2010 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2010 División Profesional season (officially the 2010 Copa TIGO- Visión Banco for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It was the third season in which a champion was crowned for each tournament.

Primera División
Season2010
Champions
RelegatedSport Colombia
Trinidense
Copa LibertadoresLibertad
Guaraní
Cerro Porteño
Copa SudamericanaLibertad
Nacional
Olimpia
Matches played264
Goals scored667 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Rodrigo Teixeira
Pablo Zeballos
(16 goals each)
Clausura:
Juan Carlos Ferreyra
Roberto Nanni
(12 goals each)
2009
2011

Teams

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Oddone Sarubbi 28,000
Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000
Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000
Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000
Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000
Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 5,000
Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000
Sport Colombia Fernando de la Mora Alfonso Colmán 7,000
Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000
Sportivo Trinidense Asunción Martín Torres 3,000
Tacuary Asunción Roberto Béttega 7,000

Torneo Apertura

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The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on January 30 and ended on May 30.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guaraní 22 15 4 3 43 20 +23 49 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 14 3 5 37 23 +14 45
3 Olimpia 22 11 6 5 32 18 +14 39
4 Libertad 22 11 5 6 33 15 +18 38
5 Rubio Ñu 22 10 8 4 36 25 +11 38
6 Nacional 22 10 5 7 31 22 +9 35
7 Sportivo Luqueño 22 5 10 7 26 30 −4 25
8 Sol de América 22 7 4 11 27 39 −12 25
9 Sportivo Trinidense 22 4 7 11 19 34 −15 19
10 3 de Febrero 22 5 4 13 17 32 −15 19
11 Sport Colombia 22 4 5 13 21 40 −19 17
12 Tacuary 22 3 5 14 20 44 −24 14
Source: RSSSF
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


 Copa TIGO
2010 Apertura champion 
Guaraní
10th title

Results

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Home \ Away 3FE CEP GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SPC SPL TAC TRI
3 de Febrero 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3
Cerro Porteño 2–1 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–1
Guaraní 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 2–0
Libertad 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Nacional 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–0
Olimpia 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–1
Rubio Ñu 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1
Sol de América 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–5 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Sport Colombia 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sportivo Luqueño 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 3–3 3–3
Tacuary 3–0 1–2 1–4 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
Sportivo Trinidense 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1
Source: APF (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Pos Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Rodrigo Teixeira   Brazilian Guaraní 16
Pablo Zeballos   Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 16
3 Guillermo Beltrán   Paraguayan Nacional 8
Nelson Cuevas   Paraguayan Olimpia 8
5 Roberto Acuña   Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 7
Miguel Cuéllar   Paraguayan 3 de Febrero 7
Francisco Esteche   Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 7
Jonathan Fabbro   Paraguayan Guaraní 7
Roberto Gamarra   Paraguayan Libertad 7
10 Diego Alfonso   Paraguayan Tacuary 6
Julio dos Santos   Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 6

Source:[1]

Torneo Clausura

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The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 16 and ended December 12.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Libertad 22 16 1 5 46 15 +31 49 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cerro Porteño 22 13 7 2 36 18 +18 46
3 Nacional 22 12 6 4 29 18 +11 42
4 Guaraní 22 10 6 6 29 22 +7 36
5 Olimpia 22 7 11 4 31 23 +8 32
6 Rubio Ñu 22 7 7 8 25 32 −7 28
7 Sport Colombia 22 5 9 8 23 30 −7 24
8 Tacuary 22 6 5 11 20 29 −9 23
9 Sol de América 22 5 5 12 20 28 −8 20
10 3 de Febrero 22 4 7 11 19 34 −15 19
11 Sportivo Trinidense 22 3 9 10 25 46 −21 18
12 Sportivo Luqueño 22 2 11 9 21 29 −8 17
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


 Copa TIGO
2010 Clausura champion 
Libertad
15th title

Results

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Home \ Away 3FE CEP GUA LIB NAC OLI RÑU SOL SPC SPL TAC TRI
3 de Febrero 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2
Cerro Porteño 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–1
Guaraní 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Libertad 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 7–0
Nacional 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–0 4–1
Olimpia 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Rubio Ñu 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0
Sol de América 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2
Sport Colombia 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–1
Sportivo Luqueño 3–3 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Tacuary 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1
Sportivo Trinidense 1–1 1–5 1–4 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–1
Source: APF (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Pos Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Juan Carlos Ferreyra   Argentine Olimpia 12
Roberto Nanni   Argentine Cerro Porteño 12
3 Ángel Orué   Paraguayan Libertad 9
4 Ariel Bogado   Paraguayan Nacional 8
Manuel Maciel   Paraguayan Libertad 8
6 Néstor Camacho   Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 6
Jonathan Fabbro   Paraguayan Guaraní 6
Pablo Zeballos   Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 6
9 Julián Benítez   Paraguayan Guaraní 5
Nery Cardozo   Paraguayan Rubio Ñú 5
Hugo Luzardi   Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 5
Jorge Núñez   Paraguayan Cerro Porteño 5
Luis Ovelar   Paraguayan Sportivo Luqueño 5
Sergio Samudio   Paraguayan 3 de Febrero 5

Source:[2]

International qualification

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The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2011 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2011 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cerro Porteño 44 27 10 7 74 41 +33 91 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Libertad 44 27 6 11 79 30 +49 87 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage[a]
3 Guaraní 44 25 10 9 72 42 +30 85 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
4 Nacional 44 22 11 11 60 40 +20 77 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Olimpia 44 18 17 9 63 41 +22 71
6 Rubio Ñu 44 17 15 12 61 57 +4 66
7 Sol de América 44 12 9 23 47 67 −20 45
8 Sportivo Luqueño 44 7 21 16 47 60 −13 42
9 Sport Colombia 44 9 14 21 44 70 −26 41
10 3 de Febrero 44 9 12 23 36 66 −30 39
11 Tacuary 44 9 11 24 40 73 −33 38
12 Sportivo Trinidense 44 6 17 21 44 80 −36 35
Source: [citation needed]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Libertad and Guaraní qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Clausura and Apertura champion, respectively.

Relegation

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Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average (Spanish: promedio) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.

Pos
Team
'08 Pts
'09 Pts
'10 Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Libertad 101 82 87 270 132 2.0455
2 Cerro Porteño 76 81 91 247 132 1.8712
3 Guaraní 79 67 85 231 132 1.75
4 Nacional 77 77 77 231 132 1.75
5 Olimpia 54 70 71 195 132 1.4773
6 Rubio Ñú 0 63 66 129 88 1.4659
7 Sol de América 63 50 45 158 132 1.197
8 Tacuary 52 64 37 155 132 1.1742
9 Sportivo Luqueño 49 51 42 142 132 1.0758
10 3 de Febrero 51 43 38 132 132 1
11 Sport Colombia 0 0 41 41 44 0.9318 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12 Sportivo Trinidense 0 0 37 37 44 0.8409

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Goleadores Paraguay - Apertura 2010" [Paraguay Goalscorers - 2010 Apertura] (in Spanish). Teledeportes. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Goleadores Paraguay - Clausura 2010" [Paraguay Goalscorers - 2010 Clausura] (in Spanish). Teledeportes. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
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