2017 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2017 División Profesional season (officially the 2017 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2017
Dates3 February – 15 December 2017
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (20th title)
Clausura: Cerro Porteño (32nd title)
RelegatedRubio Ñu
Sportivo Trinidense
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Libertad
Guaraní
Olimpia
Copa SudamericanaSol de América
General Díaz
Sportivo Luqueño
Nacional
Matches played265
Goals scored673 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Santiago Salcedo (15 goals)
Clausura: Rodrigo Bogarín and
Diego Churín (11 goals each)
Biggest home winNacional 5–0 Independiente CG
(4 December)
Biggest away winGeneral Díaz 0–5 Sol de América
(30 March)
Nacional 0–5 Sportivo Trinidense
(15 September)
Highest scoringGeneral Díaz 5–2 Guaraní
(7 December)
← 2016
2018 →

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2017 Primera División teams
Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro Porteño Leonel ÁlvarezAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojasa45,000
Deportivo Capiatá Gustavo FlorentínCapiatáLic. Erico Galeano Segovia10,000
General DíazVacantLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
Guaraní Daniel GarneroAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
Independiente Pablo CaballeroAsunciónRicardo Gregor1,500
Libertad Fernando JuberoAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
Nacional Celso AyalaAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
Olimpia Aldo BobadillaAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio Ñu Miguel Pavani (caretaker)AsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de América Héctor MarecosVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo Luqueño Javier SanguinettiLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000
Sportivo Trinidense Carlos Jara SaguierAsunciónMartín Torres3,000

a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Rubio Ñu Carlos Humberto Paredes Resigned 14 February[1] 10th Víctor Genes 14 February[2]
Olimpia Pablo Repetto Sacked 24 February[3] 4th Mauro Caballero 24 February[4]
Sportivo Luqueño Héctor Marecos 25 February[5] 11th Adrián Coria 25 February[6]
Sportivo Trinidense Juan Daniel Cáceres 3 March[7] 10th Daniel Farrar 4 March[8]
Cerro Porteño Gustavo Florentín 6 March[9] 3rd Félix Darío León 6 March[10]
Nacional Ever Hugo Almeida Resigned 19 March[11] 10th Roberto Torres 19 March[12]
Cerro Porteño Félix Darío León End of caretaker spell 19 March[13] 4th Gustavo Matosas 24 March[14]
Sportivo Trinidense Daniel Farrar Resigned 3 April[15] 12th Carlos Morales 5 April[16]
Deportivo Capiatá Diego Gavilán Sacked 8 April[17] 9th Héctor Marecos 8 April[18]
Sportivo Trinidense Carlos Morales End of caretaker spell 9 April 12th Ever Hugo Almeida 9 April[19]
Sportivo Luqueño Adrián Coria Resigned 9 April[20] 11th Héctor Schönhauser 10 April[21]
Olimpia Mauro Caballero 10 May[22] 5th Ever Hugo Almeida 11 May[23]
Sportivo Trinidense Ever Hugo Almeida Signed by Olimpia 11 May 12th Diego Gavilán 12 May[24]
Sportivo Luqueño Héctor Schönhauser Sacked 25 May 11th Javier Sanguinetti 25 May[25]
Deportivo Capiatá Héctor Marecos 9 June[26] 10th Nelson Bernal 9 June
Cerro Porteño Gustavo Matosas Resigned 15 June[27] 4th Jorge Núñez 15 June[28]
Torneo Clausura
Rubio Ñu Víctor Genes Sacked 25 June[29] Pre-season Hernán Lisi 25 June[30]
Sportivo Trinidense Diego Gavilán Mutual consent 25 June[31] Carlos Jara Saguier 28 June[32]
Cerro Porteño Jorge Núñez End of caretaker spell 27 June Leonel Álvarez 27 June[33]
Sol de América Fernando Ortiz Sacked 13 August[34] 12th Diego Gavilán 14 August[35]
Deportivo Capiatá Nelson Bernal 11 September 11th Gustavo Florentín 11 September[36]
Rubio Ñu Hernán Lisi 30 September[37] 8th Miguel Pavani 3 October[38]
Olimpia Ever Hugo Almeida 30 September[39] 2nd Aldo Bobadilla 1 October[40]
General Díaz Aldo Bobadilla Signed by Olimpia 1 October[40] 1st Mario Jara 2 October[41]
Sol de América Diego Gavilán Resigned 4 October[42] 12th Héctor Marecos 4 October[43]
Independiente CG Celso Ayala Sacked 18 October[44] 11th Pablo Caballero 18 October[44]
Nacional Roberto Torres Resigned 5 November[45] 9th Celso Ayala 6 November[45]
General Díaz Mario Jara 6 December[46] 4th

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th official championship of the Primera División, called "Mario Agustín Sapriza Nunes", and the first championship of the 2017 season. It began on February 3[47] and ended on June 24.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Libertad (C) 22 15 4 3 40 14 +26 49 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Guaraní 22 15 3 4 48 31 +17 48
3 Olimpia 22 9 9 4 32 23 +9 36
4 Cerro Porteño 22 11 2 9 26 26 0 35
5 Sol de América 22 8 10 4 31 17 +14 34
6 Independiente 22 7 8 7 27 27 0 29
7 General Díaz 22 6 7 9 22 32 −10 25
8 Deportivo Capiatá 22 7 3 12 21 31 −10 24
9 Nacional 22 5 8 9 24 30 −6 23
10 Rubio Ñu 22 4 8 10 25 35 −10 20
11 Sportivo Luqueño 22 3 8 11 21 33 −12 17
12 Sportivo Trinidense 22 1 12 9 23 41 −18 15
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
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.

[48]

Results
Home \ Away CCP CAP GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RUB SOL SLU STR
Cerro Porteño — 2–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 0–0
Deportivo Capiatá 1–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–3
General Díaz 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–5 2–1 3–0
Guaraní 2–1 4–2 0–0 — 3–2 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–1
Independiente 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 — 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Libertad 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2
Nacional 2–0 1–2 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1
Olimpia 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 — 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 0–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 1–1
Sol de América 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–1 3–0
Sportivo Luqueño 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 0–0
Sportivo Trinidense 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–3 2–2 3–3 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Santiago Salcedo Libertad 15
2 Alfio Oviedo Independiente CG 11
3 Néstor Camacho Guaraní 10
4 Brian Montenegro Olimpia 8
5 Guido Di Vanni Sportivo Luqueño 7
Nicolás Martínez Sportivo Trinidense 7
Jesús Medina Libertad 7
Jorge Ortega Rubio Ñu 7

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario del Club General Díaz - Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa", and the second championship of the 2017 season. It began on July 21 and ended on December 10.[49]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cerro Porteño (C) 22 14 3 5 41 23 +18 45 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Olimpia 22 12 6 4 37 20 +17 42
3 Guaraní 22 12 1 9 36 29 +7 37
4 General Díaz 22 9 8 5 30 21 +9 35
5 Sportivo Luqueño 22 9 6 7 36 31 +5 33
6 Sol de América 22 7 7 8 27 32 −5 28
7 Nacional 22 6 9 7 26 30 −4 27
8 Libertad 22 7 5 10 26 27 −1 26
9 Deportivo Capiatá 22 6 8 8 19 22 −3 26
10 Rubio Ñu 22 6 7 9 16 25 −9 25
11 Sportivo Trinidense 22 4 7 11 20 28 −8 19
12 Independiente 22 5 3 14 16 41 −25 18
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
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 CCP CAP GEN GUA IND LIB NAC OLI RUB SOL SLU STR
Cerro Porteño — 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–1 1–0
Deportivo Capiatá 2–1 — 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–0
General Díaz 2–1 0–0 — 5–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1
Guaraní 2–1 3–2 0–1 — 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3
Independiente 3–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 — 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 4–1 0–3 0–2
Libertad 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 — 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–1
Nacional 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 5–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–5
Olimpia 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 — 3–0 2–2 3–2 2–0
Rubio Ñu 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–4 0–1 0–0 — 1–2 3–3 1–0
Sol de América 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 — 1–0 2–1
Sportivo Luqueño 2–3 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 — 1–0
Sportivo Trinidense 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 2–4 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Rodrigo Bogarín Guaraní 11
Diego Churín Cerro Porteño 11
3 Blas Díaz General Díaz 9
Walter González Olimpia 9
5 Gerardo Arévalos Sportivo Luqueño 8
Néstor Camacho Olimpia 8
Alfio Oviedo Cerro Porteño 8
Javier Toledo Sol de América 8
9 Juan Manuel Salgueiro Nacional 7
10 Antonio Bareiro Libertad 6
Junior Marabel Deportivo Capiatá 6
Óscar Ruiz Cerro Porteño 6
Pablo Zeballos Sol de América 6

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guaraní 44 27 4 13 84 60 +24 85 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Cerro Porteño (C) 44 25 5 14 67 49 +18 80 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
3 Olimpia 44 21 15 8 69 43 +26 78 Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage
4 Libertad (C) 44 22 9 13 66 41 +25 75 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
5 Sol de América 44 15 17 12 57 49 +8 62 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
6 General Díaz 44 15 15 14 52 53 −1 60
7 Sportivo Luqueño 44 12 14 18 57 64 −7 50
8 Nacional 44 11 17 16 50 60 −10 50
9 Deportivo Capiatá 44 13 11 20 40 53 −13 50
10 Independiente 44 12 11 21 43 68 −25 47
11 Rubio Ñu 44 10 15 19 41 60 −19 45
12 Sportivo Trinidense 44 5 19 20 43 69 −26 34
Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game, in case two teams are tied in points.
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.

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
2015
Pts		2016
Pts		2017
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Guaraní 8683852541321.9242
2Olimpia 7990782471321.8712
3Cerro Porteño 9666802421321.8333
4Libertad 7683752341321.7727
5Sol de América 5763621821321.3788
6Deportivo Capiatá 5467501711321.2955
7Sportivo Luqueño 5753501601321.2121
8General Díaz 4546601511321.1439
9Nacional 4354501471321.1136
10Independiente (O) ——4747441.0682 Qualification to Relegation playoff decider
11Rubio Ñu (R) 4848451411321.0682
12Sportivo Trinidense (R) ——3434440.7727 Relegation to División Intermedia

Source: APF

Relegation playoff decider

Since Independiente CG and Rubio Ñu ended with the same average, a match on neutral ground between both teams was played to determine the second relegated team. The loser was relegated to the División Intermedia.

Rubio Ñu1–3Independiente
González  74' Report Portillo  2'
Bogado  8'
Ferreira  64'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Éber Aquino

See also

References
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