2018 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2018 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.

Primera División
Season2018
Dates2 February – 8 December 2018
ChampionsApertura: Olimpia (41st title)
Clausura: Olimpia (42nd title)
RelegatedIndependiente
3 de Febrero
Copa LibertadoresOlimpia
Cerro Porteño
Libertad
Nacional
Copa SudamericanaSol de América
Independiente
Deportivo Santaní
Guaraní (cup winners)
Matches played264
Goals scored736 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Néstor Camacho (14 goals)
Clausura: Óscar Cardozo (15 goals)
Biggest home winCerro Porteño 5–0 Nacional
(13 April)
Guaraní 5–0 3 de Febrero
(11 November)
Biggest away winDeportivo Santaní 0–5 Olimpia
(15 October)
Highest scoringGuaraní 6–2 Sol de América
(3 February)
3 de Febrero 4–4 Libertad
(17 November)
2017
2019

In the Torneo Apertura, Olimpia won their forty-first league title with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Libertad on 30 May. Olimpia also clinched their forty-second league title in the Torneo Clausura with two matches to spare after beating Guaraní 4–1 on 28 November.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.