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Revision as of 00:51, 4 July 2010
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| Full name | Club Cerro Porteño | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Azulgrana El Ciclón (The Cyclone) El Club del Pueblo (The People's Club) La Mitad Más Uno (Half plus one) | |||
| Founded | October 1, 1912 | |||
| Ground | General Pablo Rojas, Asunción, Paraguay | |||
| Capacity | 35,000 | |||
| Chairman |  Juan José Zapag | |||
| Manager |  Javier Torrente | |||
| League | Paraguayan Primera División | |||
| 2010 Apertura | 2nd | |||
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Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, and it is known for being the most popular football club of Paraguay in terms of number of supporters. The club was founded in 1912 and has won 28 Primera División titles. Its main rival is Olimpia, which is the second most popular football club of Paraguay.
They play their home games at the General Pablo Rojas Stadium, also known as "La Olla" (the Boiler).
The club holds the record of having played more Copa Libertadores games than any other club not to have won the tournament.
History
Cerro Porteño was founded on 1 October 1912 by Susana Núñez and a group of young people looking to create a new football club. At the time of Cerro's foundation the situation in Paraguay was tense with instability in the government caused by the fervent rivalries between the two leading political parties, the Partido Colorado (Colorado Party) and the Partido Liberal (Liberal Party). Because of the tensions, the founders of the club decided to use the colors of both parties, red and blue, as the club's colors (red being the color of the Colorado Party and blue of the Liberal Party) as a symbol of unity and friendship between Paraguayans. Later, white was used on the shorts to complete the colours of the Paraguayan flag.
The club owes its name to the battle fought between the forces of Buenos Aires, Argentina (“the Porteños”) and the Paraguayan army, in the neighbourhood of the “Cerro Mbaé” (Mbaé Hill) - named after that battle as the Cerro Porteño (Porteño Hill) - on 19 January 1811. During that battle, the troops of Paraguay (at that time a Spanish colony) were abandoned by the Spanish Governor but continued to be led by the Paraguayan officials, who led them to a great victory against the Porteños troops. That battle is known as the "Battle of Cerro Porteño" and is a highlight of Paraguayan military history.
Cerro Porteño is known in Paraguay as "el club del pueblo" (the common people's club) because most of the fans are from lower social classes, as opposed to the fans from rival club Olimpia whose fans are usually from the upper classes. Because of this, it is said that Cerro Porteño has the biggest number of supporters in Paraguay.
Over the years the club has won a significant number of national championships. However, to date, it has not won any international tournaments despite a few good runs in the Copa Libertadores including semi-final appearances in 1973, 1978, 1993, 1998 and 1999.
Osvaldo Ardiles joined the club as manager in May 2008 [1] but was sacked in August of the same year after a string of poor results and was replaced by Pedro Troglio[2]
Why is the club called "Ciclon"?
The club's nickname "Ciclon" (Cylone) comes from the national championship play-off of 1918 which was contested between Cerro Porteño and Club Nacional during which Porteño scored 4 goals in the last 20 minutes of the 2nd replay to win the game 4-2. The flurry of goals saw the team referred to as 'the Cyclone'.
Stadium
The club's home stadium is officially called Estadio General Pablo Rojas, after the club president who was the main proponent of the work, but is better known as "La Olla Azulgrana". It has a capacity of 32,000. Originally, the stadium was supposed to be larger but the plan had to be scaled down due to a shortage of funds available to complete the work.
