The 2023 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2023 for sponsorship reasons) is the 89th season of the
Paraguayan Primera División
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vis ...
, the top-flight professional football league 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 ...
. The season consists of two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, and it began on 27 January and will end on 11 December 2023.
The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 November 2022.
Olimpia are the defending champions, having won the
2022 Clausura tournament.
Teams
Twelve teams compete in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the
2022 season, and the top two teams in the
2022 Paraguayan División Intermedia (
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 Ñ ...
and
Sportivo Luqueño
Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. The club has won two Paraguayan championships.
History
The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of Luq ...
). The promoted teams replaced
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, who were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.
Stadia and locations
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Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
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Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, named "Homenaje al Dr.
Marcelo Pecci", is the 127th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2022 season. It started on 27 January and will end on 11 June.
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Standings
Results
Top scorers
Source
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Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, named "Centenario del Club Tacuary", will be the 128th official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2022 season. It will begin on 7 July and will end on 11 December.[
]
Standings
Results
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 will be relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
Updated to matches played on 14 March 2023. Source
APF
See also
* 2023 Copa Paraguay
*2023 Paraguayan División Intermedia
The 2023 División Intermedia season, named ''"Homenaje a Don Alejandro Dos Santos"'', was the 105th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 26th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 31 March and ended on 9 ...
References
External links
APF's official website
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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 ...
Paraguayan Primera División seasons
2023 in Paraguayan football
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 ...