Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sports club based in the city of Asuncion.
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23 Facts About Club Olimpia
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Club Olimpia have won a record 45 Primera Division titles to date, including a unique record run of winning the league six consecutive times.
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The only Paraguayan club to win a CONMEBOL title, Olimpia have won three Copa Libertadores, and been runners-up four times, as well as two Recopa Sudamericanas, one Intercontinental Cup, one Copa Interamericana, and one Supercopa Sudamericana, a competition they won automatically in 1991.
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Club Olimpia was founded on July 25,1902, being the oldest football team in Paraguay.
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Original kit was composed of a black shirt with the word "Club Olimpia" written in white across the chest and white shorts.
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Club Olimpia repeated the same feat by becoming champions in 1936,1937,1938.
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Club Olimpia had a first taste of international success in 1960 in the first edition of the Copa Libertadores de America by reaching the finals in which they lost to Penarol.
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Club Olimpia's success was not limited to the international scene: from 1978 to 1983 the team won a record six-straight Paraguayan league championships.
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However, it did not take long for Club Olimpia to take revenge on Atletico Nacional, as they defeated the Colombian side in the semi-finals of the 1990 Copa Libertadores.
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Not content with the Libertadores title itself, Club Olimpia went on to win the 1990 Supercopa Sudamericana, a tournament reserved only for the best teams in South America.
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From 1994 to 1999, Club Olimpia would produce the debut of several youth team graduates and future national team players, such as Richart Baez, Denis Caniza, Carlos Humberto Paredes, Roque Santa Cruz, Ruben Maldonado and Julio Cesar Caceres.
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Club Olimpia had won trophies in Paraguay's Primera Division in 1993,1995 and then consecuitively from 1997 to 2000, before winning the Copa Libertadores de America in 2002.
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Club Olimpia failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores consistently in the last few years, and did not win the local tournament since 2000.
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Club Olimpia's tenure did not last long, as Olimpia were unable to win the championship.
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Club Olimpia finished third in the Clausura tournament, behind Libertad and Cerro Porteno.
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In December 2010, Club Olimpia had their internal elections which are usually held every two years.
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On December 18,2011, Club Olimpia obtained its 39th national league title by winning the 2011 Clausura after eleven years, the longest period without obtaining a national championship.
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The title was largely celebrated by energetic fans on the streets of Asuncion and nearby cities due to the way it was won with Club Olimpia having only a one-point lead over rivals Cerro until the last matchday.
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Club Olimpia participated in the 2012 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana as the "number one competitor" of Paraguay.
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Club Olimpia is well known for training athletes that compete in other sports such as boxing, swimming, tennis and handball.
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Club Olimpia has a successful futsal team, currently playing in the Paraguayan futsal first division.
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Just like in football, Club Olimpia is the most successful basketball team in Paraguay.
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Club Olimpia has an athletics department directed by Ronaldo Almiron and participates in the competitions of the Federacion Paraguaya de Atletismo.
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