2008 in Paraguayan football


The following article presents a summary of the 2008 association football season in Paraguay. One of the most noticeable changes in the 2008 season is that the will not longer have a single champion for the year; instead there will be two champions in the season, one being the winner of the Apertura tournament and the other being the winner of the Clausura tournament.

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Clausura

Aggregate table

Qualification to international competitions

The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the runner-up.
The winner of the playoff match plays in the the following year.
TeamAveragePointsPlayed200620072008
Libertad2.17927912683/4095/44101/44
Cerro Porteño2.02325912692/4092/4475/44
Nacional1.48419012653/4060/4477/44
Olimpia1.40618012650/4076/4454/44
Sol de América1.36312086N/A57/4463/44
Sportivo Luqueño1.33517112656/4066/4449/44
Tacuary1.33517112666/4051/4454/44
Guaraní1.26516212642/4041/4479/44
2 de Mayo1.12614212658/4034/4450/42
12 de Octubre1.13214512642/4049/4453/44
3 de Febrero1.06213612636/4049/4451/44
Silvio Pettirossi0.5002242N/AN/A22/44

The promotion was played between 3 de Febrero and the second division runner-up General Caballero ZC. The first game ended with a 3-0 score favorable to 3 de Febrero, while the second finished 2-1 in favor of General Caballero. Since the aggregate score was 4-2 for 3 de Febrero, they remain in the first division.

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

TeamCopa Libertadores 2008Copa Sudamericana 2008
LibertadGroup Stage
First Round
Club Sportivo LuqueñoGroup Stage
N/A
Cerro PorteñoPreliminary Round
N/A
OlimpiaN/AFirst Round

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The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2008.
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersReport
February 7, 20082 - 0Friendly
March 27, 20083 - 0Friendly
May 22, 2008Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Japan		1 - 12008 Kirin CupCristian Bogado
May 27, 2008Saitama Stadium 2002
Japan		0 - 02008 Kirin Cup
June 1, 2008Stadium Municipal
France		0 - 0Friendly
June 15, 2008Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		2 - 0WCQ 2010Santa Cruz
Cabañas
June 18, 2008Estadio Hernando Siles
La Paz, Bolivia		4 - 2WCQ 2010Santa Cruz
Haedo Valdez
August 21, 20081 - 1FriendlyCristian Riveros
September 6, 2008Estadio Monumental
Buenos Aires, Argentina		1 - 1WCQ2010Heinze
September 9, 2008Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		2 - 0WCQ2010Riveros
Haedo Valdez
October 11, 2008El Campín
Bogotá, Colombia		0 - 1WCQ2010Cabañas
October 15, 2008Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay		1 - 0WCQ2010Cardozo
November 19, 2008Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Muscat, Oman		0 - 1FVera N/A

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification