2013 Paraguayan Primera División season

Football league season
Primera División
Season2013
ChampionsApertura: Nacional (9th title)
Clausura: Cerro Porteño (30th title)
RelegatedCerro Porteño (PF)
Sportivo Carapeguá
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Nacional
Guaraní
Copa SudamericanaCerro Porteño
Libertad
General Díaz
Capiatá
Matches played132
Goals scored351 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Julián Benítez (Nacional – 13 goals)
Clausura: Guillermo Beltrán (Cerro Porteño – 3 goals)
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The 2013 División Profesional season (officially the 2013 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Teams

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Locations of the 2013 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000
Cerro Porteño (PF) Presidente Franco Juan Eudes Pereira 5,000
Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Capiatá 6,000
Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
General Díaz Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500
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 Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 6,500
Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 108º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", and was the first championship of the 2013 season. It began on February 9 and ended on June 30.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nacional 22 15 1 6 40 25 +15 46 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Guaraní 22 11 7 4 38 21 +17 40
3 Cerro Porteño 22 11 4 7 38 29 +9 37
4 Libertad 22 10 6 6 29 23 +6 36
5 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 31 31 0 31
6 Sol de América 22 7 8 7 30 34 −4 29
7 General Díaz 22 7 7 8 25 27 −2 28
8 Deportivo Capiatá 22 7 6 9 25 30 −5 27
9 Rubio Ñu 22 6 7 9 27 29 −2 25
10 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 7 9 19 25 −6 25
11 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 4 7 11 27 38 −11 19
12 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 3 7 12 22 39 −17 16
Updated to match(es) played on June 2013. 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 draw of lots

Results

Home \ Away CER CPF CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL
Cerro Porteño 4–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–0
Cerro Porteño (PF) 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 5–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1
Deportivo Capiatá 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–5 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 1–0
General Díaz 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Guaraní 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 2–1 4–1
Libertad 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2
Nacional 0–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 4–3 0–1
Olimpia 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 4–3
Rubio Ñu 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Sol de América 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–4 3–4 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2
Sportivo Carapeguá 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–2
Sportivo Luqueño 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 2013. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

# Team Total Low High Average
1 Olimpia 53,004 340 18,263 4,818
2 Cerro Porteño 38,349 320 15,867 3,486
3 Capiatá 17,268 194 4,812 1,569
4 Sportivo Luqueño 16,572 300 6,858 1,506
5 Sportivo Carapeguá 15,416 246 4,145 1,401
6 Libertad 13,368 201 4,786 1,215
7 Guaraní 11,785 443 4,873 1,071
8 General Díaz 9,573 105 2,737 870
9 Cerro Porteño (PF) 9,247 128 2,311 840
10 Nacional 8,144 212 2,164 740
11 Rubio Ñu 7,549 107 2,444 686
12 Sol de América 5,336 96 2,292 485
TOTAL Apertura 205,611 96 18,263 1,557

Topscorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Paraguay Julián Benítez Nacional 13
2 Brazil Rodrigo Teixeira Guaraní 11
3 Paraguay Ángel Romero Cerro Porteño 9

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 109º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2013 season.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 22 14 8 0 37 16 +21 50 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Libertad 22 12 3 7 25 19 +6 39
3 Deportivo Capiatá 22 12 2 8 36 32 +4 38
4 Guaraní 22 10 7 5 47 24 +23 37
5 General Díaz 22 8 9 5 30 24 +6 33
6 Nacional 22 9 6 7 30 26 +4 33
7 Sportivo Luqueño 22 8 5 9 30 29 +1 29
8 Rubio Ñu 22 6 7 9 25 32 −7 25
9 Olimpia 22 6 6 10 31 32 −1 24
10 Sportivo Carapeguá 22 5 7 10 24 38 −14 22
11 Sol de América 22 4 5 13 24 43 −19 17
12 Cerro Porteño (PF) 22 5 1 16 23 47 −24 16
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. 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 draw of lots

Results

Home \ Away CER CPF CAP GDI GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SCA SPL
Cerro Porteño 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1
Cerro Porteño (PF) 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–7 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–2
Capiatá 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
General Díaz 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Guaraní 2–3 6–0 5–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2
Libertad 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 0–1
Nacional 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 5–2 0–0
Olimpia 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Sol de América 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–4 2–2 3–2 2–4
Sportivo Carapeguá 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Sportivo Luqueño 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–0 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. Source: Futebol365
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

# Team Total Low High Average
1 Olimpia 16,871 7,218 9,653 8,435
2 Libertad 9,178 361 8,817 4,589
3 Cerro Porteño 13,756 1,912 7,508 4,585
4 Nacional 7,557 579 6,978 3,778
5 Sportivo Luqueño 2,626 2,626 2,626 2,626
6 Sportivo Carapeguá 1,711 1,711 1,711 1,711
7 Deportivo Capiatá 1,985 500 1,485 992
8 Rubio Ñu 2,548 123 2,094 849
9 Cerro Porteño (PF) 1,368 498 870 684
10 Sol de América 1,231 238 993 615
11 General Díaz 829 350 479 414
12 Guaraní 806 101 705 403
TOTAL Clausura 60,466 101 9,653 2,519

Topscorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Rodrigo López Sportivo Luqueño 17

Aggregate table

In 2013, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams.

  • For the 2014 Copa Libertadores, the champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura.
  • For the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, the champion (Apertura or Clausura) with the better Apertura and Clausura cumulatives qualify, with the 4th, 5th, 6th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 44 25 12 7 75 45 +30 87 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Nacional 44 24 7 13 70 51 +19 79 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3 Guaraní 44 21 14 9 83 45 +38 77 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Libertad 44 22 9 13 54 42 +12 75 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Deportivo Capiatá 44 19 8 17 61 62 −1 65
6 General Díaz 44 15 16 13 55 51 +4 61
7 Olimpia 44 14 13 17 62 63 −1 55
8 Sportivo Luqueño 44 14 12 18 49 54 −5 54
9 Rubio Ñu 44 12 14 18 52 61 −9 50
10 Sol de América 44 11 13 20 54 77 −23 46
11 Sportivo Carapeguá 44 8 14 22 46 77 −31 38
12 Cerro Porteño (PF) 44 9 8 27 50 85 −35 35
Updated to match(es) played on December 2013. Source: [citation needed]
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 draw of lots

Relegation

Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.

Pos
 Team
 2011
Pts		 2012
Pts		 2013
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Libertad 79 91 75 245 132 1.8561
2 Cerro Porteño 67 86 87 240 132 1.8182
3 Nacional 83 77 79 239 132 1.8106
4 Olimpia 88 79 55 222 132 1.6818
5 Guaraní 58 73 77 208 132 1.5758
6 Deportivo Capiatá — — 65 65 44 1.4773
7 General Díaz — — 61 61 44 1.3864
8 Sol de América 49 60 46 155 132 1.1742
9 Sportivo Luqueño 35 59 54 148 132 1.1212
10 Rubio Ñu 58 36 50 144 132 1.0909
11 Cerro Porteño (PF) — 53 35 88 88 1 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12 Sportivo Carapeguá — 45 38 83 88 0.9432

See also

External links

  • APF's official website (in Spanish)
    • Season rules (in Spanish)
  • 2013 season on RSSSF
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