Guaireña Fútbol Club is a Paraguayan professional football club based in Villarrica, competing in the

Paraguayan División Intermedia The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División ( en, Second Division), is the second tier professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. Overview S ...

, having been relegated from the

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

at the end of the 2023 season.

History

The club was founded in 2016, based on the team representing the Liga Guaireña de Fútbol, which was founded in 1916 and was five-time winner of the

Campeonato Nacional de Interligas The Campeonato Nacional de Interligas (Spanish for ''National Championship of Interleague'') is the biggest football event involving teams with combined players from different clubs of every regional leagues in Paraguay from all departments. The to ...

, third tier competition for regional leagues affiliated to the

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(UFI). With the title won in the 2015–16 season, it earned the right to compete in the División Intermedia for the 2017 season, however, in order to take part in competitions overseen by the

Paraguayan Football Association The Paraguayan Football Association ( es, Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol ; APF) ( Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal a ...

such as the División Intermedia, teams promoted from the Campeonato Nacional de Interligas have to be refounded as clubs, causing the Liga Guaireña team to be refounded as ''Guaireña Fútbol Club''. They won their first official game in the División Intermedia in 2017, defeating River Plate 1–0 at home. They became champions of the Paraguayan División Intermedia in 2019, earning promotion to the Primera División. For their inaugural top flight campaign, the club hired Mario Jacquet as manager. However, Jacquet stepped down a few days ahead of the start of the season, prompting previous manager Troadio Duarte to retake the helm of the club. Their first season in the Primera División was successful, as the club managed to avoid relegation and at the same time made it to the play-offs of the Torneo Clausura, ending in sixth place of the aggregate table and qualifying for the

2021 Copa Sudamericana The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 20th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Starti ...

, where they were knocked out by River Plate in the first stage.

Stadium

Guaireña play their home games at the Parque del Guairá stadium, which has a capacity of 12,000 spectators.

Titles and International Appearances

* División Intermedia: 1 :: 2019 *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American fo ...

: 2 appearances ::

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: First stage ::

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: Group stage

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guairena F.C. Football clubs in Paraguay Association football clubs established in 2016 Guaireña F.C.