The 2010 División Profesional season (officially the 2010 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It was the third season in which a champion was crowned for each tournament. Teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Oddone Sarubbi 28,000Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 5,000Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000 Sport Colombia Fernando de la Mora Alfonso Colmán 7,000Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000Tacuary Asunción Roberto Béttega 7,000
Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 30.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Player Nationality Club Goals 1 Rodrigo Teixeira Guaraní 16 Pablo Zeballos Cerro Porteño 16 3 Guillermo Beltrán Nacional 8 Nelson Cuevas Olimpia 8 5 Roberto Acuña Rubio Ñú 7 Miguel Cuéllar 3 de Febrero 7 Francisco Esteche Sportivo Luqueño 7 Jonathan Fabbro Guaraní 7 Roberto Gamarra Libertad 7 10 Diego Alfonso Tacuary 6 Julio dos Santos Cerro Porteño6Source:
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 16 and ended December 12.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Player Nationality Club Goals 1 Juan Carlos Ferreyra Olimpia 12 Roberto Nanni Cerro Porteño 12 3 Ángel Orué Libertad 9 4 Ariel Bogado Nacional 8 Manuel Maciel Libertad 8 6 Néstor Camacho Rubio Ñú 6 Jonathan Fabbro Guaraní 6 Pablo Zeballos Cerro Porteño 6 9 Julián Benítez Guaraní 5 Nery Cardozo Rubio Ñú 5 Hugo Luzardi Sportivo Luqueño 5 Jorge Núñez Cerro Porteño 5 Luis Ovelar Sportivo Luqueño 5 Sergio Samudio 3 de Febrero 5Source:
International qualification The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2011 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.
Relegation Relegations 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 is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. Pos Team '08 Pts '09 Pts '10 Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Libertad 101 82 87 270 132 2 Cerro Porteño 76 81 91 247 132 3 Guaraní 79 67 85 231 132 4 Nacional 77 77 77 231 132 5 Olimpia 54 70 71 195 132 6 Rubio Ñú 0 63 66 129 88 7 Sol de América 63 50 45 158 132 8 Tacuary 52 64 37 155 132 9 Sportivo Luqueño 49 51 42 142 132 10 3 de Febrero 51 43 38 132 132 11 Sport Colombia 0 0 41 41 44 Relegated to the División Intermedia 12 Sportivo Trinidense 0 0 37 37 44
See also 2010 in Paraguayan football
References
External links APF's official website Season rules 2010 season on RSSSF