Club Presidente Hayes


Club Presidente Hayes is a Paraguayan football club from Tacumbú, a section of Asunción, Paraguay. The club is also known colloquially by its nicknames The Yankees and The Little Star. They play regularly in Asuncion's Kiko Reyes Stadium as part of the Paraguayan Soccer League. The club was founded in 1907 and participated in their first international tournament in the 1953 Copa Montevideo. It is one of several entities in Paraguay that were named in honor of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States of America. Hayes, who was required to arbitrate an Argentine-Paraguayan territorial dispute in the Gran Chaco after the War of the Triple Alliance, decided in favour of Paraguay. The club is the former home of Paraguayans Néstor Benítez, Teófilo Barrios, Tomás Guzmán, Julio Valentín González and José Ariel Núñez, and foreigners Riki Kitawaki, Bryan Lopez and Victor Cristaldo.

History

In 1945, the club obtains its best result by finishing third in the 1945 Paraguayan Primera División season.
In 1952, the club wins the 1952 Paraguayan Primera División season.

Notable players

1930's
1950's
1990's
2000's
Non-CONMEBOL players

League