2004 in Paraguayan football

The following article presents a summary of the 2004 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 10 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Championship game playoff

Since Cerro Porteño won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.

Relegation / Promotion

• Sport Colombia and Sol de América automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table over a three-year period.
• 3 de Febrero and General Caballero ZC promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.

Qualification to international competitions

• Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura; and to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana by winning the 2004 Copa Sudamericana Qualifier.
• Libertad qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores by finishing second in the aggregate points table, and to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in second place in the Torneo Apertura.
• Tacuary qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores as the second-best finisher in the aggregate points table.

Lower divisions results

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

• Copa Libertadores 2004:
  • Olimpia: group-stage
  • Libertad: group-stage
  • Club Guaraní: group-stage

• Copa Sudamericana 2004:
  • Cerro Porteño: quarter-finals
  • Libertad: preliminary first round

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2004.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Paraguay scorers	Report
March 31, 2004	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Brazil	0 - 0	WCQ 2006	-	Report
June 1, 2004	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	2 - 1	WCQ 2006	Cardozo  33'	Report
June 6, 2004	Monumental de Núñez Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	0 - 0	WCQ 2006	-	Report
July 8, 2004	Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru	Costa Rica	0 - 1	Copa America 2004	Dos Santos  85' (pen.)	N/A
July 11, 2004	Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru	Chile	1 - 1	Copa America 2004	Cristaldo  78'	N/A
July 14, 2004	Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru	Brazil	1 - 2	Copa America 2004	J.V. González  29' Bareiro  71'	N/A
July 18, 2004	Estadio Jorge Basadre Tacna, Peru	Uruguay	1 - 3	Copa America 2004	Gamarra  15'	N/A
August 12, 2004	Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece	Japan	4 - 3	2004 Olympic Games	Giménez  5' Cardozo  26',  37' Torres  62'	Report
August 15, 2004	Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece	Ghana	1 - 2	2004 Olympic Games	Gamarra  76'	Report
August 18, 2004	Karaiskaki Stadium Athens, Greece	Italy	1 - 0	2004 Olympic Games	Bareiro  14'	Report
August 21, 2004	Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece	South Korea	3 - 2	2004 Olympic Games	Bareiro  19',  71' Cardozo  61'	Report
August 24, 2004	Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki, Greece	Iraq	1 - 3	2004 Olympic Games	Cardozo  17',  34' Bareiro 68'	Report
August 28, 2004	Olympic Stadium Athens, Greece	Argentina	1 - 0	2004 Olympic Games	-	Report
September 5, 2004	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Venezuela	1 - 0	WCQ 2006	Gamarra  52'	Report
October 9, 2004	Metropolitano Roberto Melendez Barranquilla, Colombia	Colombia	1 - 1	WCQ 2006	Torres  78'	Report
October 13, 2004	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Peru	1 - 1	WCQ 2006	Paredes  13'	Report
November 17, 2004	Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1 - 0	WCQ 2006	-	Report

References

• Paraguay 2004 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
• Diario ABC Color