2016 Paraguayan Primera División season
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | Apertura: Libertad (19th title) |
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The 2016 División Profesional season (officially the 2016 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) is the 82st season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.
Contents
Teams
Stadia and location
| Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Porteño |  Roberto Torres |
Asunción | General Pablo Rojas | 32,000 |
| Capiatá | Humberto García |
Capiatá | Capiatá | 6,000 |
| Guaraní |  Fernando Jubero |
Asunción | Rogelio Livieres | 6,000 |
| General Caballero | Aldo Bobadilla |
Asunción | Hugo Bogado Vaceque | 5,000 |
| 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 |
| River Plate | Gabino Román |
Asunción | River Plate | 5,000 |
| Rubio Ñu | Alicio Solalinde |
Asunción | La Arboleda | 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 113º official championship of the Primera División, called "Abraham Zapag", and is 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 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 44 | 2017 Copa Libertadores Second 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 | 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 |
Updated to games played on May 25, 2016.
Source: APF
Rules for classification: 1st points. If two teams are tied on points, a playoff game will be held to break the tie. If more than two clubs are tied on points, the following will be used as a tiebreaker: 1st goal difference; 2nd goals scored; 3rd away-goals scored; 4th draw of lots
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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See also
References
External links
- APF's official website (Spanish)
- 2016 season on RSSSF
