Guaireña F.C.
Guaireña Fútbol Club is a professional football club from Villarrica, Paraguay, currently playing in the Paraguayan Primera División after their promotion at the end of the 2019 season.History
The club was founded in 2016, based on the team representing the Liga Guaireña de Fútbol, which was founded in 1916 and was five-time winner of the Campeonato Nacional de Interligas. With the title won in the 2015–16 season, it earned the right to compete in the División Intermedia for the 2017 season, however, in order to take part in competitions overseen by the Paraguayan Football Association such as the División Intermedia, teams promoted from the Campeonato Nacional de Interligas have to be refounded as clubs, causing the Liga Guaireña team to be refounded as Guaireña Fútbol Club.
They won their first official game in the División Intermedia in 2017, defeating River Plate 1–0 at home.
They became champions of the Paraguayan División Intermedia in 2019, earning promotion to the Primera División. For their inaugural top flight campaign, the club hired Mario Jacquet as manager.Stadium
Guaireña play at the Parque del Guairá stadium, which has a capacity of 12,000 spectators.
