The semifinals had Internacional face off against a tough opponent: Olimpia, who were the reigning champions of Paraguay.

# Donna Olimpia Torlonia ( born 1943 ), who married the French millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller.

Jesus Colon's niece ( daughter of Joaquin ), Olimpia Colón Aponte, is a retired writer who lives in Puerto Rico.

On September 5, 2003, he became the second Italian player to enter into the Basketball Hall of Fame after Cesare Rubini, who served Olimpia Milano, both as player and coach between the 1940s and the 1970s.

The final decision came to William Paats who chose Club Olimpia as the team official name, in honor of the Greek city of Olympia where the Olympic Games were born.

Ironically, the winning goal for Peñarol in the finals was scored by Uruguayan Luis Alberto Cubilla, who later became a coach and led Olimpia to several national and international championships.

The new president hired coach Luis Alberto Cubilla, who in 1979 led Olimpia to its first international cup win when the club defeated Boca Juniors of Argentina in the Copa Libertadores final.

The portrait painted to commemorate the Holy Year was commissioned by his hedonistic sister-in-law Olimpia Maidalchini who was his close confidante and adviser, and some say mistress.

The new palazzo became the home of Innocent's widowed and unpopular sister-in-law Olimpia Maidalchini, who was his confidante and advisor and, more scurrilously, reputed to be his mistress.

One of the players for Olimpia was legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, who retired from professional football the following year.

Nathanael is invited, and becomes enraptured by Olimpia who plays the harpsichord, sings and dances.

Eventually Nathaniel determines to propose to Olimpia, but when he arrives at her rooms he finds an argument in progress between Spalanzani and Coppola, who are fighting over the body of Olimpia and arguing over who made the eyes and who made the clockwork.

* Olimpia (" she who comes from Olympus " in the Classical context ): " Daughter " of Nathaniel's professor, Spalanzani, who is later revealed to be an automaton, or robot ; this revelation is one of the elements that incites Nathaniel's madness.

Olimpia, who fired coach Ever Hugo Almeida last week despite being unbeaten in their first four games, suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at home to promoted Rubio Nu on in their first match under his replacement Gregorio Perez.

Henceforth the papal policy towards France became more friendly, and somewhat later the Barberini were rehabilitated when the son of Taddeo Barberini, Maffeo Barberini, married Olimpia Giustiniani, a niece of Innocent X.

In 1859 further sculptural fragments were found under Teatro Olimpia, part of the Peretti Palace in via in Lucina, close to the Italian Parliament Building and the sculptures were recognized as having belonged to the same monument.

By July of that year, it became clear that the conditions were extremely difficult and that the stability of Teatro Olimpia might well be compromised.

Seventy cubic metres of ground under what was by then the Cinema Nuovo Olimpia were frozen, whilst the altar was extracted.

They were also the first ever winner of the Copa Libertadores, defeating Club Olimpia during the 1960 final series.

Again, they were runner-up, losing the final to Olimpia of Paraguay on penalties.

Their children were Olimpia, Eugenia, Belén, Plácido and Manuel.

Naturally there were many salons with some of the most prominent being hosted by Clara Maffei in Milan, Emilia Peruzzi in Florence and Olimpia Rossi Savio in Turin.

The first edition held in Yokohama was the match between Real Madrid and Olimpia, where Real were crowned champions.

The eighties were a dominant era for Olimpia, as they went on to win 5 times of the 10 tournaments played.

With players like: Dolmen Flores Juan Flores, Juan Carlos Contreras and Uruguayan Vicente Daniel Viera, Olimpia were a major threat.

He scored 3 goals in 9 league appearances in 1998 season as Olimpia were crowned champions of the Primera División.

Olimpia had also reached the knock-out stages of the 1998 Copa Libertadores where they were eliminated by Colón de Santa Fe.

It was also reported that Colón de Santa Fé and Primera División Paraguaya club Olimpia Asunción were also chasing Santa Cruz.

Taddeo Barberini died in Paris in 1647 but in 1653 Antonio and Francesco Barberini were allowed to return to Rome after sealing a reconciliation with Innocent X through the marriage of Taddeo's son Maffeo Barberini and Olimpia Giustiniani ( a niece of Innocent X ).

