2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia

The 2024 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Daniel Giménez, Félix Quiñonez e Isidoro Benítez", is the 106th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 27th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 5 April and is scheduled to end on 14 October 2024, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 28 November 2023.[1][2]

División Intermedia
Season2024
Dates5 April – 14 October 2024
Matches played104
Goals scored258 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerLucas González (12 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Recoleta 6–0 Dep. Santaní
(15 April)
Biggest away winMartín Ledesma 0–4 Tembetary
(26 May)
Highest scoringMartín Ledesma 4–4 Rubio Ñu
(21 June)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 25 June 2024.

Format

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16 teams take part in the competition, which is played under a double round-robin system with teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 30 matches. The top two teams at the end of the season will be promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2025 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción are relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to Primera División B Nacional.

Teams

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Team changes

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16 teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2023 season (Guaireña and Resistencia), the 2023 Primera División B champions Tembetary, the 2023 Primera División B Nacional champions 12 de Junio, and the 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Encarnación.[3]

Promoted from 2023 Tercera División Relegated from 2023 Primera División Promoted to 2024 Primera División Relegated to 2024 Tercera División
12 de Junio (Primera B Nacional)
Encarnación (Campeonato Nacional de Interligas)
Tembetary (Primera B Metropolitana)
Guaireña
Resistencia
Sol de América
2 de Mayo
Atyrá (Primera B Nacional)
24 de Setiembre (Primera B Metropolitana)
12 de Octubre (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

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Team City Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500
12 de Junio Villa Hayes Facundo de León 2,000
Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500
Deportivo Recoleta Asunción CARDIF[4] 1,800
Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000
Encarnación Encarnación Villa Alegre 16,000
Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000
Guaireña Villarrica Parque del Guairá 11,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[5] 5,000
Resistencia Asunción Tomás Beggan Correa 3,500
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000
Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000
Tembetary Villa Elisa Complejo Tembetary 500

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Recoleta 13 10 1 2 32 11 +21 31 Promotion to Primera División
2 Sportivo Carapeguá 13 8 3 2 21 10 +11 27
3 Tembetary 13 7 2 4 16 10 +6 23
4 Resistencia 13 7 2 4 16 13 +3 23
5 San Lorenzo 13 6 3 4 19 16 +3 21
6 Encarnación 13 6 2 5 17 16 +1 20
7 Independiente (CG) 13 5 4 4 14 12 +2 19[a]
8 Fernando de la Mora 13 5 4 4 16 14 +2 19[a]
9 Guaireña[b] 13 5 5 3 14 11 +3 17
10 Martín Ledesma 13 3 6 4 14 20 −6 15
11 12 de Junio 13 4 2 7 13 18 −5 14[c]
12 Rubio Ñu 13 3 5 5 19 23 −4 14[c]
13 Deportivo Santaní 13 3 5 5 12 19 −7 14[c]
14 Pastoreo 13 3 3 7 13 22 −9 12
15 3 de Febrero 13 1 5 7 7 17 −10 8
16 Atlético Colegiales 13 1 2 10 15 26 −11 5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2024. Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Independiente (CG) 3, Fernando de la Mora 0.
  2. ^ Guaireña were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with player Enrique Borja.[6]
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: 12 de Junio 3, Rubio Ñu 3, Deportivo Santaní 0. Head-to-head goal difference: 12 de Junio +1, Rubio Ñu 0.

Results

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Home \ Away 3FE 12J CAC REC SAN ENC FDM GUA IND MAL PAS RES RUB SSL SPC TEM
3 de Febrero 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–2
12 de Junio 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1
Atlético Colegiales 2–3 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3
Deportivo Recoleta 1–0 6–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–2
Deportivo Santaní 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Encarnación 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 0–1
Fernando de la Mora 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Guaireña 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
Independiente (CG) 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Martín Ledesma 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–4 0–0 0–4
Pastoreo 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–1
Resistencia 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2
Rubio Ñu 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0
San Lorenzo 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0
Sportivo Carapeguá 4–3 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Tembetary 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2024. Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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As of 25 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Lucas González Deportivo Recoleta 12
2   Luis Galeano Fernando de la Mora 7
3   Fernando Escobar Resistencia 6
  César Villagra Rubio Ñu
5   Juan Lucumí Atlético Colegiales 4
  Juan Roa Tembetary
  Ronald Acuña Encarnación
  Wilfrido Báez Deportivo Recoleta
  Augusto Giménez Sportivo Carapeguá
  Iván Salcedo Sportivo Carapeguá

Source: APF

Relegation

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Relegation 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 three teams with the lowest average will be relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.

Pos
Team
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
2024
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg Relegation
1 Deportivo Recoleta 51 31 82 43 1.907
2 Tembetary 23 23 13 1.769
3 Resistencia 23 23 13 1.769
4 Sportivo Carapeguá 43 27 70 43 1.628
5 San Lorenzo 54 42 21 117 73 1.603
6 Fernando de la Mora 48 48 19 115 73 1.575
7 Encarnación 20 20 13 1.538
8 Independiente (CG) 41 51 19 111 73 1.521
9 Pastoreo 53 43 12 108 73 1.479
10 Rubio Ñu 44 44 14 102 73 1.397
11 Guaireña 17 17 13 1.308
12 Martín Ledesma 45 31 15 91 73 1.247
13 Deportivo Santaní 33 44 14 91 73 1.247
14 3 de Febrero 35 39 8 82 73 1.123 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional
15 12 de Junio 14 14 13 1.077
16 Atlético Colegiales 36 32 5 73 73 1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2024. Source: APF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competencia 2024 de la Intermedia, entre abril y octubre" [2024 Intermedia competition, from April to October] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Así se jugará el torneo de la Intermedia 2024" [This is how the 2024 Intermedia tournament will be played] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Estos serán los 16 equipos de Intermedia que lucharán por subir a Primera" [These will be the 16 Intermedia teams that will fight to promote to Primera] (in Spanish). Versus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Intermedia: El "Canario" anida en el Cardif" [Intermedia: The Canary nests at the Cardif] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Intermedia: Pastoreo juega de local en el nuevo estadio de Caaguazú" [Intermedia: Pastoreo play at home at Caaguazú's new stadium] (in Spanish). Desde Caaguazú. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Guaireña perderá puntos por causa de "Zlatan"" [Guaireña will be deducted points due to "Zlatan"] (in Spanish). Versus. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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