The 2025 Copa de Primera (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – ueno bank 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st 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 24 January and ended on 30 November 2025. The fixture draw for the season was held on 9 December 2024.
In the Torneo Apertura, Libertad won its twenty-sixth league championship, clinching the title with a 1–0 win over 2 de Mayo on 1 June, the final matchday of the tournament. The Torneo Clausura was won by Cerro Porteño, who claimed their thirty-fifth league title after defeating Tembetary 2–0 on 30 November. Olimpia entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 Clausura tournament.
Teams Twelve teams competed in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season, and the top two teams in the 2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia: Deportivo Recoleta and Tembetary. Deportivo Recoleta, who rebranded to Recoleta Football Club for this season, returned to the top flight after 23 years, clinching promotion with a 2–0 win over Pastoreo on 22 September 2024, while Tembetary sealed their return to Primera División for the first time since 1997 by defeating Fernando de la Mora on 29 September 2024. The promoted teams replaced Sol de América and Tacuary, 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 2024 Copa de Primera11thSol de América12thTacuary
Pos.Promoted from 2024 División Intermedia1stRecoleta2ndTembetary
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 La Huerta 14,000Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 7,500Olimpia Asunción Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb 25,000Recoleta Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000Sportivo Ameliano Villeta Ameliano Villeta 7,000Sportivo Luqueño Itauguá Luis Alberto Salinas 10,000Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000Tembetary Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000 Notes
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsors 2 de Mayo Felipe Giménez Kyrios Zero Grau, Banco Continental, Fleming Cerro Porteño Jorge Bava Puma Tigo, Ueno General Caballero (JLM) Humberto Ovelar Kappa Sanatorio San Sebastián, Kia Guaraní Víctor Bernay Kyrios Tigo, Ueno, Aposta.La Libertad Pablo Guiñazú Puma Tigo Nacional Pedro Sarabia Kappa Kia, Banco Continental, Coca-Cola, Santa Clara Olimpia Ever Almeida Nike Tigo, Visión Banco Recoleta Jorge González Running Sport Ueno, BYD, Universidad Central del Paraguay Sportivo Ameliano Roberto Nanni Netanya Sport Kia, Banco Continental, Ayres Sportivo Luqueño Lucas Barrios Kyrios Comercial Vírgen del Rosario, Ueno, Betsson Sportivo Trinidense José Arrúa Lotto Noroda, Lácteos Trébol, Chorti Beef, Ueno Tembetary Luis Fernando Escobar Temple Kia, engineering, Banco Continental
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTorneo AperturaCerro Porteño Carlos Jara SaguierChange of role28 November 2024Pre-season Diego Martínez11 December 2024General Caballero (JLM) Humberto GarcíaEnd of contract3 December 2024 Troadio Duarte4 December 2024Sportivo Luqueño Juan Pablo PumpidoResigned1 February 20259th Gustavo Morínigo3 February 2025Nacional Víctor Bernay2 February 202512th Pedro Sarabia3 February 2025General Caballero (JLM) Troadio DuarteSacked4 April 20258th Sebastián Vázquez6 April 2025Olimpia Martín Palermo10 April 20255th Aureliano Torres10 April 2025Tembetary Arturo VillasantiResigned10 April 20259th Christian Díaz16 April 20252 de Mayo Felipe Giménez11 April 202512th Marcelo Palau11 April 2025Sportivo Ameliano Aldo BobadillaSacked16 April 20259th Humberto García17 April 2025Olimpia Aureliano TorresEnd of caretaker spell16 April 20253rd Fabián Bustos17 April 2025Sportivo Luqueño Gustavo MorínigoSacked18 May 202510th Julio César Cáceres18 May 2025Guaraní Francisco Arce2 June 20253rd Víctor Bernay4 June 2025Torneo ClausuraOlimpia Fabián BustosSacked14 July 20258th Ramón Díaz17 July 2025General Caballero (JLM) Sebastián Vázquez19 July 202512th Humberto Ovelar21 July 2025Tembetary Christian Díaz27 July 202511th Luis Fernando Escobar30 July 20252 de Mayo Marcelo Palau24 August 20258th Felipe Giménez25 August 2025Olimpia Ramón DíazResigned24 August 20259th Ever Almeida27 August 2025Libertad Sergio Aquino28 August 20256th Pablo Guiñazú29 August 2025Cerro Porteño Diego MartínezSacked18 September 20253rd Jorge Achucarro18 September 2025 Jorge AchucarroEnd of caretaker spell27 September 20252nd Jorge Bava29 September 2025Sportivo Ameliano Humberto GarcíaResigned28 September 202511th Roberto Nanni30 September 2025Sportivo Luqueño Julio César CáceresSacked4 October 202510th Lucas Barrios6 October 2025 Notes
Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura, named "Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", was the 131st official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2025 season. It began on 24 January and ended on 2 June 2025.
