Cerro Porteño

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Cerro Porteño

Nickname(s)	El Ciclón (The Cyclone) Club del Pueblo (The People's Team) La Mitad más Uno (The Half plus One) El Azulgrana (The Blue And Red)
Founded	October 1, 1912
Ground	General Pablo Rojas Stadium (La Olla), Asunción, Paraguay
Capacity	45,000
Chairman	Raúl Zapag
Manager	Francisco Arce
League	Primera División
2021 Apertura	4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 33 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay.^[1] Its president is Raúl Zapag, from Paraguay, and the manager is Francisco Arce. It main rival is Olimpia.

They play their home games at the 45,000 seat General Pablo Rojas Stadium, also known as La Nueva Olla (The New Boiler).

History[]

Cerro Porteño was founded on October 1, 1912 by Susana Núñez and a group of young people looking to create a new football club. At the time of Cerro's foundation the situation in Paraguay was tense with instability in the government caused by the fervent rivalries between the two leading political parties, the Partido Colorado (Crimson Party) and the Partido Liberal (Liberal Party). Because of the tensions, the founders of the club decided to use the colours of both parties, red (Colorados) and blue (Liberals), as the club's colours as a symbol of unity and friendship between Paraguayans. Later, white was used on the shorts to complete the colours of the Paraguayan flag.

The club owes its name to the battle fought between the forces of Buenos Aires, Argentina (The Porteños) and the Paraguayan army, in the neighbourhood of the Cerro Mbaé (Mbaé Hill) – named after that battle as the Cerro Porteño (Porteño Hill) – on 19 January 1811. During that battle, the troops of Paraguay (at that time a Spanish colony) were abandoned by the Spanish governor but continued to be led by the Paraguayan officials, who led them to a great victory against the Porteños troops. That battle is known as the "Battle of Cerro Porteño" and is a highlight of Paraguayan military history.^{[citation needed]}

Over the years the club has won a significant number of national championships. However, to date, it has not won any international tournaments despite a few good runs in the Copa Libertadores including semi-final appearances in 1973, 1978, 1993, 1998, 1999 and 2011.

Osvaldo Ardiles joined the club as manager in May 2008, but was sacked in August of the same year after a string of poor results and was replaced by Pedro Troglio.^[2]

In 2014, Cerro Porteño president Juan José Zapag spoke in reference to the corruption in Paraguayan football that various persons had complained to him about not buying games and that if his club were to win then they would not do it by buying and doping players to become champions.^[4]

Stadium[]

Cerro Porteño's stadium, Estadio General Pablo Rojas, also known as "La Nueva Olla", is located in Asunción's Obrero neighborhood. It has a seating capacity of 45,000, making it the biggest in Paraguay.

International record[]

• Copa Libertadores: 38 appearances

Semi-finals (6): 1973, 1978, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2011

• Copa Sudamericana: 9 appearances

Semi-finals (2): 2009, 2016

Honours[]

• Primera División (33): 1913, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1954, 1961, 1963, , , , , , , 1987, 1990, , , , , , , 2009 Apertura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2017 Clausura, 2020 Apertura
• Torneo República (3): 1989, 1991, 1995

Ranking[]

World Club Ranking[]

As of 29 April 2020.^[5]

Rank	Country	Team
186		Atletico Nacional
187		AS Monaco FC
188		Cerro Porteño
189		Hellas Verona FC
190		Étoile Sportive du Sahel

South America Club Ranking[]

As of 29 April 2020.^[6]

Rank	Country	Team
25		CR Vasco da Gama
26		Atlético Nacional
27		Cerro Porteño
28		Newell's Old Boys
29		Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Players[]

First team[]

As of 22 June 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Rodrigo Muñoz 2 DF  PAR Santiago Arzamendia 3 DF  PAR Marcos Cáceres 4 DF  PAR Alexis Durate 5 DF  PAR Pablo Adorno 6 MF  PAR Aldo Maiz 7 MF  PAR Enzo Giménez 8 FW  ARG Federico Carrizo 9 FW  ARG Mauro Boselli 10 MF  PAR Julio dos Santos 11 FW  BRA Mateus 12 GK  PAR Miguel Martinez 13 GK  BRA Jean (on loan from São Paulo) 15 MF  PAR Ángel Cardozo Lucena

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  PAR Mathías Villasanti 21 DF  PAR Alan Rodríguez 22 MF  PAR Claudio Aquino 23 DF  PAR Alberto Espínola 24 DF  PAR Juan Gabriel Patiño (on loan from Racing Club) 25 GK  PAR Jose Miers 27 FW  PAR Fredy Vera 28 FW  PAR Ronaldo Martínez 30 FW  PAR Fernando Ovelar 31 FW  PAR Robert Morales 33 DF  PAR Fabian Franco 34 MF  PAR Alexis Rojas — MF  COL Rafael Carrascal (on loan from América de Cali)

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ARG Nicolás Caro (at Gimnasia de Jujuy) — MF  PAR Matías Rojas (at Defensa y Justicia)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  PAR Alfio Oviedo (at Libertad)

