Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football 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 ...

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 o ...

. 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 Defensores del Chaco in

and the

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Estadio Antonio Aranda, known until 2013 as ''Estadio Tte. Cnel. Antonio Oddone Sarubbi'', is a football stadium in the city of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Club Atlético 3 de Febrero and is named after Antonio Aranda Enc ...

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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 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

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

: 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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, 2016 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 (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 Mu ...

(1950–1955, 1957–1958) * José Aveiro (1958) *1960s * Modesto Sandoval (1960–1964) *1970s *

Juan Bautista Torales Juan Bautista Torales, nicknamed Téju (born 9 March 1956 in Luque) is a retired football defender from Paraguay. He was capped 77 times, and scored 1 goal for the Paraguay national football team in an international career that lasted from 19 ...

(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 Paragu ...

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

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(1978–1979) *1980s * José Luis Chilavert (1982–1984) *1990s * Francisco Ferreira (1991–93, 2001, 2002) * Aristides Masi (1997, 1998–1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) *

Aldo Adorno Aldo Osmar Adorno Moreira (born 8 April 1982) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for P.O. Xylotymbou in the Cypriot Third Division. Career Paraguay – Israel – Spain Adorno started his career from Sportivo Luqueño of Para ...

(1998–2000) *2000s * Luis Núñez (2000–2006, 2007–2008, 2010) * Vidal Sanabria (2000) * Albeiro Usuriaga (2002) *

Derlis Gómez Derlis Venancio Gómez López (born 2 November 1972) is a retired Paraguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Gómez played club football for Club Sol de América, Club Guaraní, Club 12 de Octubre, Sportivo Luqueño, Club Olimp ...

(2002, 2004–2006) * Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2004–2005) * Richart Báez (2005) * Daniel Sanabria (2005) * Alcidio Fleitas (2005) *

Ricardo Tavarelli Ricardo Javier Tavarelli Paiva (born 2 August 1970) is a former Paraguayan footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Career Tavarelli started his career in the youth divisions of Tacuary and then moved to the youth divisions of Club Olimpia, whe ...

(2005) * Julio César Yegros (2005) *

Miguel Ángel Benítez Miguel Ángel Benítez Pavón (born 19 May 1970), also known as Peque Benítez, is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for his spell with Spain's Espanyol, where he played for seven years. Altogether h ...

(2006) * Juan Fernández Di Alessio (2007) * Juan Cardozo (2007) *2010s * Carlos Humberto Paredes (2010) * Javier Cohene (2010) *

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(2011) *

Nelson Cuevas Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla (; born 10 January 1980) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current singer. He represented the Paraguay national football team at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and the 1999 and 2007 Copa América tourna ...

(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 Tobie Bayard Mimboe (sometimes referred to as Toby Mimboe), is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender and spent most of his career in South America. He was capped for the Cameroon national team, and participated i ...

(2004) * Celestine Romed Ngah Kebe (2007–2008) *

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(2009–2010) *

Kenneth Nkweta Nju Kenneth Nkweta Nju (born 27 July 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for clubs in Cameroon and Paraguay. He is also the owner of a football school in Paraguay known as 'Soccer City'. During ...

* Hideaki Ozawa (2010) * Sho Shimoji (2011) * Yuki Tamura (2011) *

Bryan Lopez Bryan Steven López González (born June 12, 1988) is an American soccer player who plays a goalkeeper. He last played for Cedars Star Academy in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. He is son of former Paraguayan footballer, Pedro López, who p ...

(2007–2013) *

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(2014) * Brad Norman (2020) * Takayuki Morimoto (2021)

Managers

* Feliciano Caceres 1921 * Vessillo Bartoli (1950–1953) * Aurelio Gonzalez (1967-1969) * Carlos Arce (1975–1977)(1982) * Silvio Parodi ( 1983) * Raul Vicente Amarilla (1996) * Julio Carlos Gómez *

Ever Hugo Almeida Ever Hugo Almeida Almada (born 1 July 1948) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional. Almeida was born in Salto, Uruguay, but became a naturaliz ...

(2006) * Carlos Kiese (2007) * Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2007–2009) *

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 ...

(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 (July 9, 2012 – March 4, 2013) *

José Cardozo José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. He a ...

(March 4, 2013 – May 8, 2013) *

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 f ...

(April 30, 2013 – March 8, 2014) * Eduardo Rivera (March 9, 2014– ) *

Javier Sanguinetti Javier Estebán Sanguinetti (born 8 January 1971 in Lomas de Zamora) is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Banfield. A defender, Sanguinetti played the majority of his career for Banfield. Career Sa ...

(July, 2017– 2018) * Pedro Sarabia (Oct,2018) *

Celso Ayala Celso Rafael Ayala Gavilán (; born 20 August 1970) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. Career With 85 caps and six goals, Ayala one of the most capped players in the Paraguay national team. 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

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