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Cerro Porteño

{{Short description|Paraguayan football club}}

{{Distinguish|Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)}}

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| fullname = Club Cerro Porteño

| nickname = El Ciclón (The Cyclone)
Club del Pueblo
(The People's Team)
La Mitad más Uno
(The Half plus One)
El Azulgrana
(The Blue And Red)

| founded = {{start date and age|1912|10|01|df=y}}

| ground = Estadio General Pablo Rojas

| capacity = 45,000

| chairman = Juan José Zapag

| manager = Diego Martínez

| league = Primera División

| season = 2024

| position = Primera División, 3rd of 12

| website = {{URL|http://www.clubcerro.com/}}

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Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay.{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.com.py/nota/mayoria-piensa-que-cerro-porteno-es-el-club-mas-polular/ |title=Mayoria piensa que Cerro Porteño es el club mas popular - Deportes - ABC Digital |access-date=2011-05-30 |archive-date=2012-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112122727/http://www.abc.com.py/nota/mayoria-piensa-que-cerro-porteno-es-el-club-mas-polular/ |url-status=dead }} Its president is Raúl Zapag and the manager is Carlos Jara Saguier. Cerro Porteño plays the Paraguayan derby with its main rival Club Olimpia. They play their home games at the 45,000-seat General Pablo Rojas Stadium, also known as La Nueva Olla (The New Boiler), the biggest in the country. They have also never been relegated.

History

File:Diego Berreto.jpg was formed at the club's youth academy]]

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 (Crimson Party) and the Partido Liberal (Liberal Party).

File:Edgar Barreto.jpg graduated from the club's academy to the first-team in 2003]]

Because of the tensions, the founders of the club decided to use the colours of both parties, red (Colorados) and blue (Liberals), as the club's colours as a symbol of unity and friendship between Paraguayans. Later, white was used on the shorts to incorporate all the colours of the Paraguayan flag.

File:U02 Diego Lugano 7557.jpg joined the club in 2015]]

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 Porteño's troops. That battle is known as the "Battle of Cerro Porteño" and is a highlight of Paraguayan military history.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

File:Geremi Njitap Hull City v. Newcastle United 1.png played for the club during the 90s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1248/Geremi_Njitap.html|title=Geremi Njitap|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com|access-date=2020-11-06|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125132520/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1248/Geremi_Njitap.html|url-status=live}}]]

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, 1999 and 2011.

File:JulioDosSantos10.jpg was formed at the club's youth academy]]

Osvaldo Ardiles joined the club as manager in May 2008, but was sacked in August of the same year after a string of poor results and was replaced by Pedro Troglio.[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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010011201/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|date=October 10, 2008}} Troglio replaces Ardiles

File:Морено 3.jpeg joined for club for the 2022 season]]

In 2014, Cerro Porteño president Juan José Zapag spoke in reference to the corruption in Paraguayan football that various persons had complained to him about not buying games and that if his club were to win then they would not do it by buying and doping players to become champions.{{cite web|url=https://d10.ultimahora.com/paraguay-pais-expuesto-la-corrupcion-el-futbol-n2371885.html|title=Paraguay: ¿país expuesto a la corrupción en el fútbol?|website=d10.ultimahora.com|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419004511/https://d10.ultimahora.com/paraguay-pais-expuesto-la-corrupcion-el-futbol-n2371885.html|url-status=dead}}

Stadium

{{Main|Estadio General Pablo Rojas}}

Cerro Porteño's stadium, Estadio General Pablo Rojas, also known as "La Nueva Olla" or "La Olla", is located in Asunción's Obrero neighborhood. It has a seating capacity of 45,000, making it the biggest in Paraguay.

International record

::Best: 1973, 1978, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2011 (Semi-finals)

::Best: 2009, 2016 (Semi-finals)

Honours

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|+Cerro Porteño honours

!style="width: 1%;"|Type

!style="width: 5%;"|Competition

!style="width: 1%;"|Titles

!style="width: 21%;"|Seasons

rowspan="3" |National

! scope=col|Primera División

|34

| align="left"|1913, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009 Apertura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2017 Clausura, 2020 Apertura, 2021 Clausura

scope="col" |Torneo República

|bgcolor="gold"| 3

| {{left|1989, 1991, 1995}}

scope="col" |Plaqueta Millington Drake

| 2

| {{left|1949, 1950}}

  • {{legend|gold|record}}
  • {{smallsup|S}} shared record

Ranking

=World Club Ranking=

{{updated|21 March 2024.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:blue"| Rankstyle="background:blue"| Countrystyle="background:blue"| Team
45{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align: left;"|Aston Villa

