2007 Club Olimpia season

The following is a summary of the 2007 season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunción.

Olimpia participated in the following competitions in 2007: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Paraguayan first division).

Torneo Apertura 2007

Main article: Torneo Apertura 2007 (Paraguay)

For the start of the 2007 season Olimpia had former player and star José Cardozo as the coach. However, results were not good and Alicio Solalinde replaced him halfway during the tournament.

Team roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Leonardo Bordad 2 DF Diego Ciz 3 DF Michel Godoy 4 DF Carlos Gamarra 5 DF Ignacio Rolón 6 MF Victor Quintana (captain) 7 FW Mauro Caballero 8 FW Diego Perrone 10 FW Rodrigo Rojas 11 FW José Amarilla 12 GK Henry Lapczyk 13 FW Martín García 14 MF Christian Callejas 15 MF Osmar Molinas 16 DF Cristian Martínez 17 MF Ángel Ortíz 18 DF Luis Romero

No. Position Player 19 DF Oscar Jiménez 20 MF Mauricio Molina 21 MF Blas Irala 22 FW Aquilino Villalba 23 FW Cristian Ledesma 24 DF Ángel Ramos 25 FW Hebert Arriola 26 DF Roberto Bonet 29 FW Jorge Gallardo 30 FW Ismael Fernández 31 MF Cristian Álvarez 36 FW Juvenal Cardozo -- GK Luis Fernández -- GK Blas Hermosilla -- DF César Zayas -- MF Diego Benítez -- MF Rubén Insfrán

Final standing

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	DIFF
1 Club Sportivo Luqueño	47	22	14	5	3	45	22	+23
2 Cerro Porteño	43	22	13	4	5	42	18	+24
3 Club Libertad	40	22	11	7	4	30	16	+14
4 Olimpia	38	22	10	8	4	29	21	+8
5 Club 3 de Febrero	30	22	8	6	8	23	25	-2
6 Club Nacional	26	22	6	8	8	25	23	+2
7 Tacuary	26	22	7	5	10	20	32	-12
8 Sportivo Trinidense	24	22	6	6	10	24	39	-15
9 Club Sol de América	23	22	5	8	9	19	29	-10
10 Club 12 de Octubre	23	22	6	5	11	27	38	-11
11 Club 2 de Mayo	21	22	4	9	9	24	32	-8
12 Club Guaraní	16	22	3	7	12	26	39	-13

