2017 Paraguayan Primera División season
Season | 2017 |
---|---|
Dates | 3 February – 15 December 2017 |
Champions | Apertura: Libertad (20th title) Clausura: Cerro Porteño (32nd title) |
Relegated | Rubio Ñu Sportivo Trinidense |
Copa Libertadores | Cerro Porteño Libertad Guaraní Olimpia |
Copa Sudamericana | Sol de América General Díaz Sportivo Luqueño Nacional |
Matches played | 265 |
Goals scored | 673 (2.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Santiago Salcedo (15 goals) Clausura: Rodrigo Bogarín and Diego Churín (11 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Nacional 5–0 Independiente CG (4 December) |
Biggest away win | General Díaz 0–5 Sol de América (30 March) Nacional 0–5 Sportivo Trinidense (15 September) |
Highest scoring | General Díaz 5–2 Guaraní (7 December) |
← 2016 2018 → |
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.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cerro Porteño | ![]() | Asunción | General Pablo Rojasa | 45,000 |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() | Capiatá | Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia | 10,000 |
General Díaz | Vacant | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
Guaraní | ![]() | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
Independiente | ![]() | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 1,500 |
Libertad | ![]() | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
Nacional | ![]() | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
Olimpia | ![]() | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
Rubio Ñu | ![]() | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
Sol de América | ![]() | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() | Asunción | Martín Torres | 3,000 |
a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torneo Apertura | ||||||
Rubio Ñu | ![]() | Resigned | 14 February[1] | 10th | ![]() | 14 February[2] |
Olimpia | ![]() | Sacked | 24 February[3] | 4th | ![]() | 24 February[4] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() | 25 February[5] | 11th | ![]() | 25 February[6] | |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() | 3 March[7] | 10th | ![]() | 4 March[8] | |
Cerro Porteño | ![]() | 6 March[9] | 3rd | ![]() | 6 March[10] | |
Nacional | ![]() ![]() | Resigned | 19 March[11] | 10th | ![]() | 19 March[12] |
Cerro Porteño | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 19 March[13] | 4th | ![]() | 24 March[14] |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() | Resigned | 3 April[15] | 12th | ![]() | 5 April[16] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() | Sacked | 8 April[17] | 9th | ![]() | 8 April[18] |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 9 April | 12th | ![]() ![]() | 9 April[19] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() | Resigned | 9 April[20] | 11th | ![]() | 10 April[21] |
Olimpia | ![]() | 10 May[22] | 5th | ![]() ![]() | 11 May[23] | |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() ![]() | Signed by Olimpia | 11 May | 12th | ![]() | 12 May[24] |
Sportivo Luqueño | ![]() | Sacked | 25 May | 11th | ![]() | 25 May[25] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() | 9 June[26] | 10th | ![]() | 9 June | |
Cerro Porteño | ![]() | Resigned | 15 June[27] | 4th | ![]() | 15 June[28] |
Torneo Clausura | ||||||
Rubio Ñu | ![]() | Sacked | 25 June[29] | Pre-season | ![]() | 25 June[30] |
Sportivo Trinidense | ![]() | Mutual consent | 25 June[31] | ![]() | 28 June[32] | |
Cerro Porteño | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 27 June | ![]() | 27 June[33] | |
Sol de América | ![]() | Sacked | 13 August[34] | 12th | ![]() | 14 August[35] |
Deportivo Capiatá | ![]() | 11 September | 11th | ![]() | 11 September[36] | |
Rubio Ñu | ![]() | 30 September[37] | 8th | ![]() | 3 October[38] | |
Olimpia | ![]() ![]() | 30 September[39] | 2nd | ![]() | 1 October[40] | |
General Díaz | ![]() | Signed by Olimpia | 1 October[40] | 1st | ![]() | 2 October[41] |
Sol de América | ![]() | Resigned | 4 October[42] | 12th | ![]() | 4 October[43] |
Independiente CG | ![]() | Sacked | 18 October[44] | 11th | ![]() | 18 October[44] |
Nacional | ![]() | Resigned | 5 November[45] | 9th | ![]() | 6 November[45] |
General Díaz | ![]() | 6 December[46] | 4th |
Torneo Apertura
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
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) Champions
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Libertad | 15 |
2 | ![]() | Independiente CG | 11 |
3 | ![]() | Guaraní | 10 |
4 | ![]() | Olimpia | 8 |
5 | ![]() | Sportivo Luqueño | 7 |
![]() | Sportivo Trinidense | 7 | |
![]() | Libertad | 7 | |
![]() | Rubio Ñu | 7 |
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
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) Champions
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Guaraní | 11 |
![]() | Cerro Porteño | 11 | |
3 | ![]() | General Díaz | 9 |
![]() | Olimpia | 9 | |
5 | ![]() | Sportivo Luqueño | 8 |
![]() | Olimpia | 8 | |
![]() | Cerro Porteño | 8 | |
![]() | Sol de América | 8 | |
9 | ![]() | Nacional | 7 |
10 | ![]() | Libertad | 6 |
![]() | Deportivo Capiatá | 6 | |
![]() | Cerro Porteño | 6 | |
![]() | Sol de América | 6 |
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
[edit]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 |
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) Champions
Relegation
[edit]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 | Avg | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guaraní | 86 | 83 | 85 | 254 | 132 | 1.9242 | |
2 | Olimpia | 79 | 90 | 78 | 247 | 132 | 1.8712 | |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 96 | 66 | 80 | 242 | 132 | 1.8333 | |
4 | Libertad | 76 | 83 | 75 | 234 | 132 | 1.7727 | |
5 | Sol de América | 57 | 63 | 62 | 182 | 132 | 1.3788 | |
6 | Deportivo Capiatá | 54 | 67 | 50 | 171 | 132 | 1.2955 | |
7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 57 | 53 | 50 | 160 | 132 | 1.2121 | |
