# Tacuary

Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.
Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana three times (in 2007, 2012 and 2023). In 2013 it returned to the Paraguayan Segunda División.
In the 2021 season of Paraguay's División Intermedia, Tacuary finished 3rd and was promoted to the 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, as well as other young players that have been sold to important club in the European and Mexican leagues.

## Stadium

The club has traditionally played at the 3,000 capacity Estadio Toribio Vargas 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. In 2014 the club sold the stadium to a port company for 10 million dollars, 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: 3 appearances
       2007: First Round
       2012: First Round
       2023: Group stage

## Current squad
### Current squad

As of 24 January, 2024.
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 | Héctor Espínola |
| 2 | DF | PAR | Alexis Fernández |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Victor Ferraz |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Edgar Benítez |
| 5 | DF | PAR | Marcos Cáceres |
| 6 | MF | PAR | Marcelo Paredes |
| 7 | FW | PAR | Néstor Camacho |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Ronal Domínguez |
| 9 | FW | PAR | José Verdún |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Derlis Rodríguez |
| 11 | MF | PAR | Óscar Ruiz |
| 12 | GK | PAR | Aldo Bareiro |
| 14 | DF | PAR | Rodney Pedrozo |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Nelson Acevedo |
| 17 | FW | PAR | Nicolás Morínigo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | PAR | Luis Cabral |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Valdeci |
| 20 | MF | PAR | Matías Verdún |
| 21 | FW | PAR | Osmar Colmán |
| 22 | GK | PAR | Diego Huesca |
| 24 | FW | PAR | Carlos Giménez |
| 26 | MF | PAR | Lucas Romero |
| 27 | MF | PAR | Jorge González |
| 29 | FW | PAR | Mario Otazú |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Helerson |
| 32 | MF | PAR | Gustavo Medina |
| 33 | FW | PAR | Martín Núñez |
| 37 | DF | PAR | Walter Clar |
| 39 | FW | COL | Orlando Berrío |
| — | FW | PAR | Darío Lezcano (on loan from Colo-Colo) |

## 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 at any time.
* Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
* Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.
1990s
* Ronald Huth (1999–2007, 2009–2011, 2012)
2000s'
* Osvaldo Mendoza (2002)
* 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)
* Riki Kitawaki (2005–2012)
* Mexican player Enrique Maximiliano Meza joined Tacuary in 2004 and remained until 2005
* Brian Montenegro started his career at the club and went on to feature for West Ham United and Leeds United
* Cristian Riveros was at the club from 2000 to 2005
* Hernan Perez was a member of the Tacuary youth academy before debuting in Primera División

## Managers

* Oscar Paulin
* Carlos Kiese (1 January 2010–31 December 2010)
* Carlos Manta (1 January 2011–1 July 2011)
* Francisco Ocampo (footballer) (1 January 2011–10 April 2012)
* Luis Cubilla (10 April 2012 – 16 May 2012)
* Gonzalo Ocampo (18 May 2012–)