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| Full name | Club Cerro Porteño | ||
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| Nicknames | 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 | 1 October 1912; 113 years ago (1912-10-01) | ||
| Ground | Estadio General Pablo Rojas | ||
| Capacity | 45,000 | ||
| Chairman | Juan José Zapag | ||
| Manager | Vacant | ||
| League | Primera División | ||
| 2024 | Primera División, 3rd of 12 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayanfootball club, based in the neighbourhood ofObrero inAsunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay.[1] Its president is Raúl Zapag and the manager isCarlos Jara Saguier. Cerro Porteño plays theParaguayan derby with its main rivalClub Olimpia. They play their home games at the 45,000-seatGeneral Pablo Rojas Stadium, also known asLa Nueva Olla (The New Boiler), the biggest in the country. They have alsonever been relegated.
Cerro Porteño was founded on 1 October 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, thePartido Colorado (Crimson Party) and thePartido 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 incorporate all the colours of theParaguayan flag.
The club owes its name to the battle fought between the forces ofBuenos Aires, Argentina (The Porteños) and theParaguayan army, in the neighbourhood of theCerro Mbaé (Mbaé Hill) – named after that battle as theCerro 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 Porteño's 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 theCopa 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 byPedro Troglio.[3]
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]
Cerro Porteño's stadium,Estadio General Pablo Rojas, also known as "La Nueva Olla" or "La Olla", is located in Asunción's Obrero neighborhood. It has a seating capacity of 45,000, making it the biggest in Paraguay.
| Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
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| National | Primera División | 34 | 1913,1915,1918,1919,1935,1939,1940,1941,1944,1950,1954,1961,1963,1966,1970,1972,1973,1974,1977,1987,1990,1992,1994,1996,2001,2004,2005,2009 Apertura,2012 Apertura,2013 Clausura,2015 Apertura,2017 Clausura,2020 Apertura,2021 Clausura |
| Torneo República | 3 | 1989, 1991, 1995 | |
| Plaqueta Millington Drake | 2 | 1949, 1950 |
| Rank | Country | Team |
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| 45 |  | Aston Villa |
| 46 |  | Panathinaikos |
| 47 |  | Cerro Porteño |
| 48 |  | Atlético Nacional |
| 49 |  | Monaco |
| Rank | Country | Team |
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| 12 |  | Estudiantes de La Plata |
| 13 |  | Cruzeiro |
| 14 | | Cerro Porteño |
| 15 | | Atlético Nacional |
| 16 | | Racing |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Non-CONMEBOL players
Adriano Custódio Mendes (1988)[7]
Jerry Laterza (1994–95)
William Inganga (1996)[8]
Tobie Mimboe (1996)Geremi Njitap (1997)Cyrille Florent Bella (1998)Kenneth Nkweta Nju (2000–01)[9]
Nozomi Hiroyama (2001)
Froylán Ledezma (2001–02)Diego Madrigal (2011)
Daniel Güiza (2013–15)
Luís Leal (2016–17)Alan Soñora (2025-present)| Cerro Porteño coaching history from 1913 to present | |||
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The women's team has won theParaguayan women's football championship four times, in 2007 and 2012 to 2014.[10] The team then played in theCopa Libertadores Femenina.
One of the club's youth teams played at the2006 Torneo di Viareggio.[11]
The club'sfutsal division is the best club in theLiga Premium de Futsal, the premier professional futsal clubs league of the country, having won all of its seven editions as of 2023, for which they are known as "Los Dueños del Futsal" (The King of Futsal).[12]
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