2018 Paraguayan Primera División season explained

Competition:Primera División
Season:2018
Dates:2 February – 8 December 2018
Winners:Apertura: Olimpia (41st title)
Clausura: Olimpia (42nd title)
Relegated:Independiente
3 de Febrero
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olimpia
Cerro Porteño
Libertad
Nacional
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Sol de América
Independiente
Deportivo Santaní
Guaraní (cup winners)
League Topscorer:
Clausura: Óscar Cardozo (15 goals)
Matches:264
Total Goals:736
Biggest Home Win:Cerro Porteño 5–0 Nacional
(13 April)
Guaraní 5–0 3 de Febrero
(11 November)
Biggest Away Win:Deportivo Santaní 0–5 Olimpia
(15 October)
Highest Scoring:Guaraní 6–2 Sol de América
(3 February)
3 de Febrero 4–4 Libertad
(17 November)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.

In the Torneo Apertura, Olimpia won their forty-first league title with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Libertad on 30 May.[1] Olimpia also clinched their forty-second league title in the Torneo Clausura with two matches to spare after beating Guaraní 4–1 on 28 November.[2]

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamManagerHome cityStadiumCapacity
23,500
45,000
Julio Cabrera (caretaker) 10,000
Juan José Vázqueza 8,000
3,500
Rogelio Livieresb 6,000
1,500
10,000
4,000
25,000
10,000
25,000

Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium.
a: Deportivo Santaní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este instead of their regular stadium Estadio Juan José Vázquez in San Estanislao.
b: Guaraní played their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción until mid-May while their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres underwent maintenance works. Guaraní played their Torneo Apertura home match against Olimpia at Estadio Antonio Aranda in Ciudad del Este.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Torneo Apertura
General Díaz Mario JaraResigned6 December 2017[3] Pre-season Aldo Bobadilla15 December 2017[4]
Guaraní Daniel GarneroSigned by Olimpia7 December 2017[5] Sebastián Saja8 December 2017[6]
Olimpia Aldo BobadillaMutual consent11 December 2017[7] Daniel Garnero13 December 2017[8]
Libertad Fernando JuberoResigned23 December 2017[9] Aldo Bobadilla28 December 2017[10]
General Díaz Aldo Bobadilla28 December 2017 Florencio Villalba (caretaker)2 January 2018[11]
General Díaz Florencio VillalbaEnd of caretaker spell24 January 2018 Francisco Arce24 January 2018[12]
Cerro Porteño Leonel ÁlvarezResigned31 January 2018[13] Jorge Núñez (caretaker)31 January 2018
Cerro Porteño Jorge NúñezEnd of caretaker spell5 February 201810th Luis Zubeldía5 February 2018[14]
Sportivo Luqueño Javier SanguinettiSacked25 February 2018[15] 12th Eduardo Rivera25 February 2018
3 de Febrero Marcio Marolla4 March 2018[16] 12th José Arrúa5 March 2018[17]
Deportivo Santaní Pedro SarabiaMutual consent14 March 2018[18] 11th Mario Jara15 March 2018[19]
Guaraní Sebastián SajaResigned25 March 2018[20] 9th Fernando Burgo (caretaker)25 March 2018
Sportivo Luqueño Eduardo Rivera3 April 2018[21] 8th Fernando Ortiz4 April 2018[22]
General Díaz Francisco ArceSacked8 April 2018[23] 8th Florencio Villalba (caretaker)9 April 2018
Deportivo Capiatá Gustavo FlorentínResigned26 May 2018[24] 8th Diego Gavilán27 May 2018[25]
Sportivo Luqueño Fernando OrtizSacked27 May 2018[26] 11th Héctor Schönhauser (caretaker)28 May 2018[27]
Guaraní Fernando BurgoEnd of caretaker spell30 May 20187th Juan Manuel Azconzábal31 May 2018[28]
Sol de América Héctor MarecosSacked31 May 2018[29] 6th Alfredo Vera (caretaker)1 June 2018
Sol de América Alfredo VeraEnd of caretaker spell8 June 20186th Fernando Ortiz9 June 2018[30]
Sportivo Luqueño Héctor Schönhauser9 June 201810th Gustavo Florentín9 June 2018[31]
Torneo Clausura
Libertad Aldo BobadillaMutual consent21 July 2018[32] 9th Eduardo Villalba (caretaker)21 July 2018[33]
General Díaz Florencio VillalbaEnd of caretaker spell22 July 20186th Aldo Bobadilla22 July 2018[34]
3 de Febrero José ArrúaResigned5 August 2018[35] 7th Eduardo Rivera5 August 2018
Cerro Porteño Luis ZubeldíaSacked20 August 2018[36] 3rd Fernando Jubero22 August 2018[37]
Sol de América Fernando OrtizResigned24 August 2018[38] 10th Ever Hugo Almeida25 August 2018[39]
Deportivo Santaní Mario JaraSacked26 August 2018[40] 9th Héctor Marecos28 August 2018[41]
Guaraní Juan Manuel Azconzábal9 September 2018[42] 10th Gustavo Florentín10 September 2018[43]
Sportivo Luqueño Gustavo FlorentínSigned by Guaraní9 September 2018[44] 5th Javier Sanguinetti10 September 2018[45]
Independiente (CG) Pablo CaballeroResigned23 September 2018[46] 12th Víctor Genes24 September 2018[47]
Libertad Eduardo VillalbaEnd of caretaker spell8 October 20183rd Leonel Álvarez9 October 2018[48]
Deportivo Capiatá Diego GavilánResigned20 October 2018[49] 6th Pablo Caballero20 October 2018
Sportivo Luqueño Javier SanguinettiSacked22 October 2018[50] 12th Pedro Sarabia23 October 2018[51]
Independiente (CG) Víctor GenesHealth issues2 November 2018[52] 11th Osvaldo Cohener (caretaker)2 November 2018
Independiente (CG) Osvaldo CohenerEnd of caretaker spell4 November 2018[53] 12th Mario Jara4 November 2018
Nacional Celso AyalaResigned5 November 2018[54] 8th Fernando Gamboa6 November 2018[55]
General Díaz Aldo BobadillaMutual consent13 November 2018[56] 12th Florencio Villalba13 November 2018[57]
Deportivo Capiatá Pablo CaballeroSacked8 December 2018[58] 8th Julio Cabrera (caretaker)8 December 2018

