Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan

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club, based in the city of

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War ...

on the outskirts of the capital

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

. It currently plays in the

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, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in

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1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

and 2007-A.

History

The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of

(Marte Atlético, General Aquino and Vencedor) decided to merge and form one single club: Sportivo Luqueño. Only three years after its foundation, the team was already playing in the first division and fighting for the title. So far, Sportivo Luqueño has won three first division titles in the Paraguayan league, in 1951, 1953 and

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. For the 1999

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, hosted by Paraguay, the club built a brand new stadium which seats 25,000, making it the third largest in Paraguay (after the Defensores del Chaco in

and the Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi in

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). The fans of the club are very passionate and that can be seen when visiting the city of Luque, where basically everything is decorated by the club's colors (blue and yellow).

Club anthem

The official anthem of Club Sportivo Luqueño was created in the first decades of the club, where in a group of fanatical musicians and artists Luqueños, decided to make a club on the eve of the club's anniversary. On that occasion several music dedicated to the institution were revealed, in which I highlight the song presented by Luqueño Musician Juan Bautista Almirón. Thus causing the euphoria of all those present, who accompanied with palms and choirs.

Uniform and sponsors

From the beginning the design was always vertical blue and yellow stripes, and sometimes used the shirt or shirt as an alternative half blue and the other yellow in the 50s. But the club's traditional design was always used, and It was constituted by blue and yellow vertical stripes, which with time would be the representative colors, which identifies the city of Luque. On the chest a shield with the initial C.S.L. and three golden stars included in the late 90s, represent the three clubs that merged for the creation of the club "Marte Atlético", "El Vencedor" and "Gral. Aquino", with blue shorts and blue or yellow socks .

Nickname

The team is identified with the nickname of "Kuré Luque", because the city of Luque is famous for pigs (Kuré, which in the

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means pig), and even the club owns a pig as a team mascot in the facilities. "KURÉ LUQUE" (Chancho Luqueño) due to an old anecdotic fact: the pigs were transported to Asunción in certain train carriages, which in football days were also used by fans and Sportivo Luqueño players. For this reason the fans of the opposite team said "There come the Kure Luque"

Honours

National

* Primera División ** Winners (2): 1951, 1953 * Plaqueta Millington Drake ** Winners (1): 1953 * División Intermedia ** Winners (4): 1924, 1956, 1964, 1968

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 3 appearances ::First Round (3):

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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: 2 appearances ::Best: Quarter-Finals (1) in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

::First Round (1) in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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(4):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 ::Best: Semifinals: 2015

Current squad

''As of 17 February 2025.''

Notable players

: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. *1920s * Aurelio González (1920s) *1940s * Juan Bautista Villalba (1941–1947) *

Dionisio Arce Dionisio Arce (14 June 1927 – 5 November 2000) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward. He was known for his ability to handle the ball and heading skills. He started playing for Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño before moving to ...

(1948–1949) *1950s * José Parodi (1950–1955, 1957–1958) * José Aveiro (1958) *1960s * Modesto Sandoval (1960–1964) *1970s * Juan Bautista Torales (1976–1981, 1993–1995) *

Julio César Romero Julio César Romero Insfrán (born 28 August 1960), also known as Romerito, is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, considered among the greatest players in Paraguayan football history. He is the only Paraguay ...

''(Romerito)'' (1977–1979, 1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1996) * Raúl Vicente Amarilla (1978–1979) *1980s * José Luis Chilavert (1982–1984) *1990s * Francisco Ferreira (1991–93, 2001, 2002) * Aristides Masi (1997, 1998–1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) * Aldo Adorno (1998–2000) *2000s * Luis Núñez (2000–2006, 2007–2008, 2010) * Vidal Sanabria (2000) * Albeiro Usuriaga (2002) * Derlis Gómez (2002, 2004–2006) * Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2004–2005) *

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(2005) * Daniel Sanabria (2005) * Alcidio Fleitas (2005) * Ricardo Tavarelli (2005) * Julio César Yegros (2005) * Miguel Ángel Benítez (2006) *

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(2007) * Juan Cardozo (2007) *2010s *

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(2010) * Javier Cohene (2010) * Juan Pablo Raponi (2011) *

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(2012) * Francisco Aldo Barreto Miranda (2014) *2020s *

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(2020) *Non-

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players *

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(2000) * Seidou Aboubacar (2003) * Guy Stéphane Essame (2004–2005) * Tobie Mimboe (2004) * Celestine Romed Ngah Kebe (2007–2008) * Nouga Georges (2009–2010) * Kenneth Nkweta Nju * Hideaki Ozawa (2010) * Sho Shimoji (2011) * Yuki Tamura (2011) * Bryan Lopez (2007–2013) * John Alston Bodden (2014) * Brad Norman (2020) *

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(2021)

Managers

* Feliciano Caceres 1921 * Vessillo Bartoli (1950–1953) * Aurelio Gonzalez (1967-1969) * Carlos Arce (1975–1977)(1982) * Silvio Parodi ( 1983) * Raul Vicente Amarilla (1996) * Julio Carlos Gómez * Ever Hugo Almeida (2006) * Carlos Kiese (2007) *

Miguel Ángel Zahzú Miguel Ángel Zahzú (born 24 February 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Playing career Born in Morón, Buenos Aires, Zahzú was a Vélez Sarsfield youth graduate, but never played for the clu ...

(2007–2009) * Carlos Jara Saguier (Sept 28, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010) * Guillermo Sanguinetti (Dec 9, 2010 – Feb 22, 2011) * Rolando Chilavert (July 1, 2011 – Oct 17, 2011) * Daniel Lanata (Dec 2011) * Carlos Kiese (April 11, 2012 – July 3, 2012) * Pablo Caballero (July 9, 2012 – March 4, 2013) *

José Cardozo José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. Known for his prolific scoring ability, Cardozo spent most of his playing career with Deportivo Toluca, wher ...

(March 4, 2013 – May 8, 2013) * Alicio Solalinde (April 30, 2013 – March 8, 2014) * Eduardo Rivera (March 9, 2014– ) * Javier Sanguinetti (July, 2017– 2018) *

Pedro Sarabia Pedro Alcides Sarabia Achucarro (born 5 July 1975) is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Nacional Asunción. At club level, Sarabia played for Cerro Porteño and Club Liber ...

(Oct,2018) * Celso Ayala (2019–2020) * Luis Fernando Escobar (2020–2021) * Badayco Maciel (2021) *

(2021–2022)

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055128/http://www.clubsportivoluqueno.com.py/

External links

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