2022 Paraguayan Primera División season
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The 2022 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 4 February and ended on 13 November 2022.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2021.[2][3]
Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 4 February – 13 November 2022 |
Champions | Apertura: Libertad (22nd title) Clausura: Olimpia (46th title) |
Relegated | Sol de América 12 de Octubre |
Copa Libertadores | Olimpia Libertad Cerro Porteño Nacional |
Copa Sudamericana | Guaraní Tacuary General Caballero (JLM) Sportivo Ameliano (via Copa Paraguay) |
Matches played | 264 |
Goals scored | 659 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Fernando Fernández (13 goals) Clausura: Derlis González and Lorenzo Melgarejo (12 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Olimpia 6–1 Resistencia (19 June) Cerro Porteño 5–0 Tacuary (25 September) |
Biggest away win | 12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad (5 February) Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia (27 October) |
Highest scoring | 12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad (5 February) Olimpia 6–1 Resistencia (19 June) Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia (27 October) |
← 2021 2023 → |
In the Torneo Apertura Libertad won their twenty-second league championship, clinching the title with one match in hand after beating Cerro Porteño by a 1–0 score on 25 June,[4] whilst the Torneo Clausura was won by Olimpia, who claimed their forty-sixth league title after drawing 1–1 with Nacional on the last matchday played on 12 November.[5] Cerro Porteño were the defending champions, having won the 2021 Clausura tournament.