Paraguayan football derby

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Superclásico del fútbol paraguayo
Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
Other namesClásico del fútbol paraguayo
LocationAsunción, Paraguay
First meeting21 September 1913
Primera División
Cerro Porteño 2–2 Olimpia
Latest meeting17 February 2024
Primera División de Paraguay
Olimpia 1–1 Cerro Porteño
Statistics
Most player appearancesEver Almeida (57)
Top scorerSaturnino Arrúa (11)
All-time seriesOlimpia: 127
Cerro Porteño: 123
Drawn: 114
Largest victory27 February 1916
Friendly
Olimpia 10–1 Cerro Porteño

The Paraguayan football derby, also called the Superclásico (Super derby); is the football rivalry between Cerro Porteño and Club Olimpia, the two most successful and popular clubs from Asunción, Paraguay.

Statistics[edit]

Head to head[edit]

  • Updated as of February 17, 2024
Competition Matches Cerro Wins Draws Olimpia Wins Cerro Goals Olimpia Goals
Paraguayan Primera División 322 112 100 110 404 410
Copa Libertadores de América 34 9 13 12 39 44
Qualifiers for International cups 5 2 0 3 6 8
Torneo República 2 0 1 1 1 2
Supercopa Paraguay 1 0 0 1 1 3
Official matches 364 123 114 127 451 467
Friendly matches 89 31 24 35 170 174
Total 453 154 138 162 621 641

Records[edit]

Other stats from the Paraguayan Derby:[1][2]

  • Largest wins: in an official match goes to Cerro, in an 8–1 win from 1937. Olimpia's biggest win was registered in a non official match with amateur players in 1916, with a result of 10–1.
  • Most wins in a row by Cerro: five consecutive, in 1986 (2-0, 2–1) and 1987 (2-0, 2–1, 1–0).
  • Most wins in a row by Olimpia: four consecutive in two occasions; in 1925 (3-1, 3–0) and 1926 (4-1, 3–0), and 1980 (2-0) and 1981 (1-0, 1–0, 1–0).
  • Longest unbeaten runs: both teams have a record of 10 games without losing to each other. Cerro was unbeaten for 10 games between July 1992 and July 1995; while Olimpia was unbeaten for 11 games between October 2001 and September 2004 (10, in the regular championship).
  • All-time top scorers: for Olimpia is Mauro Caballero with 10 goals (9 in the Paraguayan League and 1 in Copa Libertadores) and for Cerro is Saturnino Arrua with 11 goals (7 in the Paraguayan League and 4 in the Copa Libertadores).
  • Top Scorers in a single game: Dante Lopez for Olimpia, scoring 4 goals in 2005 and Pedro Osorio for Cerro, scoring 4 goals in 1937.
  • Most goals by a player in a single season: Arístides Del Puerto, Rafael Bobadilla and Mauro Caballero have all scored five goals in a single season (in 1967, 1983, 1998 respectively).

Players to score for both clubs[edit]

Goals Name Goals in Cerro Years Goals in Olimpia Years
6 Miguel Sanabria 3 1989 y 1990 3 1991, 1994 y 1995
4 Benjamín Laterza 1 1939 3 Entre 1941 y 1949
3 Pablo Zeballos 2 2010 2 2011,2015
3 Julio Díaz 1 1973 2 Entre 1976 y 1980
3 Alfredo Mendoza 1 1983 2 1989 y 1997
2 Crispín Maciel 1 1983 1 1984

Vital clashes from recent years[edit]

In 1999, Olimpia, winners of that year's Torneo Apertura (Opening Championship) were going for their third consecutive Absoluto (Overall) title. The opponents that day were Torneo Clausura (Closing Championship) winners Cerro Porteño. The first leg went to El Decano 1–0, with everything to play for ahead of the return, billed as "The last derby of the Millennium".

Cerro flew out of the blocks to take a 2–0 lead, courtesy of goals from Osvaldo Peralta and Juan Manuel Sara. Not to be denied, Carlos Humberto Paredes, Virginio Cáceres and Walter Avalos all scored for Olimpia to turn the game on its head and win the coveted triple crown.

