2016 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

Primera División
Season2016
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (19th title)
Clausura: Guaraní (11th title)
RelegatedGeneral Caballero
River Plate
Copa LibertadoresLibertad
Guaraní
Olimpia
Deportivo Capiatá
Copa SudamericanaCerro Porteño
Sol de América
Nacional
Sportivo Luqueño
Top goalscorerApertura: Brian Montenegro (18 goals)
Clausura: Ernesto Álvarez
Cecilio Domínguez
(14 goals each)
2015
2017

Teams

Stadia and location

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cerro PorteñoParaguay Gustavo FlorentínAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
Deportivo CapiatáParaguay Víctor GenesCapiatáLic. Erico Galeano Segovia10,000
General CaballeroParaguay Robert PereiraAsunciónHugo Bogado Vaceque5,000
General DíazParaguay Humberto GarcíaLuqueGeneral Adrián Jara3,500
GuaraníArgentina Daniel GarneroAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
LibertadParaguay Eduardo VillalbaAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalParaguay Ever AlmeidaAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaParaguay Mauro CaballeroAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
River PlateParaguay Roberto LugoAsunciónRiver Plate5,000
Rubio ÑuUruguay Gregorio PérezAsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de AméricaParaguay Daniel FarrarVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo LuqueñoArgentina Mario JaraLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad (C) 22 14 2 6 38 23 +15 44 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2 Olimpia 22 14 1 7 57 30 +27 43
3 Sol de América 22 9 8 5 41 36 +5 35
4 Guaraní 22 10 5 7 35 31 +4 35
5 Rubio Ñu 22 10 3 9 31 32 1 33
6 Cerro Porteño 22 9 4 9 40 32 +8 31
7 Deportivo Capiatá 22 8 6 8 42 42 0 30
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 7 6 9 28 31 3 27
9 General Caballero 22 7 5 10 36 47 11 26
10 General Díaz 22 6 6 10 32 44 12 24
11 Nacional 22 6 5 11 36 42 6 23
12 River Plate 22 3 7 12 17 43 26 16
Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 2016. 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 drawing of lots
(C) Champions

[1]

Results

Home \ Away CEP CAP GCA GEN GUA LIB NAC OLI RIV RUB SOL SLU
Cerro Porteño 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–4 2–1
Deportivo Capiatá 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–4 3–5 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0
General Caballero 2–4 3–7 5–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0
General Díaz 2–5 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–2
Guaraní 0–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 4–2 3–1 2–1 3–2
Libertad 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 4–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0
Nacional 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 1–1
Olimpia 0–1 1–3 7–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 6–0 2–0
River Plate 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–3 1–4 1–1 0–1
Rubio Ñu 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–2
Sol de América 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–3
Sportivo Luqueño 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Brian Montenegro Nacional 18
2 Paraguay Santiago Salcedo Libertad 13
3 Paraguay Roberto Gamarra Deportivo Capiatá 12
São Tomé and Príncipe Luís Leal Cerro Porteño 12
Paraguay William Mendieta Olimpia 12
Uruguay Alejandro Silva Olimpia 12

Source: Soccerway

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guaraní (C) 22 15 3 4 32 19 +13 48 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2 Olimpia 22 14 5 3 44 22 +22 47
3 Libertad 22 11 6 5 33 22 +11 39
4 Deportivo Capiatá 22 10 7 5 33 25 +8 37
5 Cerro Porteño 22 9 8 5 45 30 +15 35
6 Nacional 22 9 4 9 33 34 1 31
7 Sol de América 22 7 7 8 32 34 2 28
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 8 8 19 31 12 26
9 General Díaz 22 5 7 10 20 28 8 22
10 General Caballero 22 4 8 10 23 34 11 20
11 Rubio Ñu 22 3 6 13 15 27 12 15
12 River Plate 22 3 3 16 25 48 23 12
Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2016. Source: APF, Soccerway
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 drawing of lots
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away CEP CAP GCA GEN GUA LIB NAC OLI RIV RUB SOL SLU
Cerro Porteño 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 4–1
Deportivo Capiatá 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1
General Caballero 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–5 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
General Díaz 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Guaraní 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–3 2–1
Libertad 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
Nacional 1–6 2–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Olimpia 4–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–3 3–1 1–0 4–1
River Plate 2–3 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–4 0–2
Rubio Ñu 0–4 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 0–0
Sol de América 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–6 1–0 1–1
Sportivo Luqueño 0–0 0–4 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Paraguay Ernesto Álvarez Sol de América 14
Paraguay Cecilio Domínguez Cerro Porteño 14
3 Paraguay Santiago Salcedo Libertad 13
4 Paraguay Néstor Camacho Guaraní 12
5 Paraguay Osmar Leguizamón General Caballero 10
Paraguay William Mendieta Olimpia 10

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 44 28 6 10 101 52 +49 90 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Libertad 44 25 8 11 71 45 +26 83 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
3 Guaraní 44 25 8 11 67 50 +17 83
4 Deportivo Capiatá 44 18 13 13 75 67 +8 67 2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage
5 Cerro Porteño 44 18 12 14 85 62 +23 66 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6 Sol de América 44 16 15 13 73 70 +3 63
7 Nacional 44 15 9 20 69 76 7 54
8 Sportivo Luqueño 44 13 14 17 47 62 15 53
9 Rubio Ñu 44 13 9 22 46 59 13 48
10 General Díaz 44 11 13 20 52 72 20 46
11 General Caballero 44 11 13 20 59 81 22 46
12 River Plate 44 6 10 28 42 91 49 28
Updated to match(es) played on December 18, 2016. 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 drawing of lots

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
AvgRelegation
1Guaraní 8786832561321.9394
2Libertad 9676832551321.9318
3Cerro Porteño 7596662371321.7955
4Olimpia 6379902321321.7576
5Sol de América 5557631751321.3258
6Sportivo Luqueño 6357531731321.3106
7Deportivo Capiatá 4754671681321.2727
8Nacional 6243541591321.2045
9Rubio Ñu 5048481461321.1061
10General Díaz 4845461391321.053
11General Caballero (R) 4646441.0455 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12River Plate (R) 2828440.6364

Source: APF

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.