# 2013 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2013 División Profesional season (officially the 2013 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | Presidente Franco | Juan Eudes Pereira | 5,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Capiatá | Capiatá | 6,000 |
| Guaraní | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| General Díaz | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Libertad | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | Carapeguá | Municipal de Carapeguá | 6,500 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 108º official championship of the Primera División, called "Don Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", and was the first championship of the 2013 season. It began on February 9 and ended on June 30.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nacional | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 46 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 40 | |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 37 | |
| 4 | Libertad | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 36 | |
| 5 | Olimpia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 29 | |
| 7 | General Díaz | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 28 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 27 | |
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 25 | |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 25 | |
| 11 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 19 | |
| 12 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CER | CPF | CAP | GDI | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SCA | SPL |
| Cerro Porteño | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| General Díaz | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Guaraní | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Libertad | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Nacional | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| Olimpia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Rubio Ñu | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Sol de América | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

### Attendances

| # | Team | Total | Low | High | Average |
| 1 | Olimpia | 53,004 | 340 | 18,263 | 4,818 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 38,349 | 320 | 15,867 | 3,486 |
| 3 | Capiatá | 17,268 | 194 | 4,812 | 1,569 |
| 4 | Sportivo Luqueño | 16,572 | 300 | 6,858 | 1,506 |
| 5 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 15,416 | 246 | 4,145 | 1,401 |
| 6 | Libertad | 13,368 | 201 | 4,786 | 1,215 |
| 7 | Guaraní | 11,785 | 443 | 4,873 | 1,071 |
| 8 | General Díaz | 9,573 | 105 | 2,737 | 870 |
| 9 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 9,247 | 128 | 2,311 | 840 |
| 10 | Nacional | 8,144 | 212 | 2,164 | 740 |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu | 7,549 | 107 | 2,444 | 686 |
| 12 | Sol de América | 5,336 | 96 | 2,292 | 485 |
| TOTAL | Apertura | 205,611 | 96 | 18,263 | 1,557 |

### Topscorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Julián Benítez | Nacional | 13 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Teixeira | Guaraní | 11 |
| 3 | Ángel Romero | Cerro Porteño | 9 |

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 109º official championship of the Primera División, and was the second championship of the 2013 season.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 50 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Libertad | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 39 | |
| 3 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
| 4 | Guaraní | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 37 | |
| 5 | General Díaz | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 33 | |
| 6 | Nacional | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 33 | |
| 7 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 25 | |
| 9 | Olimpia | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 24 | |
| 10 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 22 | |
| 11 | Sol de América | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 17 | |
| 12 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CER | CPF | CAP | GDI | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RÑU | SOL | SCA | SPL |
| Cerro Porteño | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Cerro Porteño (PF) | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Capiatá | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| General Díaz | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Guaraní | 2–3 | 6–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Libertad | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Nacional | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Olimpia | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Rubio Ñu | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sol de América | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–4 |
| Sportivo Carapeguá | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |

### Attendances

| # | Team | Total | Low | High | Average |
| 1 | Olimpia | 16,871 | 7,218 | 9,653 | 8,435 |
| 2 | Libertad | 9,178 | 361 | 8,817 | 4,589 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 13,756 | 1,912 | 7,508 | 4,585 |
| 4 | Nacional | 7,557 | 579 | 6,978 | 3,778 |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 2,626 | 2,626 | 2,626 | 2,626 |
| 6 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 1,711 | 1,711 | 1,711 | 1,711 |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 1,985 | 500 | 1,485 | 992 |
| 8 | Rubio Ñu | 2,548 | 123 | 2,094 | 849 |
| 9 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 1,368 | 498 | 870 | 684 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 1,231 | 238 | 993 | 615 |
| 11 | General Díaz | 829 | 350 | 479 | 414 |
| 12 | Guaraní | 806 | 101 | 705 | 403 |
| TOTAL | Clausura | 60,466 | 101 | 9,653 | 2,519 |

### Topscorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rodrigo López | Sportivo Luqueño | 17 |

## Aggregate table

In 2013, Paraguay have seven slots in international cups (three in the Copa Libertadores de America and four in the Copa Sudamericana). These seven slots will be filled by five teams.
* For the 2014 Copa Libertadores, the champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments qualify automatically. The third representative (going into the first round play-off) is the best placed non-champion from the cumulative table of both the Apertura and Clausura.
* For the 2014 Copa Sudamericana, the champion (Apertura or Clausura) with the better Apertura and Clausura cumulatives qualify, with the 4th, 5th, 6th best placed teams from the Apertura and Clausura cumulatives.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 87 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Nacional | 44 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 79 | 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Guaraní | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 77 | 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Libertad | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 75 | 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 65 | 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | General Díaz | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 61 | 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Olimpia | 44 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 55 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 54 | |
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 50 | |
| 10 | Sol de América | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 46 | |
| 11 | Sportivo Carapeguá | 44 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 77 | −31 | 38 | |
| 12 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | 44 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 50 | 85 | −35 | 35 | |

## Relegation

Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
| Pos | Team | 2011 Pts | 2012 Pts | 2013 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Libertad | 79 | 91 | 75 | 245 | 132 | 1.8561 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 67 | 86 | 87 | 240 | 132 | 1.8182 |
| 3 | Nacional | 83 | 77 | 79 | 239 | 132 | 1.8106 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 88 | 79 | 55 | 222 | 132 | 1.6818 |
| 5 | Guaraní | 58 | 73 | 77 | 208 | 132 | 1.5758 |
| 6 | Deportivo Capiatá | — | — | 65 | 65 | 44 | 1.4773 |
| 7 | General Díaz | — | — | 61 | 61 | 44 | 1.3864 |
| 8 | Sol de América | 49 | 60 | 46 | 155 | 132 | 1.1742 |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 35 | 59 | 54 | 148 | 132 | 1.1212 |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 58 | 36 | 50 | 144 | 132 | 1.0909 |
| 11 | Cerro Porteño (PF) | — | 53 | 35 | 88 | 88 | 1 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | Sportivo Carapeguá | — | 45 | 38 | 83 | 88 | 0.9432 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |