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1998 in Paraguayan football

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The following article presents a summary of the 1998 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.

[[Liga Paraguaya: Primera División|First division]] results

=Torneo Apertura=

The Apertura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Apertura champion.

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Cerro Porteño

|11

|8

|1

|2

|24

|10

|25

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|Sportivo Luqueño

|11

|6

|3

|2

|17

|16

|21

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!3

|Olimpia

|11

|6

|2

|3

|15

|7

|20

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!4

|Presidente Hayes

|11

|4

|4

|3

|11

|10

|16

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!5

|Guaraní

|11

|4

|3

|4

|11

|13

|15

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!6

|12 de Octubre

|11

|4

|2

|5

|14

|15

|14

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!7

|Sol de América

|11

|3

|4

|4

|12

|15

|13

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!8

|Cerro Corá

|11

|3

|3

|5

|15

|18

|12

9

|Atl. Colegiales

|11

|3

|3

|5

|10

|14

|12

10

|San Lorenzo

|11

|3

|3

|5

|12

|17

|12

11

|Nacional

|11

|2

|4

|5

|18

|20

|10

12

|Libertad

|11

|2

|4

|5

|8

|12

|10

==Apertura playoff stage==

The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage.

===Group stage===

Group A

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Bonus Points

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Olimpia

|3

|2

|0

|1

|7

|2

|[2]

|8

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|Sol de América

|3

|2

|0

|1

|6

|5

|[0]

|6

bgcolor="pink"

!3

|Guaraní

|3

|1

|1

|1

|5

|6

|[1]

|5

bgcolor="pink"

!4

|Sportivo Luqueño

|3

|0

|1

|2

|3

|8

|[2.5]

|3.5

Group B

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Bonus Points

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Cerro Porteño

|3

|3

|0

|0

|10

|2

|[3]

|12

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|12 de Octubre

|3

|1

|1

|1

|4

|6

|[0.5]

|4.5

bgcolor="pink"

!3

|Cerro Corá

|3

|1

|1

|1

|3

|4

|[0]

|4

bgcolor="pink"

!4

|Presidente Hayes

|3

|0

|0

|3

|2

|7

|[1.5]

|1.5

===Semifinals===

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olimpia|| 4 - 2|12 de Octubre|| 3-1 | 1-1 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Sol de América|| 1 - 1
(7 - 6 P.K.)|Cerro Porteño|| 1-0 | 0-1 }}

|}

===Apertura final===

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olimpia|| 3 - 1 |Sol de América|| 2-0 | 1-1 }}

|}

Olimpia wins the Apertura tournament final by aggregate score of 3-1.

=Torneo Clausura=

The Clausura tournament was played in a single all-play-all system. At the end, the top eight teams qualified to a playoff stage to determine the Clausura champion.

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Cerro Porteño

|11

|8

|2

|1

|28

|9

|26

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|Guaraní

|11

|6

|3

|2

|20

|15

|21

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!3

|Cerro Corá

|11

|5

|3

|3

|18

|16

|18

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!4

|Atl. Colegiales

|11

|5

|1

|5

|14

|15

|16

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!5

|12 de Octubre

|11

|4

|3

|4

|18

|20

|15

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!6

|Sol de América

|11

|2

|7

|2

|12

|10

|13

7

| * Nacional

|11

|2

|7

|2

|17

|23

|13

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!8

|Olimpia

|11

|3

|3

|5

|13

|12

|12

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!9

|San Lorenzo

|11

|2

|5

|4

|13

|16

|11

10

|Sportivo Luqueño

|11

|2

|5

|4

|8

|13

|11

11

|Libertad

|11

|1

|6

|4

|12

|18

|9

12

|Presidente Hayes

|11

|1

|5

|5

|12

|18

|8

* Nacional finished in the top eight but their average points over three years forced the team to be relegated so they did not take part of the playoff stage. San Lorenzo took their place instead.

==Clausura playoff stage==

The top eight teams qualified to this stage and were given bonus points based on their final standing in the table. Two groups of four teams were made, with the top two of each group advancing to a playoff stage. San Lorenzo replaced Nacional in the playoff stage due to Nacional being relegated to the second division.

