2012 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2012 División Profesional season (officially the 2012 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2012
ChampionsApertura: Cerro Porteño (29th title)
Clausura: Libertad (16th title)
RelegatedTacuary
Independiente
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Libertad
Olimpia
Copa SudamericanaCerro Porteño
Libertad
Nacional
Guaraní
Matches played264
Goals scored675 (2.56 per match)
← 2011
2013 →

Teams
Locations of the 2012 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
Cerro Porteño (PF)Presidente FrancoCerro Porteño10,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
IndependienteAsunciónRicardo Gregor1,500
LibertadAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo CarapeguáCarapeguáTte. 1º Alcides González3,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000
TacuaryAsunciónRoberto Béttega7,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 106º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Jesús Manuel Pallarés", and was the first championship of the 2012 season. It began on February 5 and ended on July 8.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 22 16 1 5 40 23 +17 49 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Olimpia 22 14 5 3 30 20 +10 47
3 Libertad 22 13 5 4 40 19 +21 44
4 Sol de América 22 11 2 9 38 27 +11 35
5 Nacional 22 10 3 9 40 32 +8 33
6 Guaraní 22 8 6 8 28 25 +3 30
7 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 7 6 9 26 29 −3 27
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 8 8 23 30 −7 26
9 Independiente 22 6 7 9 28 42 −14 25
10 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 4 8 10 23 29 −6 20
11 Rubio Ñu 22 5 3 14 24 40 −16 18
12 Tacuary 22 1 8 13 15 39 −24 11
Updated to match(es) played on July 8, 2012. 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

Results
Cerro Porteño. Stamps of Paraguay, 2012
Home \ Away CEP CPF GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL TAC
Cerro Porteño 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 5–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0
Cerro Porteño (PF) 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Guarani 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–0
Independiente 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–5 3–0 1–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–1
Libertad 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Nacional 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0
Olimpia 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1
Rubio Ñu 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–5 3–3 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0
Sol de América 2–2 4–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Sportivo Luqueño 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
Tacuary 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–6 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 July 2012. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
 Copa TIGO-VISION BANCO
2012 Apertura Champion 
Cerro Porteño
29th title

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 107º official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario Club Cerro Porteñi, and was the second championship of the 2012 season. It began on July 28 and ended on December 16.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 13 8 1 44 16 +28 47 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Nacional 22 14 2 6 36 16 +20 44
3 Guaraní 22 13 4 5 28 19 +9 43
4 Cerro Porteño 22 10 7 5 39 21 +18 37
5 Sportivo Luqueño 22 9 6 7 23 24 −1 33
6 Olimpia 22 8 8 6 33 31 +2 32
7 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 7 5 10 19 31 −12 26
8 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 7 4 11 30 34 −4 25
9 Sol de América 22 4 10 8 22 29 −7 22
10 Tacuary 22 6 4 12 31 39 −8 22
11 Rubio Ñu 22 4 6 12 18 38 −20 18
12 Independiente 22 1 6 15 14 44 −30 9
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2012. 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

Results
Home \ Away CEP CPF GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL TAC
Cerro Porteño 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 5–1
Cerro Porteño (PF) 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Guarani 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Independiente 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–5 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Libertad 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2
Nacional 0–1 3–0 1–2 5–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0
Olimpia 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2
Rubio Ñu 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–7 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Sol de América 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–1
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 1–1 5–1 0–4
Sportivo Luqueño 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
Tacuary 0–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2012. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
 Copa TIGO-VISION BANCO
2012 Clausura Champion 
Libertad
16th title

Aggregate table

In 2012, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams.

  • For the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura.
  • For the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, the champion of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically, with the 4th and 5th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 44 26 13 5 84 35 +49 91 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Cerro Porteño 44 26 8 10 79 44 +35 86
3 Olimpia 44 22 13 9 63 51 +12 79 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Nacional 44 24 5 15 76 48 +28 77 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Guaraní 44 21 10 13 56 44 +12 73
6 Sol de América 44 16 12 16 62 53 +9 60
7 Sportivo Luqueño 44 15 14 15 46 54 −8 59
8 Cerro Porteño (PF) 44 14 11 19 45 60 −15 53
9 Sportivo Carapeguá 44 11 12 21 53 63 −10 45
10 Rubio Ñu 44 9 9 26 42 78 −36 36
11 Independiente 44 7 13 24 42 86 −44 34
12 Tacuary 44 7 12 25 46 78 −32 33
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2012. 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
Notes:
  1. Cerro Porteño and Libertad are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

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
2010
Pts		2011
Pts		2012
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Libertad 8779912571321.947
2Cerro Porteño 9167862441321.8485
3Olimpia 7188792381321.803
4Nacional 7783772371321.7955
5Guaraní 8558732161321.6364
6Rubio Ñu 6656361601321.2121
7Cerro Porteño (PF) ––5353441.2045
8Sol de América 4549601541321.1667
9Sportivo Luqueño 4235591361321.0303
10Sportivo Carapeguá ––4545441.0227
11Tacuary 3760331301320.9848 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12Independiente –523486880.9773

Last updated: 16 December 2012.
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See also
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