The following article presents a summary of the 2005

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season in

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the

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and the

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and had 10 teams participating in a two-round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Championship game playoff

Since Cerro Porteño won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.

Relegation / Promotion

General Caballero ZC General Caballero SC is an association football club from Zeballos Cué, Asunción, Paraguay. The club was founded September 6, 1918 and plays in the Paraguayan Primera División B, Primera División B, the third division of the Paraguayan foot ...

automatically relegated to the

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after finishing last in the aggregate points table. * 2 de Mayo and

Club Fernando de la Mora Club Fernando de la Mora is an association football club from the city of Asunción, Paraguay. The team got promoted to the first division of the Liga Paraguaya in 2005 by being the runner-up of the Paraguayan Segunda División, second division l ...

promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.

Qualification to international competitions

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

qualified to the

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by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura; and to the

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and

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by winning the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Runners-up playoff game

* Libertad (runners-up of the Clausura) qualified to the

Copa Libertadores 2006 The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament. 38 teams from 11 football associations have taken part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January ...

by winning the runners-up playoff game against

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(runners-up of the Apertura) by an aggregate score of 5–3. ----

Copa Sudamericana 2005 Qualifiers

Semifinals Final *Guaraní qualified to the Copa Sudamericana 2005 by winning the final.

Copa Sudamericana 2006 Qualifiers

Played between the Clausura tournament winner and the second-best finisher in the aggregate point table (Nacional).

Lower divisions results

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

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: **

: round of 16 **

Club Libertad Club Libertad is a professional association football, football club based in Asunción, Paraguay that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people. Fo ...

: group-stage **

Tacuary Tacuary Football Club is a Paraguayan First Division football team, based in the neighborhood of Jara, Asunción. The club was founded in 1923. Tacuary qualified for the Copa Libertadores tournament twice (in 2005 and 2007) and the Copa Su ...

: preliminary round * Copa Sudamericana 2005: **

: round of 16 **

Club Guaraní Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Pinozá in outer Asunción. Founded on 12 October 1903, it is one of the oldest and one of the most successful in the country, with eleven Primera División titles, and ...

: preliminary first round

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the

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in official competitions during 2005.

References

Paraguay 2005
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