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2021 Paraguayan Primera División season

The2021 División Profesional season(officially theCopa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2021for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th season of theParaguayan Primera División,the top-flight professional football league inParaguay.The season began on 5 February and ended on 5 December 2021. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 January 2021.[1][2]Olimpiawere the defending champions after winning the2020 Clausuratournament.

Primera División
Season2021
Dates5 February – 5 December 2021
ChampionsApertura:Libertad(21st title)
Clausura:Cerro Porteño(34th title)
RelegatedSportivo Luqueño
River Plate
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Libertad
Guaraní
Olimpia
Copa SudamericanaNacional
Guaireña
Sol de América(viaCopa Paraguay)
Matches played180
Goals scored456 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:Leonardo Villagra(10 goals)
Clausura:Sebastián FerreiraandLorenzo Melgarejo(9 goals each)
Biggest home winLibertad5–0Sportivo Luqueño
(29 August)
Libertad5–0River Plate
(3 December)
Biggest away win12 de Octubre0–5Sol de América
(20 February)
Guaraní1–6Libertad
(16 May)
Highest scoringGuaraní1–6Libertad
(16 May)
←2020
2022→

In the Torneo Apertura,Libertadsecured their twenty-first league title with one match to spare followingNacional's loss toRiver Plateon 23 May,[3]whilst in the Torneo ClausuraCerro Porteñowon their thirty-fourth league title after drawing with eventual runners-upGuaraní2–2 on the last matchday played on 4 December.[4]

Teams

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Ten teams competed in the season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the previous season, with no teams promoted from theDivisión Intermediasince the 2020 seasons of the lower-tier club tournaments of Paraguayan football were cancelled by theParaguayan Football Associationdue to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5]General DíazandSan Lorenzowere both relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season after eight and two years in the top flight, respectively.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the2021 Primera Divisiónteams
Team Manager City Stadium[note 1] Capacity
12 de Octubre Pedro Sarabia Itauguá Luis Alberto Salinas 10,000
Cerro Porteño Francisco Arce Asunción General Pablo Rojas 45,000
Guaireña Troadio Duarte Villarrica Parque del Guairá 12,000
Guaraní Fernando Jubero Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
Libertad Daniel Garnero Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000
Nacional Hernán Rodrigo López Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000
Olimpia Julio César Cáceres Asunción Manuel Ferreira 25,000
River Plate Iván Almeida Asunción River Plate 6,500
Sol de América Juan Pablo Pumpido Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000
Sportivo Luqueño Miguel Ángel Zahzú Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
  1. ^Teams occasionally play their home matches atEstadio Defensores del ChacoinAsunción.Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
River Plate Ariel Galeano End of caretaker spell 18 December 2020 Pre-season Mario Jara 21 December 2020[6]
Libertad Juan Samudio 23 December 2020 Daniel Garnero 30 December 2020[7]
Sol de América Celso Ayala Sacked 17 February 2021[8] 10th Gustavo Florentín 17 February 2021[8]
River Plate Mario Jara Resigned 9 March 2021[9] 8th Enrique Landaida 10 March 2021[10]
Olimpia Néstor Gorosito Sacked 15 March 2021[11] 4th Sergio Órteman 15 March 2021[12]
Sol de América Gustavo Florentín Resigned 23 March 2021[13] 8th Ever Hugo Almeida 23 March 2021[14]
River Plate Enrique Landaida Sacked 17 April 2021[15] 10th Celso Ayala 18 April 2021[16]
Sportivo Luqueño Luis Escobar 1 May 2021[17] 8th Gilberto Fleitas(caretaker) 1 May 2021[17]
Sol de América Ever Hugo Almeida 3 May 2021[18] 9th Iván Almeida(caretaker) 3 May 2021[18]
Sportivo Luqueño Gilberto Fleitas End of caretaker spell 9 May 2021 8th Alfredo Berti 9 May 2021[19]
Guaraní Gustavo Costas Mutual consent 28 May 2021[20] 6th Fernando Jubero 12 June 2021[21]
Torneo Clausura
Sol de América Iván Almeida End of caretaker spell 10 June 2021 Pre-tournament Juan Pablo Pumpido 10 June 2021[22]
Olimpia Sergio Órteman Resigned 14 August 2021[23] 9th Enrique Landaida 15 August 2021[24]
Enrique Landaida Change of role 12 September 2021[25] 10th Álvaro Gutiérrez 9 September 2021[26]
Sportivo Luqueño Alfredo Berti Sacked 12 September 2021[27] 5th Badayco Maciel[i] 13 September 2021[29]
Olimpia Álvaro Gutiérrez Resigned 14 October 2021[30] 10th Julio César Cáceres 15 October 2021[31]
River Plate Celso Ayala Sacked 18 October 2021[32] 6th Iván Almeida 19 October 2021[33]
Sportivo Luqueño Badayco Maciel Replaced 7 December 2021[34] Relegation play-off Miguel Ángel Zahzú 8 December 2021[34]
Notes
  1. ^Originally as caretaker manager, appointed as manager until the end of the tournament on 20 September 2021.[28]

