2009 Paraguayan Primera División season

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = 2009 Paraguayan Primera División season

|season = 2009

|winners = Apertura: Cerro Porteño (28th title)
Clausura: Nacional (7th title)

|relegated = 12 de Octubre
2 de Mayo

|continentalcup1 = Copa Libertadores

|continentalcup1 qualifiers = Cerro Porteño
Nacional
Libertad

|continentalcup2 = Copa Sudamericana

|continentalcup2 qualifiers = Cerro Porteño
Olimpia
Guaraní

|league topscorer = Apertura: Pablo Velázquez (16 goals)
Clausura: César Cáceres (11 goals)

|biggest home win =

|biggest away win =

|highest scoring =

|total goals =

|average goals =

|longest wins =

|longest unbeaten =

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|prevseason = 2008 (C)

|nextseason = 2010

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The 2009 Paraguayan Primera División season (officially the 2009 Copa TIGO for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. It is the second season in which a champion will be crowned for each tournament.

Teams

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{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Paraguay |lat=-25.50 |long=-54.50 |label=3 de Febrero |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Paraguay |lat=-25.80 |long=-57.75 |label=12 de Octubre |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Paraguay |lat=-25.60 |long=-57.75 |label=Sol de América |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Paraguay |lat=-25.15 |long=-57.75 |label=Sportivo Luqueño |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Paraguay |lat=-25.300494 |long=-57.636233 |label=Asunción |position=left}}

Asunción teams:
Cerro Porteño
Guaraní
Libertad
Nacional
Olimpia
Rubio Ñú
Tacuary

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Team

! Home city

! Stadium

! Capacity

2 de MayoPedro Juan CaballeroRío Parapitíalign="center"|25,000
3 de FebreroCiudad del EsteAntonio Oddone Sarubbialign="center"|28,000
12 de OctubreItauguáJuan Canuto Pettengillalign="center"|8,000
Cerro PorteñoAsunciónGeneral Pablo Rojasalign="center"|32,000
GuaraníAsunciónRogelio Livieresalign="center"|6,000
LibertadAsunciónDr. Nicolás Leozalign="center"|10,000
NacionalAsunciónArsenio Ericoalign="center"|4,000
OlimpiaAsunciónManuel Ferreiraalign="center"|15,000
Rubio ÑuAsunciónLa Arboledaalign="center"|5,000
Sol de AméricaVilla ElisaLuis Alfonso Giagnialign="center"|5,000
Sportivo LuqueñoLuqueFeliciano Cáceresalign="center"|25,000
TacuaryAsunciónRoberto Béttegaalign="center"|7,000

Torneo Apertura

The Campeonato de Apertura, also the Torneo TIGO Apertura for sponsorship reasons, is the first championship of the season. It began on February 14 and ended on July 5. The championship is officially called the Centenario del Club Sol de América to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Club Sol de América.

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|team4=OLI|name_OLI=Olimpia

|team5=TAC|name_TAC=Tacuary

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|team8=RUB|name_RUB=Rubio Ñu

|team9=SOL|name_SOL=Sol de América

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|result1=CLSS

|update=July 5, 2009

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/para09.html RSSSF]

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Copa TIGO
2009 Apertura "Centenario del Club Sol de América" Champion
Cerro Porteño
28th title

Torneo Clausura

The Campeonato de Clausura, also the Torneo Tigo Clausura for sponsorship reasons, is the second championship of the season. It began on July 25 and end on December 13. The championship is officially called the Campeones de América – 1953 to commemorate the Paraguayan national team's 1953 South American Championship title.

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|update=December 13, 2009

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070713173842/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=par/nationalleague/standings.html FIFA]

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Copa TIGO
2009 Clausura "Campeones de América – 1953" Champion
Nacional
7th title

International qualification

The two tournament champions earn the Paraguay 1 and Paraguay 2 berths in the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores. All remaining international qualification will be determined through a season-wide aggregate table. The Paraguay 3 in the 2010 Copa Libertadores berth goes to the best-placed non-champion. For the 2010 Copa Sudamericana, the Paraguay 1 berth goes to the highest placed champion. Paraguay 2 and Paraguay 3 will go to the highest placed teams who have not qualified to an international tournament.

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|result2=CSSS

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|update=December 9, 2009

|source=

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}}

Relegation

Relegations is determined at the end of the season by computing an average ({{langx|es|promedio}}) of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The team with the lowest average is relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season. The next lowest team plays a relegation/promotion playoff match against the 2009 División Intermedia runner-up.

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!width=28| Pos
!!width=165| Team
!! '07 Pts
!! '08 Pts
!! '09 Pts
!! Total
Pts !! Total
Pld !! Avg

1align="left"| Libertad

| 95

10182278132{{#expr:278/132 round 4}}
2align="left"| Cerro Porteño

| 93

7681248132{{#expr:248/132 round 4}}
3align="left"| Nacional

| 60

7777214132{{#expr:214/132 round 4}}
4align="left"| Olimpia

| 76

5470200132{{#expr:200/132 round 4}}
5align="left"| Rubio Ñú

| 0

0636344{{#expr:63/44 round 4}}
6align="left"| Guaraní

| 41

7967187132{{#expr:187/132 round 4}}
7align="left"| Sol de América

| 57

6350170132{{#expr:170/132 round 4}}
8align="left"| Tacuary

| 51

5264169132{{#expr:169/132 round 4}}
9align="left"| Sportivo Luqueño

| 65

4951166132{{#expr:166/132 round 4}}
10align="left"| 3 de Febrero

| 49

5043143132{{#expr:143/132 round 4}}
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| 11

align="left"| 12 de Octubre

| 49

4941138132{{#expr:138/132 round 4}}
bgcolor=#FFBBBB

|12

align="left"| 2 de Mayo

| 34

5340127132{{#expr:127/132 round 4}}

Updated as of December 13, 2009.
Source: APF

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Relegation play-off match
bgcolor=#FF8888 style="width: 20px;"|Relegated to the División Intermedia

{{col-end}}

= Relegation/promotion playoff =

The relegation/promotion playoff was contested over two legs. The team who earned the most points over two legs was promoted— or remained —in the Primera División. Should there be a tie in points, goal difference was taken into account, followed a penalty shootout if needed. Sport Colombia played at home during the second leg.

{{TwoLegStart CopaLib}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sport Colombia||2–2 (3–0 pk)|12 de Octubre||1–1|2–2}}

{{end}}

See also