The following article presents a summary of the 2004 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
First division results The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 10 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 PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Cerro Porteño1812513113412Libertad 1811524413383Tacuary 188462513284Guaraní 188462025285Olimpia 186572128236Nacional 185581924207Sol de América 18549142419812 de Octubre 1853101828189Sportivo Luqueño 1838719301710Sport Colombia184311213415
Torneo Clausura
PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Cerro Porteño1812243013382Libertad 189452722313Nacional 187652924274Tacuary 1841221514245Guaraní 185852129236Sport Colombia 185672224217Sol de América 185582527208Sportivo Luqueño 18486232920912 de Octubre1839619221810Olimpia184410222916
Championship game playoff Since Cerro Porteño won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and there was no playoff game as a result.
Relegation / Promotion Sport Colombia and Sol de América automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table over a three-year period. 3 de Febrero and General Caballero ZC promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.
Qualification to international competitions Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura; and to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana by winning the 2004 Copa Sudamericana Qualifier. Libertad qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores by finishing second in the aggregate points table, and to the 2004 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in second place in the Torneo Apertura. Tacuary qualified to the 2005 Copa Libertadores as the second-best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Lower divisions results LevelTournamentChampion2ndIntermedia 3 de Febrero3rd (G.A. teams)Primera de AscensoSilvio Pettirossi3rd (interior teams)UFI Champions CupClub Ciudad Nueva (Ciudad del Este)4th (G.A. teams)Segunda de AscensoClub 3 de Noviembre
Paraguayan teams in international competitions Copa Libertadores 2004: Olimpia: group-stage Libertad: group-stage Club Guaraní: group-stage Copa Sudamericana 2004: Cerro Porteño: quarter-finals 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 2004.
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersReport March 31, 2004 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 0 - 0 WCQ 2006 - Report June 1, 2004 Estadio Hernando SilesLa Paz, Bolivia 2 - 1 WCQ 2006 Cardozo Report June 6, 2004 Monumental de NúñezBuenos Aires, Argentina 0 - 0 WCQ 2006 - Report July 8, 2004 Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru 0 - 1 Copa America 2004 Dos Santos N/A July 11, 2004 Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru 1 - 1 Copa America 2004 Cristaldo N/A July 14, 2004 Estadio UNSA Arequipa, Peru 1 - 2 Copa America 2004 J.V. González Bareiro N/A July 18, 2004 Estadio Jorge Basadre Tacna, Peru 1 - 3 Copa America 2004 Gamarra N/A August 12, 2004 Kaftanzoglio StadiumThessaloniki, Greece 4 - 3 2004 Olympic Games Giménez Cardozo , Torres Report August 15, 2004 Kaftanzoglio StadiumThessaloniki, Greece 1 - 2 2004 Olympic Games Gamarra Report August 18, 2004 Karaiskaki StadiumAthens, Greece 1 - 0 2004 Olympic Games Bareiro Report August 21, 2004 Kaftanzoglio StadiumThessaloniki, Greece 3 - 2 2004 Olympic Games Bareiro , Cardozo Report August 24, 2004 Kaftanzoglio StadiumThessaloniki, Greece 1 - 3 2004 Olympic Games Cardozo , Bareiro Report August 28, 2004 Olympic Stadium Athens, Greece 1 - 0 2004 Olympic Games - Report September 5, 2004 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 1 - 0 WCQ 2006 Gamarra Report October 9, 2004 Metropolitano Roberto MelendezBarranquilla, Colombia 1 - 1 WCQ 2006 Torres Report October 13, 2004 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 1 - 1 WCQ 2006 Paredes Report November 17, 2004 Estadio CentenarioMontevideo, Uruguay 1 - 0 WCQ 2006 - Report
References Paraguay 2004 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF Diario ABC Color