Club Sol De América

The club is located in Barrio Obrero, Asunción, and was founded in 1909. The stadium Sol de America uses for most of its games is located in the suburb city of Villa Elisa on the border of the capital city, Asunción. Sol de America have won the Paraguayan First Division title on two occasions, in 1986 and then again in 1991. They also have a strong basketball team and an athletics department.

Sol de América

Full name	Club Sol de América
Nickname(s)	El Danzarín El Unicolor Los Dragones Azules
Founded	March 22, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-03-22)
Ground	Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa, Paraguay
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Carlos Giagni
Manager	César Castro
League	Primera División
2023	División Intermedia, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Honours

• Paraguayan First Division: 2

1986, 1991

• Paraguayan Second Division: 4

1965, 1977, 2006, 2023

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

Best: Quarter-finals in 1989
1989: Quarter-finals

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 Gerardo Ortiz 2 DF   PAR Gustavo Giménez 3 DF   PAR Richard Cabrera 4 DF   PAR Ignacio Paniagua 5 MF   ARG Fernando Godoy 7 FW   PAR Santiago Salcedo 8 MF   ARG Cristian Amarilla 9 FW   PAR Oscar Coronel 11 MF   PAR Luis Ortíz 13 DF   PAR Carlos Samudio 15 FW   PAR Fernando Díaz 16 DF   PAR Guido Gamarra 17 FW   PAR Derlis Aquino

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   PAR Derlis Orué 19 FW   PAR Ronald Roa 20 FW   PAR David Fernández 21 DF   PAR Víctor Barrios 22 MF   ARG Franco Aragón 23 MF   PAR Ariel Estigarribia 25 FW   PAR Nélson Sanabria 26 FW   ARG Leandro Espejo (on loan from Defensa y Justicia) 28 GK   PAR Diego Aranda 29 FW   ARG Lisandro Cabrera 30 FW   PAR José Ortigoza 31 MF   PAR Marcelo Acosta 32 DF   PAR Ever Cáceres

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.

1970s

•   Secundino Aifuch (1971–75)
•   Teresio Centurión (1976-1980 and 1981-1989)

1990s

•   Gustavo Neffa (1996–98)

2000s

•   Enrique Vera (2000–02)
•   Fabián Caballero (2000)
•   Cristian Bogado (2004)
•   Pablo Zeballos (2005–07)
•   Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2007)
•   Josías Paulo Cardoso Júnior (2009–2011)

2010s

•   Glacinei Martins (2010–2011)
•   Sebastian Abreu (2016–)

Non-CONMEBOL players

•   Abraham Francois (2001)
•   Massimiliano Ammendola (2013–14)

•   Ferenc Puskás (1985–86)
•   Sergio Markarián (1987–89)
•   Ever Hugo Almeida (Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 1, 1999), (Jan 1, 2000 – Jan 1, 2001)
•   Ricardo Dabrowski (2011–2013)
•   Gualberto Jara (2013)
•   Mauricio Larriera (2013)
•   Roberto Pompei (2013–2014)
•   Daniel Garnero (2015–2016)
•   Fernando Ortiz (2017)
•   Fernando Ortiz (2018)
•   Pablo Daniel Escobar (2019–2020)
•   Luis Islas (2020)
•   Celso Ayala (2020–2021)
•   Juan Pablo Pumpido (2021–2022)
•   Celso Ayala (2022)
•   Pablo Guiñazú (2022)
•   Gustavo Bobadilla (2022–2023)
•   Cesar Castro (2023)

 

Athletics

 

Sol de América also has an athletics department affiliated with the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo. Physical preparers of the club are Edgar Torres and 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics javelin thrower Leryn Franco.

Basketball

Sol de América also has a basketball team participating in the Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League.

• Paraguayan Championship: 9

1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2011

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay