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

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

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

In:

Out:

Team roster

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

Updated March 15
Source:[2]

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF
1Libertad241273228919
1Cerro Porteño241273216610
3Nacional211256119127
4Olimpia211256117116
5Sportivo Luqueño21125611385
6Tacuary191254315150
7Rubio Ñu16125161415-1
812 de Octubre1312345812-4
9Sol de América12122641016-6
10Guaraní111125469-3
112 de Mayo6111371322-9
123 de Febrero11201111135-24

Results
Club Libertad1 – 2Olimpia
S. Aquino  27' C. Figueroa  7'
E. Ordóñez  90'
Olimpia1 – 1Sol de América
C. Ruíz  22' J.M. Caballero  90'
Olimpia1 – 0Club 2 de Mayo
C. Ruiz (P.K.)  85'
Club 12 de Octubre0 – 0Olimpia
Olimpia0 – 1Rubio Ñú
S. Leiva  8'
Nacional2 – 2Olimpia
Fabio Escobar  63'
Guillermo Beltrán  68'		 Rodrigo Rojas  9'
Martín Ligüera (P.K.)  28'
Sportivo Luqueño1 – 1Olimpia
Hugo Luzardi  34' Edgar González  30'
Olimpia2 – 2Tacuary
Martín Ligüera  65' (P.K.)
Rodrigo Rojas  86'		 Reinaldo Ocampo  1',  60'
Olimpia3 – 13 de Febrero
Martín Ligüera  23'
Carlos Ruiz  57'
Edgar González  79'		 Cesar Llamas  84'
Guaraní0 – 0Olimpia
Olimpia2 – 0Cerro Porteño
Carlos Ruiz  27'
Osmar Molinas  47'
2 de Mayo2 – 3Olimpia
Cristian Barinaga  29'
Cesar Canario  34'		 Carlos Ruiz  82',  90'
Martín Ligüera  81'

Top scorers

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

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

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References
  1. Gregorio Pérez reemplaza a Almeida en Olimpia
  2. Posiciones y promedios - Teledeportes Digital Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ESPN Soccernet - Olimpia Stats

See also
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