2017 Paraguayan Primera División season
# 2017 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2017 División Profesional season (officially the 2017 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerro Porteño | Leonel Álvarez | Asunción | General Pablo $Rojas^a$ | 45,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Gustavo Florentín | Capiatá | Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia | 10,000 |
| General Díaz | Vacant | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Guaraní | Daniel Garnero | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Independiente | Pablo Caballero | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 1,500 |
| Libertad | Fernando Jubero | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Celso Ayala | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Aldo Bobadilla | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Miguel Pavani (caretaker) | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Héctor Marecos | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Javier Sanguinetti | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Carlos Jara Saguier | Asunción | Martín Torres | 3,000 |

a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Torneo Apertura |||||||
| Rubio Ñu | Carlos Humberto Paredes | Resigned | 14 February | 10th | Víctor Genes | 14 February |
| Olimpia | Pablo Repetto | Sacked | 24 February | 4th | Mauro Caballero | 24 February |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Héctor Marecos | Sacked | 25 February | 11th | Adrián Coria | 25 February |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Juan Daniel Cáceres | Sacked | 3 March | 10th | Daniel Farrar | 4 March |
| Cerro Porteño | Gustavo Florentín | Sacked | 6 March | 3rd | Félix Darío León | 6 March |
| Nacional | Ever Hugo Almeida | Resigned | 19 March | 10th | Roberto Torres | 19 March |
| Cerro Porteño | Félix Darío León | End of caretaker spell | 19 March | 4th | Gustavo Matosas | 24 March |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Daniel Farrar | Resigned | 3 April | 12th | Carlos Morales | 5 April |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Diego Gavilán | Sacked | 8 April | 9th | Héctor Marecos | 8 April |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Carlos Morales | End of caretaker spell | 9 April | 12th | Ever Hugo Almeida | 9 April |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Adrián Coria | Resigned | 9 April | 11th | Héctor Schönhauser | 10 April |
| Olimpia | Mauro Caballero | Resigned | 10 May | 5th | Ever Hugo Almeida | 11 May |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Ever Hugo Almeida | Signed by Olimpia | 11 May | 12th | Diego Gavilán | 12 May |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Héctor Schönhauser | Sacked | 25 May | 11th | Javier Sanguinetti | 25 May |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Héctor Marecos | Sacked | 9 June | 10th | Nelson Bernal | 9 June |
| Cerro Porteño | Gustavo Matosas | Resigned | 15 June | 4th | Jorge Núñez | 15 June |
| Torneo Clausura |||||||
| Rubio Ñu | Víctor Genes | Sacked | 25 June | Pre-season | Hernán Lisi | 25 June |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Diego Gavilán | Mutual consent | 25 June | Pre-season | Carlos Jara Saguier | 28 June |
| Cerro Porteño | Jorge Núñez | End of caretaker spell | 27 June | Pre-season | Leonel Álvarez | 27 June |
| Sol de América | Fernando Ortiz | Sacked | 13 August | 12th | Diego Gavilán | 14 August |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Nelson Bernal | Sacked | 11 September | 11th | Gustavo Florentín | 11 September |
| Rubio Ñu | Hernán Lisi | Sacked | 30 September | 8th | Miguel Pavani | 3 October |
| Olimpia | Ever Hugo Almeida | Sacked | 30 September | 2nd | Aldo Bobadilla | 1 October |
| General Díaz | Aldo Bobadilla | Signed by Olimpia | 1 October | 1st | Mario Jara | 2 October |
| Sol de América | Diego Gavilán | Resigned | 4 October | 12th | Héctor Marecos | 4 October |
| Independiente CG | Celso Ayala | Sacked | 18 October | 11th | Pablo Caballero | 18 October |
| Nacional | Roberto Torres | Resigned | 5 November | 9th | Celso Ayala | 6 November |
| General Díaz | Mario Jara | Resigned | 6 December | 4th | | |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th official championship of the Primera División, called "Mario Agustín Sapriza Nunes", and the first championship of the 2017 season. It began on February 3 and ended on June 24.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Libertad (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 49 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 48 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 36 | |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 35 | |
| 5 | Sol de América | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 34 | |
| 6 | Independiente | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 | |
| 7 | General Díaz | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 25 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 24 | |
| 9 | Nacional | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 23 | |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 20 | |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 17 | |
| 12 | Sportivo Trinidense | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CCP | CAP | GEN | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RUB | SOL | SLU | STR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerro Porteño | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| General Díaz | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Guaraní | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| Independiente | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Libertad | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Nacional | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Olimpia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Rubio Ñu | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sol de América | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 |
| Sportivo Trinidense | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santiago Salcedo | Libertad | 15 |
| 2 | Alfio Oviedo | Independiente CG | 11 |
| 3 | Néstor Camacho | Guaraní | 10 |
| 4 | Brian Montenegro | Olimpia | 8 |
| 5 | Guido Di Vanni | Sportivo Luqueño | 7 |
| 5 | Nicolás Martínez | Sportivo Trinidense | 7 |
| 5 | Jesús Medina | Libertad | 7 |
| 5 | Jorge Ortega | Rubio Ñu | 7 |

