The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
First division results The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two-round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.
Torneo Apertura
PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Sportivo Luqueño 2214534522472Cerro Porteño 2213454218433Libertad 2211743016404Olimpia 22108429213853 de Febrero 228682325306Nacional 226882523267Tacuary 2275102032268Trinidense 2266102439249Sol de América225891929231012 de Octubre22651127382311 2 de Mayo2249924322112Guaraní 223712263916
Torneo Clausura
PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Libertad 2217413614552Cerro Porteño 2215435221493Olimpia 2211563323384Sol de America 229763224345Nacional 22976373034612 de Octubre 2275102329267Guaraní 226792427258Tacuary 226792529259Trinidense2259815182410Sportivo Luqueño22541324411911 3 de Febrero225413214119122 de Mayo 222713164113
Championship game playoff The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.
Libertad declared as national champions by aggregate score of 3–1.
Aggregate table Team Pts GP W D L GF GA DIFF 1 Club Libertad9544281156630+36 2 Cerro Porteño924428889439+55 3 Olimpia76442113106244+18 4 Club Sportivo Luqueño6644199166963+6 5 Club Nacional60441515146253+9 6 Club Sol de América57441415155153-2 7 Tacuary51441312194561-16 8 Club 12 de Octubre49441310215067-17 9 Club 3 de Febrero49441310214466-22 10 Sportivo Trinidense48441115183957-18 11 Club Guaraní4144914215066-16 12 Club 2 de Mayo3444616224073-33
Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2008 and Copa Sudamericana 2008 Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2008 Qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2008 Relegated to second division
Relegation / Promotion Sportivo Trinidense automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the aggregate points table. Club 12 de Octubre finished second-to-last in the aggregate points table, so had to participate in the promotion play-off game against second division runners-up Club General Diaz. 12 de Octubre won the playoff game by an aggregate score of 5–4, so it remains in the first division.
Qualification to international competitions Sportivo Luqueño qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Torneo Apertura. Libertad qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Torneo Clausura and the 2008 Copa Sudamericana by winning the national championship. Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the best finisher in the aggregate points table. Olimpia Asunción qualified to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana as the second-best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Lower divisions results LevelTournamentChampion2ndIntermedia Silvio Pettirossi3rd (G.A. teams)Primera de AscensoSport Colombia3rd (interior teams)UFI Champions CupBenjamín Aceval (Villa Hayes)
Paraguayan teams in international competitions Copa Libertadores 2007: Libertad: quarterfinals Cerro Porteño: group-stage Tacuary: preliminary round Copa Sudamericana 2007: Tacuary: preliminary second round Libertad: preliminary first round
Paraguay national team The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2007.
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersReport March 25, 2007 Estadio UniversitarioMexico 2-1 Friendly Santa Cruz March 28, 2007 2-0 Friendly June 3, 2007 0-0 Friendly June 6, 2007 Estadio AztecaMexico 1-0 Friendly Cardozo June 20, 2007 0-0 Friendly June 28, 2007 Estadio José Pachencho RomeroMaracaibo, Venezuela 5-0 Copa AméricaCopa América 2007 Santa Cruz Cabañas Report July 2, 2007 Estadio Agustín TovarBarinas, Venezuela 1- 3 Copa América 2007 Barreto Cardozo Cabañas Report July 5, 2007 Metropolitano de Fútbol de LaraBarquisimeto, Venezuela 1-0 Copa América 2007 - Report July 8, 2007 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela 6-0 Copa América 2007 - Report August 22, 2007 1-1 Friendly September 8, 2007 3-2 Friendly September 12, 2007 1-0 Friendly October 13, 2007 Estadio Monumental "U"Lima, Peru 0-0 WCQ 2010 - Report October 17, 2007 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 1 -0 WCQ 2010 Haedo Valdez Report November 17, 2007 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 5-1 WCQ 2010 Haedo Valdez Riveros Santa Cruz Ayala Report November 21, 2007 Estadio Nacional de ChileSantiago, Chile 0-3 WCQ 2010 Cabañas da Silva Report
References Paraguay 2007 by Eli Schmerler at RSSSF Diario ABC Color