# 2015 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2015 División Profesional season (officially the 2015 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams
### Stadia and location

| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cerro Porteño | Roberto Torres | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Humberto García | Capiatá | Capiatá | 6,000 |
| Deportivo Santaní | Félix Darío León | San Estanislao | Juan José Vázquez | 8,000 |
| Guaraní | Fernando Jubero | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| General Díaz | Mario Jara | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Libertad | Pedro Sarabia | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Daniel Raschle | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Francisco Arce | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Alicio Solalinde | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| San Lorenzo | Héctor Marecos | San Lorenzo | Gunther Vogel | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Mario Jacquet | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Eduardo Rivera | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 112º official championship of the Primera División, called "Lic. Juan Ángel Napout", and is the first championship of the 2015 season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 31.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 52 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 47 | |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 38 | |
| 4 | Olimpia | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sol de América | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Nacional | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 22 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Santaní | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 21 | |
| 10 | General Díaz | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 21 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 21 | |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 11 | |

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, is the 113º official championship of the Primera División, called "Luis Óscar Giagni", and is the last championship of the 2015 season. It began on July 4 and ended on December 6.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 44 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 44 | |
| 3 | Guaraní | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 39 | |
| 4 | Libertad | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 38 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 33 | |
| 6 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 26 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Santaní | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 26 | |
| 8 | General Díaz | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 24 | |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 23 | |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 22 | |
| 11 | San Lorenzo | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 22 | |
| 12 | Nacional | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 21 | |

### Clausura play-off

Because Olimpia and Cerro Porteño tied with 44 points, a title play-off on neutral ground was played as the tournament rules specify.

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 96 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Guaraní | 44 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 92 | 55 | +37 | 86 | 2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 3 | Olimpia | 44 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 79 | 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 4 | Libertad | 44 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 76 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Sol de América | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 57 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 74 | 72 | +2 | 57 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 54 | |
| 8 | Rubio Ñú | 44 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 48 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Santaní | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 47 | |
| 10 | General Díaz | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 45 | |
| 11 | Nacional | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 43 | |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | 44 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 53 | 86 | −33 | 33 | |
* 1 2 Positions decided by draw, as both clubs agreed to not play the extra playoff game.

## Relegation

Relegations 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 are relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.
| Pos | Team | 2012 Pts | 2013 Pts | 2014 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 87 | 75 | 96 | 258 | 132 | 1.9545 |
| 2 | Guaraní | 77 | 87 | 86 | 250 | 132 | 1.8939 |
| 3 | Libertad | 75 | 96 | 76 | 247 | 132 | 1.8712 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 55 | 63 | 79 | 197 | 132 | 1.4924 |
| 5 | Nacional | 79 | 62 | 43 | 184 | 132 | 1.3939 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueño | 54 | 63 | 57 | 174 | 132 | 1.3182 |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 65 | 47 | 54 | 166 | 132 | 1.2576 |
| 8 | Sol de América | 46 | 55 | 57 | 158 | 132 | 1.197 |
| 9 | General Díaz | 61 | 48 | 45 | 154 | 132 | 1.1667 |
| 10 | Rubio Ñu | 50 | 50 | 48 | 148 | 132 | 1.1212 |
| 11 | Deportivo Santaní | — | — | 47 | 47 | 44 | 1.0682 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | San Lorenzo | — | — | 33 | 33 | 44 | 0.75 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
Source: D10 Paraguay