2017 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2017 División Profesional season 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 Rojasa | 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 CG | 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 | 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
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
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: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
Results
Top goalscorers
Source:Aggregate table
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 | ' | - |
2 | Olimpia | 79 | 90 | 78 | 247 | 132 | ' | - |
3 | Cerro Porteño | 96 | 66 | 80 | 242 | 132 | ' | - |
4 | Libertad | 76 | 83 | 75 | 234 | 132 | ' | - |
5 | Sol de América | 57 | 63 | 62 | 182 | 132 | ' | - |
6 | Deportivo Capiatá | 54 | 67 | 50 | 171 | 132 | ' | - |
7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 57 | 53 | 50 | 160 | 132 | ' | - |
8 | General Díaz | 45 | 46 | 60 | 151 | 132 | ' | - |
9 | Nacional | 43 | 54 | 50 | 147 | 132 | ' | - |
10 | Independiente CG ' | — | — | 47 | 47 | 44 | ' | Qualification to [|Relegation playoff decider] |
11 | Rubio Ñu ' | 48 | 48 | 45 | 141 | 132 | ' | Qualification to Relegation playoff decider |
12 | Sportivo Trinidense ' | — | — | 34 | 34 | 44 | Relegation to División Intermedia |