The 2023 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Don Alejandro Dos Santos", was the 105th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 26th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 31 March and ended on 9 October 2023, and the fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2022.
Sol de América won their fourth title in the competition, securing the championship with two rounds to go after a 2–1 victory over Martín Ledesma on 25 September. The other promoted team was 2 de Mayo, who clinched their promotion two rounds prior to the end of the season with a 1–1 draw with 3 de Febrero on 23 September.
Format 16 teams took part in the competition, which was played under a double round-robin system with teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 30 matches. The top two teams at the end of the season were promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2024 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción are relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to Primera División B Nacional.
Teams Team changes 16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2022 season (Sol de América and 12 de Octubre), the top two teams from the 2022 Primera División B (Deportivo Recoleta and 24 de Setiembre (VP)) and the 2022 Primera División B Nacional champions Sportivo Carapeguá. Sportivo Trinidense and Sportivo Luqueño did not compete since they earned promotion to Primera División at the end of the previous season, nor did Guaraní (T), Sportivo Iteño, and River Plate, who were relegated at the end of the 2022 season by finishing in the bottom three places of the relegation table.
Promoted from 2022 Tercera División Relegated from 2022 Primera División Promoted to 2023 Primera División Relegated to 2023 Tercera División24 de Setiembre (VP) Deportivo Recoleta Sportivo Carapeguá 12 de OctubreSol de AméricaSportivo LuqueñoSportivo TrinidenseGuaraní (T) River Plate Sportivo Iteño
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,0003 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,50012 de Octubre Itauguá Luis Alberto Salinas 10,00024 de Setiembre (VP) Areguá Próculo Cortázar 2,500Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500Atyrá Atyrá San Francisco de Asís 10,000Deportivo Recoleta Asunción CARDIF 1,800Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Complejo Municipal Campo 9 5,000Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000 Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Aldo GonzálezDeportivo Recoleta 14 2 Franco AragónSol de América 12 3 Derlis OrtizDeportivo Recoleta 11 4 Fernando Matías Cáceres2 de Mayo 10 Sergio DietzeIndependiente (CG) Osvaldo ArgüelloRubio Ñu Ronald AcuñaDeportivo Santaní Edsson RiverosRubio Ñu 9 Wilfrido BáezIndependiente (CG) 9 Lucas GonzálezDeportivo Recoleta Roque GuachiréFernando de la Mora Maicol Fernández3 de Febrero
Source: APF
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 three teams with the lowest average were relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.
Pos Team 2021Pts 2022Pts 2023Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Sol de América — — 67 67 30 2 Deportivo Recoleta — — 51 51 30 3 Pastoreo — 53 43 96 60 4 San Lorenzo 53 54 42 149 94 5 Independiente (CG) 51 41 51 143 94 6 45 48 48 141 94 7 Sportivo Carapeguá — — 43 43 30 8 Rubio Ñu 39 44 44 127 94 9 2 de Mayo 36 29 57 122 94 10 3 de Febrero 48 35 39 122 94 11 Martín Ledesma — 45 31 76 60 12 Deportivo Santaní 41 33 44 118 94 13 Atlético Colegiales — 36 32 68 60 14 Atyrá (R) 43 36 26 105 94 Relegation to Primera B Nacional 15 24 de Setiembre (VP) (R) — — 29 29 30 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana 16 12 de Octubre (R) — — 14 14 30 Source: APF
See also 2023 Paraguayan Primera División season 2023 Copa Paraguay
References
External links División Intermedia on the APF's website