Torneo Apertura

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The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Centenario delSportivo Luqueño",was the 123rd official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2021 season. It started on 5 February and ended on 30 May.[35]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Libertad(C) 18 12 2 4 36 15 +21 38 Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage
2 Olimpia 18 10 3 5 34 23 +11 33
3 Nacional 18 8 6 4 26 19 +7 30
4 Cerro Porteño 18 8 4 6 24 22 +2 28
5 Guaireña 18 6 8 4 20 14 +6 26
6 Guaraní 18 7 4 7 24 27 −3 25
7 12 de Octubre 18 5 7 6 20 25 −5 22
8 Sportivo Luqueño 18 5 3 10 19 29 −10 18
9 Sol de América 18 3 5 10 18 28 −10 14
10 River Plate 18 2 6 10 13 32 −19 12
Source:APF,Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C)Champions

Results

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Home \ Away 12O CCP GFC GUA LIB NAC OLI RIV SOL SLU
12 de Octubre — 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–5 1–0
Cerro Porteño 0–1 — 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Guaireña 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0
Guaraní 2–1 2–0 0–3 — 1–6 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1
Libertad 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Nacional 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Olimpia 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 — 5–1 3–3 4–1
River Plate 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–0 1–2 — 0–2 1–0
Sol de América 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 — 0–2
Sportivo Luqueño 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 4–2 2–2 0–0 —
Source:Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Leonardo Villagra Nacional 10
2 Óscar Cardozo Libertad 9
3 Mauro Boselli Cerro Porteño 7
Robert Morales Cerro Porteño
Jorge Recalde Olimpia
6 Carlos Arrua Nacional 6
Fernando Fernández Guaraní
Alejandro Silva Olimpia
9 José Ariel Núñez 12 de Octubre 5
Fernando Romero Guaireña
Pablo Velázquez 12 de Octubre
Pablo Zeballos River Plate

Source:Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

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The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Homenaje aCésar Zabala",was the 124th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2021 season. It began on 16 July and ended on 5 December.[36]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cerro Porteño(C) 18 11 5 2 27 8 +19 38 Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage
2 Guaraní 18 10 6 2 39 19 +20 36
3 Sol de América 18 8 4 6 22 22 0 28
4 Libertad 18 7 6 5 32 21 +11 27
5 12 de Octubre 18 5 6 7 18 22 −4 21
6 Sportivo Luqueño 18 5 6 7 16 27 −11 21
7 Nacional 18 4 8 6 17 25 −8 20
8 Olimpia 18 6 0 12 24 29 −5 18
9 Guaireña 18 4 6 8 12 21 −9 18
10 River Plate 18 4 5 9 15 28 −13 17
Source:APF,Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C)Champions