8 | General Díaz | 45 | 46 | 60 | 151 | 132 | 1.1439 | |
9 | Nacional | 43 | 54 | 50 | 147 | 132 | 1.1136 | |
10 | Independiente (O) | — | — | 47 | 47 | 44 | 1.0682 | Qualification to Relegation playoff decider |
11 | Rubio Ñu (R) | 48 | 48 | 45 | 141 | 132 | 1.0682 | |
12 | Sportivo Trinidense (R) | — | — | 34 | 34 | 44 | 0.7727 | Relegation to División Intermedia |
Source: APF
Relegation playoff decider
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Apenas inició ciclo y ya se aleja del equipo". hoy.com.py (in Spanish). 14 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Con la misión de no descender". ABC Color (in Spanish). 15 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Pablo Repetto deja de ser el entrenador de Olimpia". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Presentan a Mauro". ABC Color (in Spanish). 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Se fue Héctor Marecos". ABC Color (in Spanish). 25 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Adrián Coria, el nuevo entrenador de Luqueño". ABC Color (in Spanish). 25 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Cáceres, fuera de Trinidense". ABC Color (in Spanish). 3 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Farrar dirigirá al "Triqui"". ABC Color (in Spanish). 4 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gustavo Florentín dejó de ser entrenador de Cerro Porteño". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Félix Darío León asume con la mira puesta en Olimpia". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Almeida dejó de ser DT de Nacional". ultimahora.com (in Spanish). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Hay nuevo entrenador en La Academia". hoy.com.py (in Spanish). 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Félix Darío León dirigirá a Cerro por una fecha más". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gustavo Matosas es el nuevo entrenador". ABC Color (in Spanish). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Farrar deja de ser técnico de Trinidense". hoy.com.py (in Spanish). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Tercer técnico fue puesto en funciones". ABC Color (in Spanish). 5 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Diego Gavilán se va del Deportivo Capiatá". hoy.com.py (in Spanish). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Diego Gavilán se va, Héctor Marecos vuelve a Capiatá". d10.Paraguay.com (in Spanish). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Ever Almeida, DT del Sportivo Trinidense". ABC Color (in Spanish). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Adrián Coria deja el timón del Sportivo". ABC Color (in Spanish). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Schönhauser, el nuevo técnico". ABC Color (in Spanish). 11 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Renunció Mauro Caballero". ABC Color (in Spanish). 10 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Almeida vuelve a Olimpia". ABC Color (in Spanish). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gavilán, el elegido en Trinidense". La Nación (in Spanish). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Javier Sanguinetti es nuevo entrenador de Sportivo Luqueño". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Héctor Marecos dejó de ser DT de Capiatá". Tigo Sports (in Spanish). 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gustavo Matosas dejó la conducción técnica de Cerro Porteño". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "El Ciclón realiza su primer ensayo al mando de Jorge Núñez". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Se fue Víctor Genes y Hernán Lisi vuelve a ser DT de Rubio Ñu". goal.com (in Spanish). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Hernán Lisi es el nuevo técnico de Rubio Ñu". Tigo Sports (in Spanish). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Gavilán: "Tuvimos que dar un paso al costado"". hoy.com.py (in Spanish). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "El quinto entrenador". ABC Color (in Spanish). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Leonel Álvarez es nuevo DT de Cerro Porteño". La Nación (in Spanish). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Sol de América se queda sin DT". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Diego Gavilán, nuevo DT de Sol". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Florentín, nuevo técnico del Deportivo Capiatá". ABC Color (in Spanish). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Rubio Ñu destituye a Lisi y ya suena un viejo conocido". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Pavani al rescate". ABC Color (in Spanish). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Éver Almeida dejó de ser técnico de Olimpia". ABC Color (in Spanish). 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Bobadilla es nuevo entrenador de Olimpia". ABC Color (in Spanish). 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "El nuevo DT del líder". ABC Color (in Spanish). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Diego Gavilán renunció y ahonda inestabilidad en Sol". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Héctor Marecos asume la dirección técnica de Sol". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Retorna a Independiente". ABC Color (in Spanish). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Celso Ayala reemplaza a Roberto Torres en el banco tricolor". d10.paraguay.com (in Spanish). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Mario Jara renunció". ABC Color (in Spanish). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "El torneo Apertura de fútbol en Paraguay 2017 abrirá con el duelo de los vigentes campeones". EFE. Retrieved 6 January 2017. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
- ^ "Hoy lunes se realizará el sorteo del Fixture Clausura 2017". APF. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017. (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- APF's official website (in Spanish)