Club Atlético Colegiales

Club Atlético Colegiales

Full name	Club Atlético Colegiales
Nickname(s)	Los Colegiantes
Founded	1977
Ground	Estadio Luciano Zacarías Paraguay (Capacity: 4,500)
Chairman	Roberto Zacarías
Manager	Juan Desiderio Zacarías
League	Paraguay 2nd division
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Colegiales, usually just Atlético Colegiales or simply Colegiales, is a football (soccer) club from 4 Mojones, Paraguay; founded in 1977 by the Zacarías family. They currently play in the second division of the Paraguayan League.

History

The Zacarías family named the team "Colegiales" (which basically means "students") after their chain of bookstores called "El Colegio" (The College). The team entered the first division in 1982. Colegiales never won a national title in the Liga Paraguaya, however, the few times they have participated in international tournaments they did a good job despite being a very small team from a humble neighbourhood with limited finances. Colegiales best effort was in 1995 when they reached the Copa CONMEBOL semifinals. They have two participations in the Copa Libertadores. In 1991 they qualified to the second round and in 2000 they could not get past the group stage. Colegiales has been coached by Juan Desiderio Zacarías for over 21 years.^[1]

Current Squad 2010

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 Miguel Angel Rojas - GK Enrique García - DF Edgar Aranda - DF Pedro Fernández - DF Marcio González - DF Victor Romero - DF Ricardo Mora - DF José Sosa - DF Ruben Vallejos - MF Juan Insfrán

No. Position Player - MF Cristian Noguera - MF Joel Ovelar - MF William Romero - MF Rogelio Silvero - MF Cristian Sugastti - FW Christian Maciel - FW Michell Paredes - FW Héctor José Velásquez - FW Leonardo Villagra - FW Derlis Yahari

Honours

National honours

• Torneo República: 1

1990

• Paraguayan Second Division: 1

1982

• Paraguayan Third Division: 2

1979, 2008

International honours

• Copa CONMEBOL: 0

Semi-Finals (1): 1995

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

Best: Second Round in 1991

1991: Second Round

Notable players

• Tobie Mimboe
• Edgar "La Araña" Denis
• Juan Zacarías Ramírez
• Delio Toledo
• Lilio Torales

References

1. ^ Atlético Colegiales, 28 años de fútbol

External links

• Paraguayan Soccer Info