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
Locations of the 2010 Primera División teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Oddone Sarubbi28,000
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
Sport ColombiaFernando de la MoraAlfonso Colmán7,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceres25,000
Sportivo TrinidenseAsunciónMartín Torres3,000
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 January 30 and ended on May 30.

Standings
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
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
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

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
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
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
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

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[lower-alpha 1]
3 Guaraní 44 25 10 9 72 42 +30 85 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 1]
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:
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. Libertad and Guaraní qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the Clausura and Apertura champion, respectively.

Relegation

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
1Libertad 10182872701322.0455
2Cerro Porteño 7681912471321.8712
3Guaraní 7967852311321.75
4Nacional 7777772311321.75
5Olimpia 5470711951321.4773
6Rubio Ñú 06366129881.4659
7Sol de América 6350451581321.197
8Tacuary 5264371551321.1742
9Sportivo Luqueño 4951421421321.0758
103 de Febrero 5143381321321
11Sport Colombia 004141440.9318 Relegated to the División Intermedia
12Sportivo Trinidense 003737440.8409

See also

References
  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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