The club's wealthy president, Francisco Ocampo, finances the outfit himself.
Ocampo bought the land and built the stadium and has helped Tacuary, who were
founded in 1923, to move from amateur status to the first division for the first
time.
Campos has also forged links with Italian club Juventus -- hence the decision
to name the stadium after their former Italy forward Roberto Bettega, who came
over for the official opening.
Most clubs have to struggle through the year, depending on extras to get by.
Opponents Nacional, for example, receive much-needed income by renting part
of their land to a supermarket.
Even television, a lifeline in most countries, brings in only $10,000 per
month to each of the first division clubs.
There are two possibilities of economic salvation -- qualifying for the
Libertadores Cup, South America's equivalent of the Champions League, or selling
a player abroad.
"If they can sell a player, it saves the year," said former Paraguay
goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez, who works as a players' agent.
IMPORTANT DATES
The Paraguayan championship has 11 teams, of which eight are based in the
capital Asuncion, and one each in Itagua, Ciudad del Este and Pedro Juan
Caballero.
Three clubs are named after dates: 3 de febrero (February 3), when former
dictator Alfredo Stroessner was overthrown in 1989; 9 de Mayo (May 9), the name
of a regiment which fought in the War of the Chaco; and 12 de Octubre (October
12), the date of the discovery of America.
The championship is reasonably straightforward, being divided into two stages
with the winners of each meeting in the end-of-season final. If the same team
wins both stages, they take the title automatically.
It is a big improvement on past years when incomprehensible formats sometimes
led to chaos.
