UAA is the fútsal club in the sports department at the
Universidad Autónoma de Asunción located in
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 ...
, the capital city of
Paraguay
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and competes in the
Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
The Paraguayan Football Association ( ; APF) (Guarani language, Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football (soccer), football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league system, Paraguayan fo ...
's fútsal league. The UAA fields both a Men's and Female's team.
The UAA's Men's team has been crowned champion of Paraguay on two occasions, qualifying and participating at the Fútsal Copa Libertadores and defeating traditional teams such as
Boca Juniors
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,
River Plate and
Peñarol
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The nam ...
.
The UAA Female's team has been crowned champion of Paraguay on various occasions, defeating traditional Paraguayan teams such as
Cerro Porteño
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,
Olimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful.
Fou ...
and
Nacional Asunción
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.
History
Men's team
In 2003, the UAA became champion of the División de Honor Torneo Apertura after defeating Rojas Silva 5–2.
In July 2005, the UAA Men's team were crowned undefeated champions of the Southern Zone Futsal Copa Libertadores after defeating Uruguayan team Malvin 6–1 at a stadium inside the Dirección General de Deportes. At half-time, the fixture was 2–0 in favour of the UAA from goals by César Riveros. Being the winner of the Southern Zone, the UAA would advance to face the winner of the Northern Zone to determine the overall champion.
In February 2006, the UAA played against Northern Zone winner and the then Futsal Copa Libertadores champion, Brazil's Malwee Jaraguá, in the Futsal Copa Libertadores finals. For the finals,
Olimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful.
Fou ...
's
Rodrigo Barrios, and
Deportivo Recoleta
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's
Jose Santander and
Jose Felix Ortiz were incorporated to the squad.
In 2007, the UAA was crowned undefeated champions of an U17 Paraguay-Uruguay International Tournament.
Female's Team
In August 2016 in the Female Futsal Copa Libertadores, the UAA team finished the tournament in seventh place. The team began the tournament successfully with goaling victory against Atlante from Bolivia, but ended up losing its last three fixtures against Barateiro, San Lorenzo and Río Negro.
In June 2018, Club Universitarios de Deportes defeated the UAA 12–2 in the first round of the 2018 Liga Premium versión femenina, competing in the same league as Cerro Porteño and Sport Colonial.
In July of the 2019 Liga Femenina de Honor Futsal, the UAA recorded a 3–1 triumph against Carlos Antonio Lopez to attain 18 points, behind league leaders Cerro Porteño and Sport Colonial.
Coaches
Men's
* 2005:
Adolfo Ruiz Diaz
* 2006:
Juan Carlos Orihuela and
Ruben Subeldia
References
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Futsal clubs in Paraguay
Futsal in Paraguay