Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay. The city is located on the left bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the River Pilcomayo, on the South American continent. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department.
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions, with their best performance coming in 2010 when they reached the quarter-finals. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions. Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings was 8th and their lowest was 103. Paraguay was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996 for their rise in the FIFA Rankings.
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most successful. They were founded on July 25, 1902 by a group of young Paraguayans, and the name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football for having introduced the practice of the sport in the South America country. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name.
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol, also known as the Primera División[pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon], or due to sponsorship reasons Copa TIGO[ˈkopa ˈtiɣo], is the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
Gerardo Daniel "Tata" Martino is an Argentine former footballer and manager of the Mexico national team.
The Paraguay women's national football team represents Paraguay in international women's football and is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association. La Albirroja has never reached the World Cup finals, but has finished fourth in the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino, the only time they were not eliminated in the Group Stage. Most of Paraguay's matches are Competitions rather than friendlies.
The Peru women's national football team represents Peru in international women's football and is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). Peru's best result in this sport was in the 1998 Sudamericano Femenino, gaining the Third Place. "La Blanquirroja" is coached by Marta Tejedor and plays the majority of its games in the Estadio Nacional.
Roberto Júnior "Gatito" Fernández Torres is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Brazilian club Botafogo.
The cuisine of Paraguay is the set of dishes and culinary techniques of Paraguay. It has a marked influence of the Guarani people, in fusion with the Spanish cuisine and other marked influences coming from the immigration received by bordering countries such as Italian cuisine and Portuguese food. The gastronomy product of the syncretism and Hispanic-Guaraní fusion, is of greater weight in the Paraguayan history and considered the mother of the whole region, having Asunción as the epicenter of the Spanish expeditions in the Southern Cone. It is worth clarifying that in society Paraguayan, the exchange of knowledge occurred between mestizos, criollos and guaraníes, before and even after the Jesuit missions. In 2017, the Ministry of the National Secretariat of Culture of Paraguay decided:
"Declare as 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Paraguay' the production, handcrafted and traditional production of four typical Paraguayan meals still in force such as vori-vori, locro, Paraguayan soup and jopara and its recipes, knowledge, practices and knowledge that are passed down from generation to generation and document the material and immaterial elements associated with it as a cultural manifestation. "
Derlis Alberto González Galeano is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Santos on loan from Dynamo Kyiv and the Paraguay national team. Mainly a forward, he can play as a winger.
Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara OSC is a Paraguayan businessman and politician. He was the president of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of the Colorado Party.
The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The event will mark the centennial of the first World Cup.
Júnior Osmar Ignacio Alonso Mujica is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left back for Argentinian club Boca Juniors, on loan from French club Lille OSC.
Carlos Gabriel González Espínola is a Paraguayan footballer that currently plays for the Mexican club Pumas UNAM in the Liga MX.
Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Newcastle United and the Paraguay national team.
The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 10th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this will be the 20th edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995. This will be the fifth tournament to take place under the biennial basis; the World Cup now takes place once every two years, having taken place annually until 2009.
Paraguay is scheduled to compete in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Racing Club and the Paraguay national football team.
The 2019 División Profesional season is the 85th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 22 January and is scheduled to end on 15 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 13 December 2018. Olimpia are the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2018 season, and won a third championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura with three matches to spare after defeating Deportivo Santaní by a 6–0 score on 4 May.
