del Interior ( en, Football Union of the Interior) or UFI is an association affiliated to the Paraguayan Football Association that was founded in 1927 to organize and govern football outside of Asunción, specifically on each of the different Departments of Paraguay. The UFI is constituted by the clubs and leagues that are part of the Departmental Football Federation from each Department in Paraguay. Club tournaments organized by the UFI gives chances to teams from all over Paraguay to reach the first division by clearing lower division levels. For a more detailed information about the Paraguayan football league system see the main article. The UFI is also in charge of the Campeonato Nacional de Interligas The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas (Spanish for ''National Championship of Interleague'') is the biggest football event involving teams with combined players from different clubs of every regional leagues in Paraguay from all departments. The to .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Nacional
Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional football club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, and holds its home games at Estadio Arsenio Erico. Internationally, the club is referred to as Nacional Asunción, in order to distinguish itself from Uruguay's Nacional and Colombia's Atlético Nacional. History The club was founded on June 5, 1904, by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción. The club was originally named Nacional Football Club, taking the name from "Club Nacional de Football" the Uruguayan club, whose shield and three colors were taken to associate the national origin. It is also referred as related to the school the founders attended. Its first president was VÃctor Paredes Gómez and white was selected as the team color because that was the color of the Nacional de la Capital School uniform. For the emblem of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Tembetary
Club Atlético Tembetary Ypané is a Association football, football club from Villa Elisa, Paraguay, Villa Elisa, Paraguay, founded in 1912 in Asunción. The club currently plays in the Paraguayan Tercera División, Paraguay third-tier. Despite being a very small team that is actually part of the lower divisions of Paraguayan football, it is very well known for producing good players in its youth divisions. The club was previously named Bermejo Football Club until 1920, when the club's name was changed to Club Atlético Tembetary. Tembetary is the former home of Paraguay national football team, Paraguayan FIFA World Cup, World Cup players Nelson Cuevas and Nelson Haedo Valdez, Argentina, Argentine Fabián Caballero and Morocco, Moroccan Mourad Hdiouad. 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Paraguay
The COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Paraguay on March 7, 2020, in a 32-year-old man from Guayaquil, Ecuador, living in San Lorenzo, Central Department. Three days later, on March 10, 2020, a second case was confirmed in a 61-year-old man who traveled from Argentina; the same day three more cases were confirmed. Due to this spike, the government began imposing the first measures to stop the disease from spreading. On March 10, 2020, the Paraguayan government suspended classes and all activities that involved groups of people, as well as public and private events, with the goal of avoiding the spread of the virus, pursuant to Decree no. 3442/2020. Other preventive measures were adopted, such as commerce and movement restrictions, suspension of flights, border closures, curfews, and strengthening controls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Sol De América
Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Paraguay, and it was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its first division 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. Football Honours * Paraguayan First Division: 2 ::1986, 1991 * Paraguayan Second Division: 3 ::1965, 1977, 2006 Performance in CONMEBOL competitions *Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances ::Best: Quarter-finals in 1989 ::1989: Quarter-finals Current squad ''As of 6 March 2022.'' 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. * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportivo Capiatá
Club Deportivo Capiatá, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Capiatá. The club was founded on September 8, 2008 and plays in the Third División of the Paraguayan league. Their home games are played at the Estadio Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia Estadio Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia is a football stadium in the city of Capiatá, Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocke .... History The club was founded on September 4, 2008; from the Capiateña Football League. In 2010 play for the first time in Paraguayan División Intermedia. In 2012 they finished in 2nd place, thus getting promoted to the Primera División for the first time in history. In 2013 they made history again by qualifying to the 2014 Copa Sudamericana in their first year in the Primera División. Honours * Paraguayan Segunda División: ''Runner-up'' (1): 2012 * Interleague N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Libertad
Club Libertad is a professional association football, football club based in Asunción, Paraguay that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people. Founded in 1905, Libertad is the third most successful Paraguayan football club, winning 22 national titles, only behind rivals Club Olimpia, Olimpia and Cerro Porteño. History The club was founded on 30 July 1905 by a group of young men and students. Its first president was Juan Manuel Sosa, who chose the club's name. Since winning its first championship in 1910, Libertad has always been overshadowed by the two big clubs in Paraguay: Club Olimpia, Olimpia and Cerro Porteño, who together won most of the Paraguayan football national championships. Despite that, Libertad has confirmed its position as the third "big" team of Paraguay by winning 21 championships, ten more than Club GuaranÃ, GuaranÃ, which has eleven. In 1952, Libertad part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistencia S
Resistencia may refer to: * Resistencia, Chaco, a city in Argentina * Resistencia International Airport (RES), an airport in Chaco Province, Argentina * Resistencia Civil, a libertarian political movement in Venezuela * La Resistencia (film), a 1972 Argentine film * La Resistencia (gang), Mexican gang * Resistencia S.C., a football club in Paraguay * Resistencia (horse) Resistencia ( ja, レシステンシア, link=no, foaled 15 March 2017) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She was the leading juvenile filly in Japan in 2019 when she was unbeaten in three starts including the Fantasy Stakes and the Hanshin ..., a Thoroughbred racehorse {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportivo Luqueño
Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. The club has won two Paraguayan championships. 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 Estadio Antonio 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Olimpia
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most successful. They were founded on July 25, 1902 by a group of young Paraguayans, and the name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football for having introduced the practice of the sport in the South American country. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name. Olimpia have won a record 46 Primera División titles to date, including a unique record run of winning the league six consecutive times. The only Paraguayan club to win a CONMEBOL title, Olimpia have won three Copa Libertadores, and been runners-up four times, as well as two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club GuaranÃ
Club Guaranà 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. History Club Guaranà is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club GuaranÃ" and its first president was Juan Patri. The name of the club derives from the Guaranà 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. Guaranà is one of the traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
