2014 Paraguayan Primera División season
# 2014 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2014 División Profesional season (officially the 2014 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 80th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 de Febrero | Ciudad del Este | Antonio Oddone Sarubbi | 28,000 |
| 12 de Octubre | Itauguá | Juan Canuto Pettengill | 8,000 |
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Capiatá | Capiatá | 6,000 |
| Guaraní | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| General Díaz | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| 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 Luqueño | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 110º official championship of the Primera División, called "Dr. Nicolás Leoz, Centenario del club 12 de Octubre", and is the first championship of the 2014 season. It began on February 14 and will end on June 29.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Libertad | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 50 | 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 46 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 33 | |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 31 | |
| 5 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 31 | |
| 6 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 28 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 26 | |
| 10 | General Díaz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 19 | |
| 11 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 15 | |
| 12 | 3 de Febrero | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 14 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 3DF | 12O | CER | CAP | GDI | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SPL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 de Febrero | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 12 de Octubre | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 7–0 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| General Díaz | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Guaraní | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Libertad | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Nacional | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Olimpia | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Rubio Ñu | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Sol de América | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hernán Rodrigo López | Libertad | 19 (5) |
| 1 | Christian Ovelar | Sol de América | 19 (6) |
| 3 | Jorge Benítez | Guaraní | 17 |
| 4 | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní | 14 |

Source: Soccerway

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, will be the 111º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2014 season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Libertad | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 46 | 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 44 | |
| 3 | Guaraní | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 | |
| 4 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 35 | |
| 5 | Nacional | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Olimpia | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 30 | |
| 7 | General Díaz | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 29 | |
| 8 | 3 de Febrero | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 25 | |
| 9 | Sol de América | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 24 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 21 | |
| 11 | Rubio Ñú | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 20 | |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 3DF | 12O | CER | CAP | GDI | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SPL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 de Febrero | | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| 12 de Octubre | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| General Díaz | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Guaraní | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–2 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Libertad | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Olimpia | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Rubio Ñu | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Sol de América | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní | 17 |
| 2 | Federico Santander | Guaraní | 11 |
| 3 | José María Ortigoza | Cerro Porteño | 10 (1) |

## Aggregate table

In 2014, 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 2015 Copa Libertadores, the champions 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 2015 Copa Sudamericana, the champion (Apertura or Clausura) with the better Apertura and Clausura cumulatives qualify, with the 4th, 5th, 6th 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 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 35 | +47 | 96 | 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 44 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 105 | 60 | +45 | 87 | 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 58 | +33 | 75 | 2015 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 63 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Olimpia | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 63 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Nacional | 44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 62 | 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Sol de América | 44 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 55 | |
| 8 | Rubio Ñú | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 50 | |
| 9 | General Díaz | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 48 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 47 | |
| 11 | 3 de Febrero | 44 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 39 | |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 44 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 31 | |

* 1 2 As Libertad won both the Apertura and Clausura, Guaraní qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage, and Cerro Porteño qualified for the Copa Libertadores first stage.
* 1 2 Positions decided by draw, as both clubs agreed to not play the extra playoff game.

## 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 | Avg | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Libertad | 91 | 75 | 96 | 262 | 132 | 1.9848 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 86 | 87 | 75 | 248 | 132 | 1.8788 |
| 3 | Guaraní | 73 | 77 | 87 | 237 | 132 | 1.7955 |
| 4 | Nacional | 77 | 79 | 62 | 218 | 132 | 1.6515 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 79 | 55 | 63 | 197 | 132 | 1.4924 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueño | 59 | 54 | 63 | 176 | 132 | 1.3333 |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | — | 65 | 47 | 111 | 88 | 1.2614 |
| 8 | General Díaz | — | 61 | 48 | 109 | 88 | 1.2386 |
| 9 | Sol de América | 60 | 46 | 55 | 161 | 132 | 1.2197 |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 36 | 50 | 50 | 136 | 132 | 1.0303 |
| 11 | 3 de Febrero | — | — | 39 | 39 | 44 | 0.8864 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | — | — | 31 | 31 | 44 | 0.7045 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |

Source: D10 Paraguay

