Sportivo Luqueño

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.

Sportivo Luqueño

Full name	Club Sportivo Luqueño
Nickname(s)	Kure-Luque (Luque Pig) El Chanchón (The Pig) Auriazul (Blue-Yellow)
Founded	May 1, 1921; 102 years ago (1921-05-01)
Ground	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Luque, Paraguay
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Hugo Daniel Rodríguez
Manager	Julio César Cáceres
League	Primera División
2023	Primera División, 8th of 12
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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).^{[citation needed]}

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.

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 .

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"

• Paraguayan First Division: 2

1951, 1953, 2007-A

• Paraguayan Second Division: 4

1924, 1956, 1964, 1968

• 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

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   URU Gonzalo Falcón 2 DF   PAR Rodi Ferreira 3 DF   PAR Iván Villalba 4 DF   PAR José Leguizamón 5 DF   PAR Alexis Villalba 6 DF   PAR Joel Jiménez 7 MF   PAR Derlis Alegre 8 MF   PAR Jorge Mendoza 9 FW   PAR Alex Álvarez 10 FW   ARG Nicolás Maná 11 FW   PAR Sergio Fretes 12 GK   PAR Alfredo Aguilar 13 GK   PAR Arturo Fleitas 14 MF   PAR Fernando Benitez 16 MF   ARG Darío Ríos

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   PAR Matías Medina 18 MF   PAR Rodrigo Rojas 19 FW   PAR Lucas Barrios 21 MF   PAR Sebastián Ruíz Díaz 22 FW   PAR Marcelo Ferreira 23 DF   PAR Pablo Aguilar 24 DF   ARG Alan Ledesma 26 MF   PAR Diego Fernández 27 FW   PAR Jorge Benítez 29 FW   PAR Julio Villalba 30 FW   PAR Derlis Ortiz 31 MF   PAR Sebastián Maldonado 32 MF   PAR Jesús Alvarenga 33 DF   PAR Rodrigo Alborno 34 DF   PAR Diego Vera 37 MF   ARG Lautaro Comas

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.

•   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)