===Group stage===

Group A

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Bonus Points

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Cerro Porteño

|3

|3

|0

|0

|7

|3

|[3]

|12

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|Atlético Colegiales

|3

|1

|1

|1

|4

|3

|[1.5]

|5.5

bgcolor="pink"

!3

|San Lorenzo

|3

|1

|0

|2

|6

|7

|[0]

|3

bgcolor="pink"

!4

|Sol de América

|3

|0

|1

|2

|3

|7

|[1.5]

|0.5

Group B

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!Position

!Team

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Scored

!Conceded

!Bonus Points

!Points

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!1

|Olimpia

|3

|2

|1

|0

|7

|4

|[0]

|7

bgcolor="lightgreen"

!2

|Cerro Corá

|3

|1

|2

|0

|6

|5

|[2]

|7

bgcolor="pink"

!3

|Guaraní

|3

|1

|1

|1

|4

|4

|[2.5]

|6.5

bgcolor="pink"

!4

|12 de Octubre

|3

|0

|0

|3

|2

|6

|[1]

|1

===Semifinals===

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cerro Corá|| 1 - 3 |Cerro Porteño|| 1-0 | 0-3 }}

{{TwoLegResult|Olimpia|| 6 - 1 |Atlético Colegiales|| 5-0 | 1-1 }}

|}

===Clausura final===

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cerro Porteño|| 4 - 4
(4 - 3 P.K.)|Olimpia|| 1-4 | 3-0 }}

|}

Cerro P. wins the Clausura tournament final on penalty shootout 4-3.

=National championship game=

The national championship game was played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments winners.

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cerro Porteño|| 3 - 5 |Olimpia|| 2-2 | 1-3 }}

|}

Olimpia declared as national champions by aggregate score of 5-3.

=Relegation / Promotion=

  • Nacional and Libertad automatically relegated to the second division after finishing last and second-to-last in the average points table based over a three-year period.
  • Resistencia promoted to the first division by winning the second division tournament.

=Qualification to international competitions=

Lower divisions results

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!Level

!Tournament

!Champion

2nd

|Intermedia

|Resistencia

3rd (G.A. teams)

|Primera de Ascenso

|Oriental

3rd (interior teams)

|UFI Champions Cup

|Sportivo Obrero (San Juan Misiones)

4th (G.A. teams)

|Segunda de Ascenso

|Sport Colonial

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay national team]]

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 1998.

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Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!Score

!Comp

!Paraguay scorers

!Report

1998-02-08

| Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Asunción, Paraguay

| {{fb|POL}}

|bgcolor="lightgreen"| 4 - 0

| F

| Benítez {{goal|25}}
Arce {{goal|27}}
Ayala {{goal|55}}
Ferreira {{goal|67}}

| 450

1998-03-14

| Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego, United States

| {{fb|USA}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 2 - 2

| F

| Caniza {{goal|15}}
Arce {{goal|27}} (pk)

| 451

1998-03-18

| Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Mexico City, Mexico

| {{fb|MEX}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 1 - 1

| F

| Benítez {{goal|62}}

| 452

1998-03-28

| Yale Bowl
New Haven, United States

| {{fb|COL}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 1 - 1

| F

| Benítez {{goal|43}}

| 453

1998-04-22

| Stadio Ennio Tardini
Parma, Italy

| {{fb|ITA}}

|bgcolor="pink"| 3 - 1

| F

| Sarabia {{goal|57}}

| 454

1998-05-17

| Olympic Stadium
Tokyo, Japan

| {{fb|JPN|1947}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 1 - 1

| Kirin Cup

| Ayala {{goal|7}}

| 455

1998-05-21

| Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Kobe, Japan

| {{fb|CZE}}

|bgcolor="pink"| 1 - 0

| Kirin Cup

|

| 456

1998-06-01

| Philips Stadion
Eindhoven, Netherlands

| {{fb|NED}}

|bgcolor="pink"| 5 - 1

| F

| Campos {{goal|2}}

| 457

1998-06-03

| Steaua Stadium
Bucharest, Romania

| {{fb|ROM}}

|bgcolor="pink"| 3 - 2

| F

| Cardozo {{goal|27}}
Acuña {{goal|62}}

| 458

1998-06-06

| King Baudouin Stadium
Brussels, Belgium

| {{fb|BEL}}

|bgcolor="pink"| 1 - 0

| F

|

| 459

1998-06-12

| Stade de la Mosson
Montpellier, France

| {{fb|BUL}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 0 - 0

| World Cup

| -

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001023437/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8728/report.html Report]

1998-06-19

| Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Saint-Étienne, France

| {{fb|ESP}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 0 - 0

| World Cup

| -

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011231214/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8748/report.html Report]

1998-06-24

| Stade de Toulouse
Toulouse, France

| {{fb|NGA}}

|bgcolor="lightgreen"| 1 - 3

| World Cup

| Ayala {{goal|1}}
Benítez {{goal|58}}
Cardozo {{goal|86}}

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070717084409/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8763/report.html Report]

1998-06-28

| Stade Félix Bollaert
Lens, France

| {{fb|FRA}}

|bgcolor="lightyellow"| 0 - 0 ( 1 - 0 A.E.T.)

| World Cup

| -

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613073639/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8776/report.html Report]

References

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para98.html Paraguay 1998] by Eli Schmerler, Andy Bolander and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
  • [http://www.abc.com.py/ Diario ABC Color]

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