Results

Torneo Apertura 2007 Matchday Home Team Result Away Team 1 Olimpia 1 - 1 Nacional 2 Libertad 2 - 2 Olimpia 3 Olimpia 2 - 2 3 de Febrero 4 2 de Mayo 3 - 1 Olimpia 5 Olimpia 3 - 1 Guarani 6 Sportivo Trinidense 1 - 0 Olimpia 7 Olimpia 3 - 2 12 de Octubre 8 Tacuary 0 - 1 Olimpia 9 Olimpia 1 - 0 Sol de América 10 Olimpia 0 - 1 Cerro Porteño 11 Sportivo Luqueño 2 - 2 Olimpia 12 Nacional 0 - 1 Olimpia 13 Olimpia 0 - 1 Libertad 14 3 de Febrero 0 - 1 Olimpia 15 Olimpia 3 - 1 2 de Mayo 16 Guaraní 1 - 2 Olimpia 17 Olimpia 3 - 1 Sportivo Trinidense 18 12 de Octubre 0 - 0 Olimpia 19 Olimpia 2 - 2 Tacuary 20 Sol de América 0 - 1 Olimpia 21 Cerro Porteño 0 - 0 Olimpia 22 Olimpia 0 - 0 Sportivo Luqueño Top scorers Cristian Rolando Ledesma finished as the top scorer for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament with 10 goals scored. Mauricio Molina came in second with 9 goals. Torneo Clausura 2007 Main article: Torneo Clausura 2007 (Paraguay) For the Clausura tournament, Alicio Solalinde continued at the helm of the team but was eventually replaced by Carlos Jara Saguier due to poor results. Important signings included that of Paraguayan international veteran Roberto Acuña from Rosario Central, Osvaldo Diaz from Club Guaraní and Rolando Renaut from Club 12 de Octubre. Team roster Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Henry Lapczyk 2 DF Diego Ciz 3 DF Roberto Bonet 4 DF Carlos Gamarra (captain) 5 DF Ignacio Rolón 6 MF Victor Quintana 7 FW Edison Giménez 8 MF Roberto Acuña 9 FW Gilberto Palacios 10 MF Osvaldo Díaz 11 MF Cristian Martínez 12 GK Leonardo Bordad 13 FW Martín García 14 DF Gilberto Velázquez 15 MF David Villalba 16 MF Ricardo Ortíz 17 MF Ángel Ortíz No. Position Player 19 DF Oscar Jiménez 21 MF Blas Irala 22 MF Osmar Molinas 23 MF Rolando Renaut 25 FW Jorge Gallardo 28 DF Darío Caballero 35 FW Amílcar Franco -- GK Blas Hermosilla -- GK Alejandro Saucedo -- DF Michel Godoy -- DF Julio César Torres -- DF César Zayas -- MF Cristian Álvarez -- MF Milton Benítez -- MF Rodrigo Rojas -- FW Roberto Hernández -- FW Ismael Fernández Final standing Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF   1 Club Libertad 55 22 17 4 1 36 14 +22   2 Cerro Porteño 49 22 15 4 3 52 21 +31   3 Olimpia 38 22 11 5 6 33 23 +10   4 Club Sol de América 34 22 9 7 6 32 24 +8   5 Club Nacional 34 22 9 7 6 37 30 +7   6 Club 12 de Octubre 26 22 7 5 10 23 29 -6   7 Club Guaraní 25 22 6 7 9 24 27 -3   8 Tacuary 25 22 6 7 9 25 29 -4   9 Sportivo Trinidense 24 22 5 9 8 15 18 -3   10 Club Sportivo Luqueño 19 22 5 4 13 24 41 -17   11 Club 3 de febrero 19 22 5 4 13 21 41 -20   12 Club 2 de Mayo 13 22 2 7 13 16 41 -25 Results Torneo Clausura 2007 Matchday Home Team Result Away Team 1 Sol de América 1 - 2 Olimpia 2 Olimpia 0 - 0 Libertad 3 Nacional 0 - 0 Olimpia 4 Olimpia 2 - 0 2 de Mayo 5 Sportivo Trinidense 0 - 0 Olimpia 6 Olimpia 2 - 3 12 de Octubre 7 Sportivo Luqueño 1 - 2 Olimpia 8 Olimpia 1 - 0 Guaraní 9 Tacuary 0 - 1 Olimpia 10 Olimpia 2 - 1 Cerro Porteño 11 3 de Febrero 1 - 1 Olimpia 12 Olimpia 1 - 2 Sol de América 13 Libertad 0 - 1 Olimpia 14 Olimpia 2 - 3 Nacional 15 2 de Mayo 1 - 3 Olimpia 16 Olimpia 2 - 1 Sportivo Trinidense 17 12 de Octubre 0 - 3 Olimpia 18 Olimpia 5 - 1 Sportivo Luqueño 19 Guaraní 2 - 0 Olimpia 20 Olimpia 1 - 1 Tacuary 21 Cerro Porteño 3 - 1 Olimpia 22 Olimpia 1 - 2 3 de Febrero Top scorers Martin Adrian Garcia was the top scorer for the Clausura, finishing with 10 goals. Gilberto Palacios finished in second with 9 goals. Aggregate table 2007 Olimpia finished in third place overall for the 2007 season, which earned the team a spot in the Copa Sudamericana 2008. Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF   1 Club Libertad 95 44 28 11 5 66 30 +36   2 Cerro Porteño 92 44 28 8 8 94 39 +55   3 Olimpia 76 44 21 13 10 62 44 +18   4 Club Sportivo Luqueño 66 44 19 9 16 69 63 +6   5 Club Nacional 60 44 15 15 14 62 53 +9   6 Club Sol de América 57 44 14 15 15 51 53 -2   7 Tacuary 51 44 13 12 19 45 61 -16   8 Club 12 de Octubre 49 44 13 10 21 50 67 -17   9 Club 3 de Febrero 49 44 13 10 21 44 66 -22   10 Sportivo Trinidense 48 44 11 15 18 39 57 -18   11 Club Guaraní 41 44 9 14 21 50 66 -16   12 Club 2 de Mayo 34 44 6 16 22 40 73 -33 External links Club Olimpia Website