3 de Febrero matchday, fan first

Club 3 de Febrero are a football club from Ciudad del Este, the commercial capital of Alto Paraná department in eastern Paraguay, on the Paraguayan side of the Iguazú tri-border. Deep-tail record: English-language sources are thin and most modules are held pending verification. What is confirmed — founded 1970, home ground Estadio Antonio Aranda (renamed from Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi in November 2013), currently playing in the Primera B Nacional (third tier) from 2025, city setting near the Iguazú Falls area — is sourced. Invented content has been refused.

Image: Cmasi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — via Wikimedia Commons; final site use needs attribution/licence sign-off.

The answer-first version

Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around 3 de Febrero.

Founded1970

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Club facts and honours

Club 3 de Febrero represents Ciudad del Este in Paraguayan football. Founded in 1970, they rose through regional leagues, reached the División Intermedia (second division) around 2000, and won the second division in 2004 to earn top-flight promotion. Relegated in 2011, they won the Intermedia again in 2013. A further relegation from the Intermedia in 2024 dropped them to the Primera B Nacional (third tier), where they have played from 2025. Their colours are traditionally red and white. Source: Wikipedia (EN/ES) accessed 2026-06-12.

Competition	Result	Years / seasons
División Intermedia (Paraguay)	hold needs verification

Tickets and stadium map

Ciudad del Este is in Alto Paraná department, eastern Paraguay, on the Paraná River at the tri-border with Brazil (Foz do Iguaçu) and Argentina (Puerto Iguazú). The stadium is in the city, next to the bus terminal on Avenida General Bernardino Caballero.

FanChants stand map — find your stand, tier and block area; the away end is marked. Click to enlarge. For your exact seat use the official plan.

3 de Febrero chants

0 chants in the FanChants catalogue.

Top chants

Catalogue count pending API.

Search hooks

3 de Febrero chants
3 de Febrero songs
3 de Febrero fan chants
3 de Febrero lyrics
3 de Febrero anthem
3 de Febrero canciones
Club 3 de Febrero canciones
Estadio Antonio Aranda ambiente

Food, drink and nights out

Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.

city centre food · family

Mburucuya Shopping / Shopping del Este area

city centre · neutral · mixed

City-centre food and pre-match base. Ciudad del Este is a major commercial hub — large shopping centres with food courts are the main practical eating option before a match.

Ciudad del Este is known for its large commercial centres and border-trade market. Food courts in the main shopping areas serve a practical pre-match option.

keep with caveat: Tripadvisor restaurant and Shopping del Este area listings support Ciudad del Este as a food/shopping district; publish as an area option, not a named restaurant recommendation.

Sources: Ciudad del Este restaurants — Tripadvisor, Restaurants near Shopping Del Este — Tripadvisor, ciudad_del_este_wikipedia

tourist activity · family

Iguazú Falls / Parque Nacional Iguazú (Argentine side) and Cataratas do Iguaçu (Brazilian side)

day trip · neutral · mixed

Major regional tourist draw for visiting fans combining the match with a trip to Iguazú Falls. The Argentine and Brazilian sides of the Falls are both within day-trip distance of Ciudad del Este.

Both national park sides have on-site dining; quality varies. Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil side) has more hotel and restaurant infrastructure.

keep with caveat: Official Argentine and Brazilian park sources support Iguazú Falls as a legitimate regional attraction; border crossing, park hours and pricing remain live checks.

Sources: iguazu_national_park_ar, iguazu_national_park_br

tourist activity

Puente de la Amistad (Friendship Bridge) and tri-border area

city landmark · neutral · free

Iconic landmark of Ciudad del Este — the Friendship Bridge across the Paraná River links Paraguay and Brazil. A recognisable orientation point for visiting fans.

keep with caveat: Friendship Bridge/tri-border context is source-backed as regional orientation. It is a landmark/context row, not a food or night-out recommendation.

Sources: ciudad_del_este_wikipedia, File:The Friendship Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil — Wikimedia Commons

Hotels

Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.

