2008 in Paraguayan football

The following article presents a summary of the 2008 association football season in Paraguay. One of the most noticeable changes in the 2008 season is that the first division tournament will not longer have a single champion for the year; instead there will be two champions in the season, one being the winner of the Apertura tournament and the other being the winner of the Clausura tournament.^[1]

First division results

The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Main article: Torneo Apertura 2008 (Paraguay)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Libertad	22	18	3	1	53	13	+40	57	Qualification for Copa Libertadores
2	Nacional	22	14	3	5	45	25	+20	45
3	Cerro Porteño	22	11	5	6	34	26	+8	38
4	Guaraní	22	11	3	8	31	26	+5	36
5	2 de Mayo	22	9	4	9	27	26	+1	31
6	Sol de América	22	8	3	11	40	39	+1	27
7	3 de Febrero	22	8	3	11	32	40	−8	27
8	Olimpia	22	7	5	10	23	32	−9	26
9	Sportivo Luqueño	22	6	7	9	33	44	−11	25
10	Tacuary	22	5	8	9	24	34	−10	23
11	12 de Octubre	22	4	8	10	29	40	−11	20
12	Silvio Pettirossi	22	3	4	15	21	47	−26	13

Last Updated: 2008-06-24, *^[2]

Torneo Clausura

Main article: Torneo Clausura 2008 (Paraguay)

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Libertad	44	22	12	8	2	35	17	+18
2	Guaraní	43	22	12	7	3	36	17	+19
3	Cerro Porteño	37	22	10	7	5	32	26	+6
4	Sol de América	36	22	12	3	7	37	30	+7
5	Nacional	32	22	8	8	6	23	22	+1
6	Tacuary	31	22	9	4	9	23	24	-1
7	Olimpia	28	22	7	7	8	33	31	+2
8	12 de Octubre	28	22	8	4	10	27	33	-6
9	3 de Febrero	24	22	6	6	10	27	31	-4
10	Sportivo Luqueño	24	22	6	6	10	27	38	-11
11	2 de Mayo	22	22	4	10	8	26	33	-7
12	Silvio Pettirossi	9	22	1	6	15	15	39	-24

Last Updated: December 7, 2008^[3]

Aggregate table

As of November 24, 2008

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Libertad	101	44	30	11	3	88	30	+58
2	Guaraní	79	44	23	10	11	67	43	+24
3	Nacional	77	44	22	11	11	68	47	+21
4	Cerro Porteño	75	44	21	12	11	66	52	+14
5	Sol de América	63	44	19	6	19	77	69	+8
6	Olimpia	54	44	14	12	18	56	63	-7
7	Tacuary	54	44	14	12	18	47	58	-11
8	2 de Mayo	53	44	13	14	17	53	59	-6
9	3 de Febrero	51	44	14	19	21	59	71	-12
10	Sportivo Luqueño	49	44	12	13	19	60	82	-22
11	12 de Octubre	48	44	12	12	20	56	73	-17
12	Silvio Pettirossi	22	44	4	10	30	36	86	-50

	Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009 and Copa Sudamericana 2009
	Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009
	Qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2009

Qualification to international competitions

Libertad qualified to the Copa Libertadores 2009 (by winning the Torneo Apertura and Clausura) and the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
Club Guaraní qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the second best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Nacional qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the third best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana as the fourth best finisher in the aggregate points table.

Relegation

The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the second division league, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up. The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.

Team	Average	Points	Played	2006	2007	2008
Libertad	2.179	279	126	83/40	95/44	101/44
Cerro Porteño	2.023	259	126	92/40	92/44	75/44
Nacional	1.484	190	126	53/40	60/44	77/44
Olimpia	1.406	180	126	50/40	76/44	54/44
Sol de América	1.363	120	86	N/A	57/44	63/44
Sportivo Luqueño	1.335	171	126	56/40	66/44	49/44
Tacuary	1.335	171	126	66/40	51/44	54/44
Guaraní	1.265	162	126	42/40	41/44	79/44
2 de Mayo	1.126	142	126	58/40	34/44	50/42
12 de Octubre	1.132	145	126	42/40	49/44	53/44
3 de Febrero	1.062	136	126	36/40	49/44	51/44
Silvio Pettirossi	0.500	22	42	N/A	N/A	22/44

	To promotion game (against second division runner-up)
	Relegated to Liga Paraguaya: Segunda División

Last Updated: December 24, 2008. * League Stats (Spanish)

Promotion game

The promotion was played between 3 de Febrero and the second division runner-up General Caballero ZC. The first game ended with a 3-0 score favorable to 3 de Febrero, while the second finished 2-1 in favor of General Caballero. Since the aggregate score was 4-2 for 3 de Febrero, they remain in the first division.

Paraguayan teams in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2008	Copa Sudamericana 2008
Libertad	Group Stage (finished 4th in the group)	First Round (eliminated by Defensor Sporting)
Club Sportivo Luqueño	Group Stage (finished 3rd in the group)	N/A
Cerro Porteño	Preliminary Round (eliminated by Cruzeiro)	N/A
Olimpia	N/A	First Round (eliminated by Universidad Católica)

Paraguay national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2008.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Paraguay scorers	Report
February 7, 2008		Honduras	2 - 0	Friendly
March 27, 2008		South Africa	3 - 0	Friendly
May 22, 2008	Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Japan	Ivory Coast	1 - 1	2008 Kirin Cup	Cristian Bogado 77'
May 27, 2008	Saitama Stadium 2002 Japan	Japan	0 - 0	2008 Kirin Cup
June 1, 2008	Stadium Municipal France	France	0 - 0	Friendly
June 15, 2008	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Brazil	2 - 0	WCQ 2010	Santa Cruz 26' Cabañas 49'	Report
June 18, 2008	Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	4 - 2	WCQ 2010	Santa Cruz 66' Haedo Valdez 82'	Report
August 21, 2008		Saudi Arabia	1 - 1	Friendly	Cristian Riveros
September 6, 2008	Estadio Monumental Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1 - 1	WCQ2010	Heinze 13' (o.g.)	Report
September 9, 2008	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Venezuela	2 - 0	WCQ2010	Riveros 28' Haedo Valdez 45'	Report
October 11, 2008	El Campín Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	0 - 1	WCQ2010	Cabañas 9'	Report
October 15, 2008	Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay	Peru	1 - 0	WCQ2010	Cardozo 81'	Report
November 19, 2008	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Muscat, Oman	Oman	0 - 1	F	Vera 37'	N/A

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

External links

Paraguay 2008 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
Diario ABC Color

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09

Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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