The División Intermedia ( en, Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División ( en, Second Division), is the second tier professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the
Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol
The Paraguayan Football Association ( es, Asociación Paraguaya de Futbol ; APF) ( Guarani: ''Paraguái Mangapy Atyguasu''), is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal a ...
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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
Liga Paraguaya: Primera División, 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
Greater Asunción ( es, Gran Asunción), is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department. One in three Paraguayans ...
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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.
2023 teams
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2 de Mayo
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3 de Febrero (CDE)
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12 de Octubre (I)
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24 de Setiembre (VP)
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Atlético Colegiales
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to:
Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
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Atyrá
Atyrá is one of the oldest cities of Paraguay, alongside Yaguarón, Villarrica, Encarnación, Pilar, San Lorenzo, Humaitá among others. Atyrá is 61 KM East from the country's capital, Asunción, located in the Altos Cordillera, as it is ...
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Deportivo Recoleta
Deportivo Recoleta, or simply known as Recoleta, is a Paraguayan association football club from the neighbourhood of the same name, in Asunción; founded in 1931. After winning the 2022 Primera B Metropolitana championship, in the 2023 season th ...
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Deportivo Santaní
Club Deportivo Santaní, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Estanislao, locally known as ''Santaní''. The club was founded February 27, 2009 and plays in División Intermedia, the second division in the Paraguayan football ...
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Fernando de la Mora
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Independiente (CG)
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Martín Ledesma
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Pastoreo
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Rubio Ñu
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San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
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Sol de América
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Sportivo Carapeguá
Sportivo may refer to:
* Toyota Aurion Sportivo
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List of champions
Segunda División
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División Intermedia
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Segunda División
Primera División B/Primera División de Ascenso
División Intermedia
Titles by club
List of goalscorers
See also
* Football in Paraguay
Football is by far the most popular sport in Paraguay. Paraguay's national team has played at eight FIFA World Cup competitions and has won two Copa América tournaments. Olimpia Asunción is the country's most successful club in domestic and int ...
* Paraguayan football league system
The Paraguayan football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Paraguay.
Overview
At the top is the ''Primera División'' or ''División de Honor'' (first division) with 12 clubs.
Below the 1st level is the '' ...
* Primera División Paraguaya
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...
* Paraguayan Tercera División
Tercera División de Paraguay (''Third Division of Paraguay'', in English), is the third division of Paraguayan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Football Association in the metropolitan area, and organized by the Unión del ...
References
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Sports leagues established in 1910
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 ...