The 2017 División Profesional season (officially the 2017 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Manager Home city Stadium CapacityCerro Porteño Leonel Álvarez Asunción General Pablo Rojasa 45,000Deportivo Capiatá Gustavo Florentín Capiatá Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia 10,000General Díaz Vacant Luque General Adrián Jara 3,500Guaraní Daniel Garnero Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Independiente Pablo Caballero Asunción Ricardo Gregor 1,500Libertad Fernando Jubero Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000Nacional Celso Ayala Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Aldo Bobadilla Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000Rubio Ñu Miguel Pavani (caretaker) Asunción La Arboleda 5,000Sol de América Héctor Marecos Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000 Sportivo Luqueño Javier Sanguinetti Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000Sportivo Trinidense Carlos Jara Saguier Asunción Martín Torres 3,000
a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco due to remodeling works at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaRubio Ñu Carlos Humberto ParedesResigned14 February10th Víctor Genes14 FebruaryOlimpia Pablo RepettoSacked24 February4th Mauro Caballero24 FebruarySportivo Luqueño Héctor Marecos25 February11th Adrián Coria25 FebruarySportivo Trinidense Juan Daniel Cáceres3 March10th Daniel Farrar4 MarchCerro Porteño Gustavo Florentín6 March3rd Félix Darío León6 MarchNacional Ever Hugo AlmeidaResigned19 March10th Roberto Torres19 MarchCerro Porteño Félix Darío LeónEnd of caretaker spell19 March4th Gustavo Matosas24 MarchSportivo Trinidense Daniel FarrarResigned3 April12th Carlos Morales5 AprilDeportivo Capiatá Diego GavilánSacked8 April9th Héctor Marecos8 AprilSportivo Trinidense Carlos MoralesEnd of caretaker spell9 April12th Ever Hugo Almeida9 AprilSportivo Luqueño Adrián CoriaResigned9 April11th Héctor Schönhauser10 AprilOlimpia Mauro Caballero10 May5th Ever Hugo Almeida11 MaySportivo Trinidense Ever Hugo AlmeidaSigned by Olimpia11 May12th Diego Gavilán12 MaySportivo Luqueño Héctor SchönhauserSacked25 May11th Javier Sanguinetti25 MayDeportivo Capiatá Héctor Marecos9 June10th Nelson Bernal9 JuneCerro Porteño Gustavo MatosasResigned15 June4th Jorge Núñez15 JuneTorneo ClausuraRubio Ñu Víctor GenesSacked25 JunePre-season Hernán Lisi25 JuneSportivo Trinidense Diego GavilánMutual consent25 June Carlos Jara Saguier28 JuneCerro Porteño Jorge NúñezEnd of caretaker spell27 June Leonel Álvarez27 JuneSol de América Fernando OrtizSacked13 August12th Diego Gavilán14 AugustDeportivo Capiatá Nelson Bernal11 September11th Gustavo Florentín11 SeptemberRubio Ñu Hernán Lisi30 September8th Miguel Pavani3 OctoberOlimpia Ever Hugo Almeida30 September2nd Aldo Bobadilla1 OctoberGeneral Díaz Aldo BobadillaSigned by Olimpia1 October1st Mario Jara2 OctoberSol de América Diego GavilánResigned4 October12th Héctor Marecos4 OctoberIndependiente CG Celso AyalaSacked18 October11th Pablo Caballero18 OctoberNacional Roberto TorresResigned5 November9th Celso Ayala6 NovemberGeneral Díaz Mario Jara6 December4th
Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th official championship of the Primera División, called "Mario Agustín Sapriza Nunes", and the first championship of the 2017 season. It began on February 3 and ended on June 24.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Santiago SalcedoLibertad 15 2 Alfio OviedoIndependiente CG 11 3 Néstor CamachoGuaraní 10 4 Brian MontenegroOlimpia 8 5 Guido Di VanniSportivo Luqueño 7 Nicolás MartínezSportivo Trinidense 7 Jesús MedinaLibertad 7 Jorge OrtegaRubio Ñu 7
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 116th official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario del Club General Díaz - Dr. Hassel Aguilar Sosa", and the second championship of the 2017 season. It began on July 21 and ended on December 10.
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Rodrigo BogarínGuaraní 11 Diego ChurínCerro Porteño 11 3 Blas DíazGeneral Díaz 9 Walter GonzálezOlimpia 9 5 Gerardo ArévalosSportivo Luqueño 8 Néstor CamachoOlimpia 8 Alfio OviedoCerro Porteño 8 Javier ToledoSol de América 8 9 Juan Manuel SalgueiroNacional 7 10 Antonio BareiroLibertad 6 Junior MarabelDeportivo Capiatá 6 Óscar RuizCerro Porteño 6 Pablo ZeballosSol de América 6
Source: Soccerway
Aggregate table
Relegation Relegation 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 were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Pos Team 2015Pts 2016Pts 2017Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Guaraní 86 83 85 254 132 2 Olimpia 79 90 78 247 132 3 Cerro Porteño 96 66 80 242 132 4 Libertad 76 83 75 234 132 5 Sol de América 57 63 62 182 132 6 Deportivo Capiatá 54 67 50 171 132 7 Sportivo Luqueño 57 53 50 160 132 8 General Díaz 45 46 60 151 132 9 Nacional 43 54 50 147 132 10 Independiente (O) — — 47 47 44 Qualification to Relegation playoff decider 11 Rubio Ñu (R) 48 48 45 141 132 12 Sportivo Trinidense (R) — — 34 34 44 Relegation to División Intermedia Source: APF
Relegation playoff decider
Since Independiente CG and Rubio Ñu ended with the same average, a match on neutral ground between both teams was played to determine the second relegated team. The loser was relegated to the División Intermedia.
See also 2017 in Paraguayan football
References
External links APF's official website