2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia

División Intermedia
Season2024
Dates5 April – 14 October 2024
Matches played144
Goals scored334 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerLucas González (14 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Recoleta 6–0 Dep. Santaní
(15 April)
Biggest away winMartín Ledesma 0–4 Tembetary
(26 May)
Resistencia 0–4 12 de Junio
(20 July)
Highest scoringMartín Ledesma 4–4 Rubio Ñu
(21 June)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 29 July 2024.

The 2024 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Daniel Giménez, Félix Quiñonez e Isidoro Benítez", is the 106th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 27th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 5 April and is scheduled to end on 14 October 2024, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 28 November 2023.[1][2]

Format

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16 teams take part in the competition, which is played under a double round-robin system with teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 30 matches. The top two teams at the end of the season will be promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2025 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción are relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to Primera División B Nacional.

Teams

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Team changes

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16 teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2023 season (Guaireña and Resistencia), the 2023 Primera División B champions Tembetary, the 2023 Primera División B Nacional champions 12 de Junio, and the 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Encarnación.[3]

Promoted to 2024 Primera División Relegated from 2023 Primera División Promoted from 2023 Tercera División Relegated to 2024 Tercera División
Sol de América
2 de Mayo 		Guaireña
Resistencia 		12 de Junio (Primera B Nacional)
Encarnación (Campeonato Nacional de Interligas)
Tembetary (Primera B Metropolitana) 		Atyrá (Primera B Nacional)
24 de Setiembre (Primera B Metropolitana)
12 de Octubre (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2024 División Intermedia teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500
12 de Junio Villa Hayes Facundo de León 6,000
Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500
Deportivo Recoleta Asunción CARDIF[4] 1,800
Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000
Encarnación Encarnación Villa Alegre 16,000
Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000
Guaireña Villarrica Parque del Guairá 11,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[5] 5,000
Resistencia Asunción Tomás Beggan Correa 3,500
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000
Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000
Tembetary Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni[i] 11,000
Notes
  1. ^ Used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Recoleta 18 12 3 3 38 14 +24 39 Promotion to Primera División
2 Tembetary 18 11 3 4 25 14 +11 36
3 Sportivo Carapeguá 18 9 5 4 24 15 +9 32
4 Encarnación 18 9 3 6 29 22 +7 30
5 San Lorenzo 18 8 6 4 21 16 +5 30
6 Resistencia 18 8 3 7 18 20 −2 27
7 Guaireña[a] 18 7 7 4 19 13 +6 25
8 Fernando de la Mora 18 6 6 6 21 22 −1 24
9 Martín Ledesma 18 5 8 5 19 23 −4 23[b]
10 Independiente (CG) 18 6 5 7 18 19 −1 23[b]
11 Rubio Ñu 18 5 6 7 21 27 −6 21[c]
12 Deportivo Santaní 18 5 6 7 18 24 −6 21[c]
13 12 de Junio 18 5 5 8 18 20 −2 20
14 Pastoreo 18 4 4 10 16 27 −11 16
15 3 de Febrero 18 3 6 9 11 21 −10 15
16 Atlético Colegiales 18 1 4 13 18 37 −19 7
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2024. Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).
Notes:
  1. ^ Guaireña were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with player Enrique Borja.[6]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Martín Ledesma 3, Independiente (CG) 0.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rubio Ñu 3, Deportivo Santaní 0.

Results

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Home \ Away 3FE 12J CAC REC SAN ENC FDM GUA IND MAL PAS RES RUB SSL SPC TEM
3 de Febrero — 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–2
12 de Junio 2–0 — 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–1
Atlético Colegiales 2–3 — 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3
Deportivo Recoleta 1–0 — 6–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–1
Deportivo Santaní 1–0 0–0 — 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Encarnación 0–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 3–2 — 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Fernando de la Mora 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Guaireña 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Independiente (CG) 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–2 2–1
Martín Ledesma 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–0 4–4 0–1 0–0 0–4
Pastoreo 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1
Resistencia 0–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 3–2 — 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2
Rubio Ñu 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 — 0–2
San Lorenzo 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 — 1–0 1–0
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–1 4–3 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 —
Tembetary 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2024. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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As of 29 July 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paraguay Lucas González Deportivo Recoleta 14
2 Paraguay Luis Galeano Fernando de la Mora 10
3 Paraguay Fernando Escobar Resistencia / Encarnación 8
4 Paraguay Juan Roa Tembetary 6
Paraguay Richart Ortiz Encarnación
Paraguay Carlos Duarte Guaireña
Paraguay César Villagra Rubio Ñu
8 Paraguay Jesús Cáceres Guaireña 5
Paraguay Augusto Giménez Sportivo Carapeguá
Paraguay Iván Salcedo Sportivo Carapeguá
Paraguay Tomás Rojas 12 de Junio

Source: APF

Relegation

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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 three teams with the lowest average will be relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.

Pos
 Team
 2022
Pts		 2023
Pts		 2024
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Tembetary — — 36 36 18 2
2 Deportivo Recoleta — 51 39 90 48 1.875
3 Encarnación — — 30 30 18 1.667
4 San Lorenzo 54 42 30 126 78 1.615
5 Sportivo Carapeguá — 43 32 75 48 1.563
6 Fernando de la Mora 48 48 24 120 78 1.538
7 Resistencia — — 27 27 18 1.5
8 Independiente (CG) 41 51 23 115 78 1.474
9 Pastoreo 53 43 16 112 78 1.436
10 Rubio Ñu 44 44 21 109 78 1.397
11 Guaireña — — 25 25 18 1.389
12 Martín Ledesma 45 31 23 99 78 1.269
13 Deportivo Santaní 33 44 21 98 78 1.256
14 3 de Febrero 35 39 15 89 78 1.141 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15 12 de Junio — — 20 20 18 1.111
16 Atlético Colegiales 36 32 7 75 78 0.962

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2024. Source: APF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competencia 2024 de la Intermedia, entre abril y octubre" [2024 Intermedia competition, from April to October] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Así se jugará el torneo de la Intermedia 2024" [This is how the 2024 Intermedia tournament will be played] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Estos serán los 16 equipos de Intermedia que lucharán por subir a Primera" [These will be the 16 Intermedia teams that will fight to promote to Primera] (in Spanish). Versus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Intermedia: El "Canario" anida en el Cardif" [Intermedia: The Canary nests at the Cardif] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Intermedia: Pastoreo juega de local en el nuevo estadio de Caaguazú" [Intermedia: Pastoreo play at home at Caaguazú's new stadium] (in Spanish). Desde Caaguazú. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Guaireña perderá puntos por causa de "Zlatan"" [Guaireña will be deducted points due to "Zlatan"] (in Spanish). Versus. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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