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 squad at any time.
• Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
• Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Adriano Custódio Mendes (1988)^[8]
• Jerry Laterza (1994–95)
• William Inganga (1996)^[9]
• Tobie Mimboe (1996)
• Geremi Njitap (1997)
• Cyrille Florent Bella (1998)
• Kenneth Nkweta Nju (2000–01)^[10]
• Nozomi Hiroyama (2001)
• Froylán Ledezma (2001–02)
• Diego Madrigal (2011)
• Daniel Güiza (2013–15)
• Luís Leal (2016–17)

Managerial information[]

Cerro Porteño coaching history from 1913 to present
(1913) (1914) Unknown (1915–1918) (1919–20) (1920) (1921) (1921) (1922) Unknown (1923) (1924–25) (1926) (1927–28) (1929) (1930–31) (1932) None (1933–34) (1935–36) (1936) (1936) (1937) (1937) Jacinto Villalba (1937–39)  [es] (1939–40) (1940) (1940) (1941) None (1942) (1943) Jacinto Villalba (1944) (1944) (1944) (1945) (1946–47) (1947) (1948)  [es] (1948) (1948) (1949)	[es] (1950) (1950–51) Julio Ramírez (1952)  [es] (1952) (1952) Julio Ramírez (1953)  [es] (1953) (1953) (1954) (1954) Grégorio Juan Esperón (1954)  [es] (1955) Grégorio Juan Esperón (1955) (1955) (1955) (1956) (1956–57) (1957)  [es] (1957)  [es] (1958) (1958) (1959) Sinforiano García (1960) (1960) (1960–61) (1961–62) Mario Fortunato (1963) Modesto Bria (1964–65) Mario Fortunato (1966–67) (1967–69) Salvador Breglia (1969) Sinforiano García (1969) (1970–71) Darío Jara Saguier (1971) (1971) Salvador Breglia (1972) Néstor Rossi (1972) Salvador Breglia (1972)	(1973–74) Salvador Breglia (1974) Sinforiano García (1975) (1975–76) (1976) Salvador Breglia (1976) (1976–77) Salvador Breglia (1977–78) (1980) Hugo González (1980) (1980) Hugo González (1981) (1981) Hugo González (1982)  [es] (1983) Oscar Malbernat (1983–84) (1984) Saturnino Arrúa (1984) Hugo González (1984) Cayetano Ré (1985) Saturnino Arrúa (1985) (1986) Ferenc Puskás (1986–87) Valdir Espinosa (1987–88) Carlos Kiese (1988) Otacílio Gonçalves (1989) Sergio Markarián (1990–91) Paulo César Carpegiani (1991–92) Valdir Espinosa (1992) Paulo César Carpegiani (1993–94) (1994–95) Antônio Lopes (1995–96) Carlos Kiese (1996) Jorge Fossati (1997) (1998) (1998) Jair Pereira (1999) (1999)	Saturnino Arrúa (2000) Luis Cubilla (2000) (2001–02) (2002–03) Gerardo Martino (2003–04) Gustavo Costas (2005–07) Estanislao Struway (2007) Valdir Espinosa (2007) Javier Torrente (2007 – Dec 31, 2007) (2008) Osvaldo Ardiles (2008) Pedro Troglio (July 1, 2008 – June 5, 2010) (2010) Javier Torrente (Jan 28, 2011 – Feb 14, 2011) (2011) Leonardo Astrada (March 1, 2011 – Sept 26, 2011) Ernesto Corti (2011) Mario Grana (Sept 25, 2011 – April 12, 2012) (2012) Jorge Fossati (July 1, 2012 – Feb 23, 2013) Francisco Arce (March 4, 2013–Aug 14) Leonardo Astrada (Aug 28, 2014–15) (2015) César Farías (2016) Gustavo Morínigo (2016) Leonel Álvarez (2017–18) Luis Zubeldía (2018–2019) Miguel Angel Russo (2019) Víctor Bernay (2019) Francisco Arce (2019–)

Records[]

Most appearances for the club (in all competitions):

1. Julio Dos Santos: 267
2. Jorge Achucarro: 257
3. Aldo Bobadilla: 265
4. Estanislao Struway: 227

Most goals for the club (in all competitions):

1. Virgilio Ferreira: 90
2. Julio Dos Santos: 88
3. Erwin Ávalos: 70
4. Saturnino Arrua: 88
5. : 58

Most appearances for the club (in league):

1. Salvador Breglia: 225
2. Jorge Achucarro: 215
3. Julio Dos Santos: 212
4. : 201

Most goals for the club (in league):

1. Virgilio Ferreira: 67
2. Erwin Ávalos: 64
3. : 58
4. Saturnino Arrua: 55

Most appearances for the club (in international cup):

1. Aldo Bobadilla: 67
2. Estanislao Struway: 64
3. Virgilio Ferreira: 61
4. : 57

Most goals for the club (in international cup):

1. Virgilio Ferreira: 23
2. Santiago Salcedo: 15
3. Celino Mora: 14
4. César Ramírez: 13

Women[]

The women's team has won the Paraguayan women's football championship four times, in 2007 and 2012 to 2014.^[11] The team then played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Youth[]

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2006 Torneo di Viareggio.^[12]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Cerro Porteño.

• Official website
• Cerro Porteño: Resultados, calendario, jugadores y partidos.
• Cerro Porteño, Ranking and Statistics - FootballDatabase