2022 Paraguayan Primera División season explained

Competition:Primera División
Season:2022
Dates:4 February – 13 November 2022
Winners:Apertura: Libertad (22nd title)
Clausura: Olimpia (46th title)
Relegated:Sol de América
12 de Octubre
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olimpia
Libertad
Cerro Porteño
Nacional
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Guaraní
Tacuary
General Caballero (JLM)
Sportivo Ameliano (via Copa Paraguay)
League Topscorer:
Clausura: Derlis González and Lorenzo Melgarejo (12 goals each)
Matches:264
Total Goals:659
Biggest Home Win:Olimpia 6–1 Resistencia
(19 June)
Cerro Porteño 5–0 Tacuary
(25 September)
Biggest Away Win:12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad
(5 February)
Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia
(27 October)
Highest Scoring:12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad
(5 February)
Olimpia 6–1 Resistencia
(19 June)
Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia
(27 October)
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 4 February and ended on 13 November 2022.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2021.[2] [3]

In the Torneo Apertura Libertad won their twenty-second league championship, clinching the title with one match in hand after beating Cerro Porteño by a 1–0 score on 25 June,[4] whilst the Torneo Clausura was won by Olimpia, who claimed their forty-sixth league title after drawing 1–1 with Nacional on the last matchday played on 12 November.[5] Cerro Porteño were the defending champions, having won the 2021 Clausura tournament.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the season: the top eight teams in the relegation table of the 2021 season, the top three teams in the 2021 Paraguayan División Intermedia (General Caballero (JLM), Resistencia, and Tacuary), as well as Sportivo Ameliano, winners of the promotion/relegation play-off. The promoted teams replaced River Plate and Sportivo Luqueño, who were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

TeamManagerCityStadiumCapacity
10,000
45,000
10,000
12,000
6,000
10,000
4,000
25,000
6,500
Alfredo Vera (caretaker) 11,000
Sportivo Ameliano3,000
6,500
Notes

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Torneo Apertura
General Caballero (JLM) Humberto OvelarResigned22 October 2021[6] Pre-season Gustavo Bobadilla4 December 2021[7]
Resistencia Pablo CaballeroSacked25 November 2021[8] Roberto Torres27 November 2021[9]
Tacuary Daniel Lanata22 February 2022[10] 10th Robert Pereira22 February 2022
Nacional Hernán Rodrigo López12 March 2022[11] 7th Carlos Bonet12 March 2022[12]
12 de Octubre Pedro SarabiaResigned22 March 2022[13] 10th Sergio Órteman22 March 2022[14]
Nacional Carlos BonetReturn to sporting director post24 March 2022[15] 11th Pedro Sarabia24 March 2022[16]
Sol de América Juan Pablo PumpidoResigned3 April 2022[17] 5th Celso Ayala4 April 2022[18]
General Caballero (JLM) Gustavo Bobadilla20 April 2022[19] 10th Luciano Theiler21 April 2022[20]
Tacuary Robert Pereira1 May 2022[21] 7th Humberto Ovelar2 May 2022[22]
12 de Octubre Sergio ÓrtemanSacked3 June 2022[23] 12th Robert Pereira3 June 2022[24]
Sol de América Celso AyalaResigned2 July 2022[25] 7th Pablo Guiñazú2 July 2022[26]
Torneo Clausura
Tacuary Humberto OvelarSacked5 July 2022[27] Pre-tournament Iván Almeida5 July 2022[28]
General Caballero (JLM) Luciano Theiler8 August 2022[29] 8th Gustavo Florentín8 August 2022[30]
12 de Octubre Robert Pereira21 August 2022[31] 12th Héctor Marecos21 August 2022[32]
Resistencia Roberto Torres11 September 2022[33] 8th Mario Jara11 September 2022
General Caballero (JLM) Gustavo FlorentínResigned16 September 2022[34] 11th Humberto Ovelar17 September 2022
Sportivo Ameliano Humberto GarcíaSacked18 September 2022[35] 8th Juan Pablo Pumpido18 September 2022
Tacuary Iván Almeida12 October 2022[36] 8th Robert Pereira12 October 2022
Sol de América Pablo Guiñazú9 November 2022[37] 10th Alfredo Vera9 November 2022
Notes

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Homenaje a Luis Alberto Pettengill Castillo",[38] was the 125th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2022 season. It started on 4 February and ended on 3 July.[1]

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Fernando FernándezGuaraníalign=center 13
align=center 2 Facundo BrueraNacionalalign=center 12
align=center 3 Julio César EncisoLibertadalign=center 11
4 Junior MarabelGeneral Caballero (JLM)8
Robert MoralesCerro Porteño
Alfio OviedoCerro Porteño
Guillermo PaivaOlimpia
8 Walter GonzálezOlimpia7
Roque Santa CruzLibertad
Alejandro SilvaOlimpia

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Homenaje to Alexandro Arce Añazco",[39] was the 126th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2022 season. It began on 14 July and ended on 13 November.[1]

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Derlis GonzálezOlimpia12
Lorenzo MelgarejoLibertad
align=center 3 Óscar CardozoLibertadalign=center 11
4 Fernando FernándezGuaraní8
Danilo SantacruzNacional
Nildo VieraGuaireña
align=center 7 Ronaldo MartínezResistenciaalign=center 7
8 Alex ArceSportivo Ameliano6
Facundo BrueraNacional
Brian MontenegroOlimpia

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

Relegation was 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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1 Cerro Porteño69 66 98 233 113
2 Libertad62 65 91 218 113
3 Olimpia62 51 92 205 113
4 Guaraní59 61 55 175 113
5 Nacional44 50 71 165 113
6 Tacuary— — 53 53 44
7 Guaireña41 44 50 135 113
8 — — 51 51 44
9 Resistencia— — 49 49 44
10 Sportivo Ameliano— — 48 48 44
11 Sol de América (R)35 42 46 123 113
12 12 de Octubre (R)41 43 29 113 113
Source: APF

Season awards

On 14 November 2022 a ceremony was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Asunción to announce the winners of the season awards (Premios de Primera), who were chosen based on voting by the managers of the 12 Primera División teams, local sports journalists, the APF's Referee Commission, the public as well as official statistics.[40]

AwardWinnerClub
Best Player Derlis GonzálezOlimpia
Revelation Player Diego GómezLibertad
People's Player Derlis GonzálezOlimpia
Best Goal Richard Ortiz
Olimpia
Best Goalkeeper Jean Paulo FernandesCerro Porteño
Best Manager Julio César CáceresOlimpia
Best RefereeÉber Aquino
Best VAR RefereeFernando López
Top Scorer Fernando Fernández Guaraní
Fair Play TeamGuaraní
Most Minutes played by U-19sLibertad

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sin cambios en el sistema de la Copa de Primera. No changes in the Copa de Primera system. Spanish. Diario HOY. 10 December 2021. 12 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Se vienen los Premios de Primera 2021. The 2021 Premios de Primera are coming. Spanish. Diario HOY. 6 December 2021. 12 December 2021.
  3. Web site: La agenda de Primera para el 2022. Primera’s agenda for 2022. Spanish. APF. 14 December 2021. 18 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Libertad levanta el título 22 con su gente. Libertad lift the 22nd title with their people. Spanish. Versus. 25 June 2022. 25 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Olimpia festeja la 46 tras un sufrido partido ante Nacional. Olimpia celebrate the 46th after a hard-fought match against Nacional. Spanish. D10. 12 November 2022. 12 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Humberto Ovelar cierra su ciclo en General Caballero JLM. Humberto Ovelar closes his cycle at General Caballero JLM. Spanish. Tigo Sports. 18 October 2021. 12 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Bobadilla será el DT de General Caballero. Bobadilla will be General Caballero's manager. Spanish. Última Hora. 4 December 2021. 12 December 2021.
  8. Web site: ¡Sorpresa! Pablo Caballero deja de ser técnico de Resistencia. Surprise! Pablo Caballero ceases to be the manager of Resistencia. Spanish. Versus. 25 November 2021. 12 December 2021.
  9. Web site: Roberto Torres dirigirá a Resistencia. Roberto Torres will manage Resistencia. Spanish. ABC Color. 27 November 2021. 12 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Tacuary despide a Lanata y nombra nuevo entrenador. Tacuary fire Lanata and appoint a new manager. Spanish. D10. 22 February 2022. 23 February 2022.
  11. Web site: Hernán Rodrigo López deja Nacional. Hernán Rodrigo López leaves Nacional. Spanish. D10. 12 March 2022. 14 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Carlos Bonet, nuevo técnico de Nacional. Carlos Bonet, new manager of Nacional. Spanish. D10. 12 March 2022. 14 March 2022.
  13. Web site: ¡Se fue Pedro Sarabia! El 12 de Octubre deberá buscar nuevo entrenador. Pedro Sarabia is gone! 12 de Octubre will have to look for a new manager. Spanish. Versus. 22 March 2022. 22 March 2022.
  14. Web site: Sergio Órteman toma las riendas del "12". Sergio Órteman takes the 12’s reins. Spanish. D10. 22 March 2022. 22 March 2022.
  15. Web site: Carlos Bonet y su mala primera experiencia como DT. Carlos Bonet and his poor first experience as manager. Spanish. Versus. 24 March 2022. 24 March 2022.
  16. Web site: Nacional anuncia al Cabo como nuevo entrenador. Nacional announce the Corporal as new manager. Spanish. D10. 24 March 2022. 24 March 2022.
  17. Web site: Sol de América se queda sin técnico. Sol de América are left without a manager. Spanish. D10. 3 April 2022. 4 April 2022.
  18. Web site: Sol de América confirma la vuelta de Celso Ayala. Sol de América confirm the return of Celso Ayala. Spanish. D10. 4 April 2022. 4 April 2022.
  19. Web site: Gustavo Bobadilla renunció al cargo en General Caballero JLM. Gustavo Bobadilla resigned from the position at General Caballero JLM. Spanish. ABC Color. 21 April 2022. 22 April 2022.
  20. Web site: Luciano Theiler, desde el ascenso de Argentina para dirigir a General Caballero. Luciano Theiler, from Argentina's lower tiers to manage General Caballero. Spanish. Versus. 21 April 2022. 22 April 2022.
  21. Web site: Robert Pereira deja Tacuary. Robert Pereira leaves Tacuary. Spanish. D10. 1 May 2022. 20 May 2022.
  22. Web site: Humberto Ovelar es nuevo entrenador de Tacuary. Humberto Ovelar is Tacuary's new manager. Spanish. ABC Color. 2 May 2022. 20 May 2022.
  23. Web site: 12 de Octubre anunció la salida del entrenador Sergio Orteman. 12 de Octubre announced the departure of manager Sergio Orteman. Spanish. ABC Color. 3 June 2022. 22 May 2022.
  24. Web site: Robert Pereira es nuevo DT del 12 de Octubre tras la salida de Sergio Orteman. Robert Pereira is 12 de Octubre's new manager following the departure of Sergio Orteman. Spanish. Versus. 3 June 2022. 22 June 2022.
  25. Web site: Celso Ayala renunció después de la caída ante Sportivo Ameliano. Celso Ayala resigned after the loss to Sportivo Ameliano. Spanish. ABC Color. 2 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
  26. Web site: Pablo Guiñazú es nuevo técnico de Sol de América. Pablo Guiñazú is the new manager of Sol de América. Spanish. D10. 2 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
  27. Web site: Tacuary anunció la salida de Humberto Ovelar, el tercer DT. Tacuary announced the departure of Humberto Ovelar, the third manager. Spanish. ABC Color. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
  28. Web site: Iván Almeida asume el mando en Tacuary. Iván Almeida takes over command at Tacuary. Spanish. ABC Color. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
  29. Web site: General Caballero JLM oficializó la salida de Luciano Theiler. General Caballero JLM made official the departure of Luciano Theiler. Spanish. ABC Color. 8 August 2022. 26 August 2022.
  30. Web site: Gustavo Florentín fue presentado como nuevo entrenador de General Caballero. Gustavo Florentín was presented as new manager of General Caballero. Spanish. Versus. 8 August 2022. 26 August 2022.
  31. Web site: Robert Pereira dejó el 12 de Octubre y ya hay acuerdo con un nuevo entrenador. Robert Pereira left 12 de Octubre and there is already an agreement with a new manager. Spanish. Versus. 21 August 2022. 15 October 2022.
  32. Web site: 12 de Octubre: Héctor Marecos, el nuevo tejedor. 12 de Octubre: Héctor Marecos, the new weaver. Spanish. ABC Color. 22 August 2022. 15 October 2022.
  33. Web site: Resistencia despidió a "Tiburón" Torres y eligió a Mario Jara como nuevo DT. Resistencia sacked Shark Torres and chose Mario Jara as new manager. Spanish. Versus. 11 September 2022. 11 September 2022.
  34. Web site: Gustavo Florentín renunció y General Caballero ya tiene nuevo DT. Gustavo Florentín resigned and General Caballero JLM already have a new manager. Spanish. Versus. 17 September 2022. 19 September 2022.
  35. Web site: Humberto García se despidió y Ameliano ya tiene nuevo DT. Humberto García bidded farewell and Ameliano already have a new manager. Spanish. Versus. 18 September 2022. 19 September 2022.
  36. Web site: Iván Almeida se fue tras la derrota y Tacuary ya tiene nuevo DT. Iván Almeida left after the defeat and Tacuary already have a new manager. Spanish. Versus. 13 October 2022. 15 October 2022.
  37. Web site: Sol de América, en crisis, despide a Pablo Guiñazú. Sol de América, in crisis, sack Pablo Guiñazú. Spanish. D10. 9 November 2022. 20 November 2022.
  38. Web site: ¡Emoción a flor de piel! Homenaje a la familia Pettengill en la Nueva Olla . Skin-deep emotion! Tribute to the Pettengill family at the Nueva Olla . Versus . es . 7 February 2022 . 25 February 2022.
  39. Web site: El torneo Clausura arranca este jueves . The Clausura tournament kicks off this Thursday . D10 . es . 11 July 2022 . 12 July 2022.
  40. Web site: Los protagonistas de un gran año. The protagonists of a great year. APF. es. 14 November 2022. 18 November 2022.

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