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Centenario del Estadio Defensores del Chaco", was the 117th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2018 season. It started on February 2 and concluded on June 10.[59]

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Néstor CamachoOlimpia14
2 Sebastián FerreiraIndependiente11
William MendietaOlimpia11
align=center 4 Antonio BareiroLibertad10
5 Adam BareiroNacional9
César VillagraSol de América
7 Óscar CardozoLibertad8
Fabio EscobarDeportivo Santaní
align=center 9 Enrique BorjaGeneral Díaz7
10 Ernesto ÁlvarezSol de América6
Diego ChurínCerro Porteño

Source: APF, Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Dr. Gerónimo Angulo Gastón", was the 118th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2018 season. It started on July 17 and concluded on December 8.[59]

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Óscar CardozoLibertad15
2 Diego ChurínCerro Porteño12
Adrián MartínezSol de América
Santiago SalcedoDeportivo Capiatá
5 Adam BareiroNacional10
Jorge OrtegaOlimpia
7 Enrique BorjaGeneral Díaz9
Roque Santa CruzOlimpia
align=center 9 William MendietaOlimpia8
align=center 10 Facundo Parra3 de Febrero7

Source: APF, Soccerway

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.

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!		width=502016
Pts !		width=502017
Pts !		width=502018
Pts !		width=50Total
Pts !		width=50Total
Pld !		width=50Avg !Relegation
1 Olimpia90 78 102 270 132
2 Libertad83 75 76 234 132
3 Cerro Porteño66 80 82 228 132
4 Guaraní83 85 48 216 132
5 Sol de América63 62 63 188 132
6 Nacional54 50 65 169 132
7 67 50 45 162 132
8 General Díaz46 60 46 152 132
9 Deportivo Santaní— — 50 50 44
10 Sportivo Luqueño53 50 46 149 132
11 — 47 51 98 88
12 3 de Febrero (R)— — 39 39 44
Source: APF

