2010 Paraguayan Primera División season

Primera División
Season 2010
Champions
Relegated Sport Colombia
Trinidense
Copa Libertadores Libertad
Guaraní
Cerro Porteño
Copa Sudamericana Libertad
Nacional
Olimpia
Matches played 264
Goals scored 667 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura:
Rodrigo Teixeira
Pablo Zeballos
(16 goals each)
Clausura:
Juan Carlos Ferreyra
Roberto Nanni
(12 goals each)
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 División Profesional season (officially the 2010 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It was the third season in which a champion was crowned for each tournament.

Teams

Locations of the 2010 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Oddone Sarubbi 28,000
Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000
Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000
Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000
Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 5,000
Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000
Sport Colombia Fernando de la Mora Alfonso Colmán 7,000
Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
Tacuary Asunción Roberto Béttega 7,000
Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 30.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Guaraní 22 15 4 3 43 20 +23 49 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 14 3 5 37 23 +14 45
3 Olimpia 22 11 6 5 32 18 +14 39
4 Libertad 22 11 5 6 33 15 +18 38
5 Rubio Ñu 22 10 8 4 36 25 +11 38
6 Nacional 22 10 5 7 31 22 +9 35
7 Sportivo Luqueño 22 5 10 7 26 30 −4 25
8 Sol de América 22 7 4 11 27 39 −12 25
9 Trinidense 22 4 7 11 19 34 −15 19
10 3 de Febrero 22 5 4 13 17 32 −15 19
11 Sport Colombia 22 4 5 13 21 40 −19 17
12 Tacuary 22 3 5 14 20 44 −24 14

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points. If two teams are tied on points, a playoff game will be held to break the tie. If more than two clubs are tied on points, the following will be used as a tiebreaker: 1st goal difference; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away-goals scored; 4th draw of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Copa TIGO
2010 Apertura Champion
Guaraní
10th title

Results

Home \ Away[1] 3FE CEP GUALIBNACOLIRÑUSOLSPCSPLTACTRI
3 de Febrero 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3
Cerro Porteño 2–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–1
Guaraní 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 2–0
Libertad 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Nacional 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–0
Olimpia 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–1
Rubio Ñu 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1
Sol de América 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–5 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Sport Colombia 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sportivo Luqueño 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 3–3 3–3
Tacuary 3–0 1–2 1–4 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
Trinidense 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1

Source: APF (Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Rodrigo Teixeira  Brazilian Guaraní 16
Pablo Zeballos  Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 16
3 Guillermo Beltrán  Paraguayan Nacional 8
Nelson Cuevas  Paraguayan Olimpia 8
5 Roberto Acuña  Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 7
Miguel Cuéllar  Paraguayan 3 de Febrero 7
Francisco Esteche  Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 7
Jonathan Fabbro  Paraguayan Guaraní 7
Roberto Gamarra  Paraguayan Libertad 7
10 Diego Alfonso  Paraguayan Tacuary 6
Julio dos Santos  Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 6

Source:[1]

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 16 and ended December 12.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 16 1 5 46 15 +31 49 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 13 7 2 36 18 +18 46
3 Nacional 22 12 6 4 29 18 +11 42
4 Guaraní 22 10 6 6 29 22 +7 36
5 Olimpia 22 7 11 4 31 23 +8 32
6 Rubio Ñu 22 7 7 8 25 32 −7 28
7 Sport Colombia 22 5 9 8 23 30 −7 24
8 Tacuary 22 6 5 11 20 29 −9 23
9 Sol de América 22 5 5 12 20 28 −8 20
10 3 de Febrero 22 4 7 11 19 34 −15 19
11 Trinidense 22 3 9 10 25 46 −21 18
12 Sportivo Luqueño 22 2 11 9 21 29 −8 17

Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1st points. If two teams are tied on points, a playoff game will be held to break the tie. If more than two clubs are tied on points, the following will be used as a tiebreaker: 1st goal difference; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away-goals scored; 4th draw of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Copa TIGO
2010 Clausura Champion
Libertad
15th title

Results

Home \ Away[1] 3FE CEP GUALIBNACOLIRÑUSOLSPCSPLTACTRI
3 de Febrero 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2
Cerro Porteño 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–1
Guaraní 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Libertad 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 7–0
Nacional 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–0 4–1
Olimpia 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0
Sol de América 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2
Sport Colombia 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–1
Sportivo Luqueño 3–3 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Tacuary 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1
Trinidense 1–1 1–5 1–4 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–1

Source: APF (Spanish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Juan Carlos Ferreyra  Argentine Olimpia 12
Roberto Nanni  Argentine Cerro Porteño 12
3 Ángel Orué  Paraguayan Libertad 9
4 Ariel Bogado  Paraguayan Nacional 8
Manuel Maciel  Paraguayan Libertad 8
6 Néstor Camacho  Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 6
Jonathan Fabbro  Paraguayan Guaraní 6
Pablo Zeballos  Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 6
9 Julián Benítez  Paraguayan Guaraní 5
Nery Cardozo  Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 5
Hugo Luzardi  Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 5
Jorge Núñez  Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 5
Luis Ovelar  Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 5
Sergio Samudio  Paraguayan 3 de Febrero 5

Source:[2]

International qualification

The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 44 27 10 7 74 41 +33 91 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Libertad 44 27 6 11 79 30 +49 87 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage 1
3 Guaraní 44 25 10 9 72 42 +30 85 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1
4 Nacional 44 22 11 11 60 40 +20 77 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Olimpia 44 18 17 9 63 41 +22 71
6 Rubio Ñu 44 17 15 12 61 57 +4 66
7 Sol de América 44 12 9 23 47 67 −20 45
8 Sportivo Luqueño 44 7 21 16 47 60 −13 42
9 Sport Colombia 44 9 14 21 44 70 −26 41
10 3 de Febrero 44 9 12 23 36 66 −30 39
11 Tacuary 44 9 11 24 40 73 −33 38
12 Trinidense 44 6 17 21 44 80 −36 35

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points. If two teams are tied on points, a playoff game will be held to break the tie. If more than two clubs are tied on points, the following will be used as a tiebreaker: 1st goal difference; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away-goals scored; 4th draw of lots
1. Libertad and Guaraní qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Clausura and Apertura champion, respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation

Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.

Pos
 Team
 '08 Pts
 '09 Pts
 '10 Pts
 Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 Libertad 101 82 87 270 132 2.0455
2 Cerro Porteño 76 81 91 247 132 1.8712
3 Guaraní 79 67 85 231 132 1.75
4 Nacional 77 77 77 231 132 1.75
5 Olimpia 54 70 71 195 132 1.4773
6 Rubio Ñú 0 63 66 129 88 1.4659
7 Sol de América 63 50 45 158 132 1.197
8 Tacuary 52 64 37 155 132 1.1742
9 Sportivo Luqueño 49 51 42 142 132 1.0758
10 3 de Febrero 51 43 38 132 132 1
11 Sport Colombia 0 0 41 41 44 0.9318 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12 Trinidense 0 0 37 37 44 0.8409

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Goleadores Paraguay - Apertura 2010" [Paraguay Goalscorers - 2010 Apertura] (in Spanish). Teledeportes. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Goleadores Paraguay - Clausura 2010" [Paraguay Goalscorers - 2010 Clausura] (in Spanish). Teledeportes. Retrieved December 24, 2010.

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