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Club Libertad is a professional football club based in
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, Paraguay that currently plays in the
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. The club plays its home games at
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; which holds 10,100 people. Founded in 1905, Libertad is the third most successful Paraguayan football club, winning 22 national titles, only behind rivals Olimpia and
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.


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: Olimpia and
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, 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
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, which has eleven. In 1952, Libertad participated in the Copa Rio. The club played three matches. In the first match against Austria Wien, the opposition won 4–2. In the next match, against
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, the Brazilians won 6–1. In its last game against German club 1. FC Saarbrücken, the Paraguayan club won 4–1, to finish the cup with one win and two defeats. The club's first participation in the Copa Libertadores was in 1968, where they finished last with one win, one draw and 4 losses in a group containing
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. In the 1977 Copa Libertadores Libertad reached the semi-finals. They began their campaign by finishing first in their group. That gave them qualification to the semi-finals, where they had to play two legs against
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and Deportivo Cali. The winner of the group advanced to the finals, which was Boca Juniors. Libertad finished last of the semi-finals group with one win, one draw and two losses. In 1998, the club was relegated for the first time in its history. In the Apertura tournament it finished last, and in the Clausura it finished second-to-last. A 4–3 defeat to rivals Guaraní on the last matchday, as well as their league position in 1997, secured the club's relegation. The club spent two years in the second tier before returning to the top tier in 2001 after winning the league title in 2000. The club went through lots of success after their return to the top tier, as noted by winning the league titles in 2002 and 2003. Libertad reached the semi-finals of Copa Libertadores for the second time in history in 2006, where Libertad topped its group and beat powerhouses Corinthians and River Plate on their way to being knocked out by winners
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. Despite the elimination, more success came for the club, because it became a three-time-champion by winning the 2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, and 2008 Clausura. In the
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, the club made the semi-finals, beginning their campaign in the first stage by beating
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and Mineros in the second stage. Then they beat
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and
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in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, before being eliminated by
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, who eventually won the competition. They also made the semi-finals again in 2017, losing to another Argentine club, Independiente, who also won the competition.


Rivalries

Libertad has a rivalry with the other two "big clubs" of the country, Olimpia and Cerro Porteño, but mainly has one with Olimpia, and matches disputed between the two clubs are called "Clásico Blanco y Negro" (White and Black Classic). The first "clasico" was played in September 1906, with Olimpia winning 5-4. ''Repollero'' won the 2003 league title by beating Olimpia 6-5 on penalties. Overall, there have been 255 matches disputed between them, with Olimpia winning 112 and Libertad winning 74. The club also shares a rivalry with the fourth-biggest club in the country, Guaraní. The first match between the two clubs was played in 1921, which was won by Guarani to obtain the league title that year. The rivalry became greater in 1998, after Guaraní won 4-3 on the last matchday to cause Libertad's only relegation into the second division.


Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

*
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: 20 appearances ::Best: Semi-finals (2): 1977, 2006 *Copa Sudamericana: 14 appearances ::Best: Semi-finals (3):
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, 2017, 2021


Honours

Source: * División Profesional **Champions (22): 1910, 1917, 1920, 1930, 1943, 1945, 1955,
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, 2002, 2003, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2010 Clausura, 2012 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2021 Apertura, 2022 Apertura * Division Intermedia **Champions (1): 2000 * Copa Paraguay **Champions (1): 2019


Current squad


Managerial history

* Gerardo Martino (January 2006 – February 2007) * Sergio Markarián (2007 – June 2007) *
Rubén Israel Rubén Jorge Israel Yelen (8 December 1955 – 5 July 2021) was a Uruguayan footballer and a football team manager. Coaching career Libertad In the Paraguayan championships, since the start of the Clausura 2007 tournament, Israel coached Cl ...
(July 2007 – December 2008) * Javier Torrente (2009–2010) *
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(2010–2011) *
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(2011–2012) *
Rubén Israel Rubén Jorge Israel Yelen (8 December 1955 – 5 July 2021) was a Uruguayan footballer and a football team manager. Coaching career Libertad In the Paraguayan championships, since the start of the Clausura 2007 tournament, Israel coached Cl ...
(2012–2013) *
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(2 September 2013 – 2016) *
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(December 2016 – 23 December 2017) * Aldo Bobadilla (28 December 2017 – 21 July 2018) * Eduardo Villalba caretaker (21 July 2018 – 8 October 2018) * Leonel Álvarez (9 October 2018 – 6 March 2019) *
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(7 March 2019 – 15 December 2019) *
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(17 December 2019 – 24 September 2020) * Gustavo Morínigo (24 September 2020 – 16 December 2020) *
Juan Samudio Juan Eduardo "El Magico" Samudio Serna (born 14 October 1978 in Asunción) is a former Paraguayan footballer. He held the record for most goals scored in the Paraguayan first division with 108 goals, and is the third maximum goal scorer of Pa ...
caretaker (16 December 2020 – 23 December 2020) * Daniel Garnero (30 December 2020−)


Basketball

The
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
team of Libertad belongs to the top teams of the national top basketball league and Libertad is after Olimpia the most successful club of Paraguay.


Honours

* Liga de Baloncesto Metropolitana: 1958, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2005, 2008, 2009ABC Color (ed.
Premiarán a los mejores de la temporada 2009
(Dec 8, 2009). Retrieved Nov 22, 2012, (in Spanish)
* Top 5 Profesional: 2008, 2009, 2010 * Liga Nacional de Clubes: 2009 * Súper Copa de Campeones: 2008, 2009 * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto Metropolitana: 1949, 1950, 1951.


References


External links


Club Libertad Official Site

Libertad page at Tigo Sports
{{Liga Paraguaya Libertad Libertad Libertad Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in Paraguay