The 2024 Copa de Primera (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – ueno bank 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the División de Honor, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season, which consisted of two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura), began on 19 January and ended on 29 November 2024. The fixtures for the season were announced on 4 December 2023.
Libertad entered the season as defending champions, having won both of the tournaments played in the 2023 season, and won a third league championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura, clinching their 25th league title with a 3–1 win over Olimpia on the last round of the tournament on 5 June. Olimpia eventually won their forty-seventh league championship in the Clausura tournament, clinching the title with two matches in hand after a scoreless draw with 2 de Mayo on 17 November.
Teams Twelve teams competed in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2023 season, and the top two teams in the 2023 Paraguayan División Intermedia: Sol de América and 2 de Mayo. Sol de América returned to the top flight after one season, clinching promotion with a 2–0 win over Fernando de la Mora on 17 September 2023, while 2 de Mayo sealed their return to Primera División after 15 years with a 1–1 draw against 3 de Febrero on 23 September 2023. The promoted teams replaced Guaireña and Resistencia, who ended in the bottom two places of the relegation table and were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.
Pos.Relegated from 2023 Primera División11thGuaireña12thResistencia
Pos.Promoted from 2023 División Intermedia1stSol de América2nd2 de Mayo
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,000Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 45,000General Caballero (JLM) Juan León Mallorquín Ka'arendy 10,000Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Libertad Asunción Tigo La Huerta 10,000Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Asunción Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb 25,000Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000Sportivo Ameliano Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 23,000Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000Tacuary Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500 Notes
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsors 2 de Mayo Felipe Giménez Kyrios Zero Grau, Banco Continental, Fleming Cerro Porteño Carlos Jara Saguier Puma Tigo, Ueno General Caballero (JLM) Humberto García Kappa Sanatorio San Sebastián, Kia Guaraní Francisco Arce Kyrios Tigo, Ueno Libertad Sergio Aquino (caretaker) Puma Tigo Nacional Víctor Bernay Kappa Kia, Banco Continental, Coca-Cola, Santa Clara Olimpia Martín Palermo Nike Tigo, Visión Banco Sol de América Roberto Torres Diadora Banco Continental, Kia Sportivo Ameliano Aldo Bobadilla Netanya Sport Kia, Banco Continental, Ayres Sportivo Luqueño Juan Pablo Pumpido Kyrios Comercial Vírgen del Rosario, Hydrate Sportivo Trinidense José Arrúa Saltarín Rojo Noroda, Lácteos Trébol, Chorti Beef, Ueno Tacuary Enrique Vera Temple Kia, Fleming
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaSol de América César CastroSacked24 November 2023Pre-season Humberto Ovelar4 December 2023Guaraní Pablo de MunerResigned1 December 2023 Lucas Bovaglio9 December 2023Sportivo Ameliano Humberto García31 December 2023 Pedro Sarabia1 January 2024Olimpia Francisco ArceSacked6 February 20247th Aureliano Torres6 February 2024Sol de América Humberto OvelarResigned10 February 202410th Humberto García11 February 2024Olimpia Aureliano TorresEnd of caretaker spell13 February 20247th Martín Palermo13 February 2024Tacuary Vinícius EutrópioSacked5 March 202410th Aldo Bobadilla6 March 2024Cerro Porteño Víctor Bernay10 March 20247th Jorge Achucarro11 March 2024Guaraní Lucas Bovaglio11 March 20246th Claudio Vargas11 March 2024Cerro Porteño Jorge AchucarroEnd of caretaker spell16 March 20245th Manolo Jiménez16 March 2024Guaraní