2021 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2021 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 5 February and ended on 5 December 2021. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 January 2021. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning the 2020 Clausura tournament.

Primera División
Season2021
Dates5 February – 5 December 2021
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (21st title)
Clausura: Cerro Porteño (34th title)
RelegatedSportivo Luqueño
River Plate
Copa LibertadoresCerro Porteño
Libertad
Guaraní
Olimpia
Copa SudamericanaNacional
Guaireña
Sol de América (via Copa Paraguay)
Matches played180
Goals scored456 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Leonardo Villagra (10 goals)
Clausura: Sebastián Ferreira and Lorenzo Melgarejo (9 goals each)
Biggest home winLibertad 5–0 Sportivo Luqueño
(29 August)
Libertad 5–0 River Plate
(3 December)
Biggest away win12 de Octubre 0–5 Sol de América
(20 February)
Guaraní 1–6 Libertad
(16 May)
Highest scoringGuaraní 1–6 Libertad
(16 May)
2020
2022

In the Torneo Apertura, Libertad secured their twenty-first league title with one match to spare following Nacional's loss to River Plate on 23 May, whilst in the Torneo Clausura Cerro Porteño won their thirty-fourth league title after drawing with eventual runners-up Guaraní 2–2 on the last matchday played on 4 December.

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