The 2009 Paraguayan Primera División season, officially the 2009 Copa TIGO for sponsorship reasons, is the 75th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It is the second season in which a champion will be crowned for each tournament. Teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity2 de Mayo Pedro Juan Caballero Río Parapití 25,0003 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Oddone Sarubbi 28,00012 de Octubre Itauguá Juan Canuto Pettengill 8,000Cerro Porteño Asunción General Pablo Rojas 32,000Guaraní Asunción Rogelio Livieres 6,000Libertad Asunción Dr. Nicolás Leoz 10,000Nacional Asunción Arsenio Erico 4,000Olimpia Asunción Manuel Ferreira 15,000Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 5,000Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 5,000Sportivo Luqueño Luque Feliciano Cáceres 25,000Tacuary Asunción Roberto Béttega 7,000
Torneo Apertura The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on February 14 and ended on July 5. The championship is officially called the Centenario del Club Sol de América to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Club Sol de América.
Copa TIGO2009 Apertura "Centenario del Club Sol de América" ChampionCerro Porteño28th title
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 25 and end on December 13. The championship is officially called the Campeones de América – 1953 to commemorate the Paraguayan national team's 1953 South American Championship title.
Copa TIGO2009 Clausura "Campeones de América – 1953" ChampionNacional7th title
International qualification The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2010 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2010 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.
Relegation Relegations 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 team with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. The next lowest team plays a relegation/promotion playoff match against the 2009 División Intermedia runner-up.
Pos Team '07 Pts '08 Pts '09 Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg 1 Libertad 95 101 82 278 132 2 Cerro Porteño 93 76 81 248 132 3 Nacional 60 77 77 214 132 4 Olimpia 76 54 70 200 132 5 Rubio Ñú 0 0 63 63 44 6 Guaraní 41 79 67 187 132 7 Sol de América 57 63 50 170 132 8 Tacuary 51 52 64 169 132 9 Sportivo Luqueño 65 49 51 166 132 10 3 de Febrero 49 50 43 143 132 11 12 de Octubre 49 49 41 138 132 12 2 de Mayo 34 53 40 127 132 Updated as of December 13, 2009.Source: APF
Relegation play-off matchRelegated to the División Intermedia
Relegation/promotion playoff The relegation/promotion playoff was contested over two legs. The team who earned the most points over two legs was promoted— or remained —in the Primera División. Should there be a tie in points, goal difference was taken into account, followed a penalty shootout if needed. Sport Colombia played at home during the second leg.
See also 2009 in Paraguayan football List of transfers of the Primera División Paraguaya 2009
External links APF's official website Season rules 2009 season on RSSSF