The 2013 División Profesional season (officially the 2013 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
Team Home city Stadium CapacityCerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000Cerro Porteño (PF) Presidente Franco Juan Eudes Pereira 5,000Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Capiatá 6,000Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000General Díaz Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500Libertad 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 Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 6,500Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 108º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", and was the first championship of the 2013 season. It began on February 9 and ended on June 30.
Standings
Results
Attendances #TeamTotalLowHighAverage1Olimpia53,00434018,2634,8182Cerro Porteño38,34932015,8673,4863Capiatá17,2681944,8121,5694Sportivo Luqueño16,5723006,8581,5065Sportivo Carapeguá15,4162464,1451,4016Libertad13,3682014,7861,2157Guaraní11,7854434,8731,0718General Díaz9,5731052,7378709Cerro Porteño (PF)9,2471282,31184010Nacional8,1442122,16474011Rubio Ñu7,5491072,44468612Sol de América5,336962,292485TOTALApertura205,6119618,2631,557
Topscorers #PlayerClubGoals 1 Julián BenítezNacional 13 2 Rodrigo TeixeiraGuaraní 11 3 Ángel RomeroCerro Porteño 9
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 109º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2013 season.
Standings
Results
Attendances #TeamTotalLowHighAverage1Olimpia16,8717,2189,6538,4352Libertad9,1783618,8174,5893Cerro Porteño13,7561,9127,5084,5854Nacional7,5575796,9783,7785Sportivo Luqueño2,6262,6262,6262,6266Sportivo Carapeguá1,7111,7111,7111,7117Deportivo Capiatá1,9855001,4859928Rubio Ñu2,5481232,0948499Cerro Porteño (PF)1,36849887068410Sol de América1,23123899361511General Díaz82935047941412Guaraní806101705403TOTALClausura60,4661019,6532,519
Topscorers #PlayerClubGoals 1 Rodrigo LópezSportivo Luqueño 17
Aggregate table In 2013, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams. For the 2014 Copa Libertadores, the champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura. For the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, the champion (Apertura or Clausura) with the better Apertura and Clausura cumulatives qualify, with the 4th, 5th, 6th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
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 2011Pts 2012Pts 2013Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Libertad 79 91 75 245 132 2 Cerro Porteño 67 86 87 240 132 3 Nacional 83 77 79 239 132 4 Olimpia 88 79 55 222 132 5 Guaraní 58 73 77 208 132 6 Deportivo Capiatá — — 65 65 44 7 General Díaz — — 61 61 44 8 Sol de América 49 60 46 155 132 9 Sportivo Luqueño 35 59 54 148 132 10 Rubio Ñu 58 36 50 144 132 11 Cerro Porteño (PF) — 53 35 88 88 Relegated to the División Intermedia 12 Sportivo Carapeguá — 45 38 83 88
See also 2013 in Paraguayan football
External links APF's official website Season rules 2013 season on RSSSF