46{{flagicon|GRE}}

| style="text-align: left;"| Panathinaikos

47{{flagicon|PAR}}

| style="text-align: left;"| Cerro Porteño

48{{flagicon|COL}}

| style="text-align: left;"|Atlético Nacional

49{{flagicon|FRA}}

| style="text-align: left;"| Monaco

=South America Club Ranking=

{{updated|21 March 2024.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:blue"| Rankstyle="background:blue"| Countrystyle="background:blue"| Team
12{{flagicon|ARG}}

|style="text-align: left;"| Estudiantes de La Plata

13{{flagicon|BRA}}

|style="text-align: left;"| Cruzeiro

14{{flagicon|PAR}}

|style="text-align: left;"| Cerro Porteño

15{{flagicon|COL}}

|style="text-align: left;"| Atlético Nacional

16{{flagicon|ARG}}

|style="text-align: left;"| Racing

Players

=First team=

{{Updated|1 January 2025}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ARG|name=Alexis Martín Arias|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=PAR|name=Alan Benítez|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ARG|name=Matías Damián Pérez|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=PAR|name=Jorge Morel|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ARG|name=Abel Luciatti|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=USA|name=Alan Soñora|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ARG|name=Federico Carrizo|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=PAR|name=Cecilio Domínguez|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=PAR|name=Juan Iturbe|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=ARG|name=Guillermo Benítez|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=PAR|name=Lucas Quintana|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=PAR|name=Rodrigo Melgarejo|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=PAR|name=Alan Núñez|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=PAR|name=Gabriel Aguayo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=PAR|name=Bruno Valdez|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from Boca Juniors}}}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BRA|name=Chico|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=PAR|name=Wilder Viera|pos=MF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ARG|name=Sergio Araujo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=PAR|name=Derlis Rodríguez|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=PAR|pos=DF|name=Gustavo Velázquez}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=PAR|name=Gatito Fernández|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=PAR|name=Robert Piris Da Motta|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ARG|name=Jonathan Torres|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=PAR|name=Alexis Fariña|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=PAR|name=Enzo Cabrera|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=PAR|name=Gastón Giménez|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=PAR|name=Luis Vargas Zorrilla|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=PAR|name=Víctor Cabañas|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=36|nat=PAR|name=Luis Olmedo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=PAR|name=Diego León|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=38|nat=PAR|name=Tobías Marecos|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=PAR|name=Tobias Portillo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Ricardo Iván Marecos|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Antonio Martínez|pos=GK}}

{{Fs end}}

=Out on loan=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Rodrigo Delvalle|pos=DF|other={{small|at Sol de América until 31 December 2024}}}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Daniel Rivas|pos=DF|other={{small|at Nacional until 31 December 2024}}}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Ángel Cardozo Lucena|pos=MF|other={{small|at Libertad until 31 December 2024}}}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=PAR|name=Antonio Galeano|pos=MF|other={{small|at Nacional until 31 December 2025}}}}

{{Fs end}}

Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Played at least 125 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Been part of a national team squad at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

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1970s

1980s

  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Justo Jacquet (1981–88), (1990), (1992-1993)

1990s

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2000s

  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Julio dos Santos (2001–05), (2009–2014), (2019–)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Édgar Barreto (2002–03)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Diego Barreto (2002–07), (2008), (2009–15)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Dante López (2003)
  • {{Flagicon|Bolivia}} Diego Cabrera (2003)
  • {{Flagicon|Brazil}} Glacinei Martins (2003–2005){{cite web|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-GLAUCINEIS-MARTINS-DA-SILVA-INCA-33091.html|title=Ficha Estadistica de INCA -glaucineis martins da silva- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats)|website=www.bdfa.com.ar|access-date=2018-03-13|archive-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214522/http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-GLAUCINEIS-MARTINS-DA-SILVA-INCA-33091.html|url-status=live}}
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Juan Cardozo (2005–06)
  • {{Flagicon|Bolivia}} Lorgio Álvarez (2005), (2007–08)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Roberto Ovelar (2006–07)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Marcelo Estigarribia (2006–08)(2016)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Pablo Escobar (2006)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Celso Ortiz (2007–10)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Rodrigo Burgos (2007–12)
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Iván Piris (2008–11)
  • {{Flagicon|Argentina}} Roberto Nanni (2009–13)

