The following article presents a summary of the 2005 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.
First division results The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 10 teams participating in a two-round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.
Torneo Apertura PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Cerro Porteño1810623015362Guaraní 189452118313Nacional 1893625223043 de Febrero 18774241728512 de Octubre 186842222266Tacuary 1841132419237Libertad 184772123198Sportivo Luqueño 183872022179General Caballero ZC 1827916281310Olimpia18279102713
Torneo Clausura
PositionTeamPlayedWinsDrawsLossesScoredConcededPoints1Cerro Porteño1811343420362Libertad 189543023323Olimpia 1894529203143 de Febrero 188463125285Nacional 187652420276Sportivo Luqueño 186752726257Tacuary 186662631248Guaraní 186210182520912 de Octubre1828818331410General Caballero ZC183114152910
Championship game playoff Since Cerro Porteño won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments they were declared as the national champions and no playoff game was played.
Relegation / Promotion General Caballero ZC automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last in the aggregate points table. 2 de Mayo and Club Fernando de la Mora promoted to the first division by finishing first and second respectively in the second division tournament.
Qualification to international competitions Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2006 Copa Libertadores by winning the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura; and to the 2005 Copa Sudamericana and 2006 Copa Sudamericana by winning the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
Runners-up playoff game Libertad (runners-up of the Clausura) qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2006 by winning the runners-up playoff game against Guaraní (runners-up of the Apertura) by an aggregate score of 5–3.
Copa Sudamericana 2005 Qualifiers Semifinals Team #1ScoreTeam #2DateNacional3-1 3 de FebreroJune 29Guaraní2-112 de OctubreJune 29
Final Team #1ScoreTeam #2DateGuaraní2-1NacionalJuly 3 Guaraní qualified to the Copa Sudamericana 2005 by winning the final.
Copa Sudamericana 2006 Qualifiers Played between the Clausura tournament winner and the second-best finisher in the aggregate point table (Nacional). Team #1ScoreTeam #2DateNacional1-6LibertadDecember 22
Lower divisions results LevelTournamentChampion2ndIntermedia 2 de Mayo3rd (G.A. teams)Primera de AscensoClub Rubio Ñú3rd (interior teams)UFI Champions CupClub Choré Central4th (G.A. teams)Segunda de Ascenso1° de Marzo
Paraguayan teams in international competitions Copa Libertadores 2005: Cerro Porteño: round of 16 Club Libertad: group-stage Tacuary: preliminary round Copa Sudamericana 2005: Cerro Porteño: round of 16 Club Guaraní: preliminary first round
Paraguay national team The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2005.
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompParaguay scorersReport March 27, 2005 Estadio Olímpico AtahualpaQuito, Ecuador 5 - 2 WCQ 2006 Cardozo Cabañas Report March 30, 2005 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 2 - 1 WCQ 2006 Morinigo Cardozo Report June 5, 2005 Beira RioPorto Alegre, Brazil 4 - 1 WCQ 2006 Santa Cruz Report June 8, 2005 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 4 - 1 WCQ 2006 Gamarra Santa Cruz J.C. Cáceres Núñez Report September 3, 2005 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 1 - 0 WCQ 2006 Santa Cruz Report October 8, 2005 José Pachencho RomeroMaracaibo, Venezuela 0 - 1 WCQ 2006 Haedo Valdez Report October 12, 2005 Defensores del ChacoAsunción, Paraguay 0 - 1 WCQ 2006 - Report
References Paraguay 2005 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF Diario ABC Color