2017 Paraguayan Primera División season

Primera División
Season 2017
Champions Apertura: Libertad (20th title)
Copa Libertadores Libertad
Matches played 152
Goals scored 393 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura: Santiago Salcedo (15 goals)
Biggest home win Cerro Porteño 4–0 Rubio Ñu
(15 April 2017)
General Díaz 4–0 Independiente
(11 August 2017)
Biggest away win General Díaz 0–5 Sol de América
(30 March 2017)
Highest scoring Sportivo Trinidense 3–3 Sportivo Luqueño
(17 February 2017)
Guaraní 3–3 Olimpia
(26 February 2017)
Nacional 2–4 Olimpia
(25 March 2017)
Sportivo Trinidense 3–3 Rubio Ñu
(22 April 2017)
Guaraní 4–2 Sportivo Luqueño
(13 May 2017)
Deportivo Capiatá 1–5 Olimpia
(14 May 2017)
Independiente 4–2 Guaraní
(21 May 2017)
Nacional 2–4 General Díaz
(29 May 2017)
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 División Profesional season (officially the 2017 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro Porteño Paraguay Gustavo Florentín Asunción General Pablo Rojasa 32,000
Deportivo Capiatá Paraguay Diego Gavilán Capiatá Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia 10,000
General Díaz Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500
Guaraní Argentina Daniel Garnero Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
Independiente Paraguay Celso Ayala Asunción Ricardo Gregor 1,500
Libertad Spain Fernando Jubero Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000
Nacional ParaguayUruguay Ever Hugo Almeida Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000
Olimpia Uruguay Pablo Repetto Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000
Rubio Ñu Paraguay Carlos Humberto Paredes Asunción La Arboleda 5,000
Sol de América Argentina Fernando Ortiz Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000
Sportivo Luqueño Paraguay Héctor Marecos Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
Sportivo Trinidense Paraguay Juan Daniel Cáceres Asunción Martín Torres 3,000

a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th official championship of the Primera División, called "Mario Agustín Sapriza Nunes", and the first championship of the 2017 season. It began on February 3[1] and ended on June 24.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Libertad (C) 22 15 4 3 40 14 +26 49 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Guaraní 22 15 3 4 48 31 +17 48
3 Olimpia 22 9 9 4 32 23 +9 36
4 Cerro Porteño 22 11 2 9 26 26 0 35
5 Sol de América 22 8 10 4 31 17 +14 34
6 Independiente 22 7 8 7 27 27 0 29
7 General Díaz 22 6 7 9 22 32 −10 25
8 Deportivo Capiatá 22 7 3 12 21 31 −10 24
9 Nacional 22 5 8 9 24 30 −6 23
10 Rubio Ñu 22 4 8 10 25 35 −10 20
11 Sportivo Luqueño 22 3 8 11 21 33 −12 17
12 Sportivo Trinidense 22 1 12 9 23 41 −18 15
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion.

[2]

Results

Home \ Away CEP CAP GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RUB SOL SLU STR
Cerro Porteño — 2–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 0–0
Deportivo Capiatá 1–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–3
General Díaz 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–5 2–1 3–0
Guaraní 2–1 4–2 0–0 — 3–2 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–1
Independiente 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 — 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Libertad 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2
Nacional 2–0 1–2 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1
Olimpia 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 0–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 1–1
Sol de América 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–1 3–0
Sportivo Luqueño 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 0–0
Sportivo Trinidense 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–3 2–2 3–3 —
Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Santiago Salcedo Libertad 15
2 Paraguay Alfio Oviedo Independiente 11
3 Paraguay Néstor Camacho Guaraní 10
4 Paraguay Brian Montenegro Olimpia 8
5 Argentina Guido Di Vanni Sportivo Luqueño 7
Paraguay Nicolás Martínez Sportivo Trinidense 7
Paraguay Jesús Medina Libertad 7
Paraguay Jorge Ortega Rubio Ñu 7

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, will be the 116th official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario del Club General Díaz - Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa", and the second championship of the 2017 season. It began on July 21 and will end on December 10.[3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 General Díaz 4 3 1 0 11 3 +8 10 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Olimpia 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
3 Guaraní 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
4 Sportivo Luqueño 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
5 Libertad 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
6 Nacional 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
7 Rubio Ñu 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
8 Cerro Porteño 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
9 Deportivo Capiatá 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
10 Independiente 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3
11 Sportivo Trinidense 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
12 Sol de América 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots

Results

Home \ Away CEP CAP GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RUB SOL SLU STR
Cerro Porteño — 1–0
Deportivo Capiatá — 1–0 2–3
General Díaz 2–1 — 4–0 4–1
Guaraní — 3–0
Independiente 3–2 — 0–3
Libertad 0–0 — 0–0
Nacional — 1–1
Olimpia — 3–0
Rubio Ñu 2–0 0–1 —
Sol de América 1–1 0–3 —
Sportivo Luqueño 1–3 —
Sportivo Trinidense 1–1 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Walter González Olimpia 3
2 Paraguay Derlis Alegre Sportivo Luqueño 2
Paraguay Wilson Ayala Independiente 2
Paraguay Antonio Bareiro Libertad 2
Argentina Cristian Chávez Guaraní 2
Paraguay Rogerio Leichtweis General Díaz 2

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guaraní 25 17 4 4 54 32 +22 55 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Libertad (C, Q) 25 16 6 3 43 15 +28 54 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Olimpia 25 11 10 4 39 24 +15 43 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Cerro Porteño 25 12 2 11 30 31 −1 38 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Sol de América 25 8 11 6 33 25 +8 35
6 General Díaz 26 9 8 9 33 35 −2 35
7 Independiente 26 8 8 10 30 39 −9 32
8 Nacional 26 6 10 10 27 33 −6 28
9 Deportivo Capiatá 25 8 3 14 24 36 −12 27
10 Rubio Ñu 26 5 9 12 27 39 −12 24
11 Sportivo Luqueño 25 5 8 12 28 38 −10 23
12 Sportivo Trinidense 25 1 13 11 25 46 −21 16
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
If there are more than two teams tied in points: 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Libertad qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the Torneo Apertura.

Relegation

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

Pos
 Team
 2015
Pts 		2016
Pts 		2017
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg Relegation
1 Guaraní 86 83 55 224 113 1.9823
2 Libertad 76 83 54 213 113 1.885
3 Olimpia 79 90 43 212 113 1.8761
4 Cerro Porteño 96 66 38 200 113 1.7699
5 Sol de América 57 63 35 155 113 1.3717
6 Deportivo Capiatá 54 67 27 148 113 1.3097
7 Independiente — — 32 32 26 1.2308
8 Sportivo Luqueño 57 53 23 133 113 1.177
9 General Díaz 45 46 35 126 114 1.1053
10 Nacional 43 54 28 125 114 1.0965
11 Rubio Ñu 48 48 24 120 114 1.0526 Relegation to División Intermedia
12 Sportivo Trinidense — — 16 16 25 0.64

Updated to games played on 11 August 2017.
Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "El torneo Apertura de fútbol en Paraguay 2017 abrirá con el duelo de los vigentes campeones". EFE. Retrieved 6 January 2017. (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ http://www.espnfc.us/primera-division-de-paraguay/1892/table
  3. ↑ "Hoy lunes se realizará el sorteo del Fixture Clausura 2017". APF. 26 June 2017. (in Spanish)
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