2019 Paraguayan Primera División season 2019 División Profesional season was the 85th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay . The season began on 22 January and ended on 15 December . The fixtures for the season were announced on 13 December 2018 . Olimpia are the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2018 season , and won a third championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura with three matches to spare after defeating Deportivo Santaní by a 6–0 score on 4 May. Olimpia also crowned themselves in the Torneo Clausura, winning a fourth title in a row with one matchday remaining, following a 2–2 draw at home against Guaraní on 8 December .Teams Twelve teams competed in the season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the previous season, and two teams promoted from the División Intermedia . The new teams were 2018 División Intermedia champions River Plate and runners-up San Lorenzo , who returned to the top flight after two and three years, respectively. Both replaced Independiente and 3 de Febrero , who were relegated to the second tier after two and one year, respectively.Stadia and locations Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 45,000 Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Erico Galeano 10,000 Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez8,000 General Díaz Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500 Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000 Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000 Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000 Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 25,000 River Plate Asunción River Plate 6,500 San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000 Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 10,000 Sportivo Luqueño Luque La Arboleda a 8,000
Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium.a: Sportivo Luqueño will play their home games at Estadio La Arboleda in Asunción as their regular stadium Estadio Feliciano Cáceres is closed for repair works. They played their Torneo Apertura home game against San Lorenzo at Estadio Erico Galeano in Capiatá.Managerial changes Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Víctor Genes", was the 119th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2019 season. It started on January 22 and concluded on May 20 .Standings Results Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Olimpia 11 1 Santa Cruz Olimpia 11 3 San Lorenzo 9 3 Olimpia 9 3 Sol de América 9 6 Guaraní 8 6 River Plate 8 8 Cerro Porteño 7 8 Libertad 7 8 Cerro Porteño 7
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Ranulfo Miranda y 100 años de la Cruz Roja Paraguaya", was the 120th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2019 season. It started on July 12 and concluded on December 15 .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 2017 2018 2019 Total Total Avg Relegation 1 Olimpia 78 102 108 288 132 ' - 2 Cerro Porteño 80 82 80 242 132 ' - 3 Libertad 75 76 85 236 132 ' - 4 Guaraní 85 48 69 202 132 ' - 5 Sol de América 62 63 57 182 132 ' - 6 Nacional 50 65 52 167 132 ' - 7 River Plate — — 52 52 44 ' - 8 Sportivo Luqueño 50 46 52 148 132 ' - 9 San Lorenzo — — 49 49 44 ' - 10 General Díaz 60 46 41 147 132 ' - 11 50 45 47 142 132 ' 12 Deportivo Santaní ' — 50 32 82 88
Updated to games played on 15 December 2019 . Source:
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