Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan

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club, based in the city of

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War be ...

on the outskirts of the capital

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

. The club has won two Paraguayan championships.

History

The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of

(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

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. For the 1999

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, hosted by Paraguay, the club built a brand new stadium which seats 25,000, making it the third largest in Paraguay (after the

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and the

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). 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).

Club anthem

The official anthem of Club Sportivo Luqueño was created in the first decades of the club, where in a group of fanatical musicians and artists Luqueños, decided to make a club on the eve of the club's anniversary. On that occasion several music dedicated to the institution were revealed, in which I highlight the song presented by Luqueño Musician Juan Bautista Almirón. Thus causing the euphoria of all those present, who accompanied with palms and choirs.

Uniform and Sponsors

From the beginning the design was always vertical blue and yellow stripes, and sometimes used the shirt or shirt as an alternative half blue and the other yellow in the 50s. But the club's traditional design was always used, and It was constituted by blue and yellow vertical stripes, which with time would be the representative colors, which identifies the city of Luque. On the chest a shield with the initial C.S.L. and three golden stars included in the late 90s, represent the three clubs that merged for the creation of the club "Athletic Mars", "The Winner" and "Gral. Aquino", with blue shorts and blue or yellow socks .

Nickname

The team is identified with the nickname of "Kuré Luque", because the city of Luque is famous for pigs (Kuré, which in the

Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * ...

means pig), and even the club owns a pig as a team mascot in the facilities. "KURÉ LUQUE" (Chancho Luqueño) due to an old anecdotic fact: the pigs were transported to Asunción in certain train carriages, which in football days were also used by fans and Sportivo Luqueño players. For this reason the fans of the opposite team said "There come the Kure Luque"

Honours

* Paraguayan First Division: 2 ::1951, 1953 :::* Torneo Apertura:

* Paraguayan Second Division: 4 ::1924, 1956, 1964, 1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 3 appearances ::First Round (3):

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: 2 appearances ::Best: Quarter-Finals (1) in

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::First Round (1) in

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(4):

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and

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2018 ::Best: Semifinals: 2015

Current squad

''As of 18 June 2021.'' -

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 in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay). * Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition. *1920s * Aurelio González (1920s) *1940s *

Juan Bautista Villalba Juan Bautista Villalba Maldonado (29 August 1924 in Luque – 18 April 2003) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker. Villalba was a striker, known for his great scoring ability and speed. He played for the Paraguay national footbal ...

(1941–1947) * Dionisio Arce (1948–1949) *1950s *

José Parodi Silvio José del Rosario Parodi Rojas (30 August 1932 – 22 August 2006) was a Paraguayan football player and coach. Parodi was born in Luque. He played for Sportivo Luqueño, Calcio Padova, Genoa, UD Las Palmas, Nîmes Olympique and FC Mul ...

(1950–1955, 1957–1958) *

José Aveiro José Raúl Aveiro Lamas (born 18 July 1936) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Asunción, Aveiro played for Sportivo Luqueño, Valencia, Valencia Mestalla, Elche, Ontinyent Ontinyent ( es, ...

(1958) *1960s *

Modesto Sandoval Modesto Sandoval (born 12 February 1941) is a Paraguayan former goalkeeper. He now lives in Luque and he is the goalkeeper trainer for Cerro Porteño. Professional career He initiated his career in the Club Sportivo Luqueño from 1960 to 1964 hav ...

(1960–1964) *1970s * Juan Bautista Torales (1976–1981, 1993–1995) *

Julio César Romero Julio César Romero Insfrán (born 28 August 1960), nicknamed ''Romerito'', is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, considered among the greatest players in Paraguayan football history. He is the only Paraguay ...

''(Romerito)'' (1977–1979, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1996) *

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(1978–1979) *1980s *

José Luis Chilavert José Luis Félix Chilavert González (; born 27 July 1965) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Pe ...

(1982–1984) *1990s * Francisco Ferreira (1991–93, 2001, 2002) * Aristides Masi (1997, 1998–1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) * Aldo Adorno (1998–2000) *2000s * Luis Núñez (2000–2006, 2007–2008, 2010) *

Vidal Sanabria Carlos Vidal Sanabria Acuña (born 11 April 1967 in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, San Lorenzo, Paraguay) is a former Association football, football midfielder from Paraguay. Club Sanabria started his football career in the youth divisions of Club 13 ...

(2000) * Albeiro Usuriaga (2002) * Derlis Gómez (2002, 2004–2006) * Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2004–2005) *

Richart Báez Richart Martín Báez Fernández (born 31 July 1973) is a Paraguayan former football (soccer), footballer who played as a striker. Career Baez can be considered one of the most notable strikers in Olimpia's history. In 2002, he helped Olimpia ...

(2005) * Daniel Sanabria (2005) * Alcidio Fleitas (2005) * Ricardo Tavarelli (2005) * Julio César Yegros (2005) * Miguel Ángel Benítez (2006) * Juan Fernández Di Alessio (2007) * Juan Cardozo (2007) *2010s * Carlos Humberto Paredes (2010) * Javier Cohene (2010) * Juan Pablo Raponi (2011) * Nelson Cuevas (2012) * Francisco Aldo Barreto Miranda (2014) *2020s * Isidro Pitta (2020) *Non-CONMEBOL players * Bertrand Tchami (1998–1999) * Nobuhiro Takeda (2000) * Seidou Aboubacar (2003) * Guy Stéphane Essame (2004–2005) * Tobie Mimboe (2004) * Celestine Romed Ngah Kebe (2007–2008) * Nouga Georges (2009–2010) * Kenneth Nkweta Nju * Hideaki Ozawa (2010) * Sho Shimoji (2011) * Yuki Tamura (2011) * Bryan Lopez (2007–2013) * John Alston Bodden (2014) * Brad Norman (2020) * Takayuki Morimoto (2021)

Managers

* Feliciano Caceres 1921 * Vessillo Bartoli (1950–1953) * Aurelio González (footballer), Aurelio Gonzalez (1967-1969) * Carlos Arce (1975–1977)(1982) * Silvio Parodi ( 1983) * Raul Vicente Amarilla (1996) * Julio Carlos Gómez * Ever Hugo Almeida (2006) * Carlos Kiese (2007) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2007–2009) * Carlos Jara Saguier (Sept 28, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010) * Guillermo Sanguinetti (Dec 9, 2010 – Feb 22, 2011) * Rolando Chilavert (July 1, 2011 – Oct 17, 2011) * Daniel Lanata (Dec 2011) * Carlos Kiese (April 11, 2012 – July 3, 2012) * Pablo Caballero Cáceres, Pablo Caballero (July 9, 2012 – March 4, 2013) * José Cardozo (March 4, 2013 – May 8, 2013) * Alicio Solalinde (April 30, 2013 – March 8, 2014) * Eduardo Rivera (March 9, 2014– ) * Javier Sanguinetti (July, 2017– 2018) * Pedro Sarabia (Oct,2018) * Celso Ayala (2019–2020) * Luis Fernando Escobar (2020–2021) * Badayco Maciel (2021) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2021–2022)

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055128/http://www.clubsportivoluqueno.com.py/

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sportivo Luqueno Sportivo Luqueño, Football clubs in Paraguay Football clubs in Asunción Association football clubs established in 1921 1921 establishments in Paraguay