2006 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2006 División Profesional season was the 72nd season of professional football in Paraguay.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 20 13 3 4 42 20 +22 42 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 20 12 4 4 36 22 +14 40
3 Tacuary 20 10 4 6 34 33 +1 34
4 Sportivo Luqueño 20 9 6 5 39 29 +10 33
5 12 de Octubre 20 8 4 8 25 31 −6 28
6 Olimpia 20 8 3 9 34 30 +4 27
7 2 de Mayo 20 6 7 7 29 33 −4 25
8 Nacional 20 6 6 8 42 36 +6 24
9 Guaraní 20 5 6 9 34 43 −9 21
10 3 de Febrero 20 5 4 11 29 41 −12 19
11 Fernando de la Mora 20 3 3 14 21 47 −26 12
Source: [citation needed]

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 20 16 4 0 35 10 +25 52 2007 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Libertad 20 12 5 3 35 20 +15 41
3 2 de Mayo 20 9 6 5 27 21 +6 33
4 Tacuary 20 8 8 4 25 19 +6 32
5 Nacional 20 8 5 7 29 21 +8 29
6 Olimpia 20 5 8 7 22 22 0 23
7 Sportivo Luqueño 20 5 8 7 20 30 −10 23
8 Guaraní 20 4 9 7 21 26 −5 21
9 3 de Febrero 20 4 5 11 17 26 −9 17
10 12 de Octubre 20 3 5 12 21 35 −14 14
11 Fernando de la Mora 20 3 3 14 14 36 −22 12
Source: [citation needed]

Championship game playoff

The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.

Cerro Porteño0–0Libertad
Libertad2–1Cerro Porteño

Libertad declared as national champions by aggregate score of 2–1.

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 40 28 8 4 71 32 +39 92 Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2007
2 Libertad 40 25 8 7 77 40 +37 83 Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2007 and Copa Sudamericana 2007
3 Tacuary 40 18 12 10 59 52 +7 66
4 2 de Mayo 40 15 13 12 56 54 +2 58
5 Sportivo Luqueño 40 14 14 12 59 59 0 56
6 Nacional 40 14 11 15 71 57 +14 53
7 Olimpia 40 13 11 16 56 52 +4 50
8 Guaraní 40 9 15 16 55 69 −14 42
9 12 de Octubre 40 11 9 20 46 66 −20 42
10 3 de Febrero 40 9 9 22 46 67 −21 36
11 Fernando de la Mora 40 6 6 28 35 83 −48 24 Relegated to second division
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation / Promotion

  • Fernando de la Mora automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the aggregate points table.
  • Sol de América and Sportivo Trinidense promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.

Qualification to international competitions

Copa Sudamericana Qualifiers

Semifinals

Team #1 Score Team #2 Date
2 de Mayo 1-1 Tacuary December 13
Cerro Porteño 2-0 Sportivo Luqueño December 13
  • Note: Tacuary advanced to the final due to better position in the aggregate points table.

Final

Team #1 Score Team #2 Date
Tacuary 3-2 Cerro Porteño December 17

References

  • Paraguay 2006 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
  • Diario ABC Color
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