On December 18, 2011, Olimpia made its 39th national tournament by winning the 2011 Clausura after eleven years, the longest period without obtaining a national championship. The title came after defeating Rubio Ñu 2–1 at the Defensores del Chaco stadium and achieving 46 points on the tournament. 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 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. In the end, Olimpia won because it had the most stable team in Paraguay although not playing beautifully but very effective especially with free kicks and the fans support was big during the whole year.