2016 Paraguayan Primera División season

Primera División
Season 2016
Champions Apertura: Libertad (19th title)
Relegated River Plate
Copa Libertadores Libertad
Olimpia
Guaraní
Copa Sudamericana Deportivo Capiatá
Sol de América
Cerro Porteño
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The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) is the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Teams

Stadia and location

Asunción
Locations of the 2016 Primera División teams
Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro Porteño Paraguay Roberto Torres Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000
Deportivo Capiatá Paraguay Humberto García Capiatá Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia 10,000
General Caballero Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla Asunción Hugo Bogado Vaceque 5,000
General Díaz Argentina Mario Jara Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500
Guaraní Spain Fernando Jubero Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
Libertad Paraguay Pedro Sarabia Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000
Nacional Switzerland Daniel Raschle Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000
Olimpia Paraguay Francisco Arce Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000
River Plate Paraguay Gabino Román Asunción River Plate 5,000
Rubio Ñu Paraguay Alicio Solalinde Asunción La Arboleda 5,000
Sol de América Paraguay Mario Jacquet Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000
Sportivo Luqueño Uruguay Eduardo Rivera Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and is the first championship of the 2016 season. It began on January 22 and ended on May 22.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 14 2 6 38 23 +15 44 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Olimpia 22 14 1 7 57 30 +27 43
3 Sol de América 22 9 8 5 41 36 +5 35
4 Guaraní 22 10 5 7 35 31 +4 35
5 Rubio Ñu 22 10 3 9 31 32 −1 33
6 Cerro Porteño 22 9 4 9 40 32 +8 31
7 Deportivo Capiatá 22 8 6 8 42 42 0 30
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 7 6 9 28 31 −3 27
9 General Caballero 22 7 5 10 36 47 −11 26
10 General Díaz 22 6 6 10 32 44 −12 24
11 Nacional 22 6 5 11 36 42 −6 23
12 River Plate 22 3 7 12 17 43 −26 16

Updated to games played on May 25, 2016.
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 drawing of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, is the 114h official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario de la Conmebol", and the second championship of the 2016 season. It began on July 8 and will end on December 11.

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Guaraní 19 13 3 3 27 17 +10 42 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Olimpia 19 12 4 3 38 20 +18 40
3 Deportivo Capiatá 20 9 6 5 28 23 +5 33
4 Libertad 19 9 5 5 29 20 +9 32
5 Cerro Porteño 19 8 6 5 37 25 +12 30
6 Sportivo Luqueño 20 6 8 6 18 24 −6 26
7 Nacional 20 7 4 9 29 33 −4 25
8 Sol de América 19 6 6 7 26 27 −1 24
9 General Díaz 19 5 6 8 18 22 −4 21
10 General Caballero 20 4 8 8 22 31 −9 20
11 Rubio Ñu 20 3 5 12 14 25 −11 14
12 River Plate 20 3 3 14 23 42 −19 12

Updated to games played on December 3, 2016.
Source: APF, Soccerway
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 drawing of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia (TQ) 41 26 5 10 95 50 +45 83 2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Guaraní (TQ) 41 23 8 10 62 48 +14 77
3 Libertad (Q) 41 23 7 11 67 43 +24 76 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4 Deportivo Capiatá (Q) 42 17 12 13 70 65 +5 63 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Cerro Porteño (Q) 41 17 10 14 77 57 +20 61
6 Sol de América (Q) 41 15 14 12 67 63 +4 59
7 Sportivo Luqueño 42 13 14 15 46 55 −9 53
8 Nacional 42 13 9 20 65 75 −10 48
9 Rubio Ñu 42 13 8 21 45 57 −12 47
10 General Caballero 42 11 13 18 58 78 −20 46
11 General Díaz 41 11 12 18 50 66 −16 45
12 River Plate 42 6 10 26 40 85 −45 28

Updated to games played on December 3, 2016.
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 drawing of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
 2014
Pts 		2015
Pts 		2016
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg Relegation
1 Guaraní 87 86 77 250 129 1.938
2 Libertad 96 76 76 248 129 1.9225
3 Cerro Porteño 75 96 61 232 129 1.7984
4 Olimpia 63 79 83 225 129 1.7442
5 Sportivo Luqueño 63 57 53 173 130 1.3308
6 Sol de América 55 57 59 171 129 1.3256
7 Deportivo Capiatá 47 54 63 164 130 1.2615
8 Nacional 62 43 48 153 130 1.1769
9 Rubio Ñu 50 48 47 145 130 1.1154
10 General Caballero — — 46 46 42 1.0952
11 General Díaz 48 45 45 138 129 1.0698 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12 River Plate (R) — — 28 28 42 0.6667

Updated to games played on December 3, 2016.
Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.espnfc.us/primera-division-de-paraguay/1892/table

External links

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