2009 Club Olimpia season

The following is a summary of the 2009 season by Paraguayan football (soccer) club Olimpia Asunción.

Olimpia participated in the following competitions in 2009: Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura (pertaining to the Paraguayan first division).

Torneo Apertura 2009

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Olimpia started the year 2009 with the same coach as 2008, Ever Hugo Almeida. However, after only 4 rounds the directive board decided to replace Almeida with Uruguayan Gregorio Pérez,[1] despite the team being in second position with an undefeated record of two wins and two draws.

Transfers

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The following transfers occurred prior to the start of the Apertura tournament:

In:

Out:

Team roster

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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 Ever Caballero
2 DF   URU Diego Ciz
3 DF   PAR Juan Daniel Cáceres
4 DF   PAR Juan Cardozo
5 DF   PAR Denis Caniza
6 MF   PAR Edgar González
7 DF   PAR Héctor Benítez
8 DF   PAR Gilberto Velázquez
9 MF   PAR Rodrigo Rojas
10 MF   PAR Nicolás Martínez
11 MF   PAR Orlando Bordón
12 GK   ARG José Buljubasich
13 MF   PAR Carlos Humberto Paredes
14 MF   ARG Juan Manuel Lucero
15 DF   PAR Celso González Ferreira
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   PAR Óscar Jiménez
17 MF   URU Martín Ligüera
18 FW   ECU Ebelio Ordóñez
19 FW   PAR Marco Lazaga
20 DF   PAR Adalberto Benítez
21 GK   GUA Carlos Figueroa
22 DF   PAR Osmar Molinas
23 FW   PAR Cristian Ledesma
25 DF   VEN Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
26 MF   ARG Mario Jara
27 FW   PAR Diego Martínez
28 DF   PAR Darío Caballero
29 FW   GUA Carlos Ruiz
30 FW   ARG Matías Espíndola
31 GK   PAR Blas Hermosilla

Standing

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Updated March 15
Source:[2]

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF
1 Libertad 24 12 7 3 2 28 9 19
1 Cerro Porteño 24 12 7 3 2 16 6 10
3 Nacional 21 12 5 6 1 19 12 7
4 Olimpia 21 12 5 6 1 17 11 6
5 Sportivo Luqueño 21 12 5 6 1 13 8 5
6 Tacuary 19 12 5 4 3 15 15 0
7 Rubio Ñu 16 12 5 1 6 14 15 -1
8 12 de Octubre 13 12 3 4 5 8 12 -4
9 Sol de América 12 12 2 6 4 10 16 -6
10 Guaraní 11 11 2 5 4 6 9 -3
11 2 de Mayo 6 11 1 3 7 13 22 -9
12 3 de Febrero 1 12 0 1 11 11 35 -24

Results

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Club Libertad1 – 2Olimpia
S. Aquino   27' C. Figueroa   7'
E. Ordóñez   90'


Olimpia1 – 0Club 2 de Mayo
C. Ruiz (P.K.)   85'


Olimpia0 – 1Rubio Ñú
S. Leiva   8'



Olimpia2 – 2Tacuary
Martín Ligüera   65' (P.K.)
Rodrigo Rojas   86'
Reinaldo Ocampo   1',   60'





Top scorers

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Top scorers for Olimpia in the Apertura tournament:[3]

Position Player Goals
1   Carlos Ruiz 6
2   Martín Ligüera 4
3   Rodrigo Rojas 2
3   Edgar González 2
5   Osmar Molinas 1
5   Carlos Figueroa 1
5   Ebelio Ordóñez 1

Torneo Clausura 2009

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The Torneo Clausura is to be played in the second half of 2009.

References

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See also

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