2012 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2012 División Profesional season was the 78th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
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
Results
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
Results
Aggregate table
In 2012, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups. 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 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.
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 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 | ' | - |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 91 | 67 | 86 | 244 | 132 | ' | - |
| 3 | Olimpia | 71 | 88 | 79 | 238 | 132 | ' | - |
| 4 | Nacional | 77 | 83 | 77 | 237 | 132 | ' | - |
| 5 | Guaraní | 85 | 58 | 73 | 216 | 132 | ' | - |
| 6 | Rubio Ñu | 66 | 56 | 36 | 160 | 132 | ' | - |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño | – | – | 53 | 53 | 44 | ' | - |
| 8 | Sol de América | 45 | 49 | 60 | 154 | 132 | ' | - |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 42 | 35 | 59 | 136 | 132 | ' | - |
| 10 | Sportivo Carapeguá | – | – | 45 | 45 | 44 | ' | - |
| 11 | Tacuary | 37 | 60 | 33 | 130 | 132 | ' | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | Independiente | – | 52 | 34 | 86 | 88 | ' | Relegated to the División Intermedia |