2019 Paraguayan Primera División season
Season | 2019 |
---|---|
Dates | 22 January – 15 December 2019 |
Champions | Apertura: Olimpia (43rd title) Clausura: Olimpia (44th title) |
Relegated | Deportivo Capiatá Deportivo Santaní |
Copa Libertadores | Olimpia Libertad Cerro Porteño Guaraní |
Copa Sudamericana | Sol de América Nacional River Plate Sportivo Luqueño |
Matches played | 264 |
Goals scored | 724 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: William Mendieta and Roque Santa Cruz (11 goals each) Clausura: Roque Santa Cruz (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | Cerro Porteño 7–2 Sol de América (18 March) Guaraní 5–0 General Díaz (1 September) Cerro Porteño 5–0 Nacional (10 November) |
Biggest away win | Deportivo Santaní 0–6 Olimpia (4 May) Deportivo Capiatá 0–6 Olimpia (30 August) |
Highest scoring | Cerro Porteño 7–2 Sol de América (18 March) |
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The 2019 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 22 January and ended on 15 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 13 December 2018.[1] Olimpia were the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2018 season, and won a third championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura with three matches to spare after defeating Deportivo Santaní by a 6–0 score on 4 May.[2] Olimpia also crowned themselves in the Torneo Clausura, winning a fourth title in a row with one matchday remaining, following a 2–2 draw at home against Guaraní on 8 December.[3]
Teams
Twelve teams competed in the season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the previous season, and two teams promoted from the División Intermedia. The new teams were 2018 División Intermedia champions River Plate and runners-up San Lorenzo, who returned to the top flight after two and three years, respectively. Both replaced Independiente (CG) and 3 de Febrero, who were relegated to the second tier after two and one year, respectively.
Stadia and locations
Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cerro Porteño | ![]() |
Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 45,000 |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
Capiatá | Erico Galeano | 10,000 |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
San Estanislao | Juan José Vázquez | 8,000 |
General Díaz | ![]() |
Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
Guaraní | ![]() |
Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
Libertad | ![]() |
Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
Nacional | ![]() |
Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
Olimpia | ![]() |
Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 25,000 |
River Plate | ![]() |
Asunción | River Plate | 6,500 |
San Lorenzo | ![]() |
San Lorenzo | Gunther Vogel | 5,000 |
Sol de América | ![]() |
Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 10,000 |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() |
Luque | La Arboledaa | 8,000 |
Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium.
a: Sportivo Luqueño will play their home games at Estadio La Arboleda in Asunción as their regular stadium Estadio Feliciano Cáceres is closed for repair works.[4] They played their Torneo Apertura home game against San Lorenzo at Estadio Erico Galeano in Capiatá.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torneo Apertura | ||||||
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 8 December 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() |
19 December 2018[5] |
Nacional | ![]() |
Sacked | 31 January 2019[6] | 12th | ![]() |
31 January 2019[7] |
General Díaz | ![]() |
Resigned | 10 February 2019[8] | 10th | ![]() |
11 February 2019[9] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() |
15 February 2019[10] | 10th | ![]() |
11 February 2019[11] | |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 February 2019[12] | 12th | ![]() |
17 February 2019[12] |
Sol de América | ![]() |
Resigned | 22 February 2019[13] | 5th | ![]() |
23 February 2019[14] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
Sacked | 28 February 2019[15] | 8th | ![]() |
1 March 2019[15] |
Nacional | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 4 March 2019[16] | 11th | ![]() |
4 March 2019[16] |
Libertad | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 March 2019[17] | 8th | ![]() |
7 March 2019[18] |
Sol de América | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 18 March 2019 | 9th | ![]() |
19 March 2019[19] |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 March 2019[20] | 12th | ![]() |
21 March 2019[20] |
General Díaz | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 18 April 2019[21] | 11th | ![]() |
18 April 2019[21] |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Resigned | 21 April 2019[22] | 12th | ![]() |
22 April 2019[23] |
Torneo Clausura | ||||||
Cerro Porteño | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 20 May 2019[24] | Pre-tournament | ![]() |
7 June 2019[25] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 May 2019[26] | ![]() |
23 May 2019[27] | |
Guaraní | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 29 May 2019[28] | ![]() |
6 June 2019[29] | |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Resigned | 4 June 2019[30] | ![]() |
6 June 2019[31] | |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 August 2019[32] | 7th | ![]() |
25 August 2019[32] |
Sol de América | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 25 August 2019[33] | 9th | ![]() |
28 August 2019[34] |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 August 2019[35] | 12th | ![]() |
27 August 2019[35] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 30 August 2019[36] | 11th | ![]() |
