Sportivo San Lorenzo
Wikipedia - Club Sportivo San Lorenzo
Club Sportivo San Lorenzo, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Lorenzo. It was founded April 17, 1930, and plays in División Intermedia, the second division in the Paraguayan football league system, after suffering relegation in the 2020 Primera División season.
Their home games are played at the Estadio Gunther Vogel, which has a capacity of approximately 5,000 seats.
History
The club was founded on April 17, 1930, originally named Tacuary Sport. During November the same year, the club changed its name to Sportivo Villa Cálcena.
After Chaco War on 16 August 1936, the club's name was changed again to "Sportivo San Lorenzo".
Joined to Paraguayan Football Association in 1949, the club's first year in a Paraguayan Football Association competition, won the Paraguayan Second Division and were promoted to the Paraguayan First Division for the first time in their history.
The club again won the second division several years 1953, 1960, 1984, 1987, 1994.
The club was relegated to the Third Division in 2004 for the first time in their history.
In 2009 won the Third Division and was promoted to the Paraguayan Second Division.
Sportivo San Lorenzo become the champions of the 2014 Second Division Championship and gets the promotion to the First Division, highest category of Paraguayan football after an 11-year absence.
In 2015 the club was relegated to Second Division.
In 2016 the club was relegated to Third Division.
In 2017 the club become the champions of Third Division and was promoted to Second Division.
In 2018 the club took second place of Second Division and was promoted to First Division.
San Lorenzo și-a disputat meciurile de acasă pe stadionul Gunther Vogel, cu o capacitate de 5.000 de locuri, până în 2014, când s-a mutat pe noul stadion Juan C. Pettengill, cu o capacitate de 4.225 de locuri.
Cele mai mari succese ale lui San Lorenzo includ câștigarea campionatului paraguayan de trei ori (în 1953, 1973 și 2012), precum și triumful în Copa Paraguay în 2015. Clubul a reprezentat, de asemenea, Paraguay în competițiile sud-americane, cum ar fi Cupa Libertadores și Copa Sudamericana.
Culorile tradiționale ale lui San Lorenzo sunt roșul, albastrul și albul, iar mascota clubului este un leu. Suporterii lui San Lorenzo sunt cunoscuți ca fiind unii dintre cei mai pasionați și vocali din Paraguay.