Club Atlético 3 de Febrero

3 de Febrero

Full name	Club Atlético 3 de Febrero
Nickname(s)	Los Rojos
Founded	November 20, 1970
Ground	Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Capacity	28,000
Chairman	Ciro Aranda
Manager	José Arrúa[1]
League	División Intermedia
2014 Primera División	11th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético 3 de Febrero is a professional Paraguayan football club from Ciudad del Este, the capital city of the department of Alto Paraná. The club was founded in 1970, and has endured 8 seasons (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014) in the Primera División Paraguaya.

History

3 de Febrero in a fixture against Olimpia Asunción at the Defensores del Chaco in 2011.

The team started playing in the Liga Paranaense and finally made their way to the second division of the Paraguayan League in 2000.

In 2004 the club won the second division title and got promoted to the first division.

In 2011, the club was relegated to the Paraguayan 2nd division, but won the title again in 2013, once again being promoted to the first division.

Stadium

3 de Febrero's stadium is the Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, also known as Estadio 3 de Febrero. It is located next to Ciudad del Este's bus terminal. The stadium is on the Avenue General Bernardino Caballero, and was opened in 1973.^[2] The capacity of the stadium, is 28,000. It has a grass surface and was renovated in 1999, for which it was utilized as one of the venues of the 1999 Copa América. Fixtures of the 2004 South American U-16 Championship and the 2007 South American U-20 Championship were also disputed at the stadium. The stadium is Paraguay's third largest, according to its seating capacity.^[3] The stadium was the venue which saw Paraguayan footballers, Roque Santa Cruz score his first international goal for the Albirroja on 17 June 1999 in a friendly match against Uruguay, and Nelson Haedo score his first international goal for the Albirroja on 17 August 2005 in a friendly match against El Salvador.

Honours

• División Intermedia: 2

2004, 2013

• Primera División B Nacional: 1

2000

• Regional Titles (Alto Paraná League): 6

1973, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1992, 1997

Current squad

As of 5 July 2014^[4]

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

No. Position Player GK Edgar Benítez GK Roque Cardozo GK Miguel López GK Orlando Ramón Rojas GK Antony Silva DF Éver González DF Diego Balbinot DF Luis Amarilla DF Edgar Balbuena DF Ángel Fleitas DF Richard Matto DF Ricardo Mazacotte DF Wilson Méndez DF Reinaldo Román MF Silvio Allende MF Johny Costella MF Felipe MF Edgar Ferreira MF Amaral MF Sergio Escalante MF Juan Pablo Raponi MF César Llamas MF Luis Moreno MF Jorge Salinas

No. Position Player MF Rodrigo Burgos MF Thiago Silva MF Sergio Cabral MF César Cáceres Cañete MF José Carlos Burgos MF Makanaki MF Salvador Portillo MF Gustavo Espínola MF José Mendieta MF Luciano Ursino MF Juan Hermosilla MF Edgar Zaracho FW Orlando Zayas FW Jorge Torales FW Orlando Muñoz FW Diego Brizuela FW Tiago França FW Laio FW Damián Steinert FW Sergio Escalante FW Erwin Ávalos FW Everson Rojas FW Osvaldo Moreno FW Cristian Colmán

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

• Justo Jacquet (1994)

2000's

• Ignacio Paniagua (2000–2001)
• Celso Guerrero (2001)
• Darío Espínola (2001)
• Óscar Cardozo (2003–2004)
• Angel Antar (2003)
• Juan Cardozo (2004–2005)
• Juan Ramón Jara (2005)
• Edgar Robles (2005)
• Milton Benítez (2006, 2008–2010)
• Fidencio Oviedo (2006)
• Blas López (2006)
• Miguel Cárdenas (2006)
• Pablo Caballero (2006)
• Jorge Valdez (2007)
• Eric Ramos (2007)
• Richard Salinas (2007)
• Rodrigo Romero (2008)
• José Antonio Franco (2008)
• Gustavo Mencia (2008)
• Felipe Villalba (2008–2012)
• Troadio Duarte (2008, 2009)
• César Llamas (2008–2011, 2013–)
• Rafael Baiano (2009, 2010–2011)

2010's

• Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (2010)
• Henry Lapczyk (2010)
• Hugo Santacruz (2010, 2014)
• Carlos Antonio Mereles (2011)
• Osvaldo Moreno (2011)
• Delio Toledo (2011)
• Gilberto Velásquez (2011)
• Derlis Cardozo (2011–2013)
• Joel Zayas (2011–2012)
• Diego Balbinot (2012–2014)
• Derlis Gómez (2012)
• Jorge Salinas (2014)
• Antony Silva (2014)
• Julio Aguilar (2014)
• Rodrigo Burgos (2014)
• Ricardo Mazacotte (2014)
• Leonardo Migliónico (2014–)
• Hugo Iriarte (2014)
• Juan Pablo Raponi (2014)
• Domingo Salcedo (2014)

Non-CONMEBOL players

• Thiago França (2011)^[5][6]

References

1. http://www.vanguardia.com.py/v1/index.php/edicion-impresa/deportes/item/27272-el-%E2%80%9C3%E2%80%9D-seleccionar%C3%A1-atletas-para-intermedia
2. http://uk.soccerway.com/teams/paraguay/3-de-febrero/3611/venue/
3. http://www.worldstadiums.com/south_america/countries/paraguay.shtml
4. Soccerway
5. http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/thiago-franca/
6. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/thiago-franca/214778/

External links

• Official Website