2023 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2023 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2023 for sponsorship reasons) is the 89th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season consists of two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, and it began on 27 January and will end on 11 December 2023.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 November 2022.[2]

Primera División
Season2023
Dates27 January – 11 December 2023
Matches played106
Goals scored255 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Óscar Cardozo (9 goals)
Biggest home winLibertad 5–0 Cerro Porteño
(2 April)
Biggest away winResistencia 0–4 Guaraní
(17 February)
Highest scoringSpvo. Ameliano 2–5 Libertad
(10 April)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2023.

Olimpia are the defending champions, having won the 2022 Clausura tournament.[3]

Teams

Twelve teams compete in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2022 season, and the top two teams in the 2022 Paraguayan División Intermedia (Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño). The promoted teams replaced Sol de América and 12 de Octubre, who were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2023 Primera División teams
Locations of the 2023 Primera División teams – Asunción
Team City Stadium[lower-roman 1] Capacity
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas45,000
General Caballero (JLM)Juan León MallorquínKa'arendy10,000
GuaireñaVillarricaParque del Guairá12,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
LibertadAsunciónTigo La Huerta10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónTigo Manuel Ferreira25,000
ResistenciaAsunciónLuis Alfonso Giagni[lower-roman 2]11,000
Sportivo AmelianoAsunciónMartín Torres[lower-roman 3]3,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres23,000
Sportivo TrinidenseAsunciónMartín Torres3,000
TacuaryAsunciónLuis Alfonso Giagni[lower-roman 4]11,000
Notes
  1. Teams occasionally play their home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also usually played at this stadium.
  2. Used as home stadium for the season since Resistencia's stadium Estadio Tomás Beggan Correa did not meet APF requirements.
  3. Used as home stadium for the season since Sportivo Ameliano's stadium Estadio José Tomás Silva did not meet APF requirements.
  4. Used as home stadium for the season since Tacuary's stadium Estadio Toribio Vargas did not meet APF requirements.

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Cerro Porteño Argentina Facundo Sava Puma Tigo, Visión Banco
General Caballero (JLM) Paraguay Troadio Duarte Kappa Sanatorio San Sebastián
Guaireña Argentina Luciano Theiler Kyrios Coopeduc, CLS Remates
Guaraní Uruguay Hernán Rodrigo López Kyrios Tigo
Libertad Argentina Daniel Garnero Puma Tigo
Nacional Paraguay Pedro Sarabia Kappa Banco Continental, Coca-Cola
Olimpia Uruguay Diego Aguirre Nike Tigo, Visión Banco
Resistencia Paraguay Carlos Recalde Lotto Pulp, CPS
Sportivo Ameliano Paraguay Humberto García Garcis Ayres, FerreShop, Slots del Sol
Sportivo Luqueño Paraguay Gustavo Florentín Kyrios Comercial Vírgen del Rosario, Banco Río
Sportivo Trinidense Paraguay José Arrúa Saltarín Rojo Noroda, Lácteos Trébol, Chorti Beef
Tacuary Paraguay Iván Almeida Saltarín Rojo Argor, Fleming

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Sportivo Luqueño Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú Resigned 23 October 2022[4] Pre-season Paraguay Gustavo Florentín 27 October 2022[5]
Resistencia Argentina Mario Jara Sacked 17 November 2022[6] Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú 24 November 2022[7]
Sportivo Ameliano Argentina Juan Pablo Pumpido Resigned 20 November 2022[8] Paraguay Humberto García 22 November 2022[9]
Guaraní Spain Fernando Jubero Mutual agreement 24 November 2022[10] Uruguay Hernán Rodrigo López 24 November 2022[11]
Guaireña Paraguay Troadio Duarte End of contract 28 November 2022[12] Paraguay Roberto Torres 30 November 2022[13]
Tacuary Paraguay Robert Pereira Sacked 3 February 2023[14] 12th Paraguay Carlos Humberto Paredes 6 February 2023[15]
Cerro Porteño Paraguay Francisco Arce 6 February 2023[16] 3rd Paraguay Diego Gavilán[lower-roman 1] 6 February 2023[17]
Paraguay Diego Gavilán End of caretaker spell 11 February 2023 3rd Argentina Facundo Sava 12 February 2023[18]
General Caballero (JLM) Paraguay Humberto Ovelar Sacked 26 February 2023[19] 7th Paraguay Troadio Duarte 27 February 2023[20]
Olimpia Paraguay Julio César Cáceres 6 March 2023[21] 5th Spain Carlos Aitor García[lower-roman 1] 6 March 2023[22]
Resistencia Argentina Miguel Ángel Zahzú Resigned 6 March 2023[23] 11th Uruguay Sergio Órteman 6 March 2023[23]
Olimpia Spain Carlos Aitor García End of caretaker spell 12 March 2023 2nd Uruguay Diego Aguirre 11 March 2023[24]
Tacuary Paraguay Carlos Humberto Paredes Sacked 27 March 2023[25] 12th Paraguay Badayco Maciel[lower-roman 1] 28 March 2023[26]
Guaireña Paraguay Roberto Torres Mutual agreement 2 April 2023[27] 10th Argentina Luciano Theiler 4 April 2023[28]
Tacuary Paraguay Badayco Maciel End of caretaker spell 12 April 2023 12th Paraguay Iván Almeida 13 April 2023[29]
Resistencia Uruguay Sergio Órteman Sacked 9 May 2023[30] 10th Paraguay Carlos Recalde 9 May 2023[31]
Notes
  1. Caretaker manager.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Homenaje al Dr. Marcelo Pecci", is the 127th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2022 season. It started on 27 January and will end on 11 June.[1]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Libertad 18 14 2 2 35 12 +23 44 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Cerro Porteño 18 10 7 1 34 23 +11 37
3 Guaraní 18 8 7 3 26 18 +8 31
4 Sportivo Trinidense 17 7 4 6 24 18 +6 25[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sportivo Ameliano 17 6 7 4 22 22 0 25[lower-alpha 1]
6 Olimpia 18 6 7 5 25 20 +5 25[lower-alpha 1]
7 Sportivo Luqueño 18 5 8 5 22 22 0 23[lower-alpha 2]
8 Nacional 17 6 5 6 17 18 −1 23[lower-alpha 2]
9 General Caballero (JLM) 18 4 5 9 18 25 −7 17
10 Resistencia 17 3 4 10 12 27 −15 13
11 Guaireña 18 2 6 10 10 26 −16 12
12 Tacuary 18 3 2 13 11 25 −14 11
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2023. 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).[32]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head: Sportivo Trinidense 4 pts (+1 GD), Sportivo Ameliano 4 pts (+1 GD), Olimpia 2 pts.
  2. Head-to-head points: Sportivo Luqueño 3, Nacional 0.

Results
Home \ Away CCP GCM GFC GUA LIB NAC OLI RES SPA SLU TRI TAC
Cerro Porteño — 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–0
General Caballero (JLM) 2–3 — 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–4 1–0
Guaireña 0–2 0–0 — 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1
Guaraní 0–3 3–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Libertad 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Nacional 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
Olimpia 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 4–0
Resistencia 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–0
Sportivo Ameliano 1–2 1–1 2–5 0–0 2–2 0–3 — 2–0 2–1 2–1
Sportivo Luqueño 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 2–0
Sportivo Trinidense 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 — 2–0
Tacuary 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2023. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of 17 May 2023
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Libertad 9
2 Paraguay Marcelo Pérez Sportivo Luqueño 8
3 Paraguay Néstor Camacho Guaraní 6
Paraguay Lorenzo Melgarejo Libertad
Paraguay Elías Sarquis Sportivo Ameliano
Paraguay Héctor Villalba Libertad
7 Argentina Claudio Aquino Cerro Porteño 5
Uruguay Facundo Barceló Guaraní
Paraguay Clementino González General Caballero (JLM)
Paraguay Iván Valdez Libertad

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, named "Centenario del Club Tacuary", will be the 128th official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2022 season. It will begin on 7 July and will end on 11 December.[1]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cerro Porteño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 General Caballero (JLM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Guaireña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Guaraní 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Resistencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sportivo Ameliano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sportivo Luqueño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sportivo Trinidense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tacuary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 July 2023. 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).[32]

Results
Home \ Away CCP GCM GFC GUA LIB NAC OLI RES SPA SLU TRI TAC
Cerro Porteño — a
General Caballero (JLM) —
Guaireña —
Guaraní —
Libertad —
Nacional —
Olimpia a —
Resistencia —
Sportivo Ameliano —
Sportivo Luqueño —
Sportivo Trinidense —
Tacuary —
First match(es) will be played on 7 July 2023. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation

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 will be relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.

Pos
Team
2021
Pts		2022
Pts		2023
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Cerro Porteño 669837201982.051
2Libertad 659144200982.041
3Olimpia 519225168981.714
4Guaraní 615531147981.5
5Nacional 507123144971.485
6Sportivo Trinidense ——2525171.471
7Sportivo Luqueño ——2323181.278
8Sportivo Ameliano —482573611.197
9General Caballero (JLM) —511768621.097
10Guaireña 445012106981.082
11Tacuary —531164621.032 Relegation to División Intermedia
12Resistencia —491362611.016

