2009 Paraguayan Primera División season explained

Competition:2009 Paraguayan Primera División season
Season:2009
Winners:Apertura: Cerro Porteño (28th title)
Clausura: Nacional (7th title)
Relegated:12 de Octubre
2 de Mayo
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Cerro Porteño
Nacional
Libertad
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
Guaraní
League Topscorer:Apertura: Pablo Velázquez (16 goals)
Clausura: César Cáceres (11 goals)
Prevseason:2008 (C)
Nextseason:2010

The 2009 Paraguayan Primera División season (officially the 2009 Copa TIGO for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It is the second season in which a champion will be crowned for each tournament.

Teams

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
25,000
28,000
8,000
32,000
6,000
10,000
4,000
15,000
5,000
5,000
25,000
7,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on February 14 and ended on July 5. The championship is officially called the Centenario del Club Sol de América to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Club Sol de América.

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 25 and end on December 13. The championship is officially called the Campeones de América – 1953 to commemorate the Paraguayan national team's 1953 South American Championship title.

International qualification

The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2010 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.

Relegation

Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish; Castilian: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The team with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. The next lowest team plays a relegation/promotion playoff match against the 2009 División Intermedia runner-up.

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'07 Pts
'08 Pts
'09 Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
1 Libertad95 101 82 278 132
2 Cerro Porteño93 76 81 248 132
3 Nacional60 77 77 214 132
4 Olimpia76 54 70 200 132
5 Rubio Ñú0 0 63 63 44
6 Guaraní41 79 67 187 132
7 Sol de América57 63 50 170 132
8 Tacuary51 52 64 169 132
9 Sportivo Luqueño65 49 51 166 132
10 3 de Febrero49 50 43 143 132
11 12 de Octubre49 49 41 138 132
12 2 de Mayo34 53 40 127 132
Updated as of December 13, 2009.
Source: APF
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bgcolor=#FF8888 style="width: 20px;"Relegated to the División Intermedia

Relegation/promotion playoff

The relegation/promotion playoff was contested over two legs. The team who earned the most points over two legs was promoted— or remained —in the Primera División. Should there be a tie in points, goal difference was taken into account, followed a penalty shootout if needed. Sport Colombia played at home during the second leg.

See also

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