The Cyclone of Barrio Obrero is an old acquaintance of the most important club tournament in America.
Since its debut in 1962, the azulgrana team has played 325 official matches throughout 43 editions; Distributed in 118 wins, 92 draws and 115 falls. 410 goals for and 426 against, translating into a 45.7% effectiveness.
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To date, heThe greatest achievements of the Cyclone have to do with the semifinals of 1973, 1978, 1993, 1998, 1999 and 2011. Still The sought after first final resists.
In this edition, Cerro Porteño is the third team with the most participations (44)only surpassed by Nacional (50) from Montevideo and Olimpia (45), its archrival.
The team led by Facundo Sava debuts at 9:00 p.m. in Santiago de Chile against the modest Curicó Unidomatch corresponding to the first leg of Phase 2. The rematch will be played next Tuesday at the Nueva Olla.
THE RECORDS OF THE BARCELONA TEAM IN LA LIBERTADORES
Biggest win: Cerro Porteño 7 – 0 Aurora (Bolivia). Edition of 1964. Goals: Celino Mora (2), Pablo Rojas (2), Basiano Rojas, Salvador Breglia and Juan Carlos Rojas. Stadium: Manuel Ferreira.
Biggest away win. Caracas (Venezuela) 0 – Cerro Porteño 6. 1995 Edition. Goals: Héctor “Matador” Núñez (3) and Lilio Torales (3). Stadium: Brigido Iriarte (Caracas).
Country where you earned the most abroad: In Venezuela, with 7 wins.
Country that Cerro faced more times. It is Brazil, against whose teams the cerristas played 62 times. He had 13 wins, 16 draws, 33 losses, scored 67 goals and conceded 120.
Country that beat the most. Add 16 victories against teams from Paraguay, Venezuela and Chile.
Most games won in a row: 5 matches between 08/31/2018 and 04/10/2019. The last match of the 2018 edition (Palmeiras 0- Cerro 1) and the first four matches of the 2019 edition: (0-1 to Mineiro: Zamora 2-1, Nacional de Montevideo 1-0 and Mineiro 4-1).
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Longest losing streak: 10 matches (5 wins and 5 draws). Between 02/20/1991 (Cerro 1 – Colegiales 1) and 05/02/1991 (Cerro 1 – Olimpia 0).
Highest Player Participation: Estanislao Struway with 59 games is the one with the highest participation. They are followed by Blas Cristaldo with 54, Virgilio Ferreira with 50 and Richard Gómez and Julio dos Santos with 40. Alberto Espínola has 22 matches in the Copa Libertadores from the current squad and then there are Juan Patiño and Federico Carrizo, with 20, as the oldest. attendance.
All-time top scorer: Virgilio Ferreira, with 16 goals (1993-2001). They are followed by Celino Mora with 14, Santiago Salcedo with 13 and Saturnino Arrúa also with 13. In the current squad Diego Churín, with 5 goals, is the close striker for the Libertadores.
Largest number of parties led: The Brazilian Paulo César Carpegiani, with 28 duels, is the coach who led the Cyclone the most in the Copa Libertadores (1992, 93 and 94 editions). He achieved 8 wins, 13 draws and 7 losses. Among the Paraguayans, Carlos Báez marches first with 27 presentations (98, 99 and 2003). He got 13 wins, 3 equals and 11 falls.
Most games played in the same edition: 14 in 2011, when they reached the 6th semifinal (5 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses).
Most wins in the same edition: 6 victories, twice (1973 and 1998), in both times he also reached the semifinals.
Most goals in the same tournament. 27 goals in 1999 (another semifinal).
Edition in which he received the fewest goals: In 1985, he conceded only three goals, when he joined Group 3 together with Guarani from our country and the Colombian teams from América and Millonarios.
Top scorers in editions: Cerro had two. In the 2005 tournament, Santiago Salcedo was the scorer, with 9 goals. And in 2014, Julio dos Santos, with 5 conquests, was also one of the gunners of that Libertadores.
The most winning coach of Cerro Porteño in the Copa Libertadores: is Carlos Báez, with 13 wins (98, 99, 2003).
