2023 Paraguayan Primera División season
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The 2023 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – Ueno 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season consisted of two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, and it began on 27 January and ended on 1 December 2023.[1] The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 November 2022.[2]
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 27 January – 1 December 2023 |
Champions | Apertura: Libertad (23rd title) Clausura: Libertad (24th title) |
Relegated | Guaireña Resistencia |
Copa Libertadores | Libertad Cerro Porteño Sportivo Trinidense Nacional (via Copa Paraguay) |
Copa Sudamericana | Guaraní Olimpia Sportivo Ameliano Sportivo Luqueño |
Matches played | 264 |
Goals scored | 664 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Óscar Cardozo (10 goals) Clausura: Óscar Cardozo (11 goals) |
Biggest home win | Libertad 5–0 Cerro Porteño (2 April) Nacional 5–0 Resistencia (6 November) Spvo. Trinidense 7–2 Guaireña (29 November) |
Biggest away win | Resistencia 0–4 Guaraní (17 February) Guaireña 1–5 Libertad (7 October) |
Highest scoring | Spvo. Trinidense 7–2 Guaireña (29 November) |
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In the Torneo Apertura, Libertad were the champions, clinching their twenty-third title with three matches in hand following a 1–0 win over Olimpia and a 2–1 defeat for Cerro Porteño against General Caballero (JLM) on 20 May.[3] Libertad also won the Torneo Clausura, securing their twenty-fourth league championship with two games in hand and a 1–0 victory over Sportivo Luqueño on 12 November.[4] Olimpia started the season as defending champions, having won the 2022 Clausura tournament.[5]