2013 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2013 División Profesional season (officially the 2013 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2013
ChampionsApertura: Nacional (9th title)
Clausura: Cerro Porteño (30th title)
RelegatedCerro Porteño (PF)
Sportivo Carapeguá
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Nacional
Guaraní
Copa SudamericanaCerro Porteño
Libertad
General Díaz
Capiatá
Matches played132
Goals scored351 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Julián Benítez (Nacional – 13 goals)
Clausura: Guillermo Beltrán (Cerro Porteño – 3 goals)
← 2012
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Teams
Locations of the 2013 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
Cerro Porteño (PF)Presidente FrancoJuan Eudes Pereira5,000
CapiatáCapiatáCapiatá6,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
General DíazLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
LibertadAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo CarapeguáCarapeguáMunicipal de Carapeguá6,500
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 108º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", and was the first championship of the 2013 season. It began on February 9 and ended on June 30.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional 22 15 1 6 40 25 +15 46 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Guaraní 22 11 7 4 38 21 +17 40
3 Cerro Porteño 22 11 4 7 38 29 +9 37
4 Libertad 22 10 6 6 29 23 +6 36
5 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 31 31 0 31
6 Sol de América 22 7 8 7 30 34 −4 29
7 General Díaz 22 7 7 8 25 27 −2 28
8 Capiatá 22 7 6 9 25 30 −5 27
9 Rubio Ñu 22 6 7 9 27 29 −2 25
10 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 7 9 19 25 −6 25
11 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 4 7 11 27 38 −11 19
12 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 3 7 12 22 39 −17 16
Updated to match(es) played on June 2013. 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 CER CPF CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL
Cerro Porteño 4–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–0
Cerro Porteño (PF) 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 5–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1
Capiatá 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–5 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 1–0
General Díaz 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Guaraní 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 2–1 4–1
Libertad 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2
Nacional 0–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 4–3 0–1
Olimpia 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 4–3
Rubio Ñu 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Sol de América 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–4 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–2
Sportivo Luqueño 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2013. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances
# Team Total Low High Average
1
Olimpia
53,004
340
18,263
4,818
2
Cerro Porteño
38,349
320
15,867
3,486
3
Capiatá
17,268
194
4,812
1,569
4
Sportivo Luqueño
16,572
300
6,858
1,506
5
Sportivo Carapeguá
15,416
246
4,145
1,401
6
Libertad
13,368
201
4,786
1,215
7
Guaraní
11,785
443
4,873
1,071
8
General Díaz
9,573
105
2,737
870
9
Cerro Porteño (PF)
9,247
128
2,311
840
10
Nacional
8,144
212
2,164
740
11
Rubio Ñu
7,549
107
2,444
686
12
Sol de América
5,336
96
2,292
485
TOTAL
Apertura
205,611
96
18,263
1,557

Topscorers
# Player Club Goals
1
Julián Benítez
Nacional
13
2
Rodrigo Teixeira
Guaraní
11
3
Ángel Romero
Cerro Porteño
9

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 109º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2013 season.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 22 14 8 0 37 16 +21 50 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Libertad 22 12 3 7 25 19 +6 39
3 Capiatá 22 12 2 8 36 32 +4 38
4 Guaraní 22 10 7 5 47 24 +23 37
5 General Díaz 22 8 9 5 30 24 +6 33
6 Nacional 22 9 6 7 30 26 +4 33
7 Sportivo Luqueño 22 8 5 9 30 29 +1 29
8 Rubio Ñu 22 6 7 9 25 32 −7 25
9 Olimpia 22 6 6 10 31 32 −1 24
10 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 5 7 10 24 38 −14 22
11 Sol de América 22 4 5 13 24 43 −19 17
12 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 5 1 16 23 47 −24 16
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. 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 CER CPF CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL
Cerro Porteño 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1
Cerro Porteño (PF) 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–7 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–2
Capiatá 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
General Díaz 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Guaraní 2–3 6–0 5–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2
Libertad 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 0–1
Nacional 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 5–2 0–0
Olimpia 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Sol de América 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–4 2–2 3–2 2–4
Sportivo Carapeguá 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Sportivo Luqueño 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. Source: Futebol365
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances
# Team Total Low High Average
1
Olimpia
16,871
7,218
9,653
8,435
2
Libertad
9,178
361
8,817
4,589
3
Cerro Porteño
13,756
1,912
7,508
4,585
4
Nacional
7,557
579
6,978
3,778
5
Sportivo Luqueño
2,626
2,626
2,626
2,626
6
Sportivo Carapeguá
1,711
1,711
1,711
1,711
7
Capiatá
1,985
500
1,485
992
8
Rubio Ñu
2,548
123
2,094
849
9
Cerro Porteño (PF)
1,368
498
870
684
10
Sol de América
1,231
238
993
615
11
General Díaz
829
350
479
414
12
Guaraní
806
101
705
403
TOTAL
Clausura
60,466
101
9,653
2,519

Topscorers
# Player Club Goals
1
Rodrigo López
Sportivo Luqueño
 17

Aggregate table

In 2013, 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 2014 Copa Libertadores, the champions 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 2014 Copa Sudamericana, the champion (Apertura or Clausura) with the better Apertura and Clausura cumulatives qualify, with the 4th, 5th, 6th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 44 25 12 7 75 45 +30 87 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Nacional 44 24 7 13 70 51 +19 79 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Guaraní 44 21 14 9 83 45 +38 77 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Libertad 44 22 9 13 54 42 +12 75 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Capiatá 44 19 8 17 61 62 −1 65
6 General Díaz 44 15 16 13 55 51 +4 61
7 Olimpia 44 14 13 17 62 63 −1 55
8 Sportivo Luqueño 44 14 12 18 49 54 −5 54
9 Rubio Ñu 44 12 14 18 52 61 −9 50
10 Sol de América 44 11 13 20 54 77 −23 46
11 Sportivo Carapeguá 44 8 14 22 46 77 −31 38
12 Cerro Porteño (PF) 44 9 8 27 50 85 −35 35
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. 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

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
2011
Pts		2012
Pts		2013
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Libertad 7991752451321.8561
2Cerro Porteño 6786872401321.8182
3Nacional 8377792391321.8106
4Olimpia 8879552221321.6818
5Guaraní 5873772081321.5758
6Capiatá ——6565441.4773
7General Díaz ——6161441.3864
8Sol de América 4960461551321.1742
9Sportivo Luqueño 3559541481321.1212
10Rubio Ñu 5836501441321.0909
11Cerro Porteño (PF) —533588881 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12Sportivo Carapeguá —453883880.9432

See also
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