Liga Paraguaya: Primera División

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Liga Paraguaya (Paraguayan League, in English), also known as "División Profesional", is the top category of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association. Currently, there are 11 teams in the first division.

Contents 1 History 2 First Division teams 3 List of champions 3.1 Amateur Era 3.2 Professional Era 4 Titles by team 5 External links

[edit] History

Liga Paraguaya's first game was played in 1906, after the director of the El Diario newspaper, Don Adolfo Riquelme, brought to his office on June 18, 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time (Olimpia, Guaraní, Libertad, General Díaz, and Nacional) to create the governing body of football in Paraguay: the Liga Paraguaya de Fútbol (known today as Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). The representatives were William Paats and Junio Godoy (Olimpia) Ramón Caballero, Manuel Bella and Salvador Melián (Guaraní), Juan Escalada (Libertad), César Urdapilleta (General Díaz), and Vicente Gadea (Nacional). The Liga Paraguaya saw Club Guaraní as the first champion in 1906, after defeating Olimpia in the final.

The Paraguayan Football Association joined CONMEBOL in 1921, and FIFA in 1925. The professional era of the competition in the Liga started in 1941.

Liga Paraguaya currently divides its championships into two sections, the Tornero Apertura, or Opening Tournament, and Torneo Clausura, or Closing Tournament. The winners of each Tournament stage a playoff to decide each year's championship. If the same team wins both stages, it automatically wins the championship. The team with the worst average points over the last four years is automatically relegated to the second division league; and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up. The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.

[edit] First Division teams

The following are the teams in the first division in 2006:

• Cerro Porteño
• Olimpia
• 12 de Octubre
• Fernando de la Mora
• Guaraní
• Libertad
• Luqueño
• Nacional
• Club 2 de Mayo
• Tacuary
• 3 de Febrero

[edit] List of champions

[edit] Amateur Era

1906 Guaraní 1907 Guaraní 1908 no championship awarded 1909 Nacional 1910 Libertad 1911 Nacional 1912 Olimpia 1913 Cerro Porteño 1914 Olimpia 1915 Cerro Porteño 1916 Olimpia

1917 Libertad 1918 Cerro Porteño 1919 Cerro Porteño 1920 Libertad 1921 Guaraní 1922 no championship awarded 1923 Guaraní 1924 Nacional 1925 Olimpia 1926 Nacional

1927 Olimpia 1928 Olimpia 1929 Olimpia 1930 Libertad 1931 Olimpia 1932 no championship awarded 1933 no championship awarded 1934 no championship awarded

[edit] Professional Era

1935 Cerro Porteño 1936 Olimpia 1937 Olimpia 1938 Olimpia 1939 Cerro Porteño 1940 Cerro Porteño 1941 Cerro Porteño 1942 Nacional 1943 Libertad 1944 Cerro Porteño 1945 Libertad 1946 Nacional 1947 Olimpia 1948 Olimpia 1949 Guaraní 1950 Cerro Porteño 1951 Sportivo Luqueño 1952 Presidente Hayes 1953 Sportivo Luqueño 1954 Cerro Porteño 1955 Libertad 1956 Olimpia 1957 Olimpia 1958 Olimpia

1959 Olimpia 1960 Olimpia 1961 Cerro Porteño 1962 Olimpia 1963 Cerro Porteño 1964 Guaraní 1965 Olimpia 1966 Cerro Porteño 1967 Guaraní 1968 Olimpia 1969 Guaraní 1970 Cerro Porteño 1971 Olimpia 1972 Cerro Porteño 1973 Cerro Porteño 1974 Cerro Porteño 1975 Olimpia 1976 Libertad 1977 Cerro Porteño 1978 Olimpia 1979 Olimpia 1980 Olimpia 1981 Olimpia 1982 Olimpia

1983 Olimpia 1984 Guaraní 1985 Olimpia 1986 Sol de América 1987 Cerro Porteño 1988 Olimpia 1989 Olimpia 1990 Cerro Porteño 1991 Sol de América 1992 Cerro Porteño 1993 Olimpia 1994 Cerro Porteño 1995 Olimpia 1996 Cerro Porteño 1997 Olimpia 1998 Olimpia 1999 Olimpia 2000 Olimpia 2001 Cerro Porteño 2002 Libertad 2003 Libertad 2004 Cerro Porteño 2005 Cerro Porteño 2006 Libertad

[edit] Titles by team

• Olimpia 38 times
• Cerro Porteño 27 times
• Libertad 11 times
• Guaraní 9 times
• Nacional 6 times
• Sol de América 2 times
• Sportivo Luqueño 2 times
• Presidente Hayes 1 time

[edit] External links

• RSSSF
• Paraguayan Football Association Official website

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