Paraguayan División Intermedia

The División Intermedia (English: Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División (English: Second Division), is the second tier professional football league in Paraguay. It is organized by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.

División Intermedia
Founded1910
CountryParaguay
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toPrimera División
Relegation toPrimera División B
Primera División B Nacional
Domestic cup(s)Copa Paraguay
Current championsDeportivo Recoleta (2nd title)
(2024)
Most championshipsPresidente Hayes (8 titles)
TV partnersTigo Max (all games per matchday)
Tigo Sports (Two games per matchday)
Telefuturo (highlights per matchday)
Paravisión (Only are broadcast live the best match Saturday at 16:30 or Sunday at 11:00)
Current: 2024 season

Overview

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Since 1910 the second division tournaments have changed rules, number of teams and names. As of 2006, División Intermedia is the name for the second division and 16 teams are part of it. The champion and the runner-up of this league gains the right to participate in the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División, the Paraguay's top division of football. The last three teams are relegated to the third division (called "Primera de Ascenso" for teams from Gran Asunción and Primera División Nacional B for teams outside of the Gran Asunción area). The three spots left by relegated teams are occupied by one team from the Primera de Ascenso and one team from the Primera División Nacional B which is a tournament where teams from the whole country compete, giving them a chance to eventually make it to the first division.

Clubs

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16 teams contested the league in its 2024 season, including three promoted from the 2023 Tercera División: Tembetary, 12 de Junio and Encarnación, and two relegated from the 2023 Primera División: Guaireña and Resistencia.

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 Roque Battilana 6,000
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 Complejo Municipal Campo 9 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

List of champions

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Segunda División

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Season Champion
1910 Nacional B
1911 Presidente Hayes
1912 Championship not played
1913 River Plate
1914 10 de Agosto
1915 Marte Atlético
1916 Marte Atlético
1917 Villa del Salto

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División Intermedia

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Source:[1]

Season Champion
1918 Sastre Sport
1919 Presidente Hayes
1920 Cerro Porteño B
1921 Sastre Sport
1922 Championship not played
1923 Deportivo Meilicke
1924 Sportivo Luqueño
1925 Sastre Sport
1926 Rubio Ñú
1927 Atlántida
1928 General Caballero
1929 CALT
1930 Fernando de la Mora
1931 Sastre Sport
1932–36 Championship not played
1937 12 de Octubre (VA)
1938 Atlético Sajonia
1939 24 de Septiembre
1940 Sport Colombia
1941 Rubio Ñú
1942 24 de Septiembre
1943 24 de Septiembre
1944 Sport Colombia
1945 Sport Colombia
1946 Deportivo Pinozá
1947 Championship not played
1948 Asunción FBC
1949 San Lorenzo
1950 Sport Colombia

Segunda División

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Season Champion
1951 Atlántida
1952 General Genes
1953 San Lorenzo
1954 Rubio Ñu
1955 General Genes
1956 Sportivo Luqueño
1957 River Plate
1958 Presidente Hayes
1959 Tembetary
1960 San Lorenzo
1961 Rubio Ñu
1962 General Caballero
1963 Rubio Ñu

Primera División B/Primera División de Ascenso

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Season Champion
1964 Sportivo Luqueño
1965 Sol de América
1966 Resistencia
1967 Presidente Hayes
1968 Sportivo Luqueño
1969 Silvio Pettirossi
1970 General Caballero
1971 Presidente Hayes
1972 Rubio Ñu
1973 Presidente Hayes
1974 Presidente Hayes
1975 Resistencia
1976 Tembetary
1977 Sol de América
1978 Capitán Figari
1979 Nacional
1980 Resistencia
1981 Oriental
1982 Atlético Colegiales
1983 Tembetary
1984 San Lorenzo
1985 Sport Colombia
1986 General Caballero
1987 San Lorenzo
1988 Tembetary
1989 Nacional
1990 Cerro Corá
1991 Presidente Hayes
1992 Sport Colombia
1993 Deportivo Humaitá
1994 San Lorenzo
1995 Tembetary
1996 Cerro Corá

