# 2025 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2025 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – ueno bank 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the 91st season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season, which consists of two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura), began on 24 January and is scheduled to end on 1 December 2025. The fixture draw for the season was held on 9 December 2024.
Olimpia entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 Clausura tournament.

## Teams

Twelve teams compete in this season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season, and the top two teams in the 2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia: Deportivo Recoleta and Tembetary. Deportivo Recoleta returned to the top flight after 23 years, clinching promotion with a 2–0 win over Pastoreo on 22 September 2024, while Tembetary sealed their return to Primera División for the first time since 1997 by defeating Fernando de la Mora on 29 September 2024. The promoted teams replaced Sol de América and Tacuary, who ended in the bottom two places of the relegation table and were relegated to the second tier at the end of the previous season.
| Pos. | Relegated from 2024 Primera División |
| 11th | Sol de América |
| 12th | Tacuary |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2024 División Intermedia |
| 1st | Deportivo Recoleta |
| 2nd | Tembetary |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| 2 de Mayo | Pedro Juan Caballero | Río Parapití | 25,000 |
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 45,000 |
| Deportivo Recoleta | Asunción | Ricardo Gregor | 4,000 |
| General Caballero (JLM) | Juan León Mallorquín | Ka'arendy | 10,000 |
| Guaraní | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Libertad | Asunción | La Huerta | 15,000 |
| Nacional | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Asunción | Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb | 25,000 |
| Sportivo Ameliano | Villeta | Ameliano Villeta | 7,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Itauguá | Luis Alberto Salinas | 10,000 |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Asunción | Martín Torres | 3,000 |
| Tembetary | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 11,000 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Teams occasionally play home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción.
* ↑ To be used as home stadium for the season since Deportivo Recoleta's stadium Estadio Roque Battilana did not meet APF requirements.
* 1 2 Guaraní and Olimpia will play their home matches at stadiums to be defined since their regular stadiums are closed for construction or remodeling works.
* ↑ Used as home stadium for the season since Sportivo Luqueño's stadium Estadio Feliciano Cáceres in Luque is closed for remodeling works.
* ↑ To be used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsors |
| 2 de Mayo | Felipe Giménez | Kyrios | Zero Grau, Banco Continental, Fleming |
| Cerro Porteño | Diego Martínez | Puma | Tigo, Ueno |
| Deportivo Recoleta | Jorge González | Running Sport | Ueno, BYD, Universidad Central del Paraguay |
| General Caballero (JLM) | Troadio Duarte | Kappa | Sanatorio San Sebastián, Kia |
| Guaraní | Francisco Arce | Kyrios | Tigo, Ueno, Aposta.La |
| Libertad | Sergio Aquino | Puma | Tigo |
| Nacional | Pedro Sarabia | Kappa | Kia, Banco Continental, Coca-Cola, Santa Clara |
| Olimpia | Martín Palermo | Nike | Tigo, Visión Banco |
| Sportivo Ameliano | Aldo Bobadilla | Netanya Sport | Kia, Banco Continental, Ayres |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Gustavo Morínigo | Kyrios | Comercial Vírgen del Rosario, Ueno, Betsson |
| Sportivo Trinidense | José Arrúa | Lotto | Noroda, Lácteos Trébol, Chorti Beef, Ueno |
| Tembetary | Arturo Villasanti | Temple | Kia, engineering, Banco Continental |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Torneo Apertura |||||||
| Cerro Porteño | Carlos Jara Saguier | Change of role | 28 November 2024 | Pre-season | Diego Martínez | 11 December 2024 |
| General Caballero (JLM) | Humberto García | End of contract | 3 December 2024 | Pre-season | Troadio Duarte | 4 December 2024 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Juan Pablo Pumpido | Resigned | 1 February 2025 | 9th | Gustavo Morínigo | 3 February 2025 |
| Nacional | Víctor Bernay | Resigned | 2 February 2025 | 12th | Pedro Sarabia | 3 February 2025 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, named "Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb", is the 131st official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2025 season. It began on 24 January and is scheduled to end on 1 June 2025.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Libertad | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 23 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 | |
| 3 | Guaraní | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 16 | |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 14 | |
| 5 | General Caballero (JLM) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | |
| 7 | Sportivo Trinidense | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 11 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Recoleta | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 11 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 9 | |
| 10 | 2 de Mayo | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | |
| 11 | Tembetary | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | |
| 12 | Nacional | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: General Caballero (JLM) 3, Sportivo Ameliano 0.

