2008 Club Olimpia season

The following is a summary of the 2008 season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunción.

Olimpia participated in the following competitions in 2008: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Paraguayan first division) and the Copa Sudamericana. In December, Eduardo Delmás was elected as the club's new president replacing Oscar Paciello.[1]

Torneo Apertura 2008

Main article: Torneo Apertura 2008 (Paraguay)

Olimpia started the year 2008 with the announcement of a new coach, Argentine Gustavo Costas who promised the use and promotion of the youth division players. The main signing for the year was that of Paraguayan international Carlos Humberto Paredes from Sporting Lisboa. Paredes returned to his home club Olimpia after playing for 8 years in Europe.

Team roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  URU Leonardo Bordad
2 DF  URU Diego Ciz
3 DF  PAR Héctor Benítez
4 DF  ARG Martín Pautasso
5 DF  PAR César Zayas
6 MF  PAR David Villalba
7 FW  ARG Emanuel Fernandes
8 MF  PAR Rodrigo Rojas
9 FW  PAR Raúl Amarilla
10 FW  PAR Edison Giménez
11 FW  PAR Gilberto Palacios
12 GK  PAR Rodrigo Romero
13 MF  PAR Carlos Paredes (captain)
14 MF  PAR Orlando Bordón
15 MF  PAR Milton Benítez
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  PAR Cristian Martínez
17 MF  PAR Ángel Ortíz
18 FW  PAR Juvenal Cardozo
19 DF  PAR Oscar Jiménez
20 FW  PAR Amílcar Franco
21 DF  PAR Michel Godoy
22 MF  PAR Osmar Molinas
23 MF  PAR Rolando Renaut
24 MF  PAR Mauro Monges
25 MF  PAR Nicolás Martínez
-- GK  PAR Blas Hermosilla
-- DF  PAR Adalberto Benítez
-- DF  PAR Luis Prieto
-- FW  URU Martín García
-- DF  PAR Gilberto Velázquez

Final standing

Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF
  1 Libertad 57 22 18 3 1 53 13 +40
  2 Nacional 45 22 14 3 5 45 25 +20
  3 Cerro Porteño 38 22 11 5 6 34 26 +8
  4 Guaraní 36 22 11 3 8 31 26 +5
  5 Club 2 de Mayo 31 22 9 4 9 27 26 +1
  6 Sol de América 27 22 8 3 11 40 39 +1
  7 Club 3 de febrero 27 22 8 3 11 32 40 -8
  8 Olimpia 26 22 7 5 10 23 32 -9
  9 Sportivo Luqueño 25 22 6 7 9 33 44 -11
  10 Tacuary 23 22 5 8 9 24 34 -10
  11 Club 12 de Octubre 20 22 4 8 10 29 40 -11
  12 Silvio Pettirossi 13 22 3 4 15 21 47 -26

Results

Torneo Apertura 2008
Matchday Home Team Result Away Team Olimpia Goal(s)
1 Olimpia 0 - 1 Nacional -
2 Tacuary 1 - 2 Olimpia E. Giménez 5'
C. Paredes 57'
3 Olimpia 1 - 0 2 de Mayo C. Paredes 7'
4 12 de Octubre 1 - 2 Olimpia E. Giménez 45', 46'
5 Olimpia 2 - 1 3 de Febrero E. Giménez 55'
R. Rojas 80'
6 Cerro Porteño 1 - 0 Olimpia
7 Olimpia 3 - 3 Silvio Pettirossi R. Rojas 38'
E. Francou 59'
E. Giménez 75' (P.K.)
8 Libertad 1 - 0 Olimpia
9 Olimpia 0 - 2 Guaraní
10 Olimpia 0 - 1 Sol de América
11 Sportivo Luqueño 0 - 1 Olimpia R. Amarilla 50'
12 Nacional 4 - 0 Olimpia
13 Olimpia 2 - 2 Tacuary E. Francou 11'
C. Zayas 45'
14 2 de Mayo 0 - 1 Olimpia R. Amarilla 45'
15 Olimpia 0-0 12 de Octubre
16 3 de Febrero 3-1 Olimpia N. Martinez 51'
17 Olimpia 1-2 Cerro Porteño C. Paredes 15'
18 Silvio Pettirossi 2-3 Olimpia E. Giménez 1'
N. Martinez 31'
A. Villasanti 89' (O.G.)
19 Olimpia 1-2 Libertad E. Giménez 36'
20 Guaraní 2-0 Olimpia
21 Sol de América 2-2 Olimpia E. Giménez 11'
G. Velázquez 88'
22 Olimpia 1 - 1 Sportivo Luqueño E. Giménez 48'

