Club Tacuary is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara in Asunción. The club was founded in 1923.
Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Sudamericana three times (in 2007, 2012 and 2023). In 2013 it returned to the Paraguayan Segunda División.
In the 2021 season of Paraguay's División Intermedia, Tacuary finished 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 Estadio 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 the club sold the stadium to a port company for 10 million dollars, and it was subsequently demolished. The club is now back playing in its traditional home.
Honours Paraguayan Second Division: 1 2002
Paraguayan Third Division: 4 1953, 1961, 1983, 1999
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions Copa Libertadores: 2 appearances 2005: Preliminary Round 2007: Preliminary Round
Copa Sudamericana: 3 appearances 2007: First Round 2012: First Round 2023: Group stage
Current squad Current squad As of 24 January, 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.
1990s Ronald Huth (1999–2007, 2009–2011, 2012) 2000s' Osvaldo Mendoza (2002) Brian Montenegro (2004–2011, 2012) Hernán Pérez (2005–2008) Ramón Cardozo (2006–2012) Luis Fernando Páez (–2006, 2009–) Fabian Caballero (2006, 2012) José Ariel Núñez (2008–2009) Non-CONMEBOL players Enrique Maximiliano Meza (2004–2005) Riki Kitawaki (2005–2012)
Managers Oscar Paulin Carlos Kiese (1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010) Carlos Manta (1 January 2011 – 1 July 2011) Francisco Ocampo (footballer) (1 January 2011 – 10 April 2012) Luis Cubilla (10 April 2012 – 16 May 2012) Gonzalo Ocampo (18 May 2012–)
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