División Intermedia

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Season Champion Runner-up
1997 12 de Octubre Olimpia (Itá)
1998 Resistencia Sportivo Iteño
1999 Universal Nacional
2000 Libertad Sport Colombia
2001 Deportivo Recoleta Sport Colombia
2002 Tacuary Presidente Hayes
2003 Nacional 3 de Febrero
2004 3 de Febrero General Caballero
2005 2 de Mayo Fernando de la Mora
2006 Sol de América Sportivo Trinidense
2007[2] Silvio Pettirossi General Díaz
2008[3] Rubio Ñu General Caballero
2009[4] Sportivo Trinidense Sport Colombia
2010[5] General Caballero Independiente
2011[6] Cerro Porteño (PF) Sportivo Carapeguá
2012[7] General Díaz Deportivo Capiatá
2013[8] 3 de Febrero 12 de Octubre
2014[9] San Lorenzo Deportivo Santaní
2015[10] River Plate General Caballero
2016[11] Independiente Sportivo Trinidense
2017[12] 3 de Febrero Deportivo Santaní
2018[13] River Plate San Lorenzo
2019[14] Guaireña 12 de Octubre
2020[15] Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021[16] General Caballero (JLM) Resistencia
2022[17] Sportivo Trinidense Sportivo Luqueño
2023 Sol de América 2 de Mayo
2024 Deportivo Recoleta Tembetary

Titles by club

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Club Titles Winning years
Presidente Hayes
8
1911, 1919, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1991
San Lorenzo
7
1949, 1953, 1960, 1984, 1987, 1994, 2014
Rubio Ñu
7
1926, 1941, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1972, 2008
General Caballero
6
1923, 1928, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2010
Sport Colombia
6
1940, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1985, 1992
Tembetary
5
1959, 1976, 1983, 1988, 1995
Sportivo Luqueño
4
1924, 1956, 1964, 1968
Resistencia
4
1966, 1975, 1980, 1998
Sastre Sport
4
1918, 1921, 1925, 1931
River Plate
4
1913, 1957, 2015, 2018
Sol de América
4
1965, 1977, 2006, 2023
Nacional
3
1979, 1989, 2003
24 de Setiembre
3
1939, 1942, 1943
3 de Febrero
3
2004, 2013, 2017
Atlántida
2
1927, 1951
Cerro Corá
2
1990, 1996
Deportivo Recoleta
2
2001, 2024
General Genes
2
1952, 1955
Marte Atlético
2
1915, 1916
Silvio Pettirossi
2
1969, 2007
Sportivo Trinidense
2
2009, 2022
Independiente
1
2016
General Díaz
1
2012
Cerro Porteño (PF)
1
2011
2 de Mayo
1
2005
Tacuary
1
2002
Libertad
1
2000
Universal
1
1999
12 de Octubre
1
1997
Deportivo Humaitá
1
1993
Atlético Colegiales
1
1982
Oriental
1
1981
Capitán Figari
1
1978
Asunción FBC
1
1948
Deportivo Pinozá
1
1946
Atlético Sajonia
1
1938
12 de Octubre (VA)
1
1937
Fernando de la Mora
1
1930
CALT
1
1929
Cerro Porteño B
1
1920
Villa del Salto
1
1917
10 de Agosto
1
1914
Nacional B
1
1910
Guaireña
1
2019
General Caballero (JLM)
1
2021

List of goalscorers

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Season Player Club Goals
2008   Victor Gómez Rubio Ñu 10[18]
2007   Cristian Ovelar Cerro Porteño PF 14[19]
2006   Pablo Zeballos Sol de América 15[20]
2005   Casiano Delvalle Sport Colombia 15[21]
2004   Adolfo Fatecha General Caballero ZC 11[22]

See also

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References

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