The following article presents a summary of the 2003 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
The Apertura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top six teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Apertura champion.
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 21 | |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 18 | |
| 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 16 | |
| 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | |
| 5 | Tacuary | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 12 | |
| 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | |
| 9 | 12 de Octubre | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | San Lorenzo | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 3 |
The top six teams qualified to this stage and were divided into two groups. The top two teams in the Apertura points table (Libertad and Cerro Porteño) were given two bonus points to start the group stage.
| bgcolor=lightgreen style="width: 20px;" | Teams qualified to the Final |
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Bonus Points | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [2] | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [0] | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | [0] | 0 | |
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Bonus Points | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | [0] | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | [0] | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | [2] | 2 | |
------------Libertad wins the Apertura tournament final by an aggregate score of 1-0.
The Clausura tournament was played in a two-round all-play-all system, with the champion being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds.
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libertad | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 33 |
| 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 32 | |
| 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 27 | |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 27 |
| 6 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 19 | |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
| 8 | San Lorenzo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 18 |
| 9 | Tacuary | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 17 |
| 10 | Sport Colombia | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 16 |
Since Libertad won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.
Two games were played to determine the 2003 championship runners-up between Olimpia and Guaraní, who finished in second place in the Clausura and Apertura respectively. The winner of this playoff was guaranteed a spot in the 2003 Copa Libertadores.------------Guaraní runners-up of the 2003 first division tournament by winning on an aggregate score of 4-3.
Tacuary finished second-to-last in the aggregate points table, so had to participate in the promotion play-off game against second division runners-up 3 de Febrero. Tacuary won the playoff game by an aggregate score of 4-2, so it remains in the first division.
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Scored | Conceded | Bonus Points | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | [1] | 8 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | [0] | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | [0] | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | [0] | 1 | |
| Level | Tournament | Champion | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Nacional | ||
| 3rd (G.A. teams) | Primera de Ascenso | Fernando de la Mora | |
| 3rd (interior teams) | UFI Champions Cup | Club 2 de Mayo (Pedro Juan Caballero) | |
| 4th (G.A. teams) | Segunda de Ascenso | Sportivo Ameliano |
round of 16
round of 16
group-stage
group-stage
Champions
quarterfinals
preliminary first round
The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2003.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Comp | Paraguay scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2003 | Estadio Nacional Lima, Peru | 4 - 1 | WCQ 2006 | Report | |||
| September 10, 2003 | Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay | 4 - 1 | WCQ 2006 | Report | |||
| November 15, 2003 | Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay | 2 - 1 | WCQ 2006 | Report | |||
| November 18, 2003 | Estadio Nacional Santiago, Chile | 0 - 1 | WCQ 2006 | Report |