2022 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2022 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 4 February and ended on 13 November 2022. The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2021.

Primera División
Season2022
Dates4 February – 13 November 2022
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (22nd title)
Clausura: Olimpia (46th title)
RelegatedSol de América
12 de Octubre
Copa LibertadoresOlimpia
Libertad
Cerro Porteño
Nacional
Copa SudamericanaGuaraní
Tacuary
General Caballero (JLM)
Sportivo Ameliano (via Copa Paraguay)
Matches played264
Goals scored659 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Fernando Fernández (13 goals)
Clausura: Derlis González and Lorenzo Melgarejo (12 goals each)
Biggest home winOlimpia 6–1 Resistencia
(19 June)
Cerro Porteño 5–0 Tacuary
(25 September)
Biggest away win12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad
(5 February)
Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia
(27 October)
Highest scoring12 de Octubre 1–6 Libertad
(5 February)
Olimpia 6–1 Resistencia
(19 June)
Resistencia 1–6 Olimpia
(27 October)
2021
2023

In the Torneo Apertura Libertad won their twenty-second league championship, clinching the title with one match in hand after beating Cerro Porteño by a 1–0 score on 25 June, whilst the Torneo Clausura was won by Olimpia, who claimed their forty-sixth league title after drawing 1–1 with Nacional on the last matchday played on 12 November. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions, having won the 2021 Clausura tournament.

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