Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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04/26 23:30 | 15 | Sportivo Trinidense vs Sol de America | View |
04/27 21:30 | 15 | 2 de Mayo vs Libertad Asuncion | View |
04/28 00:00 | 15 | Sportivo Luqueno vs Tacuary | View |
04/28 21:30 | 15 | Olimpia Asuncion vs Sportivo Ameliano | View |
04/28 21:30 | 15 | Guarani Asuncion vs Nacional Asuncion | View |
04/29 00:00 | 15 | Cerro Porteno vs General Caballero JLM | View |
05/03 22:30 | 16 | Sportivo Ameliano vs Guarani Asuncion | View |
05/04 01:00 | 16 | Libertad Asuncion vs Cerro Porteno | View |
05/04 01:00 | 16 | Nacional Asuncion vs Sportivo Luqueno | View |
05/05 00:30 | 16 | Tacuary vs Sportivo Trinidense | View |
05/05 22:00 | 16 | General Caballero JLM vs Olimpia Asuncion | View |
05/06 00:30 | 16 | Sol de America vs 2 de Mayo | View |
Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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04/22 00:00 | 14 | [11] Nacional Asuncion vs Olimpia Asuncion [3] | 0-1 |
04/21 21:30 | 14 | [9] Tacuary vs Guarani Asuncion [7] | 4-4 |
04/21 00:00 | 14 | [1] Libertad Asuncion vs Sportivo Trinidense [12] | 2-0 |
04/20 21:30 | 14 | [9] Sportivo Ameliano vs General Caballero JLM [4] | 2-0 |
04/20 00:30 | 14 | [5] 2 de Mayo vs Cerro Porteno [2] | 0-2 |
04/19 22:00 | 14 | [9] Sol de America vs Sportivo Luqueno [5] | 0-3 |
04/17 23:00 | 8 | [11] Nacional Asuncion vs Libertad Asuncion [1] | 1-1 |
04/15 00:00 | 13 | [4] Cerro Porteno vs Sportivo Ameliano [7] | 3-0 |
04/14 21:30 | 13 | [5] Sportivo Luqueno vs Libertad Asuncion [1] | 0-3 |
04/14 00:30 | 13 | [8] General Caballero JLM vs Nacional Asuncion [12] | 1-2 |
04/13 22:00 | 13 | [5] Olimpia Asuncion vs Tacuary [10] | 2-1 |
04/13 01:00 | 13 | [11] Sportivo Trinidense vs 2 de Mayo [5] | 1-2 |
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (locally [diβiˈsjom pɾofesjoˈnal de la asosjaˈsjom paɾaˈɣwaʝa ðe ˈfuðβol]; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (IPA: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco, is the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
The most successful club is Olimpia, with 46 championships. The most recent champions are Libertad, having won the 2023 Clausura tournament. As of 2022, IFFHS ranked the league as the 10th strongest in the world and 3rd in South America.
Liga Paraguaya's first game was played in 1906, after the director of the El Diario newspaper, Don Adolfo Riquelme, brought to his office on 18 June 1906, the representatives of the five existing football teams in Paraguay at that time (Olimpia, Guaraní, Libertad, General Díaz, and Nacional) to create the governing body of football in Paraguay: the Liga Paraguaya de Fútbol (known today as Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). The representatives were William Paats and Junio Godoy (Olimpia) Ramón Caballero, Manuel Bella and Salvador Melián (Guaraní), Juan Escalada (Libertad), César Urdapilleta (General Díaz), and Vicente Gadea (Nacional). The Liga Paraguaya saw Club Guaraní as the first champion in 1906, after defeating Olimpia in the final.
The Primera División was founded in 1906 with 5 teams, and turned professional in 1935 when 10 clubs broke away from the amateur leagues to form a professional league. Since 1996 the format of tournament was changed to Torneo Apertura and Clausura, but since 2008 each tournament is independent.
Traditionally, the dominance of Olimpia and Cerro Porteño went mostly unchallenged for decades. All of this changed at the turn of the 21st century. Since then, Libertad has been the most dominant club, while Nacional and Guaraní have also experienced success at the local level.