However, the Cerro Porteño would have their revenge six years later, in a thrilling finale to the 2005 Clausura. The penultimate match of the campaign saw second-placed Cerro host leaders Olimpia, El Rey de Copas holding a precious one-point lead over their near neighbours. It was the visitors who struck first through Carlos Galvan with a half court strike, before El Ciclón fought back to record a crucial win with goals from Walter Fretes, Julio dos Santos and Erwin Avalos.

On the final matchday, with their fate now in their own hands, 2005 Apertura winners Cerro Porteño held firm to defeat General Caballero, a victory that clinched both the Clausura and the overall 2005 championship.

In 2010 up until the derby Cerro was undefeated. In the first derby of the year Cerro was winning 2-1 but ended up losing 3–2.

In 2012 Olimpia was the Apertura leader with a six-point advantage over Cerro Porteño but ended up losing the title to Cerro after losing too much ground in the last 2 matches and Cerro winning both of them, Santiago Salcedo broke the deadlock after scoring from a Penalty shot and later Jonathan Fabbro scored a spectacular Free Kick while Olimpia tried but failed to tie after Arnaldo Castorino´s goal.

Three years later in 2015 Olimpia would have their revenge after both teams ending the season with the same number of points a playoff match decided the title, Olimpia dominated the match but the pitch was in bad conditions plus a controversial handball by Fidencio Oviedo was not called by the referee. In the second half of the Match Olimpia first scored through Freddy Bareiro who caught a rebound from goalkeeper and later Uruguayan Internacional Diego Lugano scored an own goal for Olimpia after trying to clear off a dangerous free kick from Claudio Vargas, Cerro tried to come back to the game after Guillermo Beltran scored but it was not enough, Olimpia won its 40 local title.

Last encounters[edit]

Tournament Home Score Away Venue Date
2024 Primeira División - Apertura Olimpia 1–1 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco February 17, 2024
2023 Primeira División - Clausura Olimpia 0–0 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco October 29, 2023
2023 Primeira División - Clausura Cerro Porteño 1–1 Olimpia Estadio General Pablo Rojas August 13, 2023
2023 Primeira División - Apertura Cerro Porteño 2–2 Olimpia Estadio General Pablo Rojas May 13, 2023
2023 Primeira División - Apertura Olimpia 2–2 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco March 4, 2023
2022 Primeira División - Clausura Cerro Porteño 1–2 Olimpia Estadio General Pablo Rojas October 16, 2022
2022 Primeira División - Clausura Olimpia 2–0 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco August 14, 2022
2022 Copa Libertadores Cerro Porteño 0–1 Olimpia Estadio General Pablo Rojas May 25, 2022
2022 Primera División - Apertura Olimpia 0–4 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco May 22, 2022
2022 Copa Libertadores Olimpia 0–0 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco April 5, 2022
2022 Primera División - Apertura Cerro Porteño 0–2 Olimpia Estadio General Pablo Rojas March 13, 2022


Players who have played for both clubs[edit]

List of players who have played for Cerro Porteño and Olimpia Asunción

References[edit]

  1. ^ El Clásico, palabra santa
  2. ^ Goles en el tradicional duelo
  3. ^ "Carlos Bonet (Player)".
  4. ^ "Carlos Gamarra (Player)".
  5. ^ "Casiano Delvalle (Player)".
  6. ^ "Diego Barreto (Player)".
  7. ^ "Fabián Caballero :: Néstor Fabián Caballero ::".
  8. ^ "Fredy Bareiro (Player)".
  9. ^ "Gabriel González (Player)".
  10. ^ "Iván Torres :: Iván Arturo Torres Riveros :: Olimpia".
  11. ^ "Nelson Cuevas (Player)".
  12. ^ "Pablo Zeballos (Player)".
  13. ^ "Rodrigo Rojas :: Juan Rodrigo Rojas Ovelar :: Sol de América".
  14. ^ "Sergio Aquino :: Sergio Daniel Aquino ::".
  15. ^ "Los 11 que cruzaron a la vereda rival". 27 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Willian Candia :: Willian Benito Candia Garay :: River Plate".

External links[edit]

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