31 August 2019[37] |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 31 August 2019 | 12th | ![]() |
1 September 2019[38] |
Nacional | ![]() |
Signed by Independiente Medellín | 4 September 2019[39] | 8th | ![]() |
9 September 2019[40] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 September 2019[41] | 12th | ![]() |
26 September 2019[41] |
River Plate | ![]() |
Resigned | 2 October 2019[42] | 8th | ![]() |
3 October 2019[43] |
Cerro Porteño | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 8 October 2019[44] | 4th | ![]() |
8 October 2019[44] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() |
Sacked | 8 October 2019[45] | 12th | ![]() |
8 October 2019[45] |
Deportivo Santaní | ![]() |
Resigned | 27 October 2019[46] | 10th | ![]() |
27 October 2019[46] |
Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Víctor Genes", was the 119th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2019 season. It started on January 22 and concluded on May 20.[1]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olimpia (C) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 17 | +44 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 43 | |
3 | Libertad | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 37 | |
4 | Guaraní | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 37 | |
5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 31 | |
6 | River Plate | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 28 | |
7 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 27 | |
8 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 26 | |
9 | Sol de América | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 26 | |
10 | Nacional | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 23 | |
11 | General Díaz | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 16 | |
12 | Deportivo Santaní | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 13 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Ranulfo Miranda y 100 años de la Cruz Roja Paraguaya", was the 120th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2019 season. It started on July 12 and concluded on December 15.[48]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olimpia (C) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 54 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Libertad | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 48 | |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 37 | |
4 | Guaraní | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 32 | |
5 | Sol de América | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 31 | |
6 | Nacional | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 29 | |
7 | General Díaz | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 25 | |
8 | River Plate | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 24 | |
9 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | |
10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 21 | |
11 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 21 | |
12 | Deportivo Santaní | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olimpia (C) | 44 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 114 | 32 | +82 | 108 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Libertad | 44 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 85 | |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 90 | 53 | +37 | 80 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
4 | Guaraní | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 69 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores first stage |
5 | Sol de América | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
6 | Nacional | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 52 | |
7 | River Plate | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 52 | |
8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 47 | 66 | −19 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage[a] |
9 | San Lorenzo | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 49 | |
10 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 70 | −28 | 47 | |
11 | General Díaz | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 41 | |
12 | Deportivo Santaní | 44 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 77 | −42 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide international qualification between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Sportivo Luqueño qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage since Deportivo Capiatá, the 2019 Copa Paraguay third-placed team, were relegated and lost the right to claim their berth.
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 were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Pos |
Team |
2017 Pts |
2018 Pts |
2019 Pts |
Total Pts |
Total Pld |
Avg | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olimpia | 78 | 102 | 108 | 288 | 132 | 2.182 | |
2 | Cerro Porteño | 80 | 82 | 80 | 242 | 132 | 1.833 | |
3 | Libertad | 75 | 76 | 85 | 236 | 132 | 1.788 | |
4 | Guaraní | 85 | 48 | 69 | 202 | 132 | 1.53 | |
5 | Sol de América | 62 | 63 | 57 | 182 | 132 | 1.379 | |
6 | Nacional | 50 | 65 | 52 | 167 | 132 | 1.265 | |
7 | River Plate | — | — | 52 | 52 | 44 | 1.182 | |
8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 50 | 46 | 52 | 148 | 132 | 1.121 | |
9 | San Lorenzo | — | — | 49 | 49 | 44 | 1.114 | |
10 | General Díaz | 60 | 46 | 41 | 147 | 132 | 1.114 | |
11 | Deportivo Capiatá (R) | 50 | 45 | 47 | 142 | 132 | 1.076 | Relegation to División Intermedia |
12 | Deportivo Santaní (R) | — | 50 | 32 | 82 | 88 | 0.932 |
Updated to games played on 15 December 2019. Source: APF
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External links
- APF's official website (in Spanish)