Hotel	Fit	Why it belongs	Source
Ciudad del Este city-centre hotel options (Rio Hotel by Bourbon / Howard Johnson)	city centre · commercial district	Ciudad del Este has a range of hotels serving its large commercial and border-trade visitor base. No specific hotel has been independently verified with current quality signals for football visitors. keep with caveat: Tripadvisor and Expedia show reviewed city-centre hotels including Rio Hotel by Bourbon and Howard Johnson; use as a shortlist area, not a single-property endorsement.	Ciudad del Este hotels — Tripadvisor, Howard Johnson Ciudad del Este — Tripadvisor, Ciudad del Este hotels — Expedia
Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) — hotel base for the Falls area	iguazu day trip · cross border	Foz do Iguaçu, on the Brazilian side of the Iguazú tri-border, has significantly more hotel and restaurant infrastructure than Ciudad del Este for visiting tourists combining a match with the Falls. keep with caveat: Foz do Iguaçu is a plausible Falls-side hotel base; include only with explicit border/logistics caveats for Paraguay match travel.	iguazu_national_park_br, Ciudad del Este hotels — Expedia

Itineraries

Matchday and Iguazú Falls — the tri-border weekend

Base yourself in Ciudad del Este or Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil side) for the trip.
Visit the Cataratas do Iguaçu (Brazilian side) or Parque Nacional Iguazú (Argentine side) — each is a full half-day to full-day visit.
Attend the 3 de Febrero match at the Estadio Antonio Aranda — check the APF (apf.org.py) fixture list for dates and times.
The Puente de la Amistad connects Ciudad del Este and Foz do Iguaçu; border crossing requires current documentation check.

Supporters and fan media

Video leads

Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.

Social content seeds

place story · qa_hold

Border-city football: the club from Paraguay's commercial capital

3 de Febrero play football in Ciudad del Este — Paraguay's largest city by commercial volume, on the Paraná River at the tri-border with Brazil and Argentina. Red and white since 1970, they represent a city shaped by cross-border trade and the pull of Iguazú Falls.

Channels: instagram · x · facebook

Sources: ciudad_del_este_wikipedia, apf_federation_page

founding story · qa_hold

1970: founded on the date that gave them their name

Club 3 de Febrero were founded in 1970 and named for the date 3 February — a national holiday in Paraguay (Día de San Blas). Over 55 years later they still represent Ciudad del Este in Paraguayan football.

Channels: instagram · facebook · x

Sources: apf_federation_page

travel hook · qa_hold

Football at the edge of three countries

Ciudad del Este sits where Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina meet. Visiting 3 de Febrero means you are within reach of Iguazú Falls — one of the world's largest waterfall systems — on either the Argentine or Brazilian side. Border-city football, world-heritage nature, one trip.

Channels: instagram · facebook

Sources: iguazu_national_park_ar, iguazu_national_park_br, ciudad_del_este_wikipedia

fan engagement · qa_hold

Searching for 3 de Febrero chants — help build the songbook

FanChants has no recorded chants yet for Club 3 de Febrero. If you sing in the stands at the Estadio Antonio Aranda, send them in. The red-and-white songbook starts with you.

Channels: x · facebook

Sources: FanChants public team search / internal catalogue check

Image candidates and rights

Image	Licence	Creator	State
Downtown Ciudad del Este view 134135.jpg	CC BY-SA 4.0	Cmasi	keep
Ciudad del Este.jpg	CC BY-SA 4.0	Rafael Valdez	keep

