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.
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 5 February – 5 December 2021 |
Champions | Apertura: Libertad (21st title) Clausura: Cerro Porteño (34th title) |
Relegated | Sportivo Luqueño River Plate |
Copa Libertadores | Cerro Porteño Libertad Guaraní Olimpia |
Copa Sudamericana | Nacional Guaireña Sol de América (via Copa Paraguay) |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 456 (2.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Leonardo Villagra (10 goals) Clausura: Sebastián Ferreira and Lorenzo Melgarejo (9 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Libertad 5–0 Sportivo Luqueño (29 August) Libertad 5–0 River Plate (3 December) |
Biggest away win | 12 de Octubre 0–5 Sol de América (20 February) Guaraní 1–6 Libertad (16 May) |
Highest scoring | Guaraní 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.