### Results

| Home \ Away | 2DM | CCP | REC | GCM | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | SPA | SLU | TRI | TEM |
| 2 de Mayo | — | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cerro Porteño | | — | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | a | 2–0 | | | |
| Deportivo Recoleta | 0–2 | | — | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | |
| General Caballero (JLM) | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | |
| Guaraní | | | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | | | | | | 0–0 |
| Libertad | | | 5–2 | | | — | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | |
| Nacional | | | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Olimpia | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | | | — | | | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Sportivo Ameliano | 1–1 | | | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | | | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | | | 2–1 | 0–1 | | — | | 1–1 |
| Sportivo Trinidense | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | |
| Tembetary | | | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | | | | 2–2 | — |

### Top scorers

    As of 17 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lorenzo Melgarejo | Libertad | 6 |
| 2 | Fernando Fernández | Guaraní | 5 |
| 3 | Derlis González | Olimpia | 4 |
| 3 | Juan Iturbe | Cerro Porteño | 4 |
| 3 | Rodney Redes | Olimpia | 4 |
| 3 | Alejandro Silva | Deportivo Recoleta | 4 |
| 7 | Teodoro Arce | General Caballero (JLM) | 3 |
| 7 | Wilfrido Báez | Deportivo Recoleta | 3 |
| 7 | Rubén Lezcano | Libertad | 3 |
| 7 | Cristhian Ocampos | Sportivo Ameliano | 3 |
| 7 | Ronald Roa | General Caballero (JLM) | 3 |
| 7 | Jonathan Torres | Cerro Porteño | 3 |
Source: Soccerway

## Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will be the 132nd official championship of the Primera División and the second and last championship of the 2025 season. It is scheduled to begin on 4 July and end on 1 December 2025.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 2 de Mayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Deportivo Recoleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | General Caballero (JLM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Guaraní | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Libertad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Olimpia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Ameliano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Sportivo Trinidense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Tembetary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 2DM | CCP | REC | GCM | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | SPA | SLU | TRI | TEM |
| 2 de Mayo | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cerro Porteño | | — | | | | | | a | | | | |
| Deportivo Recoleta | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
| General Caballero (JLM) | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Guaraní | | | | | — | | | | | | | |
| Libertad | | | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Nacional | | | | | | | — | | | | | |
| Olimpia | | a | | | | | | — | | | | |
| Sportivo Ameliano | | | | | | | | | — | | | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | | | | | | | | | | — | | |
| Sportivo Trinidense | | | | | | | | | | | — | |
| Tembetary | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | 2023 Pts | 2024 Pts | 2025 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Libertad | 99 | 74 | 23 | 196 | 97 | 2.021 | |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 81 | 74 | 14 | 169 | 97 | 1.742 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 62 | 80 | 17 | 159 | 97 | 1.639 | |
| 4 | Guaraní | 65 | 66 | 16 | 147 | 97 | 1.515 | |
| 5 | 2 de Mayo | — | 65 | 8 | 73 | 53 | 1.377 | |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 57 | 56 | 12 | 125 | 97 | 1.289 | |
| 7 | Nacional | 65 | 55 | 5 | 125 | 97 | 1.289 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Trinidense | 65 | 46 | 11 | 122 | 97 | 1.258 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 51 | 61 | 9 | 121 | 97 | 1.247 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Recoleta | — | — | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1.222 | |
| 11 | General Caballero (JLM) | 49 | 47 | 12 | 108 | 97 | 1.113 | Relegation to División Intermedia |
| 10 | Tembetary | — | — | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | Relegation to División Intermedia |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2025. Source: APF