Atlántida Sport Club

Atlántida
Full name Atlántida Sport Club
Nickname(s) Los Oceanicos
Founded December 23, 1906
Ground Estadio Flaviano Díaz,
Barrio Obrero, Paraguay
Capacity 1,000
Chairman  –
Manager  –
League Primera B
2012, Primera C 1° (promoted)

Atlántida Sport Club is a Paraguayan football (soccer) club from the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero, in Asunción. The club was founded in Dec 23, 1906 and plays in the Third Division. Their home games are played at the Estadio Flaviano Díaz.

The club has been playing in the lower divisions of the Paraguayan league for several decades and their most notable achievements are the three second-place finishes they achieved when they were playing in the first division.[1]

History

The club was founded right before Christmas day on December 23, 1906. Its main founders were Flaviano Díaz, Héctor Díaz, Lino Bogado, Miguel Ferraro and Antonio Tavarozzi, being Flaviano Díaz its first president ever.

Atlántida are one of the oldest clubs in Paraguayan football history, but have long been overshadowed in Barrio Obrero by their neighbors Cerro Porteño, Nacional and Club Sol de América.

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least 125 games for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Been part of a national team squad at any time.
  • Played in the first division of any other football association (outside of Paraguay).
  • Played in a continental and/or intercontinental competition.

Non-CONMEBOL players

Honours

Runners-up (3): 1910, 1911, 1936
1927, 1951
1960, 1978, 1981
  • Paraguayan Fourth Division:[4][5] 2
1997, 2012
Runners-up (1): 2007

Another national championships

  • Liga Centenario:[6] 2
1915, 1917.

References

  1. ↑ Abc Color (ed.) «ABC Digital Breve reseña histórica» (in spanish) Dec 23, 2008. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/55329/Syahrizal_Syahbuddin.html
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=derIyYs_cGI
  4. ↑ ABC Color (ed.) «Atlántida subió a la Primera “B”» Nov 17, 2007. (in spanish) Asunción. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ ABC Color (ed.) «Atlántida, campeón» Sept 23, 2012. (in spanish) Asunción. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Bestard, Miguel Ángel (1981) «80 años de Fútbol en Paraguay: LOS CAMPEONATOS DE LA LIGA PARAGUAYA» (in spanish) Asunción. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
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