Source: Soccerway

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario del Club General Díaz - Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa", and the second championship of the 2017 season. It began on July 21 and ended on December 10.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño (C) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 45 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 42 | |
| 3 | Guaraní | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 37 | |
| 4 | General Díaz | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 35 | |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 33 | |
| 6 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 28 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 27 | |
| 8 | Libertad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 26 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 25 | |
| 11 | Sportivo Trinidense | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 19 | |
| 12 | Independiente | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 18 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CCP | CAP | GEN | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RUB | SOL | SLU | STR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerro Porteño | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| General Díaz | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Guaraní | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Independiente | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Libertad | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Nacional | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Olimpia | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Rubio Ñu | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Sol de América | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Sportivo Trinidense | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | — |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rodrigo Bogarín | Guaraní | 11 |
| 1 | Diego Churín | Cerro Porteño | 11 |
| 3 | Blas Díaz | General Díaz | 9 |
| 3 | Walter González | Olimpia | 9 |
| 5 | Gerardo Arévalos | Sportivo Luqueño | 8 |
| 5 | Néstor Camacho | Olimpia | 8 |
| 5 | Alfio Oviedo | Cerro Porteño | 8 |
| 5 | Javier Toledo | Sol de América | 8 |
| 9 | Juan Manuel Salgueiro | Nacional | 7 |
| 10 | Antonio Bareiro | Libertad | 6 |
| 10 | Junior Marabel | Deportivo Capiatá | 6 |
| 10 | Óscar Ruiz | Cerro Porteño | 6 |
| 10 | Pablo Zeballos | Sol de América | 6 |

Source: Soccerway

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guaraní | 44 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 84 | 60 | +24 | 85 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño (C) | 44 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 80 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Olimpia | 44 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 78 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 4 | Libertad (C) | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 75 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Sol de América | 44 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 62 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | General Díaz | 44 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 60 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 50 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | Nacional | 44 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 50 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 9 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 50 | |
| 10 | Independiente | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 47 | |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 45 | |
| 12 | Sportivo Trinidense | 44 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 34 | |

## 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.

| Pos | Team | 2015 Pts | 2016 Pts | 2017 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guaraní | 86 | 83 | 85 | 254 | 132 | 1.9242 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 79 | 90 | 78 | 247 | 132 | 1.8712 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 96 | 66 | 80 | 242 | 132 | 1.8333 |
| 4 | Libertad | 76 | 83 | 75 | 234 | 132 | 1.7727 |
| 5 | Sol de América | 57 | 63 | 62 | 182 | 132 | 1.3788 |
| 6 | Deportivo Capiatá | 54 | 67 | 50 | 171 | 132 | 1.2955 |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 57 | 53 | 50 | 160 | 132 | 1.2121 |
| 8 | General Díaz | 45 | 46 | 60 | 151 | 132 | 1.1439 |
| 9 | Nacional | 43 | 54 | 50 | 147 | 132 | 1.1136 |
| 10 | Independiente (O) | — | — | 47 | 47 | 44 | 1.0682 | Qualification to Relegation playoff decider |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu (R) | 48 | 48 | 45 | 141 | 132 | 1.0682 | Qualification to Relegation playoff decider |
| 12 | Sportivo Trinidense (R) | — | — | 34 | 34 | 44 | 0.7727 | Relegation to División Intermedia |

Source: APF

### Relegation playoff decider

Since Independiente CG and Rubio Ñu ended with the same average, a match on neutral ground between both teams was played to determine the second relegated team. The loser was relegated to the División Intermedia.

