Club Rubio Ñu

Rubio Ñu

Full name	Club Rubio Ñu
Nickname(s)	Ñuenses
Founded	August 24, 1913
Ground	Estadio La Arboleda (Capacity: 4,500)
Chairman	Rubén Ruiz Díaz
League	Paraguayan Primera División
2010 Apertura	5th
Home colours Away colours

Club Rubio Ñu is a Paraguayan football club based in the Barrio Santísima Trinidad of Asunción. The club was founded August 24, 1913 and plays in the first division of the Paraguayan football league. Their home games are played at the Estadio La Arboleda which has a capacity of approximately 4,500 seats.

History

The club was founded in 1913 by a group of young friends that chose white and green as the colors in representation of "purity" and "hope", respectively.^[1] After its foundation Rubio Ñu joined the rebel league "Liga Centenario", which was created by some clubs that had disagreements with the Paraguayan football association (APF) which was in charge of organizing the main league, the Liga Paraguaya.^[2] Some 23 years after its foundation, two others clubs from the same Santísima Trinidad neighborhood (Club Itá Ybaté and Club Flor de Mayo) merged with Rubio Ñu. Sportivo Trinidense (which is also from the same neighborhood) is the club's main rival.

After the Liga Centenario disappeared, they were back in the lower divisions of the Liga Paraguaya until finally in 1926 they won the second division and made their way to the first division. Since then, Rubio Ñu has been relegated and promoted between the third, second and first division several times. Most recently in 2008, they won the second division tournament for the 7th time in their history under the coaching of Francisco Arce and made it to the top-flight of Paraguayan football in 2009.

Honours

• Paraguayan Second Division: 7

1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008

• Paraguayan Third Division: 3

1941, 1942, 2005

Notable players

• Joel Cubillas
• Alberto Jara Saguier
• Darío Jara Saguier
• Rubén Ruiz Díaz

Notable coaches

• Jovino Mendoza
• Francisco Arce

Current squad

Current Squad

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 GK Osvaldo Cabral GK Mauro Cardozo GK Blas Valenzuela DF Wilfrido Bazán DF Óscar Ayala DF Jorge Martín Núñez DF Fredy Vera DF Arnaldo Rodríguez DF Ismael Benegas DF Nelson Ruiz Gimenez DF Jorge Luís Caballero DF Derlis Riveros DF Guido Núñez MF Roberto Acuña MF Gustavo Cristaldo MF Eric Ramos

No. Position Player MF Andrés Piris MF Cristian Bogado MF Juan Romero MF Gustavo Guerreño MF Arsenio Leiva MF Robert Piris MF William Mendieta MF Reinaldo Ocampo FW Robin Ramírez FW William Santander FW Nery Cardozo FW Sergio Samudio FW Derlis González FW Bladimiro Ojeda FW Francisco Vera FW Digno González

References

1. ^ Grandes momentos ñuenses - Diario ABC Color
2. ^ Rubio Ñu y su 94º aniversario - Diario ABC Color

External links

• Official Website
• Club Rubio Ňú Info