2009 Paraguayan Primera División season


The 2009 División Profesional season is the 75th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It is the second season in which a champion will be crowned for each tournament.

Teams

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
2 de MayoPedro Juan CaballeroRío Parapití25,000
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Oddone Sarubbi28,000
12 de OctubreItauguáJuan Canuto Pettengill8,000
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojas32,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieres6,000
LibertadAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leoz10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Erico4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónManuel Ferreira15,000
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboleda5,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagni5,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000
TacuaryAsunciónRoberto Béttega7,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on February 14 and ended on July 5. The championship is officially called the Centenario del Club Sol de América to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Club Sol de América.
Copa TIGO
2009 Apertura "Centenario del Club Sol de América" Champion
Cerro Porteño
28th title

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 25 and end on December 13. The championship is officially called the Campeones de América - 1953 to commemorate the Paraguayan national team's 1953 South American Championship title.
Copa TIGO
2009 Clausura "Campeones de América - 1953" Champion
Nacional
7th title

International qualification

The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2010 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.

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 team with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. The next lowest team plays a relegation/promotion playoff match against the 2009 División Intermedia runner-up.
Pos
Team
'07 Pts
'08 Pts
'09 Pts
Total
Pts		Total
Pld		Avg
1Libertad9510182278132'
2Cerro Porteño937681248132'
3Nacional607777214132'
4Olimpia765470200132'
5Rubio Ñú00636344'
6Guaraní417967187132'
7Sol de América576350170132'
8Tacuary515264169132'
9Sportivo Luqueño654951166132'
103 de Febrero495043143132'
1112 de Octubre494941138132'
122 de Mayo345340127132'

Updated as of December 13, 2009.
Source: APF
Relegation play-off match
Relegated to the División Intermedia

Relegation/promotion playoff

The relegation/promotion playoff was contested over two legs. The team who earned the most points over two legs was promoted— or remained —in the Primera División. Should there be a tie in points, goal difference was taken into account, followed a penalty shootout if needed. Sport Colombia played at home during the second leg.