The 2026 División Intermedia season is the 108th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 29th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 4 April and is scheduled to end on 26 October 2026, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 13 March 2026.
The champions and runners-up will be promoted to the APF División de Honor for the following season, whilst the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to the third-tier leagues of Paraguayan football.
Teams Team changes Sixteen teams compete in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from the División de Honor in its 2025 season (General Caballero (JLM) and Tembetary), the 2025 Primera B Metropolitana champions Benjamín Aceval, Paraguarí Atlético Club, who were established as a club from the team representing the Paraguarí football league which won the 2024–25 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas, and the Primera B Metropolitana runners-up 3 de Noviembre, who defeated the 2025 Primera B Nacional champions 15 de Mayo from Itapé in a promotion play-off series.
These teams replaced Rubio Ñu and San Lorenzo, both promoted to the top flight at the end of the previous season, as well as River Plate, Pastoreo, and Guaraní de Fram, who were relegated to the third-tier leagues.
Promoted to 2026 Copa de Primera Relegated from 2025 Copa de Primera Promoted from 2025 Tercera División Relegated to 2026 Tercera DivisiónRubio ÑuSan LorenzoGeneral Caballero (JLM)TembetaryBenjamín Aceval Paraguarí 3 de Noviembre River Plate Pastoreo Guaraní (F)
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity3 de Noviembre Asunción Rubén Ramírez 3,500 12 de Junio Villa Hayes Facundo de León Fossati 5,000Benjamín Aceval Villa Hayes Isidro Roussillón 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 6,000General Caballero (JLM) Juan León Mallorquín Ka'arendy 10,000Guaireña Villarrica Parque del Guairá 11,000Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000Paraguarí Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000Resistencia Asunción Tomás Beggan Correa 3,500Sol de América Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000Tacuary Asunción Toribio Vargas 3,000Tembetary Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni 11,000 Notes
Standings
Results
Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Rank ! Player ! Club ! Goals |- | align=center | 1 | Osvaldo Argüello |Benjamín Aceval | align=center | 18 |- | align=center | 2 | Diego Martínez |Tembetary / 3 de Noviembre | align=center | 16 |- | align=center | 3 | Jorge Colmán |General Caballero (JLM) | align=center | 12 |- | align=center | 4 | Jorge Benítez |Deportivo Capiatá | align=center | 11 |- | align=center | 5 | Héctor Lezcano |12 de Junio | align=center | 10 |- | rowspan=3 align=center | 6 | Edgar Villalba |Deportivo Santaní | rowspan=3 align=center | 8 |- | Daniel Dietze |Independiente (CG) |- | Roland Escobar |Paraguarí |- | rowspan=5 align=center | 9 | Antonio Bareiro |Deportivo Capiatá | rowspan=5 align=center | 7 |- | Juan Mereles |Deportivo Santaní |- | Dramane Diarra |Independiente (CG) |- | Víctor Velazco |Paraguarí |- | Jorge Quintana |Sportivo Carapeguá
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 will be relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location, with teams from Asunción or located within 50 kilometres of Asunción relegating to the former, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department are relegated to the latter third-tier league.
Pos Team 2024Pts 2025Pts 2026Pts TotalPts TotalPld Avg Relegation 1 General Caballero (JLM) — — 53 53 27 2 12 de Junio 38 48 50 136 87 3 Benjamín Aceval — — 42 42 27 4 Deportivo Santaní 42 35 54 131 87 5 Sportivo Carapeguá 58 34 39 131 87 6 Deportivo Capiatá — 52 29 81 57 7 Paraguarí — — 38 38 27 8 Sol de América — 38 41 79 57 9 Resistencia 45 40 35 120 87 10 Tembetary — — 36 36 27 11 Independiente (CG) 38 34 40 112 87 12 Guaireña 38 39 25 102 87 13 Encarnación 44 35 22 101 87 14 35 28 34 97 87 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana or Primera B Nacional 15 Tacuary — 38 24 62 57 16 3 de Noviembre — — 26 26 27 Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2026. Source: APF.
See also 2026 Copa de Primera 2026 Copa Paraguay
References
External links División Intermedia on the APF's website