Cerro Porteño Explained

Clubname: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)
Ground:Estadio General Pablo Rojas
Capacity:45,000
Chairman:Juan José Zapag
Manager:Manolo Jiménez
League:Primera División
Season:2023
Position:Primera División, 2nd of 12
Website:http://www.clubcerro.com/
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Current:2024 Paraguayan Primera División season

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.[1] Its president is Raúl Zapag and the manager is Manolo Jiménez. Its main rival is 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.

History

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.[2]

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.[3]

Stadium

See main article: 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

45 appearances

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

11 appearances

Best: 2009, 2016 (Semi-finals)

Honours

Ranking

World Club Ranking

Rank Country Team
45 Aston Villa
46 Panathinaikos
47 Cerro Porteño
48 Atlético Nacional
49 Monaco

South America Club Ranking

Rank Country Team
12 Estudiantes de La Plata
13 Cruzeiro
14 Cerro Porteño
15 Atlético Nacional
16 Racing

Players

Out on loan

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Non-CONMEBOL players

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.[9] The team then played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Youth

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2006 Torneo di Viareggio.[10]

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).[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayoria piensa que Cerro Porteño es el club mas popular - Deportes - ABC Digital . 2011-05-30 . 2012-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112122727/http://www.abc.com.py/nota/mayoria-piensa-que-cerro-porteno-es-el-club-mas-polular/ . dead .
  2. 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
  3. Web site: Paraguay: ¿país expuesto a la corrupción en el fútbol?. d10.ultimahora.com. 2019-04-19. 2019-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419004511/https://d10.ultimahora.com/paraguay-pais-expuesto-la-corrupcion-el-futbol-n2371885.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Ficha Estadistica de INCA -glaucineis martins da silva- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats). www.bdfa.com.ar. 2018-03-13. 2018-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214522/http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-GLAUCINEIS-MARTINS-DA-SILVA-INCA-33091.html. live.
  5. Web site: Bolivia - M. Martins - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway. 2022-02-15. 2022-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309112413/https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcelo-moreno-martins/8989/. live.
  6. Web site: Custodio Mendes. worldfootball.net. 2019-04-19. 2019-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419004508/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/custodio-mendes/. live.
  7. Web site: ELIAS MAKORI More by this Author . Leopards legend Inganga faults Nandwa sacking - Daily Nation . Nation.co.ke . 2014-05-09 . 2019-04-19 . 2018-06-20 . 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 . live .
  8. Web site: Kenneth Nju. worldfootball.net. 2019-04-19. 2019-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419041103/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kenneth-nju/. live.
  9. Web site: Cerro Porteño tricampeón de fútbol femenino de Paraguay . conmebol.com . 22 December 2014 . 15 January 2015 . es . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052042/http://www.conmebol.com/es/22122014-0932/cerro-porteno-tricampeon-de-futbol-femenino-de-paraguay . live .
  10. Web site: Coppa Carnevale - Torneo Internazionale Giovanile di Viareggio. RSSSF. 2023-02-02. 2023-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230206221646/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viareggio-carnevale.html. live.
  11. 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