QA holds before publishing

{'gate': 'deep-tail sparse record', 'description': 'This is a deliberately sparse record. Most modules are empty or held because verifiable English-language sources are thin. Spanish-language sources (APF website, Paraguayan sports press) are the primary verification path. An honest empty module is correct; do not pad with unverified data.'}
{'gate': 'current division status — VERIFIED 2026-06-12', 'description': "Club Atlético 3 de Febrero plays in the Primera B Nacional (third tier of Paraguayan football) from the 2025 season. They were relegated from the División Intermedia (second tier) in 2024. Source: Wikipedia ES ('milita en la Primera División B Nacional (Tercera División) desde el 2025'), Wikipedia EN, accessed 2026-06-12. Do not publish claims about División Intermedia or División de Honor participation as current."}
{'gate': 'stadium name — CORRECTED 2026-06-12', 'description': "The stadium's name was changed in November 2013 from 'Estadio Teniente Coronel Antonio Oddone Sarubbi' to 'Estadio Antonio Aranda'. The old name appeared throughout the seed data and has been corrected in this record. All references now use 'Estadio Antonio Aranda'. Capacity 28,000 confirmed by Wikipedia EN, StadiumDB, and Football Tripper — candidate status; confirm via official source before publishing. Note: the stadium was renamed in honour of Antonio Aranda Encina, who facilitated construction. This is the same building throughout — not two different stadiums."}
{'gate': 'honours — none verified', 'description': 'No specific league or cup titles confirmed from independent sources. A División Intermedia title history is plausible but unverified. Honours module intentionally holds a single unconfirmed placeholder row. Do not publish until specific seasons and sources are confirmed.'}
{'gate': 'official socials — Facebook candidate, unverified', 'description': "One Facebook URL (facebook.com/Club3deFebrero) carried as candidate. Page ownership, activity level, and current operation not independently verified. Do not publish social links as 'official' without confirming the page is club-operated."}
{'gate': 'Copa Libertadores 2005 — VERIFIED FALSE, gate closed', 'description': 'Club Atlético 3 de Febrero did NOT participate in the 2005 Copa Libertadores. Wikipedia ES confirms they competed in the Copa Verano 2005, not Copa Libertadores. The 2004 second-division title gave them top-flight promotion but not Libertadores qualification. Do not publish any Copa Libertadores claim for this club.'}
{'gate': 'founding date — 1970 confirmed; exact date within 1970 uncertain', 'description': "Founded in 1970 is confirmed by Wikipedia EN, Wikipedia ES, and RSSSF. However, Wikipedia EN gives the date as 20 November 1970, while the club name ('3 de Febrero') evokes 3 February — a national holiday (Día de San Blas) in Paraguay. The 'founded on 3 February' framing in the seed data cannot be confirmed with current sources. Do not publish 'founded 3 February 1970' without a primary source confirming the exact date."}
{'gate': 'chant count zero', 'description': 'Chant count is marked missing_needs_catalogue_api. Confirm via FanChants API before publishing the songbook module or any social post referencing songs.'}
{'gate': 'FanChants URL — both slug variants 404', 'description': "Tested https://www.fanchants.com/football-team/3-de-febrero/ and https://www.fanchants.com/football-team/tres-de-febrero/ — both return 404. public_url_status set to 'missing' (contract vocabulary: verified/candidate/broken/missing). Check the FanChants admin for the team's live URL slug before publishing the songbook module."}
{'gate': 'venue and hotel rows — all hold', 'description': 'No venue or hotel rows have been verified with current independent sources. All venue and hotel rows are hold-status placeholders. Replace with specifically named and sourced options before publishing.'}
{'gate': 'tri-border logistics — volatile', 'description': 'Border crossing requirements between Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina are volatile (visa rules, documentation, crossing hours). Any itinerary content must be verified for currency before publishing and must include a disclaimer that entry requirements change.'}
{'gate': 'image candidates — lead_only, licence not confirmed', 'description': 'Both image candidate rows are research leads only. Individual Wikimedia file licences must be checked per-file at production time. Do not publish without confirmed licence, creator credit, and attribution text.'}
{'gate': 'supporters groups — none documented', 'description': 'No publicly documented independent supporters group found. A public fan Facebook page may exist but was not confirmed as a formal supporters organisation. Supporters groups module intentionally empty.'}

Sources

FanChants is not affiliated with 3 de Febrero. Songs are sent in by fans; FanChants does not claim to record inside stadiums.