Club General Caballero (Juan León Mallorquín)
| Full name | Club General Bernardino Caballero | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Rojo de Mallorquín, Rojo de Ka'arendy | |||
| Founded | 21 June 1962 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Ka'arendy Doctor Juan León Mallorquín, Paraguay | |||
| Capacity | 10,120 | |||
| Chairman | Julio Aldama | |||
| Manager | Fabián Ponce (caretaker) | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| 2023 | Primera División, 9th of 12 | |||
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Club General Bernardino Caballero, commonly known as General Caballero JLM, is a Paraguayan football club based in Juan León Mallorquín, Alto Paraná. The club plays in the Primera División, the top tier of the Paraguayan football league starting from 2022 after winning the División Intermedia in the 2021 season, and hold their home games at the Estadio Ka'arendy which has a capacity of 10,120 people.
History[edit]
Founded on 21 June 1962 by a group of residents of Juan León Mallorquín, the club was one of the founders of the Liga Ka’arendy de Fútbol, the local football competition, of which it is one of the most winning clubs.[1] General Caballero first entered a nationwide competition in 2003, taking part in the Copa de Campeones de la UFI, but failing to achieve promotion to the División Intermedia. After competing again in 2004 and 2006 and missing out on promotion both times, the club returned to national competitions in the 2017 Primera B Nacional, but was knocked out in the first stage.
In the 2018 season, General Caballero won the Primera B Nacional by defeating Nacional de Primero de Marzo in the final, but had to play a promotion play-off against the Primera B Metropolitana runners-up Tacuary since the Primera B Nacional championship does not award its winner a direct promotion berth in even years.[2][3] After tying 1–1 in the first leg, General Caballero beat Tacuary in the return match by a 2–0 score and reached the second division for the first time in their history.[4]
In the 2019 season, General Caballero managed to end in eighth place of the División Intermedia with 41 points in 30 games, whilst in 2021 they won the competition and were promoted to Primera División, clinching the title with a 4–1 win at home against Rubio Ñu. As 2021 Intermedia champions, they qualified for the 2022 Copa Sudamericana and also established a record of points earned in the second tier tournament with 73 points.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "El Rojo está de festejo" (in Spanish). Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Gral. Caballero es campeón en UFI" [Gral. Caballero is the champion in the UFI] (in Spanish). Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "General Caballero, campeón del Nacional B" [General Caballero, champion of the Nacional B] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Un General de Intermedia" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "General Caballero JLM; campeón y clasificado a la Sudamericana 2022" [General Caballero JLM; champion and qualified for the 2022 Sudamericana] (in Spanish). Versus. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "¡General de Mallorquín cierra el año con 73 puntos!" [General of Mallorquín close the year with 73 points!] (in Spanish). HOY. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- Club General Caballero at Soccerway
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