2020 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2020 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 17 January and ended on 30 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 16 December 2019. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2019 season.

Primera División
Season2020
Dates17 January – 30 December 2020
ChampionsApertura: Cerro Porteño (33rd title)
Clausura: Olimpia (45th title)
RelegatedSan Lorenzo
General Díaz
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Olimpia
Libertad
Guaraní
Copa SudamericanaNacional
Guaireña
12 de Octubre
River Plate
Matches played205
Goals scored548 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Sebastián Ferreira (13 goals)
Clausura: Jorge Recalde (9 goals)
Biggest home winOlimpia 7–0 Sportivo Luqueño
(19 September)
Biggest away winRiver Plate 0–4 Olimpia
(26 August)
Highest scoringLibertad 5–2 Guaireña
(5 September)
General Díaz 2–5 Sol de América
(19 November)
Nacional 4–3 Cerro Porteño
(7 December)
2019
2021

On 26 September, Cerro Porteño won the Torneo Apertura and clinched their thirty-third domestic championship with one match to spare following a 3–1 victory over River Plate, while the Torneo Clausura was won by Olimpia who clinched their forty-fifth domestic championship after defeating Guaraní on penalties in the final played on 30 December.

The tournament was suspended from 13 March to 21 July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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