Other names | Clásico del fútbol paraguayo |
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Location | Asunción, Paraguay |
First meeting | 21 September 1913 Primera División Cerro Porteño 2–2 Olimpia |
Latest meeting | 17 February 2024 Primera División de Paraguay Olimpia 1–1 Cerro Porteño |
Statistics | |
Most player appearances | Ever Almeida (57) |
Top scorer | Saturnino Arrúa (11) |
All-time series | Olimpia: 127 Cerro Porteño: 123 Drawn: 114 |
Largest victory | 27 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.
Competition | Matches | Cerro Wins | Draws | Olimpia Wins | Cerro Goals | Olimpia Goals |
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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 |
Other stats from the Paraguayan Derby: [1] [2]
Goals | Name | Goals in Cerro | Years | Goals in Olimpia | Years |
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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 |
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.
Tournament | Home | Score | Away | Venue | Date |
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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 |
List of players who have played for Cerro Porteño and Olimpia Asunción