International Holdings
- Copa Libertadores: 33 appearances
- Copa Sudamericana: 6 appearances
Presidents
| Name | Period |
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| Don Pedro David Villagra | 1912 - 1914 |
| Don Juan Denis | 1914 - 1914 |
| Don Roque J. Medina | 1915 - 1917 |
| Dr. Diógenes R. Ortúzar | 1918 - 1919 |
| Prof. Dr. Adriano Irala | 1920 - 1922 |
| Dr. Juan Manuel Álvarez | 1923 - 1924 |
| Dr. Jerónimo Riart | 1924 - 1925 |
| Prof. Dr. Adriano Irala | 1925 - 1933 |
| Don Luís Laterza | 1933 - 1934 |
| Dr. Gerardo Buongermini | 1935 - 1936 |
| Dr. Dionisio González Torres | 1936 - 1936 |
| Dr. Ramón Prieto | 1936 - 1938 |
| Dr. Miguel Oliveira y Silva | 1939 - 1939 |
| Dr. Gerardo Buongermini | 1939 - 1940 |
| Don Julio Cálcena | 1940 - 1940 |
| Dr. Domingo Montanaro | 1940 - 1941 |
| Dr. Miguel Oliveira y Silva | 1941 - 1941 |
| Mayor Alejandro Sienra | 1941 - 1941 |
| Dr. Manuel Riveros | 1941 - 1941 |
| Dr. Ramón Prieto | 1941 - 1942 |
| Don Nicolás Angulo | 1942 - 1943 |
| Dr. Oscar Pinho Insfrán | 1944 - 1945 |
| Cap. José Muñoz Chávez | 1945 - 1945 |
| Dr Oscar Pinho Insfrán | 1946 - 1946 |
| Cap. Ramón E. Martino | 1947 - 1947 |
| Dr. Abelardo Codas | 1947 - 1940 |
| Clte. Wenceslao Benítez | 1948 - 1949 |
| Don Alejandro Salinas | 1949 - 1950 |
| Don Luis Camperchioli (h) | 1951 - 1952 |
| Don Antonio Castagnino | 1953 - 1954 |
| Cnel. Juan Manuel Torres | 1954 - 1955 |
| Dr. Oscar Pinho Insfrán | 1955 - 1956 |
| Don Medardo Castagnino | 1957 - 1958 |
| Cnel. Pablo Rojas | 1959 - 1971 |
| C.P. Don Blás N. Riquelme | 1971 -1972 |
| Dr. Gerónimo Angulo Gastón | 1972 - 1974 |
| Dr. Abraham Zapag | 1974 - 1982 |
| Ing. Juan Hamilton Pettengill | 1982 - 1984 |
| Dr. Magno Ferreira Falcón | 1984 - 1988 |
| Don Tomás Giménez Villalba | 1988 - 1989 |
| Lic. Juan Ángel Napout | 1989 - 1990 |
| Dr. Magno Ferreira Falcón | 1991 - 1992 |
| Dr. Raúl Armando Doutreleau | 1992 - 1994 |
| Lic. Pedro Aguilera | 1994 - 1995 |
| Lic. Luís Domingo Lezcano | 1995 - 2000 |
| Dr. César Luis Puente | 2000 - 2003 |
| Ing. Luis Alberto Pettengill | 2003 - 2009 |
| Dr. Juan José Zapag | 2009 to 2012 |
Honours
National honours
- Paraguayan First Division
- Torneo República
- Winners (2): 1991, 1995
Notable coaches
- Modesto Sandoval
- Salvador Breglia
- Gerardo Martino
- Néstor "Pipo" Rossi
- Gustavo Costas
- Pedro Troglio
Paulo César Carpegiani- Valdir Espinosa
Ferenc Puskás
Sergio Markarián
Players
As of June 18, 2010.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad Changes for Apertura 2010
In:
- Domingo Salcedo Transferred from
Colo-Colo - Sergio Vallinotti Transferred from Sportivo Trinidense
- Víctor Ferreira Transferred from Club Guarani
Out:
- Ezequiel Medrán Transferred to Deportes La Serena
- Julio Irrazabal Transferred to Vasco da Gama
- Jorge Britez
- Cesar Ramirez is retired
- Miguel Torrén
- Carlos Recalde Transferred to Argentinos Juniors
- Sebastian Ereros Transferred to All Boys
- Iván Emmanuel González Transferred to Atletico Paranaense
- Paolo Ortíz
- Jose Arrua Transferred to Sport Colombia
References
- ^ http://www.geofutbol.com/2008/04/29/osvaldo-ardiles-dirigira-a-cerro-porteno/%7C Osvaldo Ardiles will lead to Cerro Porteño
- ^ http://www.sportsya.com/futbol/paraguay/torneo_clausura_2008/home/noticia.php/Pedro_Troglio_reemplazara_en_Cerro_Porteno_al_despedido_Osvaldo_Ardiles.html?id_estruc=396&id=184925%7C Troglio replace Ardiles
Cerro Porteño golea con "hat-trick" de Zeballos
External links
Template:Copa Libertadores 2010 Template:Copa Sudamericana 2010