The following is a summary of the 2007 season by
Paraguayan
football (soccer) club
Olimpia Asunción
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 su ...
.
Olimpia participated in the following competitions in 2007: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the
Paraguayan first division).
Torneo Apertura 2007
For the start of the 2007 season Olimpia had former player and star
José Cardozo as the coach. However, results were not good and
Alicio Solalinde
Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward and works as a coach.
Career
Born in Villeta, Solalinde began playing football for local side Olimpia de Villeta. He also played fo ...
replaced him halfway during the tournament.
Team roster
Final standing
Results
Top scorers
Cristian Rolando Ledesma
Cristian Rolando Ledesma Núñez (born 11 February 1987) is a Paraguayan football striker currently playing for Deportivo Quito in Ecuador.
After scoring 10 goals in 19 games for Club Olimpia in the Paraguayan first division
Paraguay (; ) ...
finished as the top scorer for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament with 10 goals scored.
Mauricio Molina
Mauricio Alejandro Molina Uribe (; born 30 April 1980) is a retired Colombian football midfielder, who ended his professional career playing for Independiente Medellín.
Club career
Molina started his career in Colombian side Envigado at ...
with 10 goals.
Torneo Clausura 2007
For the Clausura tournament,
Alicio Solalinde
Alicio Ignacio Solalinde Miers (born February 1, 1952) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a forward and works as a coach.
Career
Born in Villeta, Solalinde began playing football for local side Olimpia de Villeta. He also played fo ...
continued at the helm of the team but was eventually replaced by
Carlos Jara Saguier
Carlos de los Santos Jara Saguier (born 25 August 1950 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan football player who works as a coach.
Carlos is one of the seven Jara Saguier brothers that played professional football in Paraguay.
Career
Born in As ...
due to poor results. Important signings included that of Paraguayan international veteran
Roberto Acuña
Roberto Miguel Acuña Cabello (; born 25 March 1972) is a Paraguayan former footballer.
Nicknamed ''El Toro'' (bull) due to his strength and dominating presence, he operated mainly as a central midfielder. He spent several years as a professio ...
from
Rosario Central,
Osvaldo Diaz from
Club Guaraní
Club Guaraní 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 ...
and
Rolando Renaut from
Club 12 de Octubre.
Team roster
Final standing
Results
Top scorers
Martin Adrian Garcia was the top scorer for the Clausura, finishing with 10 goals.
Gilberto Palacios
Gilberto Ramón Palacios Acosta (born 8 January 1980, in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker.
Career
Palacios began playing football with local side Club Olimpia. He won the league with Olimpia from 1998 to 2000 (as the club won fou ...
finished in second with 9 goals.
Aggregate table 2007
Olimpia finished in third place overall for the
2007 season, which earned the team a spot in the
Copa Sudamericana 2008.
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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.
Fo ...
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Cerro Porteño
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Club Sportivo Luqueño
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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.
Inte ...
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Club Sol de América
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Tacuary
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Club 12 de Octubre
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Club 3 de Febrero
Club 3 de Febrero is a Paraguayan football (soccer) club from the neighbourhood of Ricardo Brugada (Asunción), Barrio Ricardo Brugada, in Asunción. The club was founded on 10 March 1919Tony Mariani, Juan Pablo Andrés and Eli Schmerler (8 Oct ...
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Sportivo Trinidense
Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio Ñ ...
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Club Guaraní
Club Guaraní 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 ...
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Club 2 de Mayo
Club Sportivo 2 de Mayo is a Paraguayan football club in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero in Amambay who plays in División Intermedia, Paraguay's second-tier. The club reached promotion to the Primera División Paraguaya in 2005.
History
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See also
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2008 Club Olimpia season
2007
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