The youngest children of Manuel and Olimpia Marto, Francisco and Jacinta were typical of Portuguese village children of that time.

Olimpia Asunción, of Paraguay, Universidad Católica, of Chile, and Flamengo, of Brazil were in Once Calda's group.

That evening, three names for the club were suggested: Paraguay, Esparta and Olimpia.

His tenure did not last long, as Olimpia were unable to win the championship.

Other " clásicos " of Paraguayan football in which Olimpia takes part are the ones against Club Guaraní ( called " el clásico más añejo ", which means " the oldest derby " because they were the first two teams in Paraguay ) and against Club Libertad ( Black and White derby ).

* Julio César Cáceres ( born 1979 ), Paraguayan football player, currently playing for Olimpia Asuncion

He also won the Swedish championship and Svenska Cupen several times and was runner-up in the Intercontinental Cup in 1979 ( Nottingham Forest had declined to participate ), the Swedish team lost against Olimpia from Paraguay ( Libertadores Cup Champion 1979 ).

The achievement of all the mentioned international titles in 1979 and 1990 established Olimpia as one of the most respected and traditional teams in South American football.

From that point on Almeida played with Olimpia for nearly two decades, setting a record for being the player with most appearances in the Copa Libertadores with 113, from 1973 to 1990, winning the tournament on two occasions ( 1979 and 1990 ).

He also won the Intercontinental Cup ( 1979 ), Supercopa Sudamericana ( 1990 ), and the Recopa Sudamericana ( 1991 ), along with several Paraguayan national championships with Olimpia.

San Lorenzo also won the first edition of the Copa Sudamericana in December 2002, claiming their second international title, and getting the opportunity to play the Recopa against the Copa Libertadores champion Olimpia

In the Copa Libertadores 1988 Oriente was drawn in group 4 with: Bolívar ( Bolivian rivals ), Cerro Porteño, Olimpia Oriente finish 1st in the group. after beating local Olimpia of 1-0 and their wins in the Bolívar visitor status at the same Olympia again, both by 2-1.

In the Copa Libertadores 2012, Lanús got its biggest win in international competitions in history ( 6-0 against Olimpia in La Fortaleza ).

* In international tournaments: 6 – 0 v Club Olimpia ( 2012 Copa Libertadores )

Enciso returned to Paraguay in 2001 to play for Olimpia Asunción where he won the Copa Libertadores 2002 and the Recopa Sudamericana 2003.

That same year he won the Copa Libertadores as a captain with Olimpia.

That result allowed Olimpia to play their effective defensive scheme in the famous La Bombonera stadium in the second leg, ending the match in a 0 – 0 draw that gave the Paraguayan side its first Copa Libertadores.

In that same year, Olimpia won the Copa Interamericana by defeating Deportivo FAS of El Salvador by an aggregate of 8 – 3 ( first leg result: 3 – 3, second leg result: 5 – 0 ) and the Intercontinental Cup by defeating the UEFA Champions League runner-up Malmö FF of Sweden by an aggregate win of 3 – 1.

The signing of Oscar Amarilla was negative for Olimpia as expected, as the team reached the 1989 Copa Libertadores finals but came up short, being defeated by Atlético Nacional.

In 1991 Olimpia reached the Copa Libertadores final for the third time in a row but lost the finals against Colo Colo.

Olimpia squad during a 2002 Copa Libertadores match.

This was not only an historic date in Olimpia's history because of the centenary, but it marked the year where Olimpia obtained its third Copa Libertadores.

Olimpia has failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores consistently in the last few years, and has not won the local tournament since 2000.

A fourth place finish in the global tabulation ( adding both Apertura and Clausura tournaments ) has allowed Olimpia to return to international play in the Copa Sudamericana of 2008 after 4 years of absence.

Olimpia will participate in 2012's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana as the " competitor number one " of Paraguay. The Title was celebrated by fans hugely on the streets of Asuncion and Nearby Cities due to the way it was won with Olimpia having a Precious One Point Lead over Rivals Cerro until the very last day also because Olimpia won it despite many key injuries to key players, internal arguments with Chairman Recanate but in the end ended up being solved and due to criticism by other teams's fans about controversial calls made in favor of Olimpia.