The following article presents a summary of the 1999 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
First division results
Torneo Apertura The Apertura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Apertura champion. PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Olimpia10820268262Sportivo Luqueño 106312213213Cerro Porteño 105412112194Guaraní 104421612165Sol de América 10433139156San Lorenzo103431514137Atl. Colegiales10415161913812 de Octubre102531112119Cerro Corá102351723910Presidente Hayes100461022411Resistencia100196291
Apertura playoff stage The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage.
Group stage Group A PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Olimpia32109510212 de Octubre 32015363Sol de América 31024744San Lorenzo301236[0.5]1.5
Group B PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Atlético Colegiales33009192Cerro Porteño32014583Guaraní310235[1.5]4.54Sportivo Luqueño300305[2.5]2.5
Semifinals
Apertura final
Olimpia wins the Apertura tournament final by aggregate score of 2–0.
Torneo Clausura The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion. PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Cerro Porteño10712258222Sportivo Luqueño 105322214183Olimpia10451139174San Lorenzo 1037011816512 de Octubre 103701610166Guaraní 102621315127* Presidente Hayes 1026268128Atl. Colegiales1023591299Cerro Corá102351016910Sol de América10136513611Resistencia101274215
* Presidente Hayes finished in the top eight but their average points over three years forced the team to be relegated so they did not take part of the playoff stage. Cerro Cora took their place instead.
Clausura playoff stage The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage. Cerro Cora replaced Presidente Hayes in playoff stage due to Hayes being relegated to the second division.
Group stage Group A PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Cerro Porteño 321062102Cerro Corá 32106373San Lorenzo 310247[1.5]4.54Guaraní300326[0.5]0.5
Group B PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededBonus PointsPoints1Olimpia32015382Sportivo Luqueño311154[2.5]6.5312 de Octubre31112254Atlético Colegiales3102253
Semifinals
Clausura final
Cerro P. wins the Clausura tournament final by aggregate score of 5–1.
National championship game The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.
Olimpia declared as national champions by aggregate score of 4–2.
Relegation / Promotion Presidente Hayes and Resistencia automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table based over a three-year period. Universal promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.
Qualification to international competitions Olimpia qualified to the 2000 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura. Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2000 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Clausura. The remaining spot for Copa Libertadores was decided in a playoff game between the runners-up of the Apertura (Atl. Colegiales) and Clausura (Cerro Cora). Colegiales won 2-1 and secured a spot for the Copa Libertadores.
Lower divisions results LevelTournamentChampion2ndIntermediaUniversal3rd (G.A. teams)Primera de AscensoTacuary3rd (interior teams)UFI Champions CupSport Barrio Guaraní (San Lorenzo)4th (G.A. teams)Segunda de AscensoPilcomayo
Paraguayan teams in international competitions Copa Libertadores 1999: Cerro Porteño: Semi-finals Olimpia: Group stage Copa MERCOSUR 1999: Olimpia: Quarter-finals Cerro Porteño: Group stage Copa CONMEBOL 1999: San Lorenzo: First round
Paraguay national team The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in the year 1999.
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersFixture according to the RSSSF-list at https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para-intres.html 1999-02-10 Lansdowne Road Dublin, Ireland 2 - 0 FF = Friendly match 464 1999-03-03 Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 2 - 3 FFriendly Tournament named "Copa de la Paz" Peralta Centurión Caballero 465 1999-03-05 Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 3 - 1 F Unknown 466 1999-03-07 Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 3 - 0 F Caballero Toledo González 467 1999-03-31 National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica 3 - 0 F 468 1999-04-22 Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Luque, Paraguay 0 - 2 F 469 1999-04-28 Monumental Río Parapití Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay 2 - 1 F Cáceres Caballero 470 1999-06-17 Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Ciudad del Este, Paraguay 2 - 3 F Santa Cruz Toledo 471 1999-06-24 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay 2 - 1 F Ovelar Ayala (pk) 472 1999-06-29 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay 0 - 0 CA991999 Copa América match - 473 1999-07-02 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay 4 - 0 CA99 Benítez , Santa Cruz , 474 1999-07-05 Monumental Río Parapití Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay 1 - 0 CA99 Santa Cruz 475 1999-07-10 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción 1 - 1 ( 3 - 5 PS) CA99 Benítez 476 1999-10-13 Soldier Field Chicago, United States 0 - 1 F Toledo 477 1999-10-15 Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala 0 - 0 F 478 1999-11-03 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay 0 - 0 FTrofeo Paz del Chaco 479 1999-11-17 Estadio Domingo Burgueño Maldonado, Uruguay 0 - 1 F Benítez 480
Notes
References Paraguay 1999 by Eli Schmerler, Andy Bolander and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF Diario ABC Color