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Gustavo CaballeroNacional 9 Juan IturbeCerro Porteño 3 Fernando FernándezGuaraní 8 4 Lorenzo MelgarejoLibertad 7 5 Teodoro ArceGeneral Caballero (JLM) 6 Néstor CamachoSportivo Trinidense Rodney RedesOlimpia Juan RomeroSportivo Trinidense Alejandro SilvaRecoleta Jonathan TorresCerro Porteño
Source: Soccerway
Torneo Clausura The Torneo Clausura, named "Homenaje a los 90 años del Club Sportivo Trinidense", was the 132nd official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2025 season. It began on 4 July and ended on 30 November 2025.
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Matías Cáceres2 de Mayo 7 Juan IturbeCerro Porteño Elvio VeraSportivo Ameliano Marcelo PérezSportivo Luqueño Paul CharpentierTembetary Hugo QuintanaOlimpia 7 Iván RamírezGuaraní 6 Néstor CamachoSportivo Trinidense Lucas GonzálezRecoleta Hugo FernándezLibertad Adrián AlcarazOlimpia
Source: Besoccer
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 2023Pts 2024Pts 2025Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Libertad 99 74 70 243 132 2 Cerro Porteño 81 74 85 240 132 3 Guaraní 65 66 83 214 132 4 Olimpia 62 80 59 201 132 5 Nacional 65 55 60 180 132 6 Sportivo Trinidense 65 46 67 178 132 7 Recoleta — — 59 59 44 8 2 de Mayo — 65 51 116 88 9 Sportivo Ameliano 57 56 48 161 132 10 Sportivo Luqueño 51 61 47 159 132 11 49 47 46 142 132 12 Tembetary (R) — — 33 33 44 Source: APF
Season awards On 3 December 2025, a ceremony was held at the CARDIF Social Pavilion in Luque to announce the winners of the season awards (Premios de Primera), who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the División de Honor teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public, as well as the tournament's official broadcaster Tigo Sports and official statistics.
AwardWinnerClubFair Play TeamCerro PorteñoMost Minutes played by U-20s/U-18sCerro PorteñoBest Club of the 2025 Youth DivisionsCerro PorteñoClub with the greatest growth and development in Youth DivisionsGuaraníSeason's Top Scorer Juan Iturbe ()Cerro PorteñoBest Goalkeeper Alexis Martín AriasCerro PorteñoRevelation Player Alexandro MaidanaGuaraníPeople's Player Blas RiverosCerro PorteñoBest Goal Matías Cáceres2 de MayoBest Player Blas RiverosCerro PorteñoBest Manager Felipe Giménez2 de MayoBest RefereeJuan Gabriel BenítezBest Assistant RefereeEduardo CardozoBest VAR RefereeCarlos Figueredo
See also 2025 Paraguayan División Intermedia 2025 Copa Paraguay 2025 Supercopa Paraguay
References
External links APF's official website