Deportivo Recoleta

Deportivo Recoleta was founded on 12 February 1931 following the merger of the clubs 2 de Julio and Unión Pacífico. It took its name from the neighborhood where the Recoleta church was located, with Juan Gardel as its first chairman.{{cite web |title=Deportivo Recoleta: 75 años de existencia deportiva |trans-title=Deportivo Recoleta: 75 years of sporting existence |url=https://www.abc.com.py/deportes/deportivo-recoleta-75-anos-de-existencia-deportiva-885777.html |publisher=ABC Color |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=es |date=12 February 2006}} In 1941, it bought the plot of land where Estadio Roque Battilana is currently located. The club gained its nickname of Funebrero (undertaker) due to the location of the stadium, as it is located behind the Recoleta Cemetery.{{cite web |title=Los 90 años del Funebrero |trans-title=The Undertaker's 90 years |url=https://www.apf.org.py/espanol/los-90-anos-del-funebrero-4?nid=8404 |publisher=Paraguayan Football Association |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=es |date=12 February 2021}}

The club first competed in the Federación Paraguaya de Deportes (Paraguayan Sports Federation) from 1936 to 1948, in which it won four tournaments in 1938, 1940, 1942 and 1943, joining the Paraguayan Football Association in 1949.

In 1971 Deportivo Recoleta won the Segunda de Ascenso (third tier) championship, earning promotion to the Primera de Ascenso, and in 1997 it became one of the clubs that took part in the first División Intermedia championship, which it won in 2001 allowing them to compete in the Paraguayan Primera División for the first time in history. However, their participation in the top flight was short-lived as they were relegated after just one season, and they were further relegated back to the third tier the following season.

In 2015, both Deportivo Recoleta and Sportivo Ameliano gained promotion from the Primera División C to the Primera División B for the 2016 season,{{Cite web |url=http://www.apf.org.py/noticia/deportivo-recoleta-define-en-casa-frente-al-ameliano-titulo-de-la-primera-c-3684.html |title=APF – Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol |access-date=2015-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183716/http://www.apf.org.py/noticia/deportivo-recoleta-define-en-casa-frente-al-ameliano-titulo-de-la-primera-c-3684.html |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/ameliano-y-recoleta-a-la-final-y-ascendidos-a-la-b-1407591.html | title=Ameliano y Recoleta a la final, y ascendidos a la B – Deportes – ABC Color }} with Recoleta defeating Ameliano in the final to win the Primera C title.{{cite web |title=Recoleta es el campeón de la Primera C |trans-title=Recoleta is the Primera C champion |url=https://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/recoleta-es-campeon-de-la-primera-c |publisher=Hoy |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=es |date=27 September 2015}} They competed in Primera B until the 2022 season, in which they won the title as well as promotion back to the División Intermedia after winning 20 matches, drawing eight and losing four for a total of 68 points.{{cite web |title=Recoleta, ascendido a Intermedia, recibió la copa de campeón de la Primera B |trans-title=Recoleta, promoted to Intermedia, received the Primera B champion cup |url=https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/2022/10/22/recoleta-ascendido-a-intermedia-recibio-la-copa-de-campeon-de-la-primera-b/ |publisher=Agencia de Información Paraguaya |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=es |date=22 October 2022}}

After spending two seasons in División Intermedia, Deportivo Recoleta won their second title in the second tier in 2024, returning to Primera División for the 2025 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.versus.com.py/hoy/2024/10/13/recoleta-baja-su-segunda-estrella-en-la-intermedia/ |title=¡Recoleta baja su segunda estrella en la Intermedia! |trans-title=Recoleta lower their second star in the Intermedia! |language=es |publisher=Versus |date=13 October 2024 |access-date=13 October 2024}}

: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 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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• 2000's
• {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Aureliano Torres (2002–2003){{Cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2011/08/12/presentan-a-paraguayo-aureliano-torres-como-refuerzo-de-toluca|title=Presentan a paraguayo Aureliano Torres como refuerzo de Toluca}}
• {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Osvaldo Mendoza (2003){{Cite web|url=http://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=111722|title = Osvaldo Mendoza :: Osvaldo Martin Mendoza Sosa ::}}
• 2010's
• {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Roberto Acuña (2015, 2016–){{Cite web|url=http://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/la-edad-no-para-al-toro-y-seguir-en-actividad|title = Diario HOY | la edad no para al Toro y seguirá en actividad| date=28 July 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoy.com.py/deportes/en-nuestra-epoca-nadie-se-sacaba-selfies|title = Diario HOY | "En nuestra época nadie se sacaba selfies"| date=13 June 2016 }}
• {{flagicon|PAR}} Derlis Ortiz{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronica.com.py/2019/07/29/funcionario-goleador/|title=FUNCIONARIO GOLEADOR|publisher=cronica.com.py}}

Non-CONMEBOL players

• {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Tobie Mimboe (1993){{cite web | url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/32729/Tobie_Mimboe.html | title=Tobie Mimboe (Player) }}

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• Paraguayan Second Division: 2

::2001, 2024

• Paraguayan Third Division: 2

::1971, 2022

The club's futsal division plays in the Categoría Honor, the second division of the Paraguayan futsal league system.[https://www.apf.org.py/todo-listo-para-el-inicio-de-la-categoria-honor-4?nid=19076 Todo listo para el inicio de la Categoría Honor]

The women's volleyball team has reached the Top 4 of the South American Women's Volleyball Club Championship twice.

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• [http://www.albigol.com/albigol_v3/template_eins.php?lang=es&sekt=segasc2&id=33 Albigol: Deportivo Recoleta Info]

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