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olimpia conquista la 41. es. ABC Color. 30 May 2018.
  2. Web site: ¡Olimpia es bicampeón!. es. ABC Color. 28 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Mario Jara renunció. es. ABC Color. 6 December 2017. 7 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Aldo Bobadilla retorna a General Díaz. es. hoy.com.py. 15 December 2017. 19 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Confirmado: Daniel Garnero no seguirá en Guaraní. es. d10.paraguay.com. 30 November 2017. 19 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Saja, técnico de Guaraní. es. ABC Color. 8 December 2017. 19 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Deja buenos números. es. tigosports.com.py. 11 December 2017. 19 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Daniel Garnero, nuevo DT del Olimpia paraguayo. es. AS Argentina. 13 December 2017. 19 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Fernando Jubero anuncia su salida del Club Libertad. es. d10.paraguay.com. 23 December 2017. 24 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Será técnico de Libertad. es. ABC Color. 28 December 2017. 29 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Con un DT de la casa, las Águilas toman vuelo en Ypacarai. es. La Nación. 2 January 2018. 19 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Es el DT de General Díaz. es. ABC Color. 24 January 2018. 25 January 2018.
  13. Web site: Leonel Álvarez se fue de Cerro Porteño. es. D10 Paraguay. 31 January 2018. 31 January 2018.
  14. Web site: Presentaron a Luis Zubeldía. es. ABC Color. 5 February 2018. 5 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206041947/http://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/luis-zubeldia-cerro-porteno-presentacion-tecnico-torneo-apertura-2018-1672559.html. 6 February 2018. dead.
  15. Web site: Luqueño cambia de timón y nombra a Eduardo Rivera. es. D10 Paraguay. 25 February 2018. 27 February 2018.
  16. Web site: Destituyen a Marolla tras goleada. es. ABC Color. 4 March 2018. 8 March 2018.
  17. Web site: José Arrúa es nuevo entrenador del "3". es. D10 Paraguay. 5 March 2018. 8 March 2018.
  18. Web site: El Santaní se quedó sin DT tras la derrota con General. es. D10 Paraguay. 14 March 2018.
  19. Web site: Mario Jara reemplaza a Sarabia en el banco de Santaní. es. D10 Paraguay. 15 March 2018.
  20. Web site: Renunció Sebastián Saja. es. ABC Color. 25 March 2018.
  21. Web site: El fin del nuevo ciclo de Eduardo Rivera. es. ABC Color. 4 April 2018.
  22. Web site: Llego a un grande. es. Tigo Sports. 4 April 2018.
  23. Web site: Voló del Nido. es. Tigo Sports. 8 April 2018.
  24. Web site: Gustavo Florentín se fue de Capiatá. es. D10 Paraguay. 27 May 2018.
  25. Web site: Diego Gavilán ya trabaja en el Deportivo. es. ABC Color. 27 May 2018.
  26. Web site: Luqueño se queda sin técnico. es. ABC Color. 28 May 2018.
  27. Web site: Ya se fue. es. Tigo Sports. 28 May 2018.
  28. Web site: Guaraní ya tiene entrenador. es. ABC Color. 30 May 2018. 31 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180602003850/http://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/guarani-ya-tiene-entrenador-1707601.html. 2 June 2018. dead.
  29. Web site: Pesaron los resultados. es. Tigo Sports. 1 June 2018.
  30. Web site: Fernando Ortiz regresa a Sol de América. es. D10 Paraguay. 5 June 2018. 8 June 2018.
  31. Web site: Sin perder el tiempo. es. Tigo Sports. 9 June 2018.
  32. Web site: Aldo Bobadilla dejó Libertad. es. ABC Color. 21 July 2018.
  33. Web site: Eduardo Villalba toma el interinato en el Gumarelo. es. D10 Paraguay. 21 July 2018.
  34. Web site: Aldo Bobadilla asumió el mando en el General Díaz. es. D10 Paraguay. 22 July 2018.
  35. Web site: Rivera regresa al 3 de Febrero. es. ABC Color. 5 August 2018.
  36. Web site: Luis Zubeldía ya no es el técnico de Cerro Porteño. es. D10 Paraguay. 20 August 2018.
  37. Web site: Llegó con ganas. es. Tigo Sports. 22 August 2018.
  38. Web site: Fernando Ortiz ya no es el técnico de Sol. es. D10 Paraguay. 25 August 2018.
  39. Web site: Ever Almeida, nuevo técnico de Sol de América. es. D10 Paraguay. 25 August 2018.
  40. Web site: Santaní echa a Jara y Marecos se acerca. es. ABC Color. 26 August 2018.
  41. Web site: Héctor Marecos toma el control en Santaní. es. La Nación. 27 August 2018.
  42. Web site: Azconzábal se va de la Toldería. es. ABC Color. 9 September 2018.
  43. Web site: Florentín, por un año y medio. es. ABC Color. 10 September 2018.
  44. Web site: Florentín, al frente de Guaraní. es. ABC Color. 9 September 2018.
  45. Web site: Sanguinetti retorna a Luqueño. es. ABC Color. 10 September 2018.
  46. Web site: Se fue. es. Tigo Sports. 23 September 2018.
  47. Web site: Toma el mando. es. Tigo Sports. 24 September 2018.
  48. Web site: Este martes presentan a Leonel. es. ABC Color. 8 October 2018.
  49. Web site: Gavilán se fue de Capiatá. es. ABC Color. 20 October 2018.
  50. Web site: No va más. es. Tigo Sports. 22 October 2018.
  51. Web site: Sarabia reemplaza a Sanguinetti. es. ABC Color. 22 October 2018.
  52. Web site: Víctor Genes deja Independiente por problemas de salud. es. D10 Paraguay. 2 November 2018.
  53. Web site: Jara asumirá el mando de Independiente de CG. es. ABC Color. 4 November 2018.
  54. Web site: Decidió marcharse. es. Tigo Sports. 5 November 2018.
  55. Web site: El sustituto. es. Tigo Sports. 6 November 2018.
  56. Web site: General Díaz oficializa salida de Bobadilla. es. ABC Color. 13 November 2018. 19 November 2018.
  57. Web site: Florencio asume la conducción "militar". es. ABC Color. 13 November 2018. 19 November 2018.
  58. Web site: Capiatá destituye a Pablo Caballero. es. D10 Paraguay. 8 December 2018. 23 December 2018.
  59. Web site: REGLAMENTO DEL CAMPEONATO OFICIAL AÑO 2018. COPA TIGO – BCO. VISION S.A.. es. APF.

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