Club Sportivo Limpeño Explained

Clubname:Sportivo Limpeño
Fullname:Club Sportivo Limpeño
Founded:16 July 1914
Ground:Estadio Optaciano Gómez Rivas,[1] Limpio
Capacity:1,800
Chairman:Ramón Gómez Verlangieri
Manager:Juan Benito Gonzalez
League:Primera B Metropolitana
Season:2023
Position:10th
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Club Sportivo Limpeño is a Paraguayan football club based in Limpio that currently plays in Primera División B Metropolitana.

History

Despite being founded in 1914, Sportivo Limpeño only joined the Paraguayan Football Association in 2013,[2] being formerly affiliated to the UFI. The club had a successful debut, winning the Primera División C.[3] After four seasons, the club was relegated back to Primera C, but achieved promotion by finishing as runners-up and will play again in the Primera B.[4]

Women's team

Sportivo Limpeño has become more known because of its women's team, which participates in the Paraguayan women's championship since 2009. It finished as runners-up in 2014 and won the title in 2015 and 2016. The club also won the Copa Libertadores Femenina in 2016.[5] [6]

Since 2018 the club is in cooperation with Libertad and competing as Libertad/Limpeño.[7]

Honours

Men's team

Women's team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Limpeño inaugura mejoras en su estadio el pxmo. domingo. TODO ASCENSO. 18 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150109053601/http://www.todoascensopy.com/2013/07/limpeno-inaugura-mejoras-en-su-estadio.html. 9 January 2015. 1 March 2019. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Colón y Limpeño. ABC Color. 6 March 2013. 6 March 2019. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Limpeño, debutante campeón. ABC Color. 29 September 2013. 6 March 2019. Spanish.
  4. Web site: Tembetary campeón y Limpeño asciende. Última Hora. 30 September 2018. 6 March 2019. Spanish.
  5. Web site: Sportivo Limpeño, campeón de la Libertadores. ABC Color. 21 December 2016. 25 November 2018. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128113712/http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/deportes/sportivo-limpeno-campeon-de-la-libertadores-1549082.html. 28 November 2018. dead.
  6. Web site: Sportivo Limpeño hace historia y levanta la Copa Libertadores. D10. 20 December 2016. 25 November 2018. Spanish.
  7. Web site: Libertad y Limpeño se unen en pro del fútbol femenino. HOY. 25 April 2018. 22 July 2019. Spanish.