Top scorers

Top scorers for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament:[2]

Position Player Goals
1 Edison Giménez 9
2 Carlos Humberto Paredes 3
3 Raúl Amarilla 2
3 Emanuel Fernandes 2
3 Nicolás Martinez 2
3 Rodrigo Rojas 2
7 Gilberto Velázquez 1
7 César Zayas 1

Hellboy

Torneo Clausura 2008

Main article: Torneo Clausura 2008 (Paraguay)

For the Clausura tournament the club hired the requested players by coach Gustavo Costas to fight for the title. However, poor performances and results both in the Paraguayan first division and Copa Sudamericana tournament resulted in the resignation of the Argentine coach on August 28.[3] On the next day, Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was chosen as the new coach of Olimpia, marking his return to the club since the 1993 season where he won the first division title in undefeated fashion.[4]

Transfers

The following transfers occurred prior to the start of the Clausura tournament:[5]

In:

Out:

Team roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ARG José Ramírez
2 DF  URU Diego Ciz
3 DF  PAR Héctor Benítez
4 DF  PAR Darío Caballero
5 DF  PAR Gilberto Velázquez
6 MF  PAR Edgar González
7 FW  ARG Matías Espíndola
8 MF  PAR Rodrigo Rojas
9 FW  PAR Marco Lazaga
10 FW  PAR Edison Giménez
11 FW  PAR José Sasiain
12 GK  PAR Ever Caballero
13 MF  PAR Carlos Paredes (captain)
14 FW  ARG Juan Lucero
15 MF  PAR Cristian Martínez
16 DF  PAR Derlis Cardozo
17 GK  PAR Blas Hermosilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ARG Cristian Leiva
19 DF  ARG Martín Pautasso
20 DF  PAR Denis Caniza
21 DF  PAR César Zayas
22 MF  PAR Osmar Molinas
23 FW  ARG Franco Mendoza
24 DF  PAR Juan Krone
25 MF  PAR Nicolás Martínez
— FW  PAR Raúl Amarilla
— DF  PAR Adalberto Benítez
— MF  PAR Orlando Bordón
— DF  PAR Blas Cáceres
— FW  PAR Amílcar Franco
— DF  PAR Oscar Jiménez
— DF  PAR Luis Prieto

Final standing

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
1 Libertad 44 22 12 8 2 35 17 +18
  2 Guaraní 43 22 12 7 3 36 17 +19
  3 Cerro Porteño 37 22 10 7 5 32 26 +6
  4 Sol de América 36 22 12 3 7 37 30 +7
  5 Nacional 32 22 8 8 6 23 22 +1
  6 Tacuary 31 22 9 4 9 23 24 -1
  7 Olimpia 28 22 7 7 8 33 31 +2
  8 12 de Octubre 28 22 8 4 10 27 33 -6
  9 3 de Febrero 24 22 6 6 10 27 31 -4
  10 Sportivo Luqueño 24 22 6 6 10 27 38 -11
  11 2 de Mayo 22 22 4 10 8 26 33 -7
  12 Silvio Pettirossi 9 22 1 6 15 15 39 -24

