Club Guaraní

Guaraní

Full name	Club Guaraní
Nickname(s)	Aurinegros, El Aborigen, El Cacique
Founded	1903
Ground	Estadio Rogelio Livieres (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Federico Acosta
Manager	Beto Almeida
League	Primera División
2010 Clausura	4th
Home colours Away colours

Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football (soccer) team, based in the neighbourhood of Dos Bocas in outer Asunción, founded in 1903.

History

Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guarani" and its first president was Juan Patri. The name of the club derives from the Guaraní people, a big part of Paraguayan culture and history. The colours of the club, black and yellow, were proposed by the Melina brothers (also among the founders of the club) in reference to the colours of Uruguayan club Peñarol, where the Melina brothers played for a few years. The mentioned colors were also used by English privateer Francis Drake in his emblem and shield, which is another reason why they were chosen to represent the club.^[1]

Club Guarani

Guaraní is one of the traditional teams from the Paraguayan football league and during their history they have won a total of nine championships and were runners-up in ten occasions. The most successful era in their history was in the 1960s, where they had an excellent team that won three titles. This era is known as the "golden decade" by the Guaraní fans.

Along with Olimpia, they play the "clásico añejo" (the oldest derby) because they are the two oldest teams from Paraguay. Also, Guaraní, Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are the only teams that have never played in the second division of the Paraguayan league.

In late May 2010, Guarani became champions after 26 years after defeating Olimpia in a match that ended 2-1 to clinch the 2010 Apertura title

Current squad

As of February 20, 2011. 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 Pablo Aurrecochea 2 DF Tomás Bartomeus 3 DF Elvis Marecos 4 DF Eduardo Filippini 5 MF Jorge Brítez 6 MF Jorge Mendoza 7 FW Dante López 8 MF Leonardo Zarosa 9 FW Federico Santander 10 MF Marcos

No. Position Player 12 GK Joel Silva 13 DF Francisco Benitez 14 MF Juan Orzusa 16 MF Miguel Paniagua 17 MF Luis de La Cruz 19 FW Nelson Romero 21 MF Cristian Sosa 22 DF Héctor Federico Carballo 27 DF David Mendieta 29 FW Victor Gomez

Notable players

• Jonathan Fabbro
• Hilario Navarro
• Raimundo Aguilera
• Salvador Cabañas
• José Luis Chilavert
• Rolando Chilavert
• Arístides Rojas
• Alcides Sosa
• Arsenio Valdez
• Gilberto Velázquez
• Darío Verón

Honors

• Primera División (10): 1906, 1907, 1921, 1923, 1949, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1984, 2010 Apertura

References

1. ^ Al añejo Cacique (Spanish)

External links

• Club Guaraní Official Site
• Unofficial Site