The 2025 División Intermedia season was the 107th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 28th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 28 March and ended on 5 October 2025, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 9 December 2024.
Rubio Ñu became the first team promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the following season, clinching promotion with three matches to go after defeating Sportivo Carapeguá 1–0 on 14 September. They eventually secured the championship and their eighth title in the second tier the following week, after a scoreless draw with Guaireña. The runners-up San Lorenzo were the second and last promoted team, confirming their promotion on the last matchday of the season following a 3–0 win over Fernando de la Mora and a draw for Deportivo Capiatá against Sportivo Carapeguá.
River Plate, Pastoreo, and Guaraní de Fram were relegated to the third tier leagues at the end of the season.
Format Sixteen teams took part in the competition, which was 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 were promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2026 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams from Asunción or located within 50 kilometres of Asunción were relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department were relegated to Primera División B Nacional.
Teams Team changes 16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2024 season (Sol de América and Tacuary), the 2024 Primera B Metropolitana champions Deportivo Capiatá and runners-up River Plate, and the 2024 Primera B Nacional champions Guaraní de Fram, who took part in the second tier of Paraguayan football for the first time ever.
Promoted to 2025 Primera División Relegated from 2024 Primera División Promoted from 2024 Tercera División Relegated to 2025 Tercera DivisiónDeportivo RecoletaTembetarySol de AméricaTacuaryDeportivo Capiatá River Plate Guaraní (F) Martín Ledesma Atlético 3 de Febrero Atlético Colegiales
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity12 de Junio Villa Hayes Facundo de León 5,000Deportivo Capiatá Capiatá Erico Galeano 10,000Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000Encarnación Encarnación Villa Alegre 16,000Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000Guaireña Villarrica Parque del Guairá 11,000Guaraní (F) Encarnación Villa Alegre 16,000Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol 5,000Resistencia Asunción Tomás Beggan Correa 3,500River Plate Asunción Jardines del Kelito 6,500Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000 Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000Tacuary Asunción Toribio Vargas 3,000 Notes
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Willian RiquelmeGuaireña 17 2 Sergio DietzeIndependiente (CG) 11 César VillagraRubio Ñu 4 Rodrigo VeraResistencia 10 5 Santiago Salcedo12 de Junio 9 Cristhian MedinaSan Lorenzo 7 Daniel Fernández12 de Junio 8 Santiago SantacruzDeportivo Capiatá Jeferson ToralesSportivo Carapeguá 10 Florencio YudisEncarnación 7 Fernando ViverosGuaraní (F) Ángelo CabreraSportivo Carapeguá Julio RivarolaSol de América
Source: APF
Relegation Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.
Pos Team 2023Pts 2024Pts 2025Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 Deportivo Capiatá — — 54 54 30 2 Rubio Ñu 44 42 60 146 90 3 San Lorenzo 42 46 53 141 90 4 Sportivo Carapeguá 43 58 33 134 90 5 12 de Junio — 38 48 86 60 6 Resistencia — 45 40 85 60 7 Independiente (CG) 51 38 34 123 90 8 Deportivo Santaní 44 42 35 121 90 9 Encarnación — 44 35 79 60 10 Guaireña — 38 39 77 60 11 Sol de América — — 38 38 30 12 Tacuary — — 38 38 30 13 48 35 28 111 90 14 River Plate (R) — — 37 37 30 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana 15 Pastoreo (R) 43 23 41 107 90 Relegation to Primera B Nacional 16 Guaraní (F) (R) — — 26 26 30 Source: APF Notes
See also 2025 Paraguayan Primera División season 2025 Copa Paraguay
References
External links División Intermedia on the APF's website