2015 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2015 División Profesional season (officially the 2015 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2015
ChampionsApertura: Cerro Porteño (31st title)
Clausura: Olimpia (40th title)
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Teams

Stadia and location
Locations of the 2015 Primera División teams
Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro PorteñoParaguay Roberto TorresAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
Deportivo CapiatáParaguay Humberto GarcíaCapiatáCapiatá6,000
Deportivo SantaníParaguay Félix Darío LeónSan EstanislaoJuan José Vázquez8,000
GuaraníSpain Fernando JuberoAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
General DíazArgentina Mario JaraLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
LibertadParaguay Pedro SarabiaAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalSwitzerland Daniel RaschleAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaParaguay Francisco ArceAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio ÑuParaguay Alicio SolalindeAsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
San LorenzoParaguay Héctor MarecosSan LorenzoGunther Vogel5,000
Sol de AméricaParaguay Mario JacquetVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo LuqueñoUruguay Eduardo RiveraLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 112º official championship of the Primera División, called "Lic. Juan Ángel Napout", and is the first championship of the 2015 season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 31.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 22 16 4 2 41 19 +22 52 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Guaraní 22 15 2 5 40 26 +14 47
3 Libertad 22 10 8 4 30 23 +7 38
4 Olimpia 22 9 8 5 32 22 +10 35
5 Sportivo Luqueño 22 10 4 8 35 29 +6 34
6 Sol de América 22 8 7 7 26 26 0 31
7 Rubio Ñu 22 6 8 8 34 36 −2 26
8 Nacional 22 5 7 10 28 37 −9 22
9 Deportivo Santaní 22 4 9 9 27 33 −6 21
10 General Díaz 22 5 6 11 26 32 −6 21
11 Deportivo Capiatá 22 5 6 11 29 41 −12 21
12 San Lorenzo 22 2 5 15 24 48 −24 11
Updated to match(es) played on May 31, 2015. 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

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Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, is the 113º official championship of the Primera División, called "Luis Óscar Giagni", and is the last championship of the 2015 season. It began on July 4 and ended on December 6.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 22 13 5 4 40 22 +18 44 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 14 2 6 32 23 +9 44
3 Guaraní 22 12 3 7 52 29 +23 39
4 Libertad 22 9 11 2 35 23 +12 38
5 Deportivo Capiatá 22 9 6 7 31 34 −3 33
6 Sol de América 22 7 5 10 35 35 0 26
7 Deportivo Santaní 22 7 5 10 29 37 −8 26
8 General Díaz 22 6 6 10 18 35 −17 24
9 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 5 11 39 43 −4 23
10 Rubio Ñu 22 5 7 10 22 29 −7 22
11 San Lorenzo 22 5 7 10 29 38 −9 22
12 Nacional 22 5 6 11 21 35 −14 21
Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2015. 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

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Clausura play-off

Because Olimpia and Cerro Porteño tied with 44 points, a title play-off on neutral ground was played as the tournament rules specify.

Clausura play-off
Cerro Porteño1–2Olimpia

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 44 30 6 8 73 42 +31 96 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Guaraní 44 27 5 12 92 55 +37 86 2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3 Olimpia 44 22 13 9 72 44 +28 79 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4 Libertad 44 19 19 6 65 46 +19 76 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6 Sol de América 44 15 12 17 61 61 0 57[lower-alpha 1]
5 Sportivo Luqueño 44 16 9 19 74 72 +2 57[lower-alpha 1]
7 Deportivo Capiatá 44 14 12 18 60 75 −15 54
8 Rubio Ñú 44 11 15 18 56 65 −9 48
9 Deportivo Santaní 44 11 14 19 56 70 −14 47
10 General Díaz 44 11 12 21 44 67 −23 45
11 Nacional 44 10 13 21 49 72 −23 43
12 San Lorenzo 44 7 12 25 53 86 −33 33
Updated to match(es) played on December 2015. Source:
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
Notes:
  1. Positions decided by draw, as both clubs agreed to not play the extra playoff game.[3]

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
2012
Pts		2013
Pts		2014
Pts		Total
Pts		Total
Pld		AvgRelegation
1Cerro Porteño 8775962581321.9545
2Guaraní 7787862501321.8939
3Libertad 7596762471321.8712
4Olimpia 5563791971321.4924
5Nacional 7962431841321.3939
6Sportivo Luqueño 5463571741321.3182
7Deportivo Capiatá 6547541661321.2576
8Sol de América 4655571581321.197
9General Díaz 6148451541321.1667
10Rubio Ñu 5050481481321.1212
11Deportivo Santaní ——4747441.0682 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12San Lorenzo ——3333440.75

Source: D10 Paraguay

See also

References
  1. "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  2. "Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  3. Sol es Paraguay 3 en la Copa Sudamericana
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