Results

Torneo Clausura 2008
Matchday Home Team Result Away Team Olimpia Goal(s)
1 Olimpia 0 - 0 Nacional
2 Sol de América 4 - 3 Olimpia F. Mendoza 35'
C. Leiva 47'
J. Krone 55'
3 Olimpia 4 - 0 Silvio Pettirossi F. Mendoza 7', 23'
N. Martínez 51'
M. Lazaga 62'
4 3 de Febrero 2 - 0 Olimpia
5 Olimpia 0 - 2 Guaraní
6 Cerro Porteño 1 - 0 Olimpia
7 Olimpia 2 - 1 Sportivo Luqueño M. Lazaga 6', 62'
8 Libertad 1 - 1 Olimpia J. Lucero 64'
9 Olimpia 1 - 3 Tacuary M. Lazaga 13'
10 Olimpia 3 - 1 12 de Octubre M. Lazaga 25'
R. Rojas 68'
E. González 75'
11 2 de Mayo 1 - 1 Olimpia D. Caballero 39'
12 Nacional 1 - 1 Olimpia M. Lazaga 38'
13 Olimpia 1 - 1 Sol de América C. Paredes 34'
14 Silvio Pettirossi 2 - 3 Olimpia C. Paredes 5'
M. Lazaga 42', 47'
15 Olimpia 2 - 0 3 de Febrero M. Pautasso 33'
R. Rojas 57'
16 Guaraní 1 - 1 Olimpia D. Caballero 94'
17 Olimpia 1 - 3 Cerro Porteño M. Lazaga 34'
18 Sportivo Luqueño 1 - 2 Olimpia O. Molinas 9'
C. Álvarez 90'
19 Olimpia 1 - 2 Libertad E. Giménez 60'
20 Tacuary 1 - 1 Olimpia R. Amarilla 77'
21 12 de Octubre 0 - 3 Olimpia F. Mendoza 45'
R. Rojas 67'
J. Candia 60' (O.G.)
22 Olimpia 2 - 3 2 de Mayo D. Cardozo 6'
E. Giménez 36'

Top scorers

Top scorers for Olimpia in the Clausura tournament.

Position Player Goals
1 Marco Lazaga 9
2 Franco Mendoza 4
3 Rodrigo Rojas 4
4 Carlos Paredes 2
Edison Giménez 2
Darío Caballero 2
7
Cristian Leiva 1
Martin Albano Pautasso 1
Juan Krone 1
Nicolás Martínez 1
Juan Lucero 1
Edgar González 1
Raúl Amarilla 1
Osmar Molinas 1
Derlis Cardozo 1
Cristian Álvarez 1
  • Last Updated:December 24, 2008 [8]

International competition(s)

Copa Sudamericana 2008

Preliminary round

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Olimpia scorers Match Report(s)
August 12, 2008 Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay 		Club Blooming 4 - 2 Copa Sudamericana 2008 M. Lazaga 3', 8', 26'
D. Caballero 22' 		Report
August 21, 2008 Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Santa Cruz, Bolivia 		Club Blooming 1 - 0 Copa Sudamericana 2008 Report
Report 2

First Round
(eliminated)

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Olimpia scorers Match Report(s)
August 28, 2008 San Carlos de Apoquindo
Santiago, Chile 		Universidad Católica 4 - 0 Copa Sudamericana 2008 Report
September 17, 2008 Estadio Manuel Ferreira
Asunción, Paraguay 		Universidad Católica 2 - 2 Copa Sudamericana 2008 R. Rojas 3'
M. Lazaga 60' 		Report

References

  1. ^ Por más glorias - Futbol a lo Grande
  2. ^ Estadisticas:Goleadores Apertura Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Se fue Costas
  4. ^ El elegido
  5. ^ "Altas y Bajas". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. ^ Futbol a lo Grande: Chau, chau, adios
  7. ^ Juvenal es de Guabirá
  8. ^ Estadisticas:Goleadores Clausura

See also

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