# Sportivo Luqueño

Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 1951, 1953 and 2007-A.

## History

The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of Luque (Marte Atlético, General Aquino and Vencedor) decided to merge and form one single club: Sportivo Luqueño. Only three years after its foundation, the team was already playing in the first division and fighting for the title. So far, Sportivo Luqueño has won three first division titles in the Paraguayan league, in 1951, 1953 and 2007.
For the 1999 Copa América, hosted by Paraguay, the club built a brand new stadium which seats 25,000, making it the third largest in Paraguay (after the Defensores del Chaco in Asunción and the Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi in Ciudad del Este).
The fans of the club are very passionate and that can be seen when visiting the city of Luque, where basically everything is decorated by the club's colors (blue and yellow).

## Club anthem

The official anthem of Club Sportivo Luqueño was created in the first decades of the club, where in a group of fanatical musicians and artists Luqueños, decided to make a club on the eve of the club's anniversary. On that occasion several music dedicated to the institution were revealed, in which I highlight the song presented by Luqueño Musician Juan Bautista Almirón. Thus causing the euphoria of all those present, who accompanied with palms and choirs.

## Uniform and sponsors

From the beginning the design was always vertical blue and yellow stripes, and sometimes used the shirt or shirt as an alternative half blue and the other yellow in the 50s. But the club's traditional design was always used, and It was constituted by blue and yellow vertical stripes, which with time would be the representative colors, which identifies the city of Luque.
On the chest a shield with the initial C.S.L. and three golden stars included in the late 90s, represent the three clubs that merged for the creation of the club "Athletic Mars", "The Winner" and "Gral. Aquino", with blue shorts and blue or yellow socks .

## Nickname

The team is identified with the nickname of "Kuré Luque", because the city of Luque is famous for pigs (Kuré, which in the Guaraní means pig), and even the club owns a pig as a team mascot in the facilities. "KURÉ LUQUE" (Chancho Luqueño) due to an old anecdotic fact: the pigs were transported to Asunción in certain train carriages, which in football days were also used by fans and Sportivo Luqueño players. For this reason the fans of the opposite team said "There come the Kure Luque"

## Honours
### National

* Primera División
** Winners (2): 1951, 1953
* Plaqueta Millington Drake
** Winners (1): 1953
* División Intermedia
** Winners (4): 1924, 1956, 1964, 1968

## Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

* Copa Libertadores: 3 appearances
       First Round (3): 1976, 1984, 2008
* Copa CONMEBOL: 2 appearances
       Best: Quarter-Finals (1) in 1993
       First Round (1) in 1997
* Copa Sudamericana (4): 2015, 2016 and 2017 2018
       Best: Semifinals: 2015

## Current squad

As of 17 February 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | PAR | Rodi Ferreira |
| 3 | DF | PAR | Angel Brizuela |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Mathías Suárez |
| 5 | DF | PAR | Alexis Villalba |
| 6 | DF | PAR | Mathias Suarez |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Jorge Mendoza |
| 9 | FW | PAR | Walter González |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Guillermo Hauche |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Elvio Vera (on loan from Club Libertad) |
| 12 | GK | PAR | Alfredo Aguilar |
| 13 | MF | PAR | Iván Torres |
| 14 | MF | PAR | Fernando Benitez |
| 15 | MF | PAR | Sebastián Maldonado |
| 16 | MF | PAR | Ángel Benítez |
| 17 | FW | PAR | Kevin Pereira |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Rodrigo Cáceres |
| 19 | FW | PAR | Marcelo Pérez |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Rubén Darío Ríos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Felipe Pasadore |
| 22 | MF | PAR | Santiago Ocampos |
| 23 | DF | PAR | Pablo Aguilar |
| 28 | FW | PAR | Diego Acosta |
| 29 | FW | PAR | Aldo Parra |
| 32 | MF | PAR | Matheus Riveros |
| 33 | DF | PAR | Rodrigo Alborno |
| 35 | GK | PAR | Hugo Gaona |
| 37 | MF | ARG | Lautaro Comas |
| 38 | FW | ARG | Elías Contreras |
| 40 | GK | PAR | Angel Espinola |
| — | MF | PAR | Rodrigo Rojas |
| — | FW | PAR | Jorge Benítez |
| — | DF | PAR | Roger Rojas |
| — | MF | PAR | Diego Vera |
| — | DF | PAR | José Leguizamón |
| — | FW | PAR | Alexandro Giménez |
| — | FW | PAR | Matías Medina |

## 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.

## Managers

* Feliciano Caceres 1921
* Vessillo Bartoli (1950–1953)
* Aurelio Gonzalez (1967-1969)
* Carlos Arce (1975–1977)(1982)
* Silvio Parodi ( 1983)
* Raul Vicente Amarilla (1996)
* Julio Carlos Gómez
* Ever Hugo Almeida (2006)
* Carlos Kiese (2007)
* Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2007–2009)
* Carlos Jara Saguier (Sept 28, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010)
* Guillermo Sanguinetti (Dec 9, 2010 – Feb 22, 2011)
* Rolando Chilavert (July 1, 2011 – Oct 17, 2011)
* Daniel Lanata (Dec 2011)
* Carlos Kiese (April 11, 2012 – July 3, 2012)
* Pablo Caballero (July 9, 2012 – March 4, 2013)
* José Cardozo (March 4, 2013 – May 8, 2013)
* Alicio Solalinde (April 30, 2013 – March 8, 2014)
* Eduardo Rivera (March 9, 2014– )
* Javier Sanguinetti (July, 2017– 2018)
* Pedro Sarabia (Oct,2018)
* Celso Ayala (2019–2020)
* Luis Fernando Escobar (2020–2021)
* Badayco Maciel (2021)
* Miguel Ángel Zahzú (2021–2022)