2023 Paraguayan Primera División season

The 2023 Primera División season (officially the Copa de Primera Tigo – Ueno 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season consisted of two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, and it began on 27 January and ended on 1 December 2023. The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 November 2022.

Primera División
Season2023
Dates27 January – 1 December 2023
ChampionsApertura: Libertad (23rd title)
Clausura: Libertad (24th title)
RelegatedGuaireña
Resistencia
Copa LibertadoresLibertad
Cerro Porteño
Sportivo Trinidense
Nacional (via Copa Paraguay)
Copa SudamericanaGuaraní
Olimpia
Sportivo Ameliano
Sportivo Luqueño
Matches played264
Goals scored664 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Óscar Cardozo (10 goals)
Clausura: Óscar Cardozo (11 goals)
Biggest home winLibertad 5–0 Cerro Porteño
(2 April)
Nacional 5–0 Resistencia
(6 November)
Spvo. Trinidense 7–2 Guaireña
(29 November)
Biggest away winResistencia 0–4 Guaraní
(17 February)
Guaireña 1–5 Libertad
(7 October)
Highest scoringSpvo. Trinidense 7–2 Guaireña
(29 November)
2022
2024

In the Torneo Apertura, Libertad were the champions, clinching their twenty-third title with three matches in hand following a 1–0 win over Olimpia and a 2–1 defeat for Cerro Porteño against General Caballero (JLM) on 20 May. Libertad also won the Torneo Clausura, securing their twenty-fourth league championship with two games in hand and a 1–0 victory over Sportivo Luqueño on 12 November. Olimpia started the season as defending champions, having won the 2022 Clausura tournament.

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