Tacuary

Tacuary
Full name	Tacuary Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tacua, Pumas
Founded	December 10, 1923; 98 years ago
Ground	; Asunción, Paraguay
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Jorge Amancio Cáceres
Manager	Daniel Lanata
League	División Intermedia
2021	División Intermedia, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.

Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana twice (in 2007 and 2012). In 2013 it returned to the Paraguayan Segunda División. In the 2014 season the club did not complete a good season and finished in the bottom of the table.

In the 2015 season, following the departure of owner Francisco Ocampo, the club struggled financially and in competition. They were relegated to Paraguayan Tercera División, the third-highest level of Paraguay football.

In the 2021 season of Paraguay's División Intermedia, Tacuary finished in 3rd and was promoted to the [[Paraguayan Primera División |Primera División]].

Over the years Tacuary's youth academy has produced players such as Ramón Cardozo, Hernán Pérez, Luis Páez, Ronald Huth and Brian Montenegro.

Stadium[]

The club has traditionally played at the 3,000 capacity which is based in Jara neighbourhood. Between 2002 and 2014 however, the club played at the 7,000 capacity Roberto Bettega in the Zeballos Cué neighbourhood. The club had to sell the stadium to a port company to pay off debts and it was subsequently demolished. The club is now back playing in its traditional home.

Honours[]

Paraguayan Second Division: 1

2002

Paraguayan Third Division: 4

1953, 1961, 1983, 1999

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances

2005: Preliminary Round

2007: Preliminary Round

Copa Sudamericana: 2 appearances

2007: First Round

2012: First Round

Current squad[]

As of 6 March, 2022. 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	PAR	Aldo Bareiro
2	DF	PAR
3	DF	PAR
4	DF	PAR
5	DF	PAR	Nery Bareiro
5	MF	PAR
6	DF	GUA	José Carlos Pinto
7	FW	PAR
8	MF	PAR
9	FW	PAR	Marcelo Fernández
10	MF	PAR
11	FW	PAR	Elias Ovelar
12	GK	PAR	Carlos Servín
14	DF	PAR


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	PAR
17	MF	PAR	Derlis Rodríguez
18	DF	PAR	Luis Cabral
19	MF	PAR
20	MF	PAR	Jose Cabañas
21	MF	PAR	Iván Salcedo
25	MF	PAR	Alfredo Amarilla
26	FW	PAR	Lucas González
27	MF	PAR	Lucas Sanabria
28	FW	PAR
31	FW	PAR	Elvio Vera
32	FW	PAR

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.

1990's

Ronald Huth (1999–2007, 2009–2011, 2012)

2000's'

Osvaldo Mendoza (2002)^[1]
Brian Montenegro (2004–2011, 2012)
Hernán Pérez (2005–2008)
Ramón Cardozo (2006–2012)
Luis Fernando Páez (–2006, 2009–)
Fabian Caballero (2006, 2012)
José Ariel Núñez (2008–2009)

Non-CONMEBOL players

Enrique Maximiliano Meza (2004–2005)^[2]
Riki Kitawaki (2005–2012)^[3]

Gallery[]

Mexican player Enrique Maximiliano Meza joined Tacuary in 2004 and remained until 2005^[4]
Brian Montenegro started his career at the club and went on to feature for West Ham United and Leeds United^[5]
Cristian Riveros was at the club from 2000 to 2005^[6]
Hernan Perez was a member of the Tacuary youth academy before debuting in Primera División^[7]