Claudio Vargas21 March 20249th Francisco Arce21 March 2024Nacional Juan Pablo PumpidoResigned31 March 202412th Víctor Bernay1 April 2024General Caballero (JLM) Fabián PonceSacked14 April 20248th Aureliano Torres14 April 2024Sol de América Humberto García21 April 202410th Ángel Martínez21 April 2024 Ángel MartínezEnd of caretaker spell13 May 20249th Troadio Duarte13 May 2024Tacuary Aldo BobadillaResigned25 May 2024 Álvaro Zuluaga27 May 2024Torneo ClausuraTacuary Álvaro ZuluagaEnd of caretaker spell7 June 2024Pre-tournament Marcelo Palau7 June 2024General Caballero (JLM) Aureliano TorresSacked9 June 2024 Humberto García9 June 2024Sportivo Ameliano Pedro SarabiaResigned10 August 202411th Aldo Bobadilla11 August 2024Sol de América Troadio DuarteSacked18 August 2024 Roberto Torres18 August 2024Libertad Ariel Galeano19 August 20248th Daniel Garnero20 August 2024Sportivo Luqueño Julio César CáceresMutual agreement2 September 20249th Juan Pablo Pumpido3 September 2024Tacuary Marcelo PalauSacked23 September 202411th Robert Pereira23 September 2024Cerro Porteño Manolo Jiménez30 September 20244th Carlos Jara Saguier30 September 2024Tacuary Robert Pereira14 October 202411th Enrique Vera14 October 2024Libertad Daniel GarneroMutual agreement4 November 20249th Sergio Aquino4 November 2024 Notes
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura, named "Homenaje a Iván Almeida", was the 129th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2024 season. It started on 19 January and ended on 6 June.
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Cecilio DomínguezCerro Porteño 11 2 Jorge SanguinaGeneral Caballero (JLM) 8 3 Brahian Ayala2 de Mayo 7 Alan PereiraSportivo Trinidense 5 Adrián AlcarazGuaraní 6 Óscar CardozoLibertad Fernando FernándezCerro Porteño 8 Facundo BrueraOlimpia 5 Lisandro CabreraSol de América Diego DuarteNacional Walter GonzálezGuaraní Juan IturbeCerro Porteño Paul RiverosGuaraní Ronald RoaSol de América Derlis RodríguezTacuary
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura, named "Homenaje a los 120 años del Club Nacional", was the 130th official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2024 season. It began on 19 July and ended on 29 November.
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Rodney RedesOlimpia 7 Rodrigo Ruiz Díaz2 de Mayo 3 Lisandro CabreraSol de América 6 Francisco da CostaCerro Porteño Marcelo FerreiraSportivo Luqueño 6 Brahian Ayala2 de Mayo 5 Paul CharpentierSportivo Trinidense Walter GonzálezGuaraní Rubén LezcanoLibertad
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 2022Pts 2023Pts 2024Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Libertad 91 99 74 264 132 2 Cerro Porteño 98 81 74 253 132 3 Olimpia 92 62 80 234 132 4 2 de Mayo — — 65 65 44 5 Nacional 71 65 55 191 132 6 Guaraní 55 65 66 186 132 7 Sportivo Luqueño — 51 61 112 88 8 Sportivo Trinidense — 65 46 111 88 9 Sportivo Ameliano 48 57 56 161 132 10 51 49 47 147 132 11 Sol de América (R) — — 47 47 44 12 Tacuary (R) 53 44 40 137 132 Source: APF
Season awards On 9 December 2024, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Luque to announce the winners of the season awards (Premios de Primera), who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the Primera División teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public, as well as the tournament's official broadcaster Tigo Sports and official statistics.
AwardWinnerClubBest Player Gastón OlveiraOlimpiaRevelation Player César OlmedoOlimpiaPeople's Player Gastón OlveiraOlimpiaBest Goal Agustín ManzurGuaraníBest Goalkeeper Gastón OlveiraOlimpiaBest Manager Martín PalermoOlimpiaBest RefereeJuan Gabriel BenítezBest Assistant RefereeEduardo CardozoBest VAR RefereeCarlos FigueredoSeason's Top Scorer Brahian Ayala ()2 de MayoFair Play TeamCerro PorteñoMost Minutes played by U-18sTacuary
See also 2024 Copa Paraguay 2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia 2024 Paraguayan Women's Football Championship
References
External links APF's official website