# 2011 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2011 División Profesional season (officially the 2011 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| 3 de Febrero | Ciudad del Este | Antonio Oddone Sarubbi | 28,000 |
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| General Caballero | Asunción | Hugo Bogado Vaceque | 5,000 |
| Guaraní | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Independiente | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 1,500 |
| 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 Luqueño | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |
| Tacuary | Asunción | Roberto Béttega | 7,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO -Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on January 29 and ended on June 5.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nacional | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 47 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 42 | |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 39 | |
| 4 | Guaraní | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 34 | |
| 5 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Tacuary | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 24 | |
| 8 | 3 de Febrero | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 23 | |
| 9 | Independiente | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 22 | |
| 10 | Sol de América | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 21 | |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 20 | |
| 12 | General Caballero | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 18 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 3FE | CER | GCA | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RUB | SOL | SLU | TAC |
| 3FE | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| CER | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| GCA | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| GUA | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| IND | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| LIB | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| NAC | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| OLI | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| RUB | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| SOL | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| SLU | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 |
| TAC | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |
* Copa TIGO 2011 Apertura champion
* Nacional 8th title

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO -Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 29 and ended on December 11.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 46 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 43 | |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 40 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 36 | |
| 5 | Tacuary | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30 | |
| 6 | Independiente | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 28 | |
| 8 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Guaraní | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 24 | |
| 10 | General Caballero | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 23 | |
| 11 | 3 de Febrero | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 18 | |
| 12 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 15 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 3FE | CER | GCA | GUA | IND | LIB | NAC | OLI | RUB | SOL | SLU | TAC |
| 3FE | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| CER | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| GCA | 3–7 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| GUA | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| IND | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| LIB | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| NAC | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| OLI | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| RUB | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| SOL | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SLU | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 |
| TAC | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
* Copa TIGO 2011 Clausura champion
* Olimpia 39th title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 88 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Nacional | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 83 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Libertad | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 79 | 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 67 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Tacuary | 44 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 60 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Guaraní | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 58 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 58 | |
| 8 | Independiente | 44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 52 | |
| 9 | Sol de América | 44 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 49 | |
| 10 | 3 de Febrero | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 41 | |
| 11 | General Caballero | 44 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 50 | 85 | −35 | 41 | |
| 12 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 75 | −33 | 35 | |
* 1 2 Olimpia and Nacional are qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the Clausura and Apertura champions respectively. Olimpia are also qualified for the first stage of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the champion with the better aggregate record.

## 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 | '09 Pts | '10 Pts | '11 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Libertad | 82 | 87 | 79 | 248 | 132 | 1.8788 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 81 | 91 | 67 | 239 | 132 | 1.8106 |
| 3 | Nacional | 77 | 77 | 83 | 237 | 132 | 1.7955 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 70 | 71 | 88 | 229 | 132 | 1.7348 |
| 5 | Guaraní | 67 | 85 | 58 | 210 | 132 | 1.5909 |
| 6 | Rubio Ñú | 63 | 66 | 58 | 187 | 132 | 1.4167 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 64 | 37 | 60 | 161 | 132 | 1.2197 |
| 8 | Independiente | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 44 | 1.1818 |
| 9 | Sol de América | 50 | 45 | 49 | 144 | 132 | 1.0909 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 51 | 42 | 35 | 128 | 132 | 0.9697 |
| 11 | General Caballero | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 0.9318 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | 3 de Febrero | 43 | 38 | 41 | 122 | 132 | 0.9242 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pablo Zeballos | Paraguayan | Olimpia | 13 |
| 2 | Robin Ramírez | Paraguayan | Rubio Ñú | 12 |
| 3 | Cesar Caceres | Paraguayan | 3 de Febrero | 10 |
| 4 | Víctor Aquino | Paraguayan | Nacional | 9 |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Ferreyra | Argentine | Olimpia | 9 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Melgarejo | Paraguayan | Independiente | 8 |
| 6 | Vladimir Marín | Colombian | Olimpia | 8 |
| 8 | Reinaldo Ocampo | Paraguayan | Rubio Ñú | 6 |
| 8 | Ariel Bogado | Paraguayan | Nacional | 6 |
| 10 | Sergio Fernández | Paraguayan | General Caballero | 5 |
| 10 | Hugo Santa Cruz | Paraguayan | General Caballero | 5 |
| 10 | Erwin Ávalos | Paraguayan | Sol de América | 5 |
| 10 | Brian Montenegro | Paraguayan | Tacuary | 5 |
| 10 | Sergio Escalante | Argentine | Sportivo Luqueño | 5 |