2012 Paraguayan Primera División season
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Apertura: Cerro Porteño (29th title) Clausura: Libertad (16th title) |
| Relegated |
Tacuary Independiente |
| Copa Libertadores |
Cerro Porteño Libertad Olimpia |
| Copa Sudamericana |
Cerro Porteño Libertad Nacional Guaraní |
| Matches played | 264 |
| Goals scored | 675 (2.56 per match) |
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The 2012 División Profesional season (officially the 2012 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | Presidente Franco | Cerro Porteño | 10,000 |
| Guaraní | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Independiente | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 1,500 |
| Libertad | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | Carapeguá | Tte. 1º Alcides González | 3,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
| Tacuary | Asunción | Roberto Béttega | 7,000 |
Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 106º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Jesús Manuel Pallarés", and was the first championship of the 2012 season. It began on February 5 and ended on July 8.
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 49 | 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 47 | |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 44 | |
| 4 | Sol de América | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 35 | |
| 5 | Nacional | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 33 | |
| 6 | Guaraní | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 27 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 26 | |
| 9 | Independiente | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 20 | |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 18 | |
| 12 | Tacuary | 22 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 11 |
Updated to games played on July 8, 2012.
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | CEP | CPF | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SCA | SPL | TAC |
| Cerro Porteño | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Guarani | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |
| Independiente | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Libertad | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Nacional | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpia | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Rubio Ñu | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sol de América | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Tacuary | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 8 July 2012.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Copa TIGO-VISION BANCO 2012 Apertura Champion |
|---|
| Cerro Porteño 29th title |
Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 107º official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario Club Cerro Porteñi, and was the second championship of the 2012 season. It began on July 28 and ended on December 16.
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libertad | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 47 | 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Nacional | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 44 | |
| 3 | Guaraní | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 43 | |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 37 | |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 33 | |
| 6 | Olimpia | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 26 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
| 9 | Sol de América | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 22 | |
| 10 | Tacuary | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 22 | |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 18 | |
| 12 | Independiente | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 9 |
Updated to games played on 16 December 2012.
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | CEP | CPF | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SCA | SPL | TAC |
| Cerro Porteño | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Guarani | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Independiente | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Libertad | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Nacional | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Rubio Ñu | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–7 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Sol de América | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Tacuary | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Updated to games played on 16 December 2012.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Copa TIGO-VISION BANCO 2012 Clausura Champion |
|---|
| Libertad 16th title |
Aggregate table
In 2012, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams.
- For the 2013 Copa Libertadores, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura.
- For the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, the champion of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically, with the 4th and 5th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libertad | 44 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 84 | 35 | +49 | 91 | 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 1 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 86 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 79 | 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Nacional | 44 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 77 | 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Guaraní | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 73 | |
| 6 | Sol de América | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 60 | |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 59 | |
| 8 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 53 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 45 | |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 78 | −36 | 36 | |
| 11 | Independiente | 44 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 86 | −44 | 34 | |
| 12 | Tacuary | 44 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 46 | 78 | −32 | 33 |
Updated to games played on 16 December 2012.
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
1 Cerro Porteño and Libertad are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores and 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Relegation
Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
| Pos | Team | 2010 Pts | 2011 Pts | 2012 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libertad | 87 | 79 | 91 | 257 | 132 | 1.947 | |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 91 | 67 | 86 | 244 | 132 | 1.8485 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 71 | 88 | 79 | 238 | 132 | 1.803 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 77 | 83 | 77 | 237 | 132 | 1.7955 | |
| 5 | Guaraní | 85 | 58 | 73 | 216 | 132 | 1.6364 | |
| 6 | Rubio Ñu | 66 | 56 | 36 | 160 | 132 | 1.2121 | |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | – | – | 53 | 53 | 44 | 1.2045 | |
| 8 | Sol de América | 45 | 49 | 60 | 154 | 132 | 1.1667 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 42 | 35 | 59 | 136 | 132 | 1.0303 | |
| 10 | Sportivo Carapeguá | – | – | 45 | 45 | 44 | 1.0227 | |
| 11 | Tacuary | 37 | 60 | 33 | 130 | 132 | 0.9848 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | Independiente | – | 52 | 34 | 86 | 88 | 0.9773 |
Updated to games played on 16 December 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
See also
External links
- APF's official website (Spanish)
- Season rules (Spanish)
- 2012 season on RSSSF