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2010s

2020s

  • {{Flagicon|Bolivia}} Marcelo Martins Moreno (2022–){{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcelo-moreno-martins/8989/|title=Bolivia - M. Martins - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|access-date=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309112413/https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcelo-moreno-martins/8989/|url-status=live}}

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Non-CONMEBOL players

  • {{Flagicon|Cape Verde}} Adriano Custódio Mendes (1988){{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/custodio-mendes/|title=Custodio Mendes|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419004508/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/custodio-mendes/|url-status=live}}
  • {{Flagicon|USA}} Jerry Laterza (1994–95)
  • {{Flagicon|Kenya}} William Inganga (1996){{cite web |author=ELIAS MAKORI More by this Author |url=http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/William-Inganga-AFC-Leopards-James-Nandwa-KPL/-/1102/2309384/-/yfq1g0z/-/index.html |title=Leopards legend Inganga faults Nandwa sacking - Daily Nation |publisher=Nation.co.ke |date=2014-05-09 |access-date=2019-04-19 |archive-date=2018-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620125020/https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/football/William-Inganga-AFC-Leopards-James-Nandwa-KPL/-/1102/2309384/-/yfq1g0z/-/index.html |url-status=live }}
  • {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Tobie Mimboe (1996)
  • {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Geremi Njitap (1997)
  • {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Cyrille Florent Bella (1998)
  • {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Kenneth Nkweta Nju (2000–01){{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kenneth-nju/|title=Kenneth Nju|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2019-04-19|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419041103/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kenneth-nju/|url-status=live}}
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Nozomi Hiroyama (2001)
  • {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} Froylán Ledezma (2001–02)
  • {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} Diego Madrigal (2011)
  • {{Flagicon|Spain}} Daniel Güiza (2013–15)
  • {{Flagicon|STP}} Luís Leal (2016–17)
  • {{Flagicon|USA}} Alan Soñora (2025-present)

Managerial information

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Records

Most appearances for the club (in all competitions):

  1. Julio Dos Santos: 267
  2. Jorge Achucarro: 257
  3. Aldo Bobadilla: 265
  4. Estanislao Struway: 227

Most goals for the club (in all competitions):

  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 90
  2. Julio Dos Santos: 88
  3. Erwin Ávalos: 70
  4. Saturnino Arrua: 88
  5. José Vinsac: 58

Most appearances for the club (in league):

  1. Salvador Breglia: 225
  2. Jorge Achucarro: 215
  3. Julio Dos Santos: 212
  4. Blas Marcelo Cristaldo: 201

Most goals for the club (in league):

  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 67
  2. Erwin Ávalos: 64
  3. José Vinsac: 58
  4. Saturnino Arrua: 55

Most appearances for the club (in international cup):

  1. Aldo Bobadilla: 67
  2. Estanislao Struway: 64
  3. Virgilio Ferreira: 61
  4. Blas Marcelo Cristaldo: 57

Most goals for the club (in international cup):

  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 23
  2. Santiago Salcedo: 15
  3. Celino Mora: 14
  4. César Ramírez: 13

Other disciplines

=Women=

The women's team has won the Paraguayan women's football championship four times, in 2007 and 2012 to 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.conmebol.com/es/22122014-0932/cerro-porteno-tricampeon-de-futbol-femenino-de-paraguay | title=Cerro Porteño tricampeón de fútbol femenino de Paraguay | publisher=conmebol.com | date=22 December 2014 | access-date=15 January 2015 | language=es | archive-date=4 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052042/http://www.conmebol.com/es/22122014-0932/cerro-porteno-tricampeon-de-futbol-femenino-de-paraguay | url-status=live }} The team then played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.

=Youth=

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2006 Torneo di Viareggio.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viareggio-carnevale.html|title=Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio|website=RSSSF|access-date=2023-02-02|archive-date=2023-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206221646/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viareggio-carnevale.html|url-status=live}}

=Futsal=

The club's futsal division is the best club in the Liga Premium de Futsal, the premier professional futsal clubs league of the country, having won all of its seven editions as of 2023, for which they are known as "Los Dueños del Futsal" (The King of Futsal).[https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/cerro-porteno/2023/10/23/los-duenos-del-futsal-los-numeros-de-la-octava-conquista-seguida/ Los Dueños del Futsal: Los números de la octava conquista de Cerro Porteño - Cerro Porteño - ABC Color]

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.instagram.com/ccp1912oficial/ Cerro Porteño on Instagram]
  • {{official website|http://www.clubcerro.com/}}
  • [http://www.futbolya.com/equipos/paraguay/cerro-porteno-football-club Cerro Porteño: Results, schedule, players and matches]

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