Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional football 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 highest priority and most successful. The club was 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 American country. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish it from Latin American football clubs of the same name.
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol, also known as the Primera División, or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco, is the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
Club Libertad is a Paraguayan professional football club based in Asunción that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people.
Celso Rafael Ayala Gavilán is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
12 de Octubre Football Club is a Paraguayan football club from the city of Itauguá that currently plays in the División Intermedia, the second division of Football in Paraguay. Founded in 1914, the club's home venue is Estadio Luis Alberto Salinas Tanasio.
Justo Wilmar Villar Viveros is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Álvaro Misael Alfaro Sánchez is a former Salvadoran professional goalkeeper and currently manager.
Hernán Rodrigo López Mora, also known as Rodrigo López, is an Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Rodolfo Paolo Suárez Díaz is a Uruguayan-Salvadoran professional football player who plays as a midfielder.
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Flores is a former Salvadoran professional football player and currently manager.
The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
The following article presents a summary of the 2003 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
The Torneo Clausura 2007 was the football (soccer) tournament that closed the season in the Paraguayan first division in the year 2007.
Jorge Alberto Ábrego Martínez is a former Salvadoran professional football player and currently manager.
The following article contains a year-by-year list and statistics of football topscorers in the Primera División de Paraguay.
Miguel Ángel Ramón Samudio is a Paraguayan footballer.
Rodolfo Vicente Gamarra Varela is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for C.D. Cobresal.
Roberto Gamarra is a former Argentine and naturalised Paraguayan professional football midfielder and currently manager.
The 2011 Campeonato Internacional de Verano, also known as Copa Bimbo for sponsoring purposes, is the third edition of the Campeonato Internacional de Verano, an exhibition international club football competition that featured two clubs from Uruguay, one from Paraguay (Libertad) and one from Argentina. It is played in Montevideo, Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario from 14 to 16 January 2011.
Antonio Bareiro Álvarez is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and forward for Paraguayan side Club Libertad.
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