2023_Paraguayan_Primera_División_season

2023 Paraguayan Primera División season

2023 Paraguayan Primera División season

Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2023 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – Ueno 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season consisted of two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, and it began on 27 January and ended on 1 December 2023.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 November 2022.[2]

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In the Torneo Apertura, Libertad were the champions, clinching their twenty-third title with three matches in hand following a 1–0 win over Olimpia and a 2–1 defeat for Cerro Porteño against General Caballero (JLM) on 20 May.[3] Libertad also won the Torneo Clausura, securing their twenty-fourth league championship with two games in hand and a 1–0 victory over Sportivo Luqueño on 12 November.[4] Olimpia started the season as defending champions, having won the 2022 Clausura tournament.[5]

Teams

Twelve teams competed in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2022 season, and the top two teams in the 2022 Paraguayan División Intermedia (Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño). The promoted teams replaced Sol de América and 12 de Octubre, who were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.

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Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2023 Primera División teams
Locations of the 2023 Primera División teams – Asunción
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Notes
  1. Teams occasionally play their home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also usually played at this stadium.
  2. Used as home stadium for the season since Resistencia's stadium Estadio Tomás Beggan Correa did not meet APF requirements.
  3. Used as home stadium for the season since Sportivo Ameliano's stadium Estadio José Tomás Silva did not meet APF requirements.
  4. Used as home stadium for the season since Tacuary's stadium Estadio Toribio Vargas did not meet APF requirements.

Personnel and kits

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Managerial changes

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  1. Caretaker manager.
  2. Caretaker manager until the end of the season.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Homenaje al Dr. Marcelo Pecci", was the 127th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2022 season. It started on 27 January and ended on 11 June.[1]

Standings

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Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).[57]
(C) Champions

Results

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Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura, named "Centenario del Club Tacuary", was the 128th official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2022 season. It began on 7 July and ended on 1 December.[1]

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).[57]
(C) Champions

Results

More information Home \ Away, CCP ...
Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

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Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide international qualification between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).[57]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Nacional qualified for the Copa Libertadores first stage as the 2023 Copa Paraguay third-placed team.

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.

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Source: APF

Season awards

On 4 December 2023, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Luque to announce the winners of the season awards (Premios de Primera), who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the Primera División teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public, as well as the tournament's official broadcaster Tigo Sports and official statistics.[58]

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See also

References

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