Club Sol de América

Club Sol de América is a Paraguayan sports club, mostly known for its football team. 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.

Honours

National

• Primera División
• Winners (2): 1986, 1991

• División Intermedia
• Winners (4): 1965, 1977, 2006, 2023

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 6 appearances

:Best: Quarter-finals in 1989

:1989: Quarter-finals

Current squad

As of 6 September 2024

Notable players

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)

Managers

• 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)

Other sports

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

See also

List of athletics clubs in Paraguay

References

External links

• Paraguayan Soccer Info (archived 15 March 2007)