Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan
football
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team, based in the neighbourhood of
Pinozá in outer
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 ...
. 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 Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guaraní" and its first president was Juan Patri. The name of the club derives from the
Guaraní 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
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Francis Drake
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in his emblem and shield, which is another reason why they were chosen to represent the club.
Guaraní is one of the traditional teams from the Paraguayan football league and during their history they have won a total of ten championships and were
runners-up in fourteen occasions. The most successful era in their history was in the 1960s, where they had an excellent team that won three titles. This era is known as the "golden decade" by the Guaraní fans.
Along with
Olimpia, they play the "clásico añejo" (the oldest
derby
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) because they are the two oldest teams from Paraguay. Also, Guaraní,
Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are the only teams that have never played in the
second division
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of the Paraguayan league.
In late May 2010, Guaraní became champions after 26 years after defeating Olimpia in a match that ended 2–1 to clinch the 2010 Apertura title.
Youth
One of the club's youth teams played at the
2008 Torneo di Viareggio, the
2010 Torneo di Viareggio
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, the
2012 Torneo di Viareggio
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Format ...
and the
2014 Torneo di Viareggio.
Honours
*
Primera División: (11)
::
1906,
1907,
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
,
1923,
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
,
1964,
1967,
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
,
1984,
2010 Apertura,
2016 Clausura
*
Copa Paraguay
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(1):
2018
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Players
First-team squad
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.
1980s
*
José Luis Chilavert (1984)
2000s
*
Aldo Barreto (2003–04)
*
Aureliano Torres (2004–06)
*
Federico Santander
Federico Javier Santander Mereles (born 4 June 1991) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Reggina and the Paraguay national team.
Club career Early career
Santander started in the youth divisions ...
(2008–10), (2011–12), (2013–15)
2010s
*
Marcelo Palau (2012), (2014–)
*
Julio César Cáceres
Julio César Cáceres López (; born 5 October 1979) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Cáceres played in the Paraguay national team for nearly 11 years, being part of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA ...
(2013–)
*
Fernando Fernández (2013–15)
*
César Caicedo (2014)
Non-
CONMEBOL
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players
*
Kenji Fukuda (2004)
*
Yuki Tamura (2010)
Average attendance
Managerial information
Championship winning managers
References
External links
Club Guaraní Official SiteUnofficial Site
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Football clubs in Paraguay
Football clubs in Asunción
Association football clubs established in 1903
1903 establishments in Paraguay