Tacuary

Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.

Tacuary
Full nameTacuary Football Club
Nickname(s)Tacua, Pumas
FoundedDecember 10, 1923 (1923-12-10)
GroundToribio Vargas
Asunción, Paraguay
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJorge Amancio Cáceres
ManagerDaniel Lanata
LeagueDivisión Intermedia
2021División Intermedia, 3rd of 18 (promoted)

Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana twice (in 2007 and 2012). In 2013 it returned to the Paraguayan Segunda División.

In the 2021 season of Paraguay's División Intermedia, Tacuary finished in 3rd and was promoted to the Primera División.

Over the years Tacuary's youth academy has produced players such as Ramón Cardozo, Hernán Pérez, Luis Páez, Ronald Huth and Brian Montenegro, as well as other young players that have been sold to important club in the European and Mexican leagues.

Stadium

The club has traditionally played at the 3,000 capacity Toribio Vargas which is based in Jara neighbourhood. Between 2002 and 2014 however, the club played at the 7,000 capacity Roberto Bettega in the Zeballos Cué neighbourhood. In 2014 he club sold the stadium to a port company for 10 millon dollars, and it was subsequently demolished. The club is now back playing in its traditional home.

Honours

2002
1953, 1961, 1983, 1999

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

2005: Preliminary Round
2007: Preliminary Round
2007: First Round
2012: First Round

Current squad

Current squad

As of 6 March, 2022. 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 Aldo Bareiro
2 DF  PAR Hugo Flores
3 DF  PAR Pablo Espinoza
4 DF  PAR Eugenio Aranda
5 DF  PAR Nery Bareiro
5 MF  PAR Marcelo Paredes
6 DF  GUA José Carlos Pinto
7 FW  PAR Hugo Valdez
8 MF  PAR Ronal Domínguez
9 FW  PAR Marcelo Fernández
10 MF  PAR Marcos Benítez
11 FW  PAR Elias Ovelar
12 GK  PAR Carlos Servín
14 DF  PAR Rodney Pedrozo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  PAR Néstor Giménez
17 MF  PAR Derlis Rodríguez
18 DF  PAR Luis Cabral
19 MF  PAR Marcos Duré
20 MF  PAR Jose Cabañas
21 MF  PAR Iván Salcedo
25 MF  PAR Alfredo Amarilla
26 FW  PAR Lucas González
27 MF  PAR Lucas Sanabria
28 FW  PAR Luis Aquino Solalinde
31 FW  PAR Elvio Vera
32 FW  PAR Daniel Dietze

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 squad at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

1990's

2000's'

Non-CONMEBOL players

Managers

  • Oscar Paulin
  • Carlos Kiese (1 January 2010–December 31, 2010)
  • Carlos Manta (1 January 2011–July 1, 2011)
  • Francisco Ocampo (footballer) (1 January 2011–April 10, 2012)
  • Luis Cubilla (10 April 2012 – 16 May 2012)
  • Gonzalo Ocampo (18 May 2012–)

References

  • Media related to Tacuary at Wikimedia Commons
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