2016 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2016 División Profesional season was the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
Stadia and location
| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cerro Porteño |  Roberto Torres | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Humberto García | Capiatá | Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia | 10,000 |
| General Caballero | Aldo Bobadilla | Asunción | Hugo Bogado Vaceque | 5,000 |
| General Díaz |  Mario Jara | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Guaraní |  Fernando Jubero | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Libertad | Pedro Sarabia | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional |  Daniel Raschle | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Francisco Arce | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| River Plate | Gabino Román | Asunción | River Plate | 5,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Alicio Solalinde | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Mario Jacquet | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño |  Eduardo Rivera | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and the first championship of the 2016 season. It began on January 22 and ended on May 22.Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source:Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 114h official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario de la Conmebol", and the second championship of the 2016 season. It began on July 8 and ended on December 18.Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source:Aggregate table
Relegation
Relegations 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 are relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.| Pos | Team | 2014 Pts | 2015 Pts | 2016 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Guaraní | 87 | 86 | 83 | 256 | 132 | ' | - |
| 2 | Libertad | 96 | 76 | 83 | 255 | 132 | ' | - |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 75 | 96 | 66 | 237 | 132 | ' | - |
| 4 | Olimpia | 63 | 79 | 90 | 232 | 132 | ' | - |
| 5 | Sol de América | 55 | 57 | 63 | 175 | 132 | ' | - |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueño | 63 | 57 | 53 | 173 | 132 | ' | - |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 47 | 54 | 67 | 168 | 132 | ' | - |
| 8 | Nacional | 62 | 43 | 54 | 159 | 132 | ' | - |
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 50 | 48 | 48 | 146 | 132 | ' | - |
| 10 | General Díaz | 48 | 45 | 46 | 139 | 132 | ' | - |
| 11 | General Caballero ' | — | — | 46 | 46 | 44 | ' | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | River Plate ' | — | — | 28 | 28 | 44 | ' | Relegated to the División Intermedia |