2014 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2014 División Profesional season (officially the 2014 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2014
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (17th title)
Clausura: Libertad (18th title)
Relegated3 de Febrero
12 de Octubre
Copa LibertadoresLibertad
Guaraní
Cerro Porteño
Copa SudamericanaNacional
Olimpia
Sportivo Luqueño
Matches played264
Goals scored726 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Hernán Rodrigo López
Christian Ovelar (19 goals)
Clausura: Fernando Fernández (17 goals)
← 2013
2015 →

Teams
Sportivo Luqueño
Asunción
Locations of the 2014 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Oddone Sarubbi28,000
12 de OctubreItauguáJuan Canuto Pettengill8,000
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
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 LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 110º official championship of the Primera División, called "Dr. Nicolás Leoz, Centenario del club 12 de Octubre", and is the first championship of the 2014 season. It began on February 14 and will end on June 29.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 15 5 2 41 17 +24 50 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Guaraní 22 14 4 4 56 31 +25 46
3 Olimpia 22 9 6 7 32 26 +6 33
4 Cerro Porteño 22 8 7 7 49 38 +11 31
5 Sol de América 22 7 10 5 36 31 +5 31
6 Rubio Ñu 22 8 6 8 38 37 +1 30
7 Nacional 22 8 6 8 26 27 −1 30
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 10 6 23 25 −2 28
9 Capiatá 22 6 8 8 22 37 −15 26
10 General Díaz 22 4 7 11 19 34 −15 19
11 12 de Octubre 22 2 9 11 21 38 −17 15
12 3 de Febrero 22 2 8 12 22 44 −22 14
Updated to match(es) played on June 19, 2014. 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 3DF 12O CER CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SPL
3 de Febrero 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–1 0–2
12 de Octubre 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–1
Cerro Porteño 2–1 4–1 7–0 2–1 5–5 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–4 6–3 0–0
Capiatá 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–5 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1
General Díaz 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–1
Guaraní 2–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 2–0 2–4 0–4 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0
Libertad 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–2
Nacional 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–6 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0
Olimpia 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 5–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 4–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–4
Sol de América 1–1 1–1 4–4 3–0 4–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0
Sportivo Luqueño 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 19 Jun 2014. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Hernán Rodrigo López Libertad 19 (5)
Christian Ovelar Sol de América 19 (6)
3 Jorge Benítez Guaraní 17
4 Fernando Fernández Guaraní 14

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, will be the 111º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2014 season.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 14 4 4 41 18 +23 46 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 13 5 4 43 20 +23 44
3 Guaraní 22 12 5 5 49 29 +20 41
4 Sportivo Luqueño 22 9 8 5 24 23 +1 35
5 Nacional 22 9 5 8 18 19 −1 32
6 Olimpia 22 8 6 8 28 24 +4 30
7 General Díaz 22 8 5 9 26 33 −7 29
8 3 de Febrero 22 7 4 11 22 35 −13 25
9 Sol de América 22 6 6 10 24 32 −8 24
10 Capiatá 22 5 6 11 22 34 −12 21
11 Rubio Ñú 22 4 8 10 21 33 −12 20
12 12 de Octubre 22 4 4 14 23 41 −18 16
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2014. 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 3DF 12O CER CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SPL
3 de Febrero 0–2 0–5 2–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1
12 de Octubre 1–1 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–4 0–1
Cerro Porteño 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–4 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0
Capiatá 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–3
General Díaz 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2
Guaraní 2–3 2–1 3–4 4–1 4–2 5–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 3–0 2–0
Libertad 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 5–1 3–0 1–0
Nacional 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1
Olimpia 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2
Sol de América 3–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0
Sportivo Luqueño 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2014. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Fernando Fernández Guaraní 17
2 Federico Santander Guaraní 11
3 José María Ortigoza Cerro Porteño 10 (1)

Aggregate table

In 2014, 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 2015 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 2015 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 Libertad 44 29 9 6 82 35 +47 96 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Guaraní 44 26 9 9 105 60 +45 87 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Cerro Porteño 44 21 12 11 91 58 +33 75 2015 Copa Libertadores First Stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sportivo Luqueño 44 15 18 11 47 48 −1 63[lower-alpha 2] 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Olimpia 44 17 12 15 60 50 +10 63[lower-alpha 2]
6 Nacional 44 17 11 16 44 46 −2 62
7 Sol de América 44 13 16 15 60 63 −3 55
8 Rubio Ñú 44 12 14 18 59 70 −11 50
9 General Díaz 44 12 12 20 45 67 −22 48
10 Capiatá 44 11 14 19 44 71 −27 47
11 3 de Febrero 44 9 12 23 44 79 −35 39
12 12 de Octubre 44 6 13 25 44 79 −35 31
Updated to match(es) played on December 2014. 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. As Libertad won both the Apertura and Clausura, Guaraní qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage, and Cerro Porteño qualified for the Copa Libertadores first stage.
  2. Positions decided by draw, as both clubs agreed to not play the extra playoff game.[1][2]

Relegation

Relegations 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
2012
Pts		2013
Pts		2014
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Libertad 9175962621321.9848
2Cerro Porteño 8687752481321.8788
3Guaraní 7377872371321.7955
4Nacional 7779622181321.6515
5Olimpia 7955631971321.4924
6Sportivo Luqueño 5954631761321.3333
7Capiatá —6547111881.2614
8General Díaz —6148109881.2386
9Sol de América 6046551611321.2197
10Rubio Ñu 3650501361321.0303
113 de Febrero ——3939440.8864 Relegated to the División Intermedia
1212 de Octubre ——3131440.7045

Source: D10 Paraguay

See also

References
  1. Todo definido para la Copa Sudamericana
  2. No hay 2 sin 3
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