2018 Paraguayan Primera División season

Primera División
Season 2018
Dates 2 February – 9 December 2018
Champions Apertura: Olimpia (41st title)
Copa Libertadores Olimpia
Matches played 213
Goals scored 579 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura: Néstor Camacho (14 goals)
Clausura: Diego Churín (9 goals)
Biggest home win Cerro Porteño 5–0 Nacional
(13 April)
Biggest away win Deportivo Santaní 1–5 Olimpia
(4 March)
3 de Febrero 0–4 Olimpia
(15 March)
Guaraní 0–4 Cerro Porteño
(31 March)
General Díaz 1–5 3 de Febrero
(1 October)
Highest scoring Guaraní 6–2 Sol de América
(3 February)
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 13 October 2018.

The 2018 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2018 for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and is scheduled to end on 9 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.

In the Torneo Apertura, Olimpia won their forty-first league title with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Libertad on 30 May.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de FebreroUruguay Eduardo RiveraCiudad del EsteAntonio Aranda23,500
Cerro PorteñoSpain Fernando JuberoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas45,000
Deportivo CapiatáParaguay Diego GavilánCapiatáLic. Erico Galeano Segovia10,000
Deportivo SantaníParaguay Héctor MarecosSan EstanislaoJuan José Vázqueza8,000
General DíazParaguay Aldo BobadillaLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
GuaraníParaguay Gustavo FlorentínAsunciónRogelio Livieresb6,000
Independiente (CG)Paraguay Víctor GenesAsunciónRicardo Gregor1,500
LibertadColombia Leonel ÁlvarezAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalParaguay Celso AyalaAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaArgentina Daniel GarneroAsunciónManuel Ferreira25,000
Sol de AméricaParaguay Ever Hugo AlmeidaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni10,000
Sportivo LuqueñoArgentina Javier SanguinettiLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000

