# 2016 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

## Teams
### Stadia and location

| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Cerro Porteño | Gustavo Florentín | Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | Víctor Genes | Capiatá | Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia | 10,000 |
| General Caballero | Robert Pereira | Asunción | Hugo Bogado Vaceque | 5,000 |
| General Díaz | Humberto García | Luque | General Adrián Jara | 3,500 |
| Guaraní | Daniel Garnero | Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| Libertad | Eduardo Villalba | Asunción | Dr. Nicolás Leoz | 10,000 |
| Nacional | Ever Almeida | Asunción | Arsenio Erico | 4,000 |
| Olimpia | Mauro Caballero | Asunción | Manuel Ferreira | 15,000 |
| River Plate | Roberto Lugo | Asunción | River Plate | 5,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Gregorio Pérez | Asunción | La Arboleda | 5,000 |
| Sol de América | Daniel Farrar | Villa Elisa | Luis Alfonso Giagni | 5,000 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Mario Jara | Luque | Feliciano Cáceres | 25,000 |

## Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 113th official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and the first championship of the 2016 season. It began on January 22 and ended on May 22.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Libertad (C) | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 44 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 43 | |
| 3 | Sol de América | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 35 | |
| 4 | Guaraní | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 35 | |
| 5 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 33 | |
| 6 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 31 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 27 | |
| 9 | General Caballero | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 26 | |
| 10 | General Díaz | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 24 | |
| 11 | Nacional | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 23 | |
| 12 | River Plate | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 43 | −26 | 16 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CEP | CAP | GCA | GEN | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RIV | RUB | SOL | SLU |
| Cerro Porteño | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| General Caballero | 2–4 | 3–7 | | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| General Díaz | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Guaraní | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Libertad | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Olimpia | 0–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| River Plate | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Rubio Ñu | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Sol de América | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–3 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Brian Montenegro | Nacional | 18 |
| 2 | Santiago Salcedo | Libertad | 13 |
| 3 | Roberto Gamarra | Deportivo Capiatá | 12 |
| 3 | Luís Leal | Cerro Porteño | 12 |
| 3 | William Mendieta | Olimpia | 12 |
| 3 | Alejandro Silva | Olimpia | 12 |
Source: Soccerway

## Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Copa TIGO-Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons, was the 114h official championship of the Primera División, called "Centenario de la Conmebol", and the second championship of the 2016 season. It began on July 8 and ended on December 18.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guaraní (C) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 48 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 47 | |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 39 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Capiatá | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 37 | |
| 5 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 35 | |
| 6 | Nacional | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sol de América | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 28 | |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 26 | |
| 9 | General Díaz | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 22 | |
| 10 | General Caballero | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 20 | |
| 11 | Rubio Ñu | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 15 | |
| 12 | River Plate | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CEP | CAP | GCA | GEN | GUA | LIB | NAC | OLI | RIV | RUB | SOL | SLU |
| Cerro Porteño | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Deportivo Capiatá | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| General Caballero | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| General Díaz | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Guaraní | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Libertad | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Nacional | 1–6 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Olimpia | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| River Plate | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Rubio Ñu | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sol de América | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Sportivo Luqueño | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ernesto Álvarez | Sol de América | 14 |
| 1 | Cecilio Domínguez | Cerro Porteño | 14 |
| 3 | Santiago Salcedo | Libertad | 13 |
| 4 | Néstor Camacho | Guaraní | 12 |
| 5 | Osmar Leguizamón | General Caballero | 10 |
| 5 | William Mendieta | Olimpia | 10 |
Source: Soccerway

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 44 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 101 | 52 | +49 | 90 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Libertad | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 83 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage |
| 3 | Guaraní | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 83 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage |
| 4 | Deportivo Capiatá | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 75 | 67 | +8 | 67 | 2017 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 5 | Cerro Porteño | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 85 | 62 | +23 | 66 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 6 | Sol de América | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 73 | 70 | +3 | 63 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 7 | Nacional | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 69 | 76 | −7 | 54 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 53 | 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 48 | |
| 10 | General Díaz | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 46 | |
| 11 | General Caballero | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 81 | −22 | 46 | |
| 12 | River Plate | 44 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 28 | |

## 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 | 2014 Pts | 2015 Pts | 2016 Pts | Total Pts | Total Pld | Avg | Relegation |
| 1 | Guaraní | 87 | 86 | 83 | 256 | 132 | 1.9394 |
| 2 | Libertad | 96 | 76 | 83 | 255 | 132 | 1.9318 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 75 | 96 | 66 | 237 | 132 | 1.7955 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 63 | 79 | 90 | 232 | 132 | 1.7576 |
| 5 | Sol de América | 55 | 57 | 63 | 175 | 132 | 1.3258 |
| 6 | Sportivo Luqueño | 63 | 57 | 53 | 173 | 132 | 1.3106 |
| 7 | Deportivo Capiatá | 47 | 54 | 67 | 168 | 132 | 1.2727 |
| 8 | Nacional | 62 | 43 | 54 | 159 | 132 | 1.2045 |
| 9 | Rubio Ñu | 50 | 48 | 48 | 146 | 132 | 1.1061 |
| 10 | General Díaz | 48 | 45 | 46 | 139 | 132 | 1.053 |
| 11 | General Caballero (R) | — | — | 46 | 46 | 44 | 1.0455 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
| 12 | River Plate (R) | — | — | 28 | 28 | 44 | 0.6364 | Relegated to the División Intermedia |
Source: APF