2017 Paraguayan Primera División season


The 2017 División Profesional season was the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamManagerHome cityStadiumCapacity
Cerro Porteño Leonel ÁlvarezAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojasa45,000
Deportivo Capiatá Gustavo FlorentínCapiatáLic. Erico Galeano Segovia10,000
General DíazVacantLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
Guaraní Daniel GarneroAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
Independiente CG Pablo CaballeroAsunciónRicardo Gregor1,500
Libertad Fernando JuberoAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
Nacional Celso AyalaAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
Olimpia Aldo BobadillaAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio Ñu Miguel Pavani AsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de América Héctor MarecosVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo Luqueño Javier SanguinettiLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000
Sportivo Trinidense Carlos Jara SaguierAsunciónMartín Torres3,000

a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.

Managerial changes

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th official championship of the Primera División, called "Mario Agustín Sapriza Nunes", and the first championship of the 2017 season. It began on February 3 and ended on June 24.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Source:

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario del Club General Díaz - Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa", and the second championship of the 2017 season. It began on July 21 and ended on December 10.

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

Source:

Aggregate table

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 were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Pos
Team
2015
Pts
2016
Pts
2017
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
AvgRelegation
1Guaraní868385254132'-
2Olimpia799078247132'-
3Cerro Porteño966680242132'-
4Libertad768375234132'-
5Sol de América576362182132'-
6Deportivo Capiatá546750171132'-
7Sportivo Luqueño575350160132'-
8General Díaz454660151132'-
9Nacional435450147132'-
10Independiente CG '474744'Qualification to [|Relegation playoff decider]
11Rubio Ñu '484845141132'Qualification to Relegation playoff decider
12Sportivo Trinidense '343444Relegation to División Intermedia
Source:

Relegation playoff decider

Since Independiente CG and Rubio Ñu ended with the same average, a match on neutral ground between both teams was played to determine the second relegated team. The loser was relegated to the División Intermedia.