Club Libertad

Libertad
Full name Club Libertad
Nickname(s) El Gumarelo, El Albinegro[1]
Founded 1905[2]
Ground Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz
Ground Capacity 12,000[1]
Chairman Carlos Raúl Agüero
Manager Eduardo Rivera
League Primera División
2015 Clausura 4th
Website Club home page
Libertad – Champions 1910.
Libertad – Champions 1945.
Commemorative stamp of Paraguay featuring a side of 1952 or 1953. Alarcón is third from left in the front row.[3]

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 "El Gumarelo".

History

Since 2000 the club has won eight national titles.[1]

Honours

Apertura/Clausura: 2008 A, 2008 C, 2010 C, 2012 C, 2014 A, 2014 C

Current squad

Current squad of Club Libertad as of 20 February 2016 (edit)
Sources:

No. Position Player
1  URU GK Rodrigo Muñoz
2  PAR DF Jorge Moreira
3  PAR DF Adalberto Román
4  PAR DF Miller Mareco
5  PAR MF Antolín Alcaraz
6  PAR DF Mario Saldívar
7  PAR FW Santiago Salcedo
8  PAR FW Rodolfo Gamarra
9  PAR FW Rogerio Leichtweis
10  PAR FW Jorge Recalde
11  PAR FW David Ariel Mendieta
12  PAR GK Jorge Chena
13  PAR DF Agustín Vera
14  PAR DF Luis Cardozo
15  PAR MF Ángel Cardozo Lucena
No. Position Player
16  PAR MF Sergio Aquino
17  PAR FW Wilson Leiva
18  PAR FW Pablo Zeballos
19  PAR MF Roque Ariel Guachire
20  PAR FW Antonio Bareiro
21  PAR MF Victor Hugo Dávalos
22  PAR MF Osmar Molinas
23  PAR MF Danilo Santacruz
24  PAR MF José Domingo Salcedo
25  PAR GK Junior Balbuena
26  PAR DF Pedro Benítez
27  PAR DF Marcelo Báez
28  PAR FW Jesús Medina
29  PAR MF Félix Benitez
30  PAR MF Sergio Vergara

Manager: Eduardo Rivera

Managerial history

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Libertad". Classic Football. FIFA. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. "Club Libertad: Summary". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. The image on the stamp does not actually depict the championship winning team of 1955, but rather a side of Libertad from 1952 or 1953, which was runner up in the championship. The image depicts standing: Víctor Vega (coach), Marcelino Vargas, Manuel Gavilán, Florentino Arrúa, Ireneo Hermosilla, Robustiano Maciel, Higinio Benítez Pavetti, "Papi" Corrales (manager ?). Front: unknown person, Máximo "Chimo" Rolón, Martín Alarcón, Eulogio "Kokito" Martínez, Salvador Villalba, Rogelio Bedoya. (per Libertad, El grito sagrado (7): Campeón 1955, ABC Color, 9 August 2005.)
  4. "Sin títulos pero con promocionados, Javier Torrente presenta renuncia en Libertad" (in Spanish). Ultima Hora. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. "Gregorio Pérez dejará Libertad". ABC Color (in Spanish). 29 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Rubén Israel regresa a Libertad". La Nacion (in Spanish) (Grupo Nación de Comunicaciones). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. "Jorge Burruchaga es nuevo técnico de Libertad". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). Editorial El Pais. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Pedro Sarabia es nuevo entrenador de Libertad" (in Spanish). Paraguay.com. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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