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: Deportivo Santaní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan José Vázquez in San Estanislao.
b: Guaraní played their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción until mid-May while their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres underwent maintenance works. Guaraní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
General Díaz Argentina Mario Jara Resigned 6 December 2017[2] Pre-season Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla 15 December 2017[3]
Guaraní Argentina Daniel Garnero Signed by Olimpia 7 December 2017[4] Argentina Sebastián Saja 8 December 2017[5]
Olimpia Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla Mutual consent 11 December 2017[6] Argentina Daniel Garnero 13 December 2017[7]
Libertad Spain Fernando Jubero Resigned 23 December 2017[8] Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla 28 December 2017[9]
General Díaz Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla 28 December 2017[9] Paraguay Florencio Villalba (caretaker) 2 January 2018[10]
General Díaz Paraguay Florencio Villalba End of caretaker spell 24 January 2018 Paraguay Francisco Arce 24 January 2018[11]
Cerro Porteño Colombia Leonel Álvarez Resigned 31 January 2018[12] Paraguay Jorge Núñez (caretaker) 31 January 2018[12]
Cerro Porteño Paraguay Jorge Núñez End of caretaker spell 5 February 2018 10th Argentina Luis Zubeldía 5 February 2018[13]
Sportivo Luqueño Argentina Javier Sanguinetti Sacked 25 February 2018[14] 12th Uruguay Eduardo Rivera 25 February 2018[14]
3 de Febrero Brazil Marcio Marolla 4 March 2018[15] 12th Paraguay José Arrúa 5 March 2018[16]
Deportivo Santaní Paraguay Pedro Sarabia Mutual consent 14 March 2018[17] 11th Argentina Mario Jara 15 March 2018[18]
Guaraní Argentina Sebastián Saja Resigned 25 March 2018[19] 9th Spain Fernando Burgo (caretaker) 25 March 2018[19]
Sportivo Luqueño Uruguay Eduardo Rivera 3 April 2018[20] 8th Argentina Fernando Ortiz 4 April 2018[21]
General Díaz Paraguay Francisco Arce Sacked 8 April 2018[22] 8th Paraguay Florencio Villalba (caretaker) 9 April 2018[22]
Deportivo Capiatá Paraguay Gustavo Florentín Resigned 26 May 2018[23] 8th Paraguay Diego Gavilán 27 May 2018[24]
Sportivo Luqueño Argentina Fernando Ortiz Sacked 27 May 2018[25] 11th Paraguay Héctor Schönhauser (caretaker) 28 May 2018[26]
Guaraní Spain Fernando Burgo End of caretaker spell 30 May 2018 7th Argentina Juan Manuel Azconzábal 31 May 2018[27]
Sol de América Paraguay Héctor Marecos Sacked 31 May 2018[28] 6th Paraguay Alfredo Vera (caretaker) 1 June 2018[28]
Sol de América Paraguay Alfredo Vera End of caretaker spell 8 June 2018 6th Argentina Fernando Ortiz 9 June 2018[29]
Sportivo Luqueño Paraguay Héctor Schönhauser 9 June 2018 10th Paraguay Gustavo Florentín 9 June 2018[30]
Torneo Clausura
Libertad Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla Mutual consent 21 July 2018[31] 9th Paraguay Eduardo Villalba (caretaker) 21 July 2018[32]
General Díaz Paraguay Florencio Villalba End of caretaker spell 22 July 2018 6th Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla 22 July 2018[33]
3 de Febrero Paraguay José Arrúa Resigned 5 August 2018[34] 7th Uruguay Eduardo Rivera 5 August 2018[34]
Cerro Porteño Argentina Luis Zubeldía Sacked 20 August 2018[35] 3rd Spain Fernando Jubero 22 August 2018[36]
Sol de América Argentina Fernando Ortiz Resigned 24 August 2018[37] 10th Paraguay Ever Hugo Almeida 25 August 2018[38]
Deportivo Santaní Argentina Mario Jara Sacked 26 August 2018[39] 9th Paraguay Héctor Marecos 28 August 2018[40]
Guaraní Argentina Juan Manuel Azconzábal 9 September 2018[41] 10th Paraguay Gustavo Florentín 10 September 2018[42]
Sportivo Luqueño Paraguay Gustavo Florentín Signed by Guaraní 9 September 2018[43] 5th Argentina Javier Sanguinetti 10 September 2018[44]
Independiente (CG) Paraguay Pablo Caballero Resigned 23 September 2018[45] 12th Paraguay Víctor Genes 24 September 2018[46]
Libertad Paraguay Eduardo Villalba End of caretaker spell 8 October 2018 3rd Colombia Leonel Álvarez 9 October 2018[47]

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Centenario del Estadio Defensores del Chaco", was the 117th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2018 season. It started on February 2 and concluded on June 10.[48]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olimpia (C) 22 16 5 1 52 22 +30 53 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 12 6 4 43 17 +26 42
3 Libertad 22 11 6 5 37 24 +13 39
4 Nacional 22 10 8 4 32 21 +11 38
5 Independiente (CG) 22 9 4 9 30 32 −2 31
6 Sol de América 22 8 6 8 36 40 −4 30
7 General Díaz 22 6 6 10 27 39 −12 24
8 Guaraní 22 6 5 11 25 39 −14 23
9 Deportivo Santaní 22 4 10 8 22 25 −3 22
10 Sportivo Luqueño 22 5 6 11 25 37 −12 21
11 Deportivo Capiatá 22 5 6 11 31 44 −13 21
12 3 de Febrero 22 2 8 12 21 40 −19 14
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, if needed to decide championship.
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.

