The club · Club Rubio Ñu

A neighbourhood club with more than a century of history

Rubio Ñu was born on 24 August 1913 in the neighbourhood of Santísima Trinidad, Asunción, founded by a group of friends who chose white and green as the club colours: white for purity, green for hope. That combination gave the club its nickname, albiverde.

In 1936, after twenty-three years, two clubs from the same neighbourhood, Itá Ybaté and Flor de Mayo, merged with Rubio Ñu to keep it alive. That refounding marked the club: always coming back, even after the losses.

The club plays its home matches at Estadio La Arboleda, and holds a historic rivalry with Sportivo Trinidense in the Clásico de Trinidad. Its players and supporters are known as ñuenses.

Values

Resilience: the club always comes back.
Neighbourhood identity, in Santísima Trinidad.
Developing young talent.
South American reach.

Where the name comes from

On 16 August 1869, during the War of the Triple Alliance, a Paraguayan army largely made up of children held out at Barrero Grande, today the city of Eusebio Ayala. It is remembered as the battle of the children.

For decades that battle was called Rubio Ñu. The mistake came from a poem by the priest Juan B. Tournedou and was repeated until 1948, when the historian Andrés Aguirre secured a decree renaming it Acosta Ñu, after the fields where it actually took place, and making 16 August Children's Day.

The club was founded in 1913, thirty-five years before that correction. A group of boys from Santísima Trinidad, all under eighteen, named their club after the battle as it was known at the time, and chose white and green in tribute to those children. Ñu means field in Guaraní.

Boys who named their club after other boys

This section is pending validation by the club's historical archive.

Monument to the Child Martyrs of Acosta Ñu, with the Paraguayan flag cut in sheet metal and the silhouettes of a soldier and a child — Monument to the Child Martyrs, in Eusebio Ayala, where the battle took place. **16 August**, Children's Day in Paraguay

A historic neighbourhood club that honours more than a hundred years of resilience and aims to establish itself in the top flight.

The club's mission is to develop and export Paraguayan and South American talent, sustaining sporting and institutional growth without losing the identity of Santísima Trinidad.

Club facts

Founded: 24 August 1913
Neighbourhood: Santísima Trinidad
City: Asunción, Paraguay
Stadium: La Arboleda
Nicknames: Albiverde, Ñuenses, Laureado
Derby: Sportivo Trinidense
2026 division: First Division
Association: APF

Timeline

1913

The founding

A group of boys under eighteen founds the club on 24 August in Santísima Trinidad, in tribute to the children of Acosta Ñu, and chooses white and green.

1926

First title

Rubio Ñu wins the División Intermedia for the first time and moves up to the top division.

1927

Top-flight debut

The club plays its first season in the highest division of Paraguayan football.

1932

The Chaco War

The club suspends its activities: officials and athletes join the army in the field. It resumes once the war is over.

1936

The refounding

Itá Ybaté and Flor de Mayo, two clubs from the same neighbourhood, merge with Rubio Ñu to keep it alive.

1963

Unbeaten champions

The club wins the second division without losing a match and comes through the play-off to return to the top flight.

2009

The return, and the best finish

Rubio Ñu returns to the top flight after twenty-eight years away and records its best ever campaign in the first division.

2025

División Intermedia champions

The club wins the Paraguayan second division and earns promotion to the top flight.

2026

Top-flight season

Rubio Ñu plays the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the First Division.

La Arboleda

The club's ground, in the same neighbourhood where it was founded. Rubio Ñu plays every home match here. The main stand roof carries the name of Rubén Martin Ruiz Díaz Romero, the club's president.

Location: Santísima Trinidad
Capacity: 8,000
Surface: Natural grass
Opened: To be confirmed

The Rubén Martín Ruiz Díaz stand roof at La Arboleda — The Rubén Martín Ruiz Díaz stand roof, named after the club president.

Corner flag and pitch at La Arboleda — The corner, before the crowd arrives.

Touchline leading to the green and white stand at La Arboleda — The stand, painted white and green.

The academy

La Arboleda is where the club plays on Sundays. The youth teams work somewhere else: at the CARDIF, the Paraguayan Football Association's high-performance centre for youth development, where they train under the APF methodology.

Aerial view of the CARDIF, the Paraguayan Football Association training complex — The CARDIF, the APF high-performance centre for youth football. **Paraguayan Football Association**

Honours

Rubio Ñu's history is not a cabinet full of major trophies: it is the story of a club that fell many times and always climbed back.

División Intermedia champions in 1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008 and 2025.
Best top-flight campaign: fourth place in the 2009 Clausura.
Premio Guaraní, team of the year, 2009.