Updated to matches played on 17 May 2023. Source: APF

See also

References
  1. "Calendarios definidos para el 2023" [Schedules set for 2023] (in Spanish). ABC. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. "El calendario 2023 de Primera" [The 2023 calendar of Primera] (in Spanish). APF. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. "Olimpia festeja la 46 tras un sufrido partido ante Nacional" [Olimpia celebrate the 46th after a hard-fought match against Nacional] (in Spanish). D10. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. "¿Y esto? Luqueño despidió oficialmente a Miguel Zahzú" [And this? Luqueño officially said goodbye to Miguel Zahzú] (in Spanish). Versus. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. "Gustavo Florentín es nuevo entrenador del Sportivo Luqueño" [Gustavo Florentín is Sportivo Luqueño's new manager] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. "Resistencia busca técnico para la próxima temporada" [Resistencia seek a manager for the upcoming season] (in Spanish). Diario HOY. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  7. "Miguel Ángel Zahzú es el nuevo entrenador de Resistencia" [Miguel Ángel Zahzú is Resistencia's new manager] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. "Juan Pablo Pumpido no continuará en Sportivo Ameliano" [Juan Pablo Pumpido will not continue at Sportivo Ameliano] (in Spanish). El Nacional. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  9. "Oficial: Humberto García regresa a Sportivo Ameliano para 2023" [Official: Humberto García returns to Sportivo Ameliano for 2023] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  10. "Oficial: Fernando Jubero rescindió vínculo con Guaraní" [Official: Fernando Jubero rescinded link with Guaraní] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  11. "Rodrigo López, el reemplazante de Fernando Jubero en Guaraní" [Rodrigo López, the replacement for Fernando Jubero at Guaraní] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  12. "Troadio Duarte cierra el ciclo en Guaireña" [Troadio Duarte ends his cycle at Guaireña] (in Spanish). D10. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  13. "Roberto Torres firmó hasta 2023 y fue presentado en Guaireña" [Roberto Torres signed until 2023 and was presented at Guaireña] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  14. "Robert Pereira ya no es técnico de Tacuary" [Robert Pereira is no longer manager of Tacuary] (in Spanish). D10. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  15. "Carlos Humberto Paredes toma el mando de Tacuary" [Carlos Humberto Paredes takes the helm of Tacuary] (in Spanish). D10. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  16. "Francisco Arce ya no es técnico de Cerro Porteño" [Francisco Arce is no longer manager of Cerro Porteño] (in Spanish). D10. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  17. "Diego Gavilán dirigirá interinamente a Cerro Porteño" [Diego Gavilán will manage Cerro Porteño on an interim basis] (in Spanish). D10. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  18. "Cerro Porteño presentó a Facundo Sava" [Cerro Porteño presented Facundo Sava] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  19. "Cambio fugaz: General Caballero despidió a Humberto Ovelar y ya tiene nuevo DT" [Fleeting change: General Caballero fired Humberto Ovelar and already have a new manager] (in Spanish). Versus. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  20. "Troadio Duarte asume en General Caballero y debutará ante su exequipo" [Troadio Duarte takes over at General Caballero and will debut against his former team] (in Spanish). Versus. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  21. "Olimpia despide a Julio César Cáceres" [Olimpia sack Julio César Cáceres] (in Spanish). D10. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  22. "El sorpresivo técnico interino que tendrá Olimpia tras la salida de Julio Cáceres" [The surprising caretaker manager Olimpia will have following the departure of Julio Cáceres] (in Spanish). Versus. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  23. "Sergio Orteman es el nuevo técnico de Resistencia" [Sergio Orteman is Resistencia's new manager] (in Spanish). Hoy. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  24. "Oficial: Diego Aguirre es el nuevo entrenador de Olimpia" [Official: Diego Aguirre is the new manager of Olimpia] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  25. "Tacuary oficializó la salida de Carlos Humberto Paredes" [Tacuary made official the departure of Carlos Humberto Paredes] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  26. "Badayco Maciel, el interino que sustituye a Paredes en Tacuary" [Badayco Maciel, the interim who replaces Paredes at Tacuary] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  27. "Otro DT que se va: Roberto "Tiburón" Torres ya no es entrenador de Guaireña" [Another manager leaving: Roberto Shark Torres is no longer manager of Guaireña] (in Spanish). Versus. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  28. "Guaireña presenta a Luciano Theiler" [Guaireña present Luciano Theiler] (in Spanish). D10. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  29. "Tacuary vuelve a apostar por Iván Almeida" [Tacuary bet on Iván Almeida again] (in Spanish). D10. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  30. "Resistencia le cierra las puertas a Órteman" [Resistencia close the doors to Órteman] (in Spanish). D10. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  31. "Resistencia cesó a Orteman y ya tiene confirmado al nuevo DT" [Resistencia dismissed Orteman and has already confirmed the new manager] (in Spanish). Versus. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  32. "REGLAMENTO GENERAL DE COMPETICIONES 2023" [2023 GENERAL REGULATIONS OF COMPETITIONS] (PDF) (in Spanish). APF. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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