The 2006 División Profesional season was the 72nd season of professional football 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 ...

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Torneo Clausura

Standings

Championship game playoff

The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners. ---- ---- ---- Libertad declared as national champions by

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of 2–1.

Aggregate table

Relegation / Promotion

* Fernando de la Mora automatically relegated to the

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after finishing last in the aggregate points table. * Sol de América and

Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Trinidense, is a Paraguayan football club based in the barrio of Santísima Trinidad, in Asunción. The club was founded on 11 August 1935. Their home games are played at the Estadio Martín Torres. Their traditional rival is Rubio ...

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

Qualification to international competitions

* Libertad qualified to the

2007 Copa Libertadores The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by B ...

by winning the Torneo Apertura and the

2007 Copa Sudamericana The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champ ...

by winning the national championship. *

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 Copa Libertadores 2007 by winning the Torneo Clausura *

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 Sudam ...

qualified to the

as the best finisher in the aggregate points table and the

by winning the Copa Sudamericana Qualifiers (see below).

Copa Sudamericana Qualifiers

Semifinals *Note: Tacuary advanced to the final due to better position in the aggregate points table. Final

References

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