Cerro Porteño


Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 32 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its president is Raúl Zapag, from Paraguay, and the manager is Francisco Arce. Its main rivals are Olimpia and Libertad.
They play their home games at the General Pablo Rojas Stadium, also known as La Nueva Olla.

History

Cerro Porteño was founded on October 1, 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, the Partido Colorado and the Partido Liberal. Because of the tensions, the founders of the club decided to use the colours of both parties, red and blue, as the club's colours as a symbol of unity and friendship between Paraguayans. Later, white was used on the shorts to complete the colours of the Paraguayan flag.
The club owes its name to the battle fought between the forces of Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Paraguayan army, in the neighbourhood of the Cerro Mbaé – named after that battle as the Cerro Porteño – on 19 January 1811. During that battle, the troops of Paraguay were abandoned by the Spanish governor but continued to be led by the Paraguayan officials, who led them to a great victory against the Porteños troops. That battle is known as the "Battle of Cerro Porteño" and is a highlight of Paraguayan military history.
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 the Copa 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 by Pedro Troglio.
played for the club during the 90's.
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.

Stadium

Cerro Porteño's stadium, named General Pablo Rojas and also known as "La Nueva Olla", is located in Asunción's Obrero neighborhood. It has a seating capacity of 45,000, making it the biggest in Paraguay.

International record

World Club Ranking

Rank Country Team
186Atletico Nacional
187AS Monaco FC
188Cerro Porteño
189Hellas Verona FC
190Étoile Sportive du Sahel

South America Club Ranking

Rank Country Team
25CR Vasco da Gama
26Atlético Nacional
27Cerro Porteño
28Newell's Old Boys
29Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Players

First team

Out on loan

Notable players

1970's
1980's
1990's
2000's
2010's
Non-CONMEBOL players

Records

Most appearances for the club :
  1. Julio Dos Santos: 267
  2. Jorge Achucarro: 257
  3. Aldo Bobadilla: 265
  4. Estanislao Struway: 227
Most goals for the club :
  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 90
  2. Julio Dos Santos: 88
  3. Erwin Ávalos: 70
  4. Saturnino Arrua: 88
  5. José Vinsac: 58
Most appearances for the club :
  1. Salvador Breglia: 225
  2. Jorge Achucarro: 215
  3. Julio Dos Santos: 212
  4. Blas Marcelo Cristaldo: 201
Most goals for the club :
  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 67
  2. Erwin Ávalos: 64
  3. José Vinsac: 58
  4. Saturnino Arrua: 55
Most appearances for the club :
  1. Aldo Bobadilla: 67
  2. Estanislao Struway: 64
  3. Virgilio Ferreira: 61
  4. Blas Marcelo Cristaldo: 57
Most goals for the club :
  1. Virgilio Ferreira: 23
  2. Santiago Salcedo: 15
  3. Celino Mora: 14
  4. César Ramírez: 13

    Women

The women's team has won the Paraguayan women's football championship four times, in 2007 and 2012 to 2014. The team then played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Youth

One of the club's youth teams played at the 2006 Torneo di Viareggio.