Results

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Home \ Away 12O CCP GFC GUA LIB NAC OLI RIV SOL SLU
12 de Octubre — 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–1
Cerro Porteño 1–0 — 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Guaireña 0–1 0–2 — 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2
Guaraní 4–1 2–2 3–0 — 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1
Libertad 3–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 — 1–2 0–3 5–0 1–1 5–0
Nacional 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–0 — 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0
Olimpia 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 — 1–3 0–1 4–0
River Plate 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–2 — 0–2 0–0
Sol de América 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–4 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–1
Sportivo Luqueño 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 —
Source:Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Sebastián Ferreira Libertad 9
Lorenzo Melgarejo Libertad
3 Chico Sol de América 8
4 Claudio Aquino Cerro Porteño 7
José Florentín Guaraní
José Verdún Guaireña
7 Enrique Borja Sportivo Luqueño 6
Robert Morales Cerro Porteño
Alfio Oviedo Guaraní
10 Hernesto Caballero River Plate 5
Fernando Fernández Guaraní
Marcelo González Guaraní

Source:Soccerway

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cerro Porteño(C) 36 19 9 8 51 30 +21 66 Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage[a]
2 Libertad(C) 36 19 8 9 68 36 +32 65
3 Guaraní 36 17 10 9 63 46 +17 61 Qualification forCopa Libertadores second stage
4 Olimpia 36 16 3 17 58 52 +6 51 Qualification forCopa Libertadores first stage
5 Nacional 36 12 14 10 43 44 −1 50 Qualification forCopa Sudamericana first stage
6 Guaireña 36 10 14 12 32 35 −3 44
7 12 de Octubre 36 10 13 13 38 47 −9 43
8 Sol de América 36 11 9 16 40 50 −10 42 Qualification forCopa Sudamericana first stage[b]
9 Sportivo Luqueño 36 10 9 17 35 56 −21 39
10 River Plate 36 6 11 19 28 60 −32 29
Source:APF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide international qualification between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C)Champions
Notes:
  1. ^Cerro Porteño also qualified for the2021 Supercopa Paraguayas the best-ranked champions in the aggregate table.
  2. ^Sol de América qualified for the Copa Sudamericana first stage as2021 Copa Paraguayrunners-up.

Relegation

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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 team with the lowest average was relegated to theDivisión Intermediafor the following season, while the team with the second lowest average played a double-legged relegation play-off against the2021 Intermediafourth placed team.[37]

Relegation table

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Pos
 Team
 2019
Pts		 2020
Pts		 2021
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Olimpia 108 62 51 221 113 1.956
2 Cerro Porteño 80 69 66 215 113 1.903
3 Libertad 85 62 65 212 113 1.876
4 Guaraní 69 59 61 189 113 1.673
5 Nacional 52 44 50 146 113 1.292
6 Guaireña — 41 44 85 69 1.232
7 12 de Octubre — 41 43 84 69 1.217
8 Sol de América 57 35 42 134 113 1.186
9 Sportivo Luqueño(R) 52 36 39 127 113 1.124 Qualification forRelegation play-off
10 River Plate(R) 52 38 29 119 113 1.053 Relegation toDivisión Intermedia

Source:APF

Promotion/relegation play-off

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Sportivo Ameliano3–2Sportivo Luqueño
 Report
Referee: Carlos Benítez
Sportivo Luqueño1–1Sportivo Ameliano
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Referee: Alipio Colmán

Sportivo Ameliano won 4–3 on aggregate and were promoted to Primera División. Sportivo Luqueño were relegated to the División Intermedia.

Season awards

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On 14 December 2021 a ceremony was held at theParaguayan Football Association's headquarters to announce the winners of the season awards (Premios de Primera), who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the 10 Primera División teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public as well as official statistics.[38]

Award Winner Club
Best Player Claudio Aquino Cerro Porteño
Revelation Player Julio César Enciso Libertad
People's Player Jean Paulo Fernandes Cerro Porteño
Top Scorer Leonardo Villagra(14 goals) Nacional
Best Goal Claudio Aquino
(against Olimpia, Torneo Clausura Round 14) 		Cerro Porteño
Best Goalkeeper Jean Paulo Fernandes Cerro Porteño
Best Manager Francisco Arce Cerro Porteño
Fair Play Team Guaireña
Best Referee Giancarlo Juliadoza
Best VAR Referee Mario Díaz de Vivar

References

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