Club Libertad

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Libertad
Full name Club Libertad
Nickname(s) Gumarelo, Los Repolleros, La Escolta
Founded 1905[1]
Ground Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
Ground Capacity 10,000[2]
Chairman Horacio Cartes
Manager Pedro Sarabia
League Primera División
2012 Apertura 1st
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

Club Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asunción, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club is known as the "Gumarelo" or "Repolleros".

Libertad is the third most successful Paraguayan football club, having won fourteen national titles, they also participated of several editions of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, reaching the semifinals of the Libertadores on two occasions in 1977 and 2006.

History

The club was founded in 1905.

Stamps of Paraguay, 2005

Since winning its first championship in 1910, Libertad has always been overshadowed by the two big clubs in Paraguay: Olimpia and Cerro Porteño, who together won most of the Paraguayan football national championships. Despite that, Libertad has confirmed the position of third "big" team in Paraguay by winning ten championships, one more than Club Guaraní which has nine titles.

They reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals in 2006 and the quarter finals in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Libertad won four straight championships from 2006–2008 (the last of these years having had two independent championships).

Players

Current squad

Current squad of Club Libertad as of 1 February 2014 (edit)
Sources:

No. Position Player
1  URY GK Rodrigo Muñoz
2  PAR DF Jorge Moreira
3  PAR DF Ismael Benegas
4  PAR DF Gustavo Mencia
6  PAR MF Claudio David Vargas
7  PAR FW Pablo Velázquez
8  ARG MF Pablo Guiñazú
9  PAR FW Rogerio Leichtweis
10  PAR DF Miguel Samudio
11  PAR MF William Mendieta
12  PAR GK Rubén Escobar
13  PAR DF Aldo Olmedo
14  PAR DF Rubén Monges
15  PAR DF Gustavo Gómez
16  PAR MF Sergio Aquino
17  PAR MF Osmar Molinas
No. Position Player
18  PAR DF Felipe Nuñez
19  PAR FW Nelson Romero
20  PAR FW Juan Villamayor
21  PAR MF Danilo Santacruz
22  PAR MF Néstor Camacho
23  PAR FW Rodolfo Gamarra
25  PAR GK Bernardo Medina
26  PAR DF Pedro Benítez
27  PAR MF Jorge González
28  PAR DF Jorge Recalde
29  PAR MF Alan Benítez
30  PAR MF Blas Díaz
31  PAR MF Iván Ramírez
32  PAR FW Manuel Maciel
33  PAR GK Diego Morel
Manager: Rubén Israel

Managers

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Club Libertad: Summary". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 30 June 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Club Libertad". Albigol. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Sin títulos pero con promocionados, Javier Torrente presenta renuncia en Libertad" (in Spanish). Ultima Hora. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Gregorio Pérez dejará Libertad". ABC Color (in Spanish). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Rubén Israel regresa a Libertad". La Nacion (in Spanish) (Grupo Nación de Comunicaciones). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Jorge Burruchaga es nuevo técnico de Libertad". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). Editorial El Pais. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Pedro Sarabia es nuevo entrenador de Libertad" (in Spanish). Paraguay.com. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 

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