Results

Home \ Away 3FE CCP CAP SAN GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI SOL SLU
3 de Febrero — 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–2
Cerro Porteño 3–1 — 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Deportivo Capiatá 2–1 2–3 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–1
Deportivo Santaní 1–0 1–1 3–3 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–5 2–0 3–0
General Díaz 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1
Guaraní 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 6–2 1–4
Independiente (CG) 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 — 3–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 3–1 4–1
Libertad 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2
Nacional 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–2
Olimpia 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 4–2 — 3–3 3–0
Sol de América 4–1 0–3 5–1 3–2 4–3 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–3 — 3–1
Sportivo Luqueño 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 —
Source: APF, Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ↑ Match awarded 3–0 to Nacional due to Independiente (CG) fielding a non-native Paraguayan under-19 player. The original result was a 4–0 win for Independiente (CG).[49]

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Néstor Camacho Olimpia 14
2 Paraguay Sebastián Ferreira Independiente (CG) 11[note 1]
Paraguay William Mendieta Olimpia 11
4 Paraguay Antonio Bareiro Libertad 10
5 Paraguay Adam Bareiro Nacional 9
Paraguay César Villagra Sol de América
7 Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Libertad 8
Paraguay Fabio Escobar Deportivo Santaní
9 Paraguay Enrique Borja General Díaz 7
10 Paraguay Ernesto Álvarez Sol de América 6
Argentina Diego Churín Cerro Porteño
  1. ↑ Sebastián Ferreira's official goal tally excludes 2 goals scored in the match awarded to Nacional.

Source: APF, Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Dr. Gerónimo Angulo Gastón", is the 118th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2018 season. It started on July 17 and is scheduled to conclude on December 9.[48]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cerro Porteño 13 9 3 1 22 8 +14 30 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Olimpia 13 9 2 2 23 10 +13 29
3 Libertad 13 5 4 4 14 8 +6 19
4 Sol de América 14 5 4 5 16 17 −1 19
5 Deportivo Capiatá 14 5 3 6 17 20 −3 18
6 3 de Febrero 14 4 4 6 19 19 0 16
7 Nacional 13 4 4 5 18 20 −2 16
8 Deportivo Santaní 13 4 4 5 11 13 −2 16
9 Guaraní 14 4 4 6 12 17 −5 16
10 Sportivo Luqueño 14 3 5 6 15 20 −5 14
11 Independiente (CG) 14 3 5 6 14 20 −6 14
12 General Díaz 13 2 6 5 17 25 −8 12
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, if needed to decide championship.
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 3FE CCP CAP SAN GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI SOL SLU
3 de Febrero — 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–2
Cerro Porteño — 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0
Deportivo Capiatá 2–1 — 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Deportivo Santaní 1–3 0–1 — 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
General Díaz 1–5 1–4 — 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Guaraní 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Independiente (CG) 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 2–2 1–1
Libertad 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 — 1–0 2–3
Nacional 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 — 1–2 3–1
Olimpia 1–0 a 4–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 —
Sol de América 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 — 1–0
Sportivo Luqueño 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: APF, Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 13 October 2018
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Diego Churín Cerro Porteño 9
2 Paraguay Enrique Borja General Díaz 6
Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Libertad
Argentina Adrián Martínez Sol de América
Paraguay Jorge Ortega Olimpia
Paraguay Santiago Salcedo Deportivo Capiatá
7 Argentina Guido Di Vanni Deportivo Capiatá 4
Paraguay David Mendieta Independiente (CG)
Paraguay William Mendieta Olimpia
Argentina Facundo Parra 3 de Febrero
Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz Olimpia
Paraguay Mathías Villasanti Sportivo Luqueño

Source: APF, Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Olimpia (C, Q) 35 25 7 3 75 32 +43 82 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Cerro Porteño (X) 35 21 9 5 65 25 +40 72 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
3 Libertad 35 16 10 9 51 32 +19 58 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Nacional 35 14 12 9 50 41 +9 54 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Sol de América 36 13 10 13 52 57 −5 49
6 Independiente (CG) 36 12 9 15 44 52 −8 45
7 Deportivo Capiatá 36 10 9 17 48 64 −16 39
8 Guaraní 36 10 9 17 37 56 −19 39
9 Deportivo Santaní 35 8 14 13 33 38 −5 38
10 General Díaz 35 8 12 15 44 65 −21 36
11 Sportivo Luqueño 36 8 11 17 40 57 −17 35
12 3 de Febrero 36 6 12 18 40 59 −19 30
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, only if needed to decide international qualification between two teams.
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; (X) Assured of at least Copa Sudamericana, but may still qualify for Copa Libertadores.

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 will be relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.

Pos
Team
2016
Pts		2017
Pts		2018
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Olimpia 9078822501232.033
2Cerro Porteño 6680722181231.772
3Libertad 8375582161231.756
4Guaraní 8385392071241.669
5Sol de América 6362491741241.403
6Nacional 5450541581231.285
7Deportivo Capiatá 6750391561241.258
8General Díaz 4660361421231.154
9Independiente (CG) —474592801.15
10Sportivo Luqueño 5350351381241.113
11Deportivo Santaní ——3838351.086 Relegation to División Intermedia
123 de Febrero ——3030360.833

Updated to games played on 13 October 2018. Source: APF

References

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  2. ↑ "Mario Jara renunció" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Aldo Bobadilla retorna a General Díaz" (in Spanish). hoy.com.py. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Confirmado: Daniel Garnero no seguirá en Guaraní" (in Spanish). d10.paraguay.com. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Fernando Jubero anuncia su salida del Club Libertad" (in Spanish). d10.paraguay.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Será técnico de Libertad" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Es el DT de General Díaz" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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  17. ↑ "El Santaní se quedó sin DT tras la derrota con General" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 14 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "Mario Jara reemplaza a Sarabia en el banco de Santaní" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 15 March 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Renunció Sebastián Saja" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 25 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "El fin del nuevo ciclo de Eduardo Rivera" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 4 April 2018.
  21. ↑ "Llego a un grande" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 4 April 2018.
  22. 1 2 "Voló del Nido" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 8 April 2018.
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  24. ↑ "Diego Gavilán ya trabaja en el Deportivo" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 27 May 2018.
  25. ↑ "Luqueño se queda sin técnico" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 28 May 2018.
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  27. ↑ "Guaraní ya tiene entrenador" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 30 May 2018.
  28. 1 2 "Pesaron los resultados" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 1 June 2018.
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  30. ↑ "Sin perder el tiempo" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 9 June 2018.
  31. ↑ "Aldo Bobadilla dejó Libertad" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 21 July 2018.
  32. ↑ "Eduardo Villalba toma el interinato en el Gumarelo" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 21 July 2018.
  33. ↑ "Aldo Bobadilla asumió el mando en el General Díaz" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 22 July 2018.
  34. 1 2 "Rivera regresa al 3 de Febrero" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 5 August 2018.
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  38. ↑ "Ever Almeida, nuevo técnico de Sol de América" (in Spanish). D10 Paraguay. 25 August 2018.
  39. ↑ "Santaní echa a Jara y Marecos se acerca" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 26 August 2018.
  40. ↑ "Héctor Marecos toma el control en Santaní" (in Spanish). La Nación. 27 August 2018.
  41. ↑ "Azconzábal se va de la Toldería" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 9 September 2018.
  42. ↑ "Florentín, por un año y medio" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 10 September 2018.
  43. ↑ "Florentín, al frente de Guaraní" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 9 September 2018.
  44. ↑ "Sanguinetti retorna a Luqueño" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 10 September 2018.
  45. ↑ "Se fue" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 23 September 2018.
  46. ↑ "Toma el mando" (in Spanish). Tigo Sports. 24 September 2018.
  47. ↑ "Este martes presentan a Leonel" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 8 October 2018.
  48. 1 2 "REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO OFICIAL AÑO 2018. COPA TIGO – BCO. VISION S.A." (PDF) (in Spanish). APF.
  49. ↑ "Protesta: Tribunal da la razón a Nacional" (in Spanish). APF. 13 March 2018.
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