Paraguayan División Intermedia Explained

División Intermedia
Country:Paraguay
Confed:CONMEBOL
Founded:1910
Teams:16
Promotion:Primera División
Relegation:Primera División B
Primera División B Nacional
Levels:2
Domest Cup:Copa Paraguay
Champions:Sol de América (4th title)
Season:2023
Most Successful Club:Presidente Hayes (8 titles)
Tv:Tigo Max (all games per matchday)
Tigo Sports (Two games per matchday)
Telefuturo (highlights per matchday)
Paravisión (Only are broadcast live the best match Saturday at 16:30 or Sunday at 11:00)
Current:2024 season

The División Intermedia (English: Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División (English: Second Division), is the second tier professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.

Overview

Since 1910 the second division tournaments have changed rules, number of teams and names. As of 2006, División Intermedia is the name for the second division and 16 teams are part of it. The champion and the runner-up of this league gains the right to participate in the, the Paraguay's top division of football. The last three teams are relegated to the third division (called "Primera de Ascenso" for teams from Gran Asunción and Primera División Nacional B for teams outside of the Gran Asunción area). The three spots left by relegated teams are occupied by one team from the Primera de Ascenso and one team from the Primera División Nacional B which is a tournament where teams from the whole country compete, giving them a chance to eventually make it to the first division.

Clubs

16 teams will contest the league in its 2024 season, including three promoted from the 2023 Tercera División: Tembetary, 12 de Junio and Encarnación, and two relegated from the 2023 Primera División: Guaireña and Resistencia.

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
23,500
2,000
4,500
6,000
8,000
16,000
6,000
11,000
4,000
5,000
5,000
3,500
8,000
5,000
10,000
500

List of champions

Segunda División

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1910 Nacional B
1911 Presidente Hayes
1912 Championship not played
1913 River Plate
1914 10 de Agosto
1915 Marte Atlético
1916 Marte Atlético
1917 Villa del Salto

Source:[1]

División Intermedia

Source:[1]

width=80pxSeasonwidth=170pxChampion
1918 Sastre Sport
1919
1920 Cerro Porteño B
1921 Sastre Sport
1922 Championship not played
1923
1924
1925 Sastre Sport
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931 Sastre Sport
1932–36 Championship not played
1937 12 de Octubre (VA)
1938 Atlético Sajonia
1939 24 de Septiembre
1940
1941
1942 24 de Septiembre
1943 24 de Septiembre
1944
1945
1946 Deportivo Pinozá
1947 Championship not played
1948 Asunción FBC
1949
1950

Segunda División

width=80pxSeasonwidth=170pxChampion
1951 Atlántida
1952 General Genes
1953 San Lorenzo
1954 Rubio Ñu
1955 General Genes
1956 Sportivo Luqueño
1957 River Plate
1958 Presidente Hayes
1959 Tembetary
1960 San Lorenzo
1961 Rubio Ñu
1962 General Caballero
1963 Rubio Ñu

Primera División B/Primera División de Ascenso

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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

División Intermedia

width=80pxSeasonwidth=170pxChampionwidth=170pxRunner-up
1997
1998
1999
2000 Sport Colombia
2001 Sport Colombia
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007[2]
2008[3]
2009[4]
2010[5] Independiente
2011[6]
2012[7]
2013[8]
2014[9]
2015[10]
2016[11]
2017[12]
2018[13]
2019[14] Guaireña
2020[15] Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021[16] Resistencia
2022[17] Sportivo Luqueño
2 de Mayo

Titles by club

width=180pxClubwidth=60pxTitleswidth=350pxWinning years
1911, 1919, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1991
1949, 1953, 1960, 1984, 1987, 1994, 2014
1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008
1923, 1928, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2010
1940, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1985, 1992
1959, 1976, 1983, 1988, 1995
1924, 1956, 1964, 1968
1966, 1975, 1980, 1998
Sastre Sport 1918, 1921, 1925, 1931
1913, 1957, 2015, 2018
1965, 1977, 2006, 2023
1979, 1989, 2003
24 de Setiembre 1939, 1942, 1943
2004, 2013, 2017
1927, 1951
1990, 1996
General Genes 1952, 1955
Marte Atlético 1915, 1916
1969, 2007
2009, 2022
2016
2012
2011
2005
2002
2001
2000
1999
1997
1993
1982
1981
1978
Asunción FBC 1948
1946
Atlético Sajonia 1938
12 de Octubre (VA) 1937
1930
1929
Cerro Porteño B 1920
Villa del Salto 1917
10 de Agosto 1914
Nacional B 1910
2019
2021

List of goalscorers

SeasonPlayerClubGoals
2008 10[18]
2007 14[19]
2006 15[20]
2005 15[21]
2004 11[22]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway.
  3. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210207225744/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2008/regular-season/r6783/. live.
  4. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210722/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2009/regular-season/r9023/. live.
  5. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811192303/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2010/regular-season/r11032/. live.
  6. Web site: Intermedia 2011-Tabla de Posiciones. APF. March 7, 2011. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040129/http://www.apf.org.py/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showRanking&p=19&Itemid=109. dead.
  7. Futbol ya (ed.) División Intermedia 2012:Tabla de Posiciones (in spanish). Retrieved Nov 25, 2012).
  8. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210941/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2013/regular-season/r20204/. live.
  9. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210311200216/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2014/regular-season/r24139/. live.
  10. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2022-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111031406/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2015/regular-season/r30843/. live.
  11. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2022-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115111512/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2016/regular-season/r34540/. live.
  12. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811213730/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2017/regular-season/r39128/. live.
  13. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210944/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2018/regular-season/r43699/. live.
  14. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133201/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2019/regular-season/r50177/. live.
  15. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2020-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024225036/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2020/regular-season/r56485/. live.
  16. Web site: Resumen - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Resultados, próximos partidos, tablas y noticias - Soccerway. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210947/https://es.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2021/regular-season/r60571/. live.
  17. Web site: Summary - División Intermedia - Paraguay - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway. 2022-10-02. 2022-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003124629/https://int.soccerway.com/national/paraguay/division-intermedia/2022/regular-season/r66369/. live.
  18. Web site: Paraguay 2008.
  19. Web site: Paraguay 2007. 2023-02-02. 2023-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230406075515/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para07.html. live.
  20. Web site: Paraguay 2006. 2023-02-02. 2023-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230406063504/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para06.html. live.
  21. Web site: Paraguay 2005. 2023-02-02. 2023-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230311061252/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para05.html. live.
  22. Web site: Paraguay 2004. 2023-02-02. 2023-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230311061249/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para04.html. live.