2018 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2018 División Profesional season was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.
In the Torneo Apertura, Olimpia won their forty-first league title with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Libertad on 30 May. Olimpia also clinched their forty-second league title in the Torneo Clausura with two matches to spare after beating Guaraní 4–1 on 28 November.
Teams
Stadia and locations
| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| 3 de Febrero |  Eduardo Rivera | Ciudad del Este | Antonio Aranda | 23,500 |
| Cerro Porteño |  Fernando Jubero | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 45,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá |  Julio Cabrera | Capiatá | Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia | 10,000 |
| Deportivo Santaní | Héctor Marecos | San Estanislao | Juan José Vázqueza | 8,000 |
| General Díaz | Florencio Villalba | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Guaraní | Gustavo Florentín | Asunción | Rogelio Livieresb | 6,000 |
| Independiente |  Mario Jara | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 1,500 |
| Libertad |  Leonel Álvarez | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Fernando Gamboa | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Daniel Garnero | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 25,000 |
| Sol de América | Ever Hugo Almeida | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 10,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Pedro Sarabia | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium.
a: Deportivo Santaní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan José Vázquez in San Estanislao.
b: Guaraní played their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción until mid-May while their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres underwent maintenance works. Guaraní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este.
Managerial changes
Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Centenario del Estadio Defensores del Chaco", was the 117th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2018 season. It started on February 2 and concluded on June 10.Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: ,Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Dr. Gerónimo Angulo Gastón", was the 118th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2018 season. It started on July 17 and concluded on December 8.Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Óscar Cardozo | Libertad | 15 |
| 2 | Diego Churín | Cerro Porteño | 12 |
| 2 | Adrián Martínez | Sol de América | 12 |
| 2 | Santiago Salcedo | Deportivo Capiatá | 12 |
| 5 | Adam Bareiro | Nacional | 10 |
| 5 | Jorge Ortega | Olimpia | 10 |
| 7 | Enrique Borja | General Díaz | 9 |
| 7 | Roque Santa Cruz | Olimpia | 9 |
| 9 | William Mendieta | Olimpia | 8 |
| 10 | Facundo Parra | 3 de Febrero | 7 |
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 | 2016 Pts | 2017 Pts | 2018 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 90 | 78 | 102 | 270 | 132 | ' | - |
| 2 | Libertad | 83 | 75 | 76 | 234 | 132 | ' | - |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 66 | 80 | 82 | 228 | 132 | ' | - |
| 4 | Guaraní | 83 | 85 | 48 | 216 | 132 | ' | - |
| 5 | Sol de América | 63 | 62 | 63 | 188 | 132 | ' | - |
| 6 | Nacional | 54 | 50 | 65 | 169 | 132 | ' | - |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 67 | 50 | 45 | 162 | 132 | ' | - |
| 8 | General Díaz | 46 | 60 | 46 | 152 | 132 | ' | - |
| 9 | Deportivo Santaní | — | — | 50 | 50 | 44 | ' | - |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 53 | 50 | 46 | 149 | 132 | ' | - |
| 11 | — | 47 | 51 | 98 | 88 | ' | ||
| 12 | 3 de Febrero ' | — | — | 39 | 39 | 44 |