Paraguayan football derby explained

Superclásico del fútbol paraguayo
Other Names:	Clásico del fútbol paraguayo
City Or Region:	Asunción, Paraguay
Team1logo:	Escudo_del_Club_Cerro_Porteño.svg
Team2logo:	Club Olimpia.png
Team1:	Cerro Porteño
Team2:	Olimpia
First Contested:	21 September 1913 Primera División
Top Scorer:	Saturnino Arrúa (11)
Most Player Appearances:	Ever Almeida (57)
Mostrecent:	18 August 2024 Primera División de Paraguay
Series:	Olimpia: 127 Cerro Porteño: 123 Drawn: 116
Largestvictory:	27 February 1916 Friendly

The Paraguayan football derby, also called the Superclásico (Super derby); is the football rivalry between Club Cerro Porteño and Club Olimpia, the two most successful and popular clubs in the country, both from Asunción, Paraguay.
In April 2021, FourFourTwo ranked the Cerro Porteño–Olimpia rivalry as the world's 36th biggest derby.^[1]

Statistics

Head to head

• Updated as of August 18, 2024

Competition	Matches	Cerro Wins	Draws	Olimpia Wins	Cerro Goals	Olimpia Goals
Paraguayan Primera División	324	112	102	110	406	412
Copa Libertadores	34	9	13	12	39	44
Qualifiers for International cups	5	2	0	3	6	8
Torneo República	2	0	1	1	1	2
Supercopa Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	3
Official matches	366	123	116	127	453	469
Friendly matches	89	31	24	35	170	174
Total	455	154	140	162	623	643

Records

Other stats from the Paraguayan Derby:^{[2] [3]}

• Largest wins: in an official match goes to Cerro, in an 8–1 win from 1937. Olimpia's biggest win was registered in a non official match with amateur players in 1916, with a result of 10–1.
• Most wins in a row by Cerro: five consecutive, in 1986 (2-0, 2–1) and 1987 (2-0, 2–1, 1–0).
• Most wins in a row by Olimpia: four consecutive in two occasions; in 1925 (3-1, 3–0) and 1926 (4-1, 3–0), and 1980 (2-0) and 1981 (1-0, 1–0, 1–0).
• Longest unbeaten runs: both teams have a record of 10 games without losing to each other. Cerro was unbeaten for 10 games between July 1992 and July 1995; while Olimpia was unbeaten for 11 games between October 2001 and September 2004 (10, in the regular championship).
• All-time top scorers: for Olimpia is Mauro Caballero with 10 goals (9 in the Paraguayan League and 1 in Copa Libertadores) and for Cerro is Saturnino Arrua with 11 goals (7 in the Paraguayan League and 4 in the Copa Libertadores).
• Top Scorers in a single game: Dante Lopez for Olimpia, scoring 4 goals in 2005 and Pedro Osorio for Cerro, scoring 4 goals in 1937.
• Most goals by a player in a single season: Arístides Del Puerto, Rafael Bobadilla and Mauro Caballero have all scored five goals in a single season (in 1967, 1983, 1998 respectively).

Players to score for both clubs

Goals	Name	Goals in Cerro	Years	Goals in Olimpia	Years
6	Miguel Sanabria	3	1989 y 1990	3	1991, 1994 y 1995
4	Benjamín Laterza	1	1939	3	Entre 1941 y 1949
3	Pablo Zeballos	2	2010	2	2011,2015
3	Julio Díaz	1	1973	2	Entre 1976 y 1980
3	Alfredo Mendoza	1	1983	2	1989 y 1997
2	Crispín Maciel	1	1983	1	1984

Last encounters

Tournament	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Date
2024 Primera División - Clausura	Cerro Porteño	1–1	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	August 18, 2024
2024 Primera División - Apertura	Cerro Porteño	1–1	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	May 12, 2024
2024 Primera División - Apertura	Olimpia	1–1	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	February 17, 2024
2023 Primera División - Clausura	Olimpia	0–0	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	October 29, 2023
2023 Primera División - Clausura	Cerro Porteño	1–1	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	August 13, 2023
2023 Primera División - Apertura	Cerro Porteño	2–2	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	May 13, 2023
2023 Primera División - Apertura	Olimpia	2–2	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	March 4, 2023
2022 Primera División - Clausura	Cerro Porteño	1–2	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	October 16, 2022
2022 Primera División - Clausura	Olimpia	2–0	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	August 14, 2022
2022 Copa Libertadores	Cerro Porteño	0–1	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	May 25, 2022
2022 Primera División - Apertura	Olimpia	0–4	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	May 22, 2022
2022 Copa Libertadores	Olimpia	0–0	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	April 5, 2022
2022 Primera División - Apertura	Cerro Porteño	0–2	Olimpia	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	March 13, 2022

Head-to-head ranking in Primera División seasons

This table shows the last seasons positions in the aggregate table of that year for both clubs.

P.	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
1	1	1		1		1	1		1	1	1	1	1
2			2					2	2		2		2	2
3			3		3	3		3		3
4		4										4
5	5				5		5
6														6
7				7
8
9
10
11
12

Players who have played for both clubs

List of players who have played for Cerro Porteño and Olimpia

• Carlos Bonet^[4]
• Carlos Gamarra^[5]
• Casiano Delvalle^[6]
• Diego Barreto^[7]
• Fabian Caballero^[8]
• Fredy Bareiro^[9]
• Gabriel Gonzalez^[10]
• Ivan Torres^[11]
• Nelson Cuevas^[12]
• Pablo Zeballos^[13]
• Rodrigo Rojas^[14]
• Sergio Aquino^[15]
• Sergio Goycochea^[16]
• Willian Candia^[17]

External links

• Cerro Porteño
• Olimpia
• Football Derbies
• The Classic from FIFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: December 2020. Greg Lea 12. Ranked! The 50 biggest derbies in world football. 2021-04-06. fourfourtwo.com. en.
2. http://www.abc.com.py/articulos.php?fec=2008-03-23&pid=401247&sec=8 El Clásico, palabra santa
3. http://www.abc.com.py/2008-11-09/articulos/467934/goles-en-el-tradicional-duelo Goles en el tradicional duelo
4. Web site: Carlos Bonet (Player).
5. Web site: Carlos Gamarra (Player).
6. Web site: Casiano Delvalle (Player).
7. Web site: Diego Barreto (Player).
8. Web site: Fabián Caballero :: Néstor Fabián Caballero ::.
9. Web site: Fredy Bareiro (Player).
10. Web site: Gabriel González (Player).
11. Web site: Iván Torres :: Iván Arturo Torres Riveros :: Olimpia.
12. Web site: Nelson Cuevas (Player).
13. Web site: Pablo Zeballos (Player).
14. Web site: Rodrigo Rojas :: Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar :: Sol de América.
15. Web site: Sergio Aquino :: Sergio Daniel Aquino ::.
16. Web site: Los 11 que cruzaron a la vereda rival. 27 February 2015.
17. Web site: Willian Candia :: Willian Benito Candia Garay :: River Plate.