Estadio Feliciano Cáceres is a

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located in

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 ...

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. It is the home venue of

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

and is named after former club president Feliciano Cáceres. The old stadium was torn down and this stadium was built for use in the

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. The stadium hosted games played by

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. The field's cesped is natural grass.

History

The stadium was remodeled for the

, that Paraguay hosted. In August 2004, caused by disturbances from Sportivo Luqueño fans in a Primera División Paraguaya game, the club was sanctioned for 30 days and the Estadio Feliciano Cáceres was inhabilitad until September. In January 2012, because of the closing of the

Estadio Defensores del Chaco Defensores del Chaco Stadium (, ; , named after the Paraguayan Chaco soldiers in the Chaco War) is a multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. Located in the Sajonia neighbourhood, it is the owned by the Paraguayan Football Association. It ...

and the

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, Club

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were programmed to play most of its

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and Torneo Apertura games inside the Estadio Feliciano Cáceres. In June 2020, the stadium's re-opening was approved of following an inspection by the authorities of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol for Sportivo Luqueño to use for official games, last playing inside the stadium in the 2018 Torneo Clausura.

References

External links

BeSoccer Profile

Fichajes Profile

Stadium Profile
at Football Tripper
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres photos
Feliciano Caceres Sportivo Luqueño Central Department Sport in Luque {{Paraguay-sports-venue-stub

History

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