| Competition: | Primera División |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Libertad (19th title) Clausura: Guaraní (11th title) |
| Relegated: | General Caballero River Plate |
| Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Libertad Guaraní Olimpia Deportivo Capiatá |
| Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Cerro Porteño Sol de América Nacional Sportivo Luqueño |
| League Topscorer: | Apertura: Brian Montenegro (18 goals) Clausura: Ernesto Álvarez Cecilio Domínguez (14 goals each) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | |
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The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and the first championship of the 2016 season. It began on January 22 and ended on May 22.
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Brian Montenegro | Nacional | 18 |
| align=center | 2 | Santiago Salcedo | Libertad | 13 |
| 3 | Roberto Gamarra | Deportivo Capiatá | 12 | |
 Luís Leal | Cerro Porteño | 12 | ||
| William Mendieta | Olimpia | 12 | ||
| Alejandro Silva | Olimpia | 12 |
Source: Soccerway
The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 114h official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario de la Conmebol", and the second championship of the 2016 season. It began on July 8 and ended on December 18.
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernesto Álvarez | Sol de América | 14 | |
| Cecilio Domínguez | Cerro Porteño | 14 | ||
| align=center | 3 | Santiago Salcedo | Libertad | 13 |
| align=center | 4 | Néstor Camacho | Guaraní | 12 |
| 5 | Osmar Leguizamón | General Caballero | 10 | |
| William Mendieta | Olimpia | 10 |
Source: Soccerway
Relegations 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 are relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
| width=28 | Pos ! | width=185 | Team ! | width=50 | 2014 Pts ! | width=50 | 2015 Pts ! | width=50 | 2016 Pts ! | width=50 | Total Pts ! | width=50 | Total Pld ! | width=50 | Avg ! | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guaraní | 87 | 86 | 83 | 256 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Libertad | 96 | 76 | 83 | 255 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 75 | 96 | 66 | 237 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Olimpia | 63 | 79 | 90 | 232 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Sol de América | 55 | 57 | 63 | 175 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 63 | 57 | 53 | 173 | 132 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 47 | 54 | 67 | 168 | 132 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Nacional | 62 | 43 | 54 | 159 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 50 | 48 | 48 | 146 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 10 | General Díaz | 48 | 45 | 46 | 139 | 132 | ||||||||||
| 11 | General Caballero (R) | — | — | 46 | 46 | 44 | Relegated to the División Intermedia | |||||||||
| 12 